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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 2601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-575]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7753]

 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: DS-4164 OMB 
Control 1405-XXXX

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of 
proposed collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State has submitted the following 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.
     Title of Information Collection: Risk Analysis and 
Management.
     OMB Control Number: None.
     Type of Request: New Collection.
     Originating Office: Bureau of Administration--A/LM/RAM.
     Form Number: DS-4184.
     Respondents: Potential Contractors and Grantees.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 1250.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 6250.
     Average Hours per Response: 75 minutes.
     Total Estimated Burden: 7,813 hours.
     Frequency: On occasion.
     Obligation To Respond: Voluntary.

DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
up to February 17, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the Department of State Desk Officer in 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). You may submit comments by the following 
methods:
     Email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. You must include the 
DS form number, information collection title, and OMB control number in 
the subject line of your message.
     Fax: (202) 395-5806. Attention: Desk Officer for 
Department of State.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain copies of the proposed 
information collection and supporting documents from Edward H. Vazquez, 
U.S. Department of State, who may be reached on (703) 812-02308 or at 
Vazquezeh@State.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary to properly perform our functions.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond.

Abstract of Proposed Collection

    The information collected from the individuals is specifically used 
to conduct screening to ensure that State funded activities are not 
purposefully or inadvertently uses to provide support to entities or 
individuals deemed to be a risk to national security.

Methodology

    The State Department, at the direction of the Congress in the FY 
2010 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, carried forward in the FY 2011 Continuing 
Resolution, is implementing a Risk Analysis and Management Program to 
vet potential contractors and grantees to mitigate the risk that 
foreign assistance funds might benefit terrorists or their supporters. 
To conduct this vetting program the Department envisions collecting 
information from contractors, sub-contractors, grantees and sub-
grantees regarding their directors, officers or key employees. The 
information collected will be compared to information gathered from 
commercial, public, and U.S. government databases to determine the risk 
that the applying organization, entity or individual might divert 
Department funds to terrorist entities.

    Dated: January 6, 2012.
Catherine I. Ebert-Gray,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Administration, Office of 
Logistics Management, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-575 Filed 1-17-12; 8:45 am]
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