Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 1997 / Notices 68325

public trust/ other sensitive, non-access

positions in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

3301, 3302, E.O. 10577 (5 CFR Rule V),

and Office of Management and Budget

Circular A–130, Management of Federal

Information Resources, revised June 25,

1993, and it Appendix III, Security of

Federal Automated Computer Systems,

issued December 12, 1985. The number

of respondents annually who are not

Federal employees is expected to be

1500 with total reporting hours of 1500.

The Standard Form 86, Questionnaire

for National Security Positions, is

completed by persons performing, or

seeking to perform, national security

duties for the Federal government. This

information collection also includes

Standard Form 86A, Continuation Sheet

for Questionnaires SF–86, SF–85P, and

SF–85, which is used to provide

formatted space to continue answers to

questions. Information collected is used

by the Office of Personnel Management

and by other Federal agencies to initiate

the background investigation required to

determine placement in national

security positions in accordance with 42

U.S.C. 2165, 22 U.S.C. 2585, and E.O.

10450, Security Requirements for

Government Employment, issued April

27, 1953. The number of respondents

annually who are not Federal employees

is expected to be 172,150 with total

reporting hours of 258,225.

Comments are particularly invited on:

—Whether this collection of information

is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the Office

of Personnel Management, and

whether it will have practical utility;

—Whether our estimate of the public

burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

and

—Ways in which we can minimize the

burden of collection of information on

those who respond, through the use of

appropriate technological collection

techniques or other forms of

information technology.

To obtain copies of this proposal

please contact James M. Farron at (202)

418–3208 or by E-mail to

jmfarron@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before March

2, 1998. Submit comments on this

proposal to Richard A. Ferris, Office of

Personnel Management, Investigations

Service, Room 5416, 1900 E. Street

N.W., Washington D.C. 20415.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–34055 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request for the Revised

Information Collection; RI 30–10

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13, May 22, 1995), this

notice announces that the Office of

Personnel Management will submit to

the Office of Management and Budget a

request for a revised information

collection. RI 30–10, Disabled

Dependent Questionnaire, is used to

collect sufficient information about the

medical condition and earning capacity

for OPM to be able to determine

whether a disabled adult child is

eligible for health benefits coverage and/

or survivor annuity payments under the

Civil Service Retirement System or the

Federal Employees Retirement System.

Approximately 2,500 RI 30–10 forms

are completed annually. Each form takes

approximately 60 minutes to complete.

The annual estimated burden is 2,500

hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact

Jim Farron on (202) 418–3208, or E-mail

to jmfarron@opm.gov

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before January

30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments

to—

Lorraine E. Dettman, Chief, Operations

Support Division, Retirement and

Insurance Service, U.S. Office of

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street,

NW, Room 3349, Washington, DC

20415–0001

and

Joseph Lackey, OPM Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office

Building, NW, Room 3002,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION—CONTACT:

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Budget &

Administrative Service Division, (202)

606–0623, U.S. Office of Personnel

Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–34054 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment and Request Form OPM–

1386B

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3506–3507), the Office of

Personnel Management plans to submit

to the Office of Management and Budget

a request to extend its approval of form

OPM–1386B, Applicant Race and

National Origin Questionnaire. The

form gathers information concerning the

race and national origin of applicants

for employment under the Outstanding

Scholar provision of the Luevano

Consent Decree, 93 F.R.D. 68 (1981).

This notice begins the formal

continuation that originally began in

1995. OPM published Notices of Intent

in the Federal Register on October 27,

1995, and February 21, 1996. The

process for continuation was not

completed in time. An emergency

request for continuation was published

on September 9, 1997.

Under the terms of 44 U.S.C. 3507, the

public is invited to comment on the

need for this information, its practical

utility, the accuracy of OPM’s burden

estimate, and on ways to minimize the

reporting burden.

DATES: Comments will be considered if

received on or before March 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver written

comments to Mary Lou Lindholm,

Associate Director for Employment, U.S.

Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E

Street, NW., Room 6F08, Washington,

DC 20415, and Joseph Lackey, OPM

Desk Officer, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, NW., Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For copies of the form, and further

information, contact Christina Vay on

202–606–0830, FAX 202–606–2329, or

e-mail address CMVAY@OPM.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of Form OPM–1368B

A Federal court decree, issued in 1981

and still binding, requires

recordkeeping on Federal employment

selection procedures, including race and

national origin (RNO) data, to determine

the ‘‘relative impact of the procedure

upon Blacks and upon Hispanics as

compared with non-Hispanic whites.’’