[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88050-88051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25741]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0287; Docket No. 2024-0001; Sequence No. 11]


Submission for OMB Review; Background Investigations for Child 
Care Workers; GSA Form 176

AGENCY: Office of Mission Assurance, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, GSA invites the 
public to comment on a request to review and approve an extension of a 
previously approved information collection requirement regarding the 
collection of personal data for background investigations for childcare 
workers accessing GSA owned and leased controlled facilities.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: December 6, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phil Ahn, Security Officer, Office 
of Mission Assurance, GSA, 202-219-0273, or via email at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b1b03020707021b450a03052b0c180a450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e4948c8d88888d94ca858c8aa4839785ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 ``Policy for a 
Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors'' 
requires the implementation of a governmentwide standard for secure and 
reliable forms of identification for Federal employees and contractors. 
OMB's implementing instructions requires all contract employees 
requiring routine access to federally controlled facilities for greater 
than six (6) months to receive a background

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investigation. The minimum background investigation is Tier 1 and the 
Office of Personnel Management offers a Tier 1C for child care.
    However, there is no requirement in the law or HSPD-12 that 
requires childcare employees to be subject to the Tier 1C since 
employees of childcare providers are neither government employees nor 
government contractors. The childcare providers are required to 
complete the criminal history background checks mandated in the Crime 
Control Act of 1990, Public Law 101-647, dated November 29, 1990, as 
amended by Public Law 102-190, dated December 5, 1991. These statutes 
require that each employee of a childcare center located in a federal 
building or in leased space must undergo a background check.
    According to GSA policy, childcare workers (as described above) 
will need to submit the following:
    1. An original signed copy of a Basic National Agency Check 
Criminal History, GSA Form 176; and
    2. Two sets of fingerprints on FBI Fingerprint Cards, for SF-87 
and/or electronic prints from an enrollment center.
    3. Electronically submit the e-qip (SF85) application for 
completion of the Tier 1C.
    This is not a request to collect new information; this is a request 
to change the form that is currently being used to collect this 
information.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1,200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Hours per Response: 1.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,200.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 89 FR 59099 on 
July 22, 2024. One comment was received.
    Comment: There have been suggestions that the child care provider 
keep form 176 on file for each employee--seems redundant--since HSPD 
and OPM have these files requiring the provider is over kill and really 
these clearance documents that the federal government require should 
not be in a private company's file as many of the questions asked are 
not things the private sector employers can ask for and by having them 
it can lead to the suggestion that we have used these question to 
dismiss employees or used to not hire them based on answers to 
clearance questions.
    Response: There is no requirement to keep a Form 176 on file for 
each employee. However, the childcare provider must comply with 
applicable requirements and adequately demonstrate such compliance, if 
necessary.

Lois Mandell,
Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, General Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-25741 Filed 11-5-24; 8:45 am]
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