11940 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 48 / Friday, March 12, 2010 / Notices 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

[OMB Control No.–3440–NEW] 

Office of the Chief Human Capital 

Officer; Information Collection; 

Ancestry and Ethnicity Data Elements; 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Director of 

National Intelligence (ODNI). 

ACTION: Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—30 Day Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: Comments received by the 

Office of Personnel Management and the 

Office of Management and Budget 

during the 60 day and 30 day comment 

periods announced in the Federal 

Register, vol. 74, no. 89, dated May 11, 

2009 and vol. 74, no. 167 dated August 

31, 2009, resulted in revisions to the 

proposed information collection 

instrument. Revisions include a 

statement of authorities for collecting 

the information as well as detailed 

privacy and paperwork reduction act 

statements, as the previous proposal did 

not include sufficient detail in this 

regard. Revisions also include making 

the collection instrument a stand alone 

form, and not an addendum to the SF 

181, Ethnicity and Race Identification, 

as previously proposed. The data 

captured from this proposed collection 

instrument is to assess the IC’s progress 

in recruitment and retention and not for 

equal employment opportunity business 

purposes. Therefore, in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), the ODNI invites the 

general public and Federal agencies to 

comment on the standard data elements 

being reviewed under regular review 

procedures for use by the Intelligence 

Community agencies and elements, as 

defined by the National Security Act of 

1947, as amended. The title of the 

standard data element set is ‘‘Ancestry 

and Ethnicity Data Elements’’, and is for 

the purpose of collecting ancestry and 

ethnicity data not currently captured by 

the Intelligence Community. Data 

collected, obtained by responding to 

three questions, will assist the 

Intelligence Community in recruiting 

and retaining employees of various 

national, sub-national, cultural and 

ethnic backgrounds important to the 

Intelligence Community’s mission. Once 

the standard data elements are 

approved, each Federal agency and 

element of the Intelligence Community 

may make the form available to every 

Intelligence Community job applicant to 

voluntarily report this information and 

data through use of a paper form or 

other agency information collection 

process. Public comments are 

particularly invited on: Whether this 

collection of information is necessary 

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; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. These data elements can be 

viewed on the Web site http:// 

www.intelligence.gov. Click on Careers, 

A Place For You, which will direct you 

to http://intelligence.gov/3place.shtml. 

Click on the Federal Register—Data 

Elements link. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Office of the Chief Human Capital 

Officer, ODNI, Washington, DC 20511, 

703–275–3369. Please cite OMB Control 

No. 3440–NEW, Ancestry and Ethnicity 

Data Elements. The form can be 

downloaded from http:// 

www.intelligence.gov as noted above. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden via http:// 

www.regulations.gov—a Federal EGovernment Web site that allows the 

public to find, review, and submit 

comments on documents that agencies 

have published in the Federal Register 

and that are open for comment. Simply 

type a key term in the information 

collection title such as ‘‘Ancestry and 

Ethnicity’’ in quotes in the Comment or 

Submission search box, click Go, and 

follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. Comments received by the 

date specified above will be included as 

part of the official record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

This request concerns a new 

information collection vehicle and is for 

the purpose of collecting ancestry and 

ethnicity data from job applicants and 

employees. Data collected, obtained by 

responding to three questions, will 

enable the Intelligence Community to 

assess progress in recruiting and 

retaining U.S citizens who possess 

native or near-native familiarity with 

the culture of countries and geographic 

regions relevant to national security 

interests. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 50,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Hours per Response: 1 minute. 

Total Burden Hours: 3 minutes. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the Office of the Chief Human Capital 

Officer, ODNI, at Washington, DC 

20511, or call 703–275–3369. Please cite 

Ancestry and Ethnicity Data Elements in 

all correspondence. 

Sherrill Nicely, 

DNI PRA Clearance Officer. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; Arts 

Advisory Panel 

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the Arts 

Advisory Committee will be held by 

teleconference from 1 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. 

(ending time is approximate) on March 

15, 2010 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506. This meeting, 

being held on an emergency basis to 

address time sensitive issues, is for 

application review and will be closed. 

The closed portions of meetings are 

for the purpose of Panel review, 

discussion, evaluation, and 

recommendations on financial 

assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of November 10, 2009, these sessions 

will be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

Dated: March 9, 2010. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

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