[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24179-24180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11534]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the

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general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 
Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comments concerning an information 
collection titled ``Acquisition Services Information Requirements.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst (Regulatory Analysis), (202) 898-
7453, Office of the Executive Secretary, Room 4022, Attention: 
Comments/OES, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Acquisition 
Services Information Requirements.'' Comments may be hand-delivered to 
the guard station at the rear of the 17th Street Building (located on F 
Street), on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. [FAX number 
(202) 898-3838; Internet address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f695999b9b93988285b690929f95d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aecdc1c3c3cbc0daddeec8cac7cd80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>].
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the FDIC: Alexander Hunt, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tamara R. Manly, at the address identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Acquisition Services Information Requirements.
    OMB Number: 3064-0072.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional.
    Affected Public: Contractors and vendors who wish to do business 
with the FDIC.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,840.
    Estimated Time per Response: varies from 0.25 hours to one hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9,316 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The collection involves the 
submission of information on various forms by contractors who wish to 
do business, have done business, or are currently under contract with 
the FDIC. The information is used to enter contractors on the FDIC's 
nationwide contractor database (the National Contractor System); ensure 
compliance with established contractors ethics regulations (12 CFR 
366); obtain information on a contractor's past performance for 
proposal evaluation purposes; and review a potential lessor's fitness 
and integrity prior to entering into a lease transaction.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the 
collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and 
approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be 
summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of 
this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of April, 1998.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11534 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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