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This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Request for comment: Peace Corps 

invites comments on whether the 

proposed collections of information are 

necessary for proper performance of the 

functions of the Peace Corps, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the information 

to be collected; and, ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

automated collection techniques, when 

appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

This notice is issued in Washington, DC, 

on December 21, 2017. 

Denora Miller, 

FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28117 Filed 12–28–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6051–01–P 

U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Notice of Submission for Approval: 

Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive 

Positions (SF 85) 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Background 

Investigation Bureau (NBIB), U.S. Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) is 

notifying the general public and other 

Federal agencies that OPM is seeking 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval of a revised information 

collection, Questionnaire for NonSensitive Positions (SF 85). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 29, 2018. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 

Officer for the Office of Personnel 

Management or sent via electronic mail 

to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or 

faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this information collection, with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

may be obtained by contacting U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management, NBIB, 

1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 

20415, Attention: Donna McLeod or by 

electronic mail at FISFormsComments@

opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1), OPM 

is providing an additional 30 days for 

public comments. OPM previously 

solicited comments for this collection, 

with a 60-day public comment period, 

at 82 FR 29948 (June 30, 2017). 

This notice announces that OPM has 

submitted to OMB a request for review 

and clearance of a revised information 

collection, OMB number 3206–0261, 

Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive 

Positions (SF 85). The public has an 

additional 30-day opportunity to 

comment. 

The SF 85 is completed by applicants 

for, or incumbents of, Federal 

Government civilian positions, or 

positions in private entities performing 

work for the Federal Government under 

contract. For applicants, the SF 85 is to 

be used only after a conditional offer of 

employment has been made, unless 

OPM has granted an exception to the 

agency to permit questioning for certain 

positions earlier. e-QIP (Electronic 

Questionnaires for Investigations 

Processing) is a web-based system 

application that houses the SF 85. A 

variable in assessing burden hours is the 

nature of the electronic application. The 

electronic application includes 

branching questions and instructions 

which provide for a tailored collection 

from the respondent based on varying 

factors in the respondent’s personal 

history. The burden on the respondent 

is reduced when the respondent’s 

personal history is not relevant to 

particular question, since the question 

branches, or expands for additional 

details, only for those persons who have 

pertinent information to provide 

regarding that line of questioning. 

Accordingly, the burden on the 

respondent will vary depending on 

whether the information collection 

relates to the respondent’s personal 

history. 

The 60-day Federal Register Notice 

published on June 30, 2017 (82 FR 

29948). Comments were received from 

the National Treasury Employees Union 

(NTEU), an individual at the Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA), and an 

individual from the U.S. Postal 

Inspection Service (USPIS). Comments 

were also provided on behalf of the 

Security, Suitability, and Credentialing 

Performance Accountability Council 

Program Management Office (PAC 

PMO). 

From the PAC PMO a 

recommendation was submitted to 

modify the explanation provided in the 

‘Purpose of this Form’ section to explain 

that responses provided on the SF 85P 

and the SF 86 may be compared with 

responses to previous SF 85 

questionnaires. OPM accepted this 

comment and will update instructions 

to inform individuals completing the 

form that responses provided may be 

compared with responses provided on 

previous investigative questionnaires. 

An individual from USPIS 

commented that Section 6, Your 

Identifying Information should include 

marital status/history, and the Sex/ 

Gender question should be expanded to 

include transgender options. OPM did 

not accept these comments. Marital/ 

Relationship section will remain in a 

separate section. Completion of the 

gender information on the questionnaire 

is based on the gender the applicant 

identifies with at the time when 

completing the application, which 

includes transgender individuals. 

An individual from FAA commented 

to include in Section 9, Citizenship, a 

field to request the CIS number (A#) in 

the Naturalization Certificate. OPM did 

not accept this comment as a field 

currently exists to provide the CIS 

number. 

An individual from FAA suggested to 

clarify instructions in Section 11, Where 

You Have Lived, to require the 

applicant to enter a full address (House 


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#, Street name, and identifier (Lane, 

Avenue, etc.)). OPM did not accept this 

comment as the current instructions 

already request this information. 

An individual from USPIS 

commented that in Section 12, Where 

You Went to School, degree and 

diploma information should remain as 

part of the collection to comply with the 

Federal Investigative Standards (FIS). 

No changes were needed in response to 

this comment because the 

recommended change was included in 

the 60 day Federal Register Notice of 

proposed changes to the SF 85. 

An individual from USPIS 

commented that separating Section 13b, 

Employment Activities—Former Federal 

Service, from the collection of other 

employment information could produce 

a duplication of information. OPM 

accepted this comment, will remove 

Section 13b, and will require reporting 

of former federal service employment in 

Section 13a, Employment Activities. 

An individual from USPIS 

recommends removing Section 16, 

‘‘People Who Know You Well’’, because 

the information is not required for the 

background investigation at this level. 

OPM accepted this comment and will 

remove Section 16. 

NTEU commented that they do not 

object to the addition of Section 17, 

Police Record, but believes that OPM 

requests information in this proposed 

section without sufficient justification. 

Individuals would be required to report 

convictions that were expunged under 

federal or state law or otherwise stricken 

from court records. It would also, in 

direct contrast to the current OF–306, 

require individuals to report charges 

that were dismissed. The information 

that the section would require, 

moreover, includes information about 

charges and proceedings (regardless of 

the outcome) that occurred when an 

individual was a minor, even if the 

record in the matter is under seal. OPM 

did not accept this comment because 

the questions are designed to elicit 

information regarding criminal history 

record information, to permit the 

individual to explain the circumstances 

of offenses or charges, and to obtain 

details to assist in locating and 

obtaining records for the background 

investigation. Collecting criminal record 

information from the individual 

provides efficiency and affords the 

individual the opportunity to provide 

contextual details about conduct. Such 

details are needed by agencies in 

applying suitability criteria and/or 

assessing whether granting a PIV will 

present an unacceptable risk to people, 

property, and/or information systems. 

An individual from USPIS 

commented that in the section regarding 

Police Record, an applicant should be 

asked whether they have ever been 

arrested or used drugs, or that 

information should be collected 

specifically regarding the past 5 or 10 

years. OPM did not accept this comment 

because information relating to drug 

related arrests is already collected in the 

Police Record section and information 

regarding drug use for a specific period 

is collected in Section 17, Illegal Use of 

Drugs and Drug Activity. 

A recommendation was received from 

the PAC PMO to require collection of 

information regarding alcohol abuse 

based on the suitability factor identified 

in 5 CFR 731. OPM did not accept this 

change at this time, but will consider 

the modification as part of an additional 

review to occur later. 

Analysis 

Agency: NBIB, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management. 

Title: Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive 

Positions (SF 85). 

OMB Number: 3206–0261. 

Affected Public: The SF 85 is an 

information collections completed by 

applicants for, or incumbents of, Federal 

Government civilian positions, or 

positions in private entities performing 

work for the Federal Government under 

contract. The SF 85 will be used by the 

Federal Government in conducting 

background investigations and 

reinvestigations of persons under 

consideration for, or retention of, nonsensitive positions. The form may also 

be used by agencies in determining 

whether a subject performing work for, 

or on behalf of, the Government under 

a contract, should be deemed eligible for 

logical or physical access. For 

applicants, the SF 85 is to be used only 

after a conditional offer of employment 

has been made, unless OPM has granted 

an exception. 

Number of Respondents: 55,040. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 120 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 110,080. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Kathleen M. McGettigan, 

Acting Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6326–53–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail Express 

and Priority Mail Negotiated Service 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of notice required: 

December 29, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on December 22, 

2017, it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a USPS Request to Add 

Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail 

Contract 56 to Competitive Product List. 

Documents are available at 

www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2018–86, 

CP2018–128. 

Elizabeth A. Reed, 

Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28109 Filed 12–28–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

32952; 812–14805] 

Validea Capital Management, LLC, et 

al.; Notice of Application 

December 26, 2017. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice of an application for an 

order under section 6(c) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 

‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from sections 

2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the 

Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act, under 

sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an 

exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 

17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section 

12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from 

sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of 

the Act. The requested order would 

permit (a) index-based series of certain 

open-end management investment 

companies (‘‘Funds’’) to issue shares 

redeemable in large aggregations only 

(‘‘Creation Units’’); (b) secondary market 

transactions in Fund shares to occur at 

negotiated market prices rather than at 

net asset value (‘‘NAV’’); (c) certain 

Funds to pay redemption proceeds, 

under certain circumstances, more than 

seven days after the tender of shares for 

redemption; (d) certain affiliated 

persons of a Fund to deposit securities 

into, and receive securities from, the 


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