20848 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 75 / Tuesday, April 18, 2000 / Notices

Proposal To Extend for Three Years

Without Revision the Following

Currently Approved Collection of

Information

Title: Foreign Branch Report of

Condition.

Form Number: FFIEC 030.

Frequency of Response: Annually,

and quarterly for significant branches.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

For OCC:

OMB Number: 1557–0099.

Number of Respondents: 143 annual

respondents 56 quarterly respondents.

Estimated Time per Response: 3.9

burden hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1431

burden hours.

For Board: 

OMB Number: 7100–0071.

Number of Respondents: 40 annual

respondents 26; quarterly respondents.

Estimated Time per Response: 3.9

burden hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 468

burden hours.

For FDIC:

OMB Number: 3064–0011.

Number of Respondents: 36 annual

respondents; no quarterly respondents.

Estimated Time per Response: 3.9

burden hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

140.4 burden hours.

General Description of Report

This information collection is

mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 321, 324, and 602

(Board); 12 U.S.C. 602 (OCC); and 12

U.S.C. 1828 (FDIC). This information

collection is given confidential

treatment (5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(8)). Small

businesses (that is, small banks) are not

affected.

Abstract

This report contains asset and liability

information for foreign branches of

insured U.S. commercial banks and is

required for regulatory and supervisory

purposes. The information is used to

analyze the foreign operations of U.S.

commercial banks. All foreign branches

of U.S. banks regardless of charter type

file this report with the appropriate

Federal Reserve District Bank. The

Federal Reserve collects this

information on behalf of the U.S. bank’s

primary federal bank regulatory agency.

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on:

a. Whether the information

collections are necessary for the proper

performance of the agencies’ functions,

including whether the information has

practical utility;

b. The accuracy of the agencies’

estimates of the burden of the

information collections, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

c. Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected;

d. Ways to minimize the burden of

information collections on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology; and

e. Estimates of capital or start up costs

and costs of operation, maintenance,

and purchase of services to provide

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be shared among the

agencies and will be summarized or

included in the agencies’ requests for

OMB approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Written comments should address the

accuracy of the burden estimates and

ways to minimize burden including the

use of automated collection techniques

or the use of other forms of information

technology as well as other relevant

aspects of the information collection

request.

Dated: March 31, 2000.

Mark J. Tenhundfeld,

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller

of the Currency.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 13, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

Dated at Washington, DC, this 4th day of

April, 2000.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–9675 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE OCC 4810–33–P, Board 6210–01–P6714–

01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;

System of Records

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of a system

of records.

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department,

Internal Revenue Service, gives notice of

a proposed revision to the system of

records entitled ‘‘Security Clearance

Files-Treasury/IRS 34.016,’’ which is

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as

amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a.

DATES: This notice will be adopted

without further publication in the

Federal Register on April 18, 2000,

unless modified by a subsequent notice

to incorporate comments received from

the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Anderson, Program Analyst,

Personnel Security Office A:PS:PSO,

Internal Revenue Service, 1111

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4244,

Washington, DC 20224, telephone (202)

622–9245.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 10, 1999, Delegation Order

#133, as revised, authorized the Chief,

Management and Finance to process

security clearances for IRS personnel in

critical sensitive or noncritical sensitive

positions or assignments. This authority

can be re-delegated no lower than the

Personnel Security Officer. The security

clearance information (i.e., grants,

cancellations, and denials) is

maintained by the Chief, Agencywide

Shared Services, within the IRS

Personnel Security Office.

The purpose of the alteration is to

bring the notice pertaining to Security

Clearance Files-Treasury/IRS 34.016

into compliance with the Privacy Act by

making changes which reflect the

transfer of responsibility for the system.

The alterations include: A change to

‘‘System location,’’ ‘‘Retrievability,’’

‘‘Safeguards,’’ ‘‘System manager,’’ and

‘‘Record access procedures.’’ In

addition, the Privacy Act notice data

element ‘‘Purpose’’ is being added to the

notice to conform to the requirements of

the Act. The system notice was last

published in its entirety in the Federal

Register, Vol 63, page 69869, on

December 17, 1998.

The changes to the system of records

are not within the purview of subsection

(r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as

amended, which requires the

submission of a new or altered system

report. For the reasons set forth in this

preamble, the IRS proposes to amend its

system of records Treasury/IRS 34.016.

Dated: April 10, 2000.

Shelia Y. McCann,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).

Treasury/IRS 34.016

SYSTEM NAME:

Security Clearance Files—Treasury/

IRS.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Description of change: Replace the

current statement with the following:

‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Personnel

Security Office, 1111 Constitution

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 75 / Tuesday, April 18, 2000 / Notices 20849

Avenue, NW, Room 4244, Washington,

DC 20224.’’

* * * * *

Description of change: Immediately

preceding the heading ‘‘Routine Uses of

Records Maintained in the System

Including Categories of Users and the

Purposes of Such Uses,’’ insert the

following entry:

PURPOSE:

This system of records documents

issuances, transfers, and cancellations of

security clearances issued to Internal

Revenue Service employees in critical

sensitive and noncritical sensitive

positions.’’

* * * * *

RETRIEVABILITY:

Description of change: Replace the

current statement with the following:

‘‘Indexed by name or social security

number.’’

SAFEGUARDS:

Description of change: Replace the

current statement with the following:

‘‘Access controls will not be less than

those provided by the Automated

Information System Security Handbook,

IRM 2(10)00, and the Manager’s

Security Handbook, IRM 1(16)12.

Records are stored in locked file

cabinets and computerized records are

password protected.’’

* * * * *

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Description of change: Replace the

current statement with the following:

‘‘Official prescribing policies and

practices—Chief, Agencywide Shared

Services, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20224. Official

maintaining the system and records—

Personnel Security Officer, A:PS:PSO,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room

4244, Washington, DC 20224.’’

* * * * *

RECORD ACCESS PRECDURES:

Description of change: Replace the

current statement with the following:

‘‘Individuals seeking access to this

system of records or seeking to contest

its content may inquire in accordance

with instructions appearing at 31 CFR

part 1, subpart C, appendix B. Inquiries

should be addressed to the IRS

Personnel Security Officer, A:PS:PSO,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room

4244, Washington, DC 20224.’’

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 00–9646 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0089]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management

Service (045A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

8030 or FAX (202) 273–5981. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0089.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Statement of Dependency of

Parent(s), VA Form 21–509.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0089.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: 38 U.S.C 102 requires that

income and dependency must be

determined before benefits may be paid

to or for a dependent parent. VA Form

21–509 is used to gather the necessary

information from the applicant to make

this determination.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

December 2, 1999, on page 67629.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 20,000

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Generally one

time.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

40,000.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt,

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, New Executive Office Building,

Room 12035, Washington, DC 20503

(202) 395–4650. Please refer to ‘‘OMB

Control No. 2900–0089’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: March 27, 2000.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 00–9604 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0321]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management

Service (045A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

8135 or FAX (202) 273–5981. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0321.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Appointment of Veterans

Service Organization as Claimant’s

Representative, VA Form 21–22.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0321.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: The form is used by VA

beneficiaries to appoint any one of a

number of recognized service

organizations to represent them in the

prosecution of their VA claims. The

information is used to determine who

has access to the beneficiary’s claim file.

In addition, it determines who has the

right to receive copies of

correspondence from VA to the