[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31519-31520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11127]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Certification of Identity (Form BC-300)

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on March 18, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
    Title: Certification of Identity (Form BC-300).
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1018.
    Form Number(s): Form BC-300.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a 
Currently Approved Collection, as a Common Form.
    Number of Respondents: 400 (annual respondents).
    Average Hours per Response: 6 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 40.
    Needs and Uses: The need for the Certification of Identity (Form 
BC-300) is imperative to performing accurate controls of the 
disbursement of personnel records to the public. This information 
collection is necessary to prevent unauthorized disclosure of records 
of individuals maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau, and allows parties 
who are, or were, in proceedings to disclose or release their records 
to an attorney, accredited representative, qualified organization, or 
other third party. The Form BC-300 will be hosted by the Census Bureau 
as a Common Form.
    Affected Public: Individuals requesting the release of his or her 
own personnel records.
    Frequency: On an as-needed basis.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: In accordance with 15 CFR part 4, subpart B, the 
U.S. Census Bureau requires the submission

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of sufficient information to identify individuals that submit requests 
by mail or otherwise not in person under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 
U.S.C. Section 552a.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-1018.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-11127 Filed 5-23-22; 8:45 am]
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