Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 127 / Monday, July 1, 1996 / Notices 33945

James C. Kilbourne, Chief, Appellate

Section

Pauline H. Milius, Chief, Policy,

Legislation, and Special Litigation

Section

Justice Management Division

Mary Ellen Condon, Director,

Information Management and

Security Staff

Theodius McBurrows, Director, Equal

Employment Opportunity Staff

Daphne B. Sampson, Director, Library

Staff

Tax Division

Stanley F. Krysa, Chief, Criminal

Section

E. Ralph Pierce, Chief, Criminal

Enforcement Section, Northern

Region

Steven Shapiro, Chief, Civil Trial

Section, Southern Region

Bureau of Prisons

Wallace H. Cheney, General Counsel

Thomas R. Kane, Assistant Director,

Information, Policy, and Public

Affairs Division

Ira B. Kirschbaum, General Counsel for

Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR)

Ronald G. Thompson, Assistant

Director, Human Resource

Management Division

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Neil P. Miller, Chief Attorney-Examiner

Immigration and Naturalization Service

John P. Chase, Director of Internal Audit

Joan C. Higgins, Assistant Commissioner

for Detention and Deportation

John R. Schroeder, Assistant

Commissioner for Administrative

Centers

Jeffrey L. Weiss, Director, Asylum

Division

United States Marshals Service

Kenneth C. Holecko, Assistant Director

for Business Services

[FR Doc. 96–16706 Filed 6–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Labor-Management

Standards

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the Office

of Labor-Management Standards

(OLMS) is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension of

the collection of information

requirements of Labor Organization and

Auxiliary Reports. A copy of the

proposed information collection request

(ICR) and/or the reporting forms can be

obtained by contacting the office listed

below in the addressee section of this

notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

August 30, 1996. The Department of

Labor is particularly interested in

comments which:

• evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submissions of responses.

ADDRESSEE: John Kotch, Deputy

Assistant Secretary, Office of LaborManagement Standards, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room N–5605,

Washington, DC 20210, (202) 219–7337

(this is not a toll-free number). Fax

number: (202) 219–6459.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I

Background: Congress enacted the

Labor-Management Reporting and

Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended

(LMRDA), to provide for the disclosure

of information on the financial

transactions and administrative

practices of labor organizations. The

statute also provides, under certain

circumstances, for reporting by labor

organization officers and employees,

employers, labor relations consultants,

and surety companies. Section 208 of

the LMRDA authorizes the Secretary to

issue rules and regulations prescribing

the form of the required reports. The

reporting provisions were devised to

implement a basic tenet of the LMRDA:

the guarantee of democratic procedures

and safeguards within labor

organizations that are designed to

protect the basic rights of union

members. Section 205 of the LMRDA

provides that the reports are public

information.

II

Current Actions: The Department of

Labor is seeking extension of the current

approval of the collection of information

with the minor modification of reducing

the total burden hours by 61 due to the

elimination of Form LM–6 ( a signature

sheet for labor organizations held in

trusteeship). An extension is necessary

because the LMRDA explicitly requires

the reporting and establishes the

frequency of the required filings. The

information collected by OLMS is used

by union members to help self-govern

their unions, by the general public, and

as research material for both outside

researchers and within the Department

of Labor. The information is also used

to assist DOL and other government

agencies in detecting improper practices

on the part of labor organizations, their

officers and/or representatives, and is

used by Congress in oversight and

legislative functions. OLMS receives

approximately 800 requests per month

for public disclosure of reports.

III

Type of Review: Extension.

IV

Agency: Office of Labor-Management

Standards.

V

Title: Labor Organization and

Auxiliary Reports.

VI

OMB Number: 1214–0001.

VII

Agency Number: 1294.

VIII

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

Summary:
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Cite/reference Total

respondents Frequency Totalresponses

Average time per

response Burden hours

Form LM–1 ............................................................ 330 Annually .................. 330 55 minutes .......... 302

Form LM–2 ............................................................ 5,096 Annually .................. 5,096 15.25 hours ........ 77,714

Form LM–3 ............................................................ 16,275 Annually .................. 16,275 6.75 hours .......... 109,857

Form LM–4 ............................................................ 14,000 Annually .................. 14,000 .86 hours ............ 12,086

Form LM–10 .......................................................... 177 Annually .................. 177 35 minutes .......... 104

Form LM–15 .......................................................... 732 As Necessary .......... 732 1.83 hours .......... 1,342

Form LM–15A ........................................................ 61 Semi-Annually ......... 61 22 minutes .......... 22

Form LM–16 .......................................................... 224 As Necessary .......... 224 21 minutes .......... 78

Form LM–20 .......................................................... 168 As Necessary .......... 168 22 minutes .......... 61

Form LM–21 .......................................................... 50 Annually .................. 50 35 minutes .......... 29

Form LM–30 .......................................................... 78 Annually .................. 78 35 minutes .......... 46

Form S–1 ............................................................... 200 Annually .................. 200 35 minutes .......... 117

Simplified Annual Report Format .......................... 3,298 Annually .................. 3,298 12 minutes .......... 671

Total ................................................................ 40,689 ................................. 40,689 ............................. 202,429

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

There are no capital/startup costs. Any

capital investments including

computers and software are excluded

from the regulatory definition of burden

as capital investments which are usual

and customary expenses incurred by

persons in the normal course of their

business.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): Total burden costs to

respondents and recordkeepers is

estimated to be $3,844,296. The cost

estimates are based on wage rate data

obtained from the Bureau of Labor

Statistics for personnel employed in

service industries (i.e., accountant,

accounting clerk, attorney, personnel,

manager/supervisor, etc.). The estimates

used for labor union officials were

obtained from the annual financial

reports filed with OLMS.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval of the information

collection request; they will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

John Kotch,

Deputy Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16704 Filed 6–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–86–P

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION

BOARD

Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment

System of Records Notice

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection

Board.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to existing

system of records.

SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection

Board (MSPB) publishes this document

pursuant to the requirements of the

Privacy Act of 1974 at 5 U.S.C.

552a(e)(4) to update the existence and

character of its government-wide system

of records, MSPB/GOVT–1, Appeal and

Case Records.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael H. Hoxie, Office of the Clerk of

the Board, (202) 653–7200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice amends the text of MSPB/GOVT–

1, Appeal and Case Records to reflect

changes in the Board’s organization,

office locations, telephone and fax

numbers and the extension of the

approved records disposition schedule

from six to seven years.

Dated: June 26, 1996.

Robert E. Taylor,

Clerk of the Board.

MSPB/GOVT–1

SYSTEM NAME:

Appeals and Case Records.

SYSTEM LOCATIONS:

Office of the Clerk of the Board, Merit

System Protection Board (MSPB),

Information Resources Management

Division, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20419, and the MSPB

regional and field offices (see list of

Office addresses in the Appendix).

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

a. Current and former Federal

employees, applicants for employment,

annuitants, and other individuals who

have filed appeals with MSPB or its

predecessor agency, or with respect to

whom the Special Counsel or a Federal

agency has petitioned MSPB concerning

any matter over which MSPB has

jurisdiction.

b. Current and former employees of

state and local governments who have

been investigated by the Special

Counsel and have had a hearing before

MSPB concerning possible violation of

the Hatch Act.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

a. These records contain information

or documents such as briefs, pleadings,

motions, exhibits, hearing transcripts,

and MSPB decisions, which comprise

the administrative records of appeals

and other matters arising under the

adjudicatory authority of MSPB. These

records also contain individual

appellant’s names, social security

numbers, home addresses, veterans

status, race, sex, national origin and

disability status data.

b. This system also includes the

Board’s automated Case Management

System. The system, resident on MSPB

headquarter’s minicomputer, which

contains information from the above

records, is used to record the location,

history, status, and case processing

information on cases brought before the

Board for adjudication.

Note.—This system includes records and

documents compiled by Federal agencies in

processing adverse actions and actions based

on unacceptable performance, covered by

OPM/GOVT–3, when such actions are

appealed to the MSPB.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 7701,

7702.

PURPOSE:

a. These records are used to document

and adjudicate appeals and other

matters arising under the MSPB original

and appellate jurisdiction.

b. These records also serve a

management information function by

providing statistical data for reports,

physical file location and staff

productivity.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

Information from the record may be

disclosed: