Document Headings

                    Document headings vary by document type but may contain                    the following:                  
                -                       the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document                    
                -                       the number of the CFR title and the number of each part                      the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly                      related to                    
                -                       the agency docket number / agency internal file number                    
                -                       the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in                      the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory                      Actions                    

                    See the                                          Document Drafting Handbook                                        for more details.                  

###### Department of the Treasury

###### Fiscal Service

# AGENCY:

Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Treasury.

# ACTION:

Notice and Request for comments.

# SUMMARY:

The Financial Management Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection. By this notice, the Financial Management Service solicits comments concerning the “Annual Letters—Certificates of Authority (A) and Admitted Reinsurer (B).”

# DATES:

Written comments should be received on or before November 17, 2008.

# ADDRESSES:

Direct all written comments to Financial Management Service, 3700 East West Highway, Records and Information Management Program Staff, Room 135, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Requests for additional information should be directed to Rose Miller, Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East West Highway, Room 632F, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (202) 874-6850.                              ( print page 53931)    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial Management Service solicits comments on the collection of information described below:

*Title:*                     Annual Letters—Certificates of Authority (A) and Admitted Reinsurer (B).                

*OMB Number:*                     1510-0057.                

*Form Number:*                     None.                

*Abstract:*                     This letter is used to collect information from companies to determine their acceptability and solvency to write or reinsure federal surety bonds.                

*Current Actions:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Type of Review:*                     Regular.                

*Affected Public:*                     Business or other for-profit.                

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     344.                

*Estimated Time per Respondent:*                     39.75 hours.                

*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*                     13,674.                

*Comments:*                     Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.                     *Comments are invited on:*                     (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information 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.                

Scott Johnson,

Assistant Commissioner, Management.

[FR Doc. E8-21612 Filed 9-16-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810-35-M