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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary of Labor 

Notice of Intent To Issue Declaratory 

Order 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Labor, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to issue 

declaratory order; request for comment; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On December 17, 2014, the 

Office of the Secretary of Labor 

published a Federal Register notice of 

intent to issue declaratory order and 

request for comment (‘‘Notice’’). This 

Notice (79 FR 75179) states the 

Secretary of Labor (‘‘Secretary’’) is 

considering issuing on his own motion 

a declaratory order confirming that he 

has exclusive authority to make legal 

and policy determinations based on his 

statutory and regulatory authority to 

administer and enforce the H–2B 

temporary labor certification program. 

Such a declaratory order would remove 

uncertainty about that authority created 

by a decision of the Board of Alien 

Labor Certification Appeals in Island 

Holdings LLC, 2013–PWD–00002 

(BALCA Dec. 3, 2013) (en banc). This 

Notice was issued pursuant to the 

authority granted in the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 554(e), to 

issue declaratory orders ‘‘to terminate a 

controversy or remove uncertainty.’’ 

This document extends the comment 

period for the Notice for fifteen (15) 

days. If you have already submitted 

comments in response to the Notice, 

you do not need to resubmit your 

comment. The Department will consider 

all comments received from the date of 

publication of the Notice through the 

close of the extended comment period. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

Notice published on December 17, 2014 

(79 FR 75179), scheduled to close on 

January 16, 2015, is extended until 

February 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number ETA– 

2014–0003, by any one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web 

site instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Please submit all written comments 

(including disk and CD–ROM 

submissions) to Adele Gagliardi, 

Administrator, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–5641, Washington, DC 20210. 

Please submit your comments by only 

one method. Comments received by 

means other than those listed above or 

received after the comment period has 

closed will not be reviewed. The 

Department will post all comments 

received on http://www.regulations.gov 

without making any change to the 

comments, including any personal 

information provided. The http://

www.regulations.gov Web site is the 

Federal e-rulemaking portal and all 

comments posted there are available 

and accessible to the public. The 

Department cautions commenters not to 

include personal information such as 

Social Security Numbers, personal 

addresses, telephone numbers, and 

email addresses in their comments as 

such information will become viewable 

by the public on the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site. It is the 

commenter’s responsibility to safeguard 

his or her information. Comments 

submitted through http://

www.regulations.gov will not include 

the commenter’s email address unless 

the commenter chooses to include that 

information as part of his or her 

comment. 

Postal delivery in Washington, DC, 

may be delayed due to security 

concerns. Therefore, the Departments 

encourage the public to submit 

comments through the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. The Department 

will also make all the comments 

available for public inspection during 

normal business hours at the 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) Office of Policy 

Development and Research at the above 

address. If you need assistance to review 

the comments, DOL will provide you 

with appropriate aids such as readers or 

print magnifiers. DOL will make copies 

of the Notice available, upon request, in 

large print and as an electronic file on 

computer disk. DOL will consider 

providing the Notice in other formats 

upon request. To schedule an 

appointment to review the comments 

and/or obtain the Notice in an alternate 

format, contact the ETA Office of Policy 

Development and Research at (202) 

693–3700 (VOICE) (this is not a toll-free 

number) or 1–877–889–5627 (TTY/

TDD). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact William W. 

Thompson, Acting Administrator, Office 

of Foreign Labor Certification, ETA, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room C–4312, 

Washington, DC 20210; Telephone (202) 

693–3010 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Individuals with hearing or 

speech impairments may access the 

telephone number above via TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 17, 2014, the Department 

published a Notice of Intent to Issue 

Declaratory Order and Request for 

Comment (79 FR 75179). The 

Department was to receive comments on 

this Notice on or before January 16, 

2015. 

Several organizations and an 

individual submitted requests to extend 

the comment period by an additional 90 

days. We considered these requests and 

determined that it is appropriate to 

provide an additional 15-day period for 

comment on the Notice. We are, 

therefore, extending the comment 

period until Monday, February 2, 2015. 

Extension of Comment Period 

The Department determined that the 

public could use additional time to 

review the administrative record for this 

adjudicatory proceeding and to prepare 

comment in the nature of legal briefing 

related to the proposed legal 

determinations stated in the Notice. 

Therefore, to allow the public sufficient 

time to review and comment on the 

Notice, the Department is extending the 

comment period until February 2, 2015. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

January, 2015. 

Thomas E. Perez, 

Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00580 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: (14–135)] 

Notice of Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection. 

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public to take this opportunity 

to comment on the ‘‘Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery ’’ 

for approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. 


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seq.). This collection was developed as 

part of a Federal Government-wide 

effort to streamline the process for 

seeking feedback from the public on 

service delivery. This notice announces 

our intent to submit this collection to 

OMB for approval and solicits 

comments on specific aspects for the 

proposed information collection. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received within 60 days after 

the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

addressed to Frances Teel, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Code JF000, Washington, DC 20546– 

0001, frances.c.teel@nasa.gov. Please do 

not include information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information, in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Frances Teel, NASA PRA 

Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters, 

300 E Street SW., Mail Code JF0000, 

Washington, DC 20546 or 

frances.c.teel@nasa.gov. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: This is an active information 

collection. NASA is increasing the 

projected burden hours to engage more 

members of the public in discussion 

groups and focus groups, and increase 

the number of qualitative customer 

satisfaction surveys. The proposed 

information collection activity provides 

a means to garner qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

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. 

Current Actions: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

activities: 1,720. 

Average number of Respondents per 

Activity: Variable. 

Annual responses: Variable. 

Frequency of Response: Variable. 

Average minutes per response: 

Variable. 

Burden hours: 142,000. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. 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. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 


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a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection at: 

Regulations.gov. 

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 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Cheryl E. Parker, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00561 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Privacy Act of 1974: New System of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management is proposing to add a new 

system of records to its inventory of 

record systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

This action is necessary to meet the 

requirements of the Privacy Act to 

publish in the Federal Register notice of 

the existence and character of records 

maintained by the agency (5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4)). The Integrity Assurance 

Officer Control Files (Internal 20) 

system of records has been operational 

since February 2005 without incident. 

Previously, OPM has relied on 

preexisting Privacy Act system of 

records notices for the collection and 

maintenance of these records. In an 

effort to increase transparency, OPM 

published a separate notice for this 

system (Federal Register/Volume 79, 

No. 71/April 14, 2014/page 20931), and 

no comments were received. At this 

time we are publishing the complete 

text of this system of records. 

DATES: This addition will be effective 

without further notice thirty (30) 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication, unless we receive 

comments that result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Program Manager for the Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act office, 

Federal Investigative Services, U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management, 1137 

Branchton Road, PO Box 618, Boyers, 

Pennsylvania 16018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Program Manager, Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act office, 

FISSORNComments@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Office of 

Personnel Management Federal 

Investigative Services (OPM–FIS) 

proposes to establish a new system of 

records titled Integrity Assurance 

Officer Control Files (Internal 20). This 

system of records allows OPM–FIS to 

collect, analyze, coordinate, and report 

investigations into allegations of 

misconduct or negligence by OPM 

Federal and contractor staff. The 

information in this system documents 

investigations into allegations or 

concerns of the following possible 

misconduct: (1) Fraud against the 

Government; (2) Theft of Government 

property; (3) Misuse of Government 

property and IT systems; and (4) 

Improper personal conduct. 

This information is reported to other 

OPM components or Federal agencies 

for criminal, administrative, or any 

other actions deemed appropriate. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

Office of Personnel Management 

OPM/INTERNAL–20 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Internal—Integrity Assurance Officer 

Control Files 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records may be maintained in the 

following locations: 

a. United States Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM), Federal 

Investigative Services (FIS), 1900 E 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20415; 

b. OPM–FIS, Federal Investigations 

Processing Center, 1137 Branchton Rd, 

PO Box 618, Boyers, PA 16018–0618; 

c. OPM–FIS, Personnel Investigations 

Center, 601 10th Street, Ft. Meade, MD 

20755. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Current and former individuals who 

have applied to or who are or were 

employed by FIS or who work(ed) on an 

OPM–FIS Contract and were referred to 

FIS’s Integrity Assurance office due to 

allegations or concerns of the following 

possible misconduct: (1) Fraud against 

the Government; (2) Theft of 

Government property; (3) Misuse of 

Government property and IT systems; 

and (4) Improper personal conduct. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Applicable records may contain the 

following information about the covered 

individual: name, date of birth, Social 

Security Number, home address, 

telephone numbers, email addresses, 

employment history, education history, 

criminal history, civil court actions, 

records related to drug and/or alcohol 

use, interviews with and information 

obtained from sources and subjects of 

the integrity investigation, records 

documenting the individual’s work or 

performance, records documenting the 

handling of personally identifiable 

information, time and attendance 

records, government credit card records, 

travel records, government issued 

cellular phone records, personnel and/ 

or training records, public record 

information to include law enforcement, 

financial, divorce, bankruptcy, name 

change and other court information or 

reports and copies of information 

appearing in the media; copies of 

correspondence to and from the 

individual concerning the items above 

and copies of inter- and intra-agency 

correspondence concerning the items 

above and other information developed 

and relevant to the investigation. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301; the Federal Records Act, 

44 U.S.C. 3101. 

PURPOSE(S): 

OPM–FIS uses these records to 

document the outcome of investigations 

into allegations of misconduct or 

negligence by OPM Federal and 

contractor staff or applicants and/or 

report the results of these investigations 

to other OPM components or Federal 

agencies for criminal, administrative, or 

any other action deemed appropriate. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed to authorized entities, as is 

determined to be relevant and 

necessary, outside OPM as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

1. For Law Enforcement Purposes—To 

disclose pertinent information to the 

appropriate Federal, State, or local 

agency responsible for investigating, 

prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing 

a statute, rule, regulation, or order, 


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