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person against whom OSC seeks 

disciplinary action, in litigation before 

the MSPB; (f) the plaintiff in litigation 

or administrative claims against OSC; 

persons requesting discovery from OSC; 

and FOIA and Privacy Act requesters 

and appellants. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Case file records related to allegations 

of prohibited personnel practices and 

other prohibited activities, including 

allegations of improper political 

activity, violations of USERRA, and 

other matters under OSC’s jurisdiction, 

including program litigation records and 

records of the ADR Unit and the 

Disclosure Unit, that are of 

extraordinary importance to the nation 

or OSC, are permanent records when 

approved by the Special Counsel. Case 

file records of the Disclosure Unit that 

result in either a referral to an agency 

head pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1213, or an 

informal referral to an agency’s 

Inspector General, are retained for 10 

years after the date of closure. Other 

case file records related to such 

prohibited activities, including program 

litigation, and the Disclosure Unit are 

retained for 6 years after the date of 

closure. Case file records of Formal 

Advisory Opinions of the Hatch Act 

Unit are retained for 6 years after the 

date of closure. Litigation case file 

records relating to the legal defense of 

OSC and its interests in matters and 

claims filed against the agency in courts, 

administrative tribunals, or other 

forums, including formal and informal 

discovery requests, and other claims or 

similar proceedings that are of 

extraordinary importance to the nation 

or OSC are permanent records when 

approved by the Special Counsel. All 

other such defensive litigation and 

claim case file records are retained for 

7 years after the date of closure. 

Additionally, final signed settlement 

agreements are retained for 20 years 

after the date of closure. Personally 

identifiable information in OSC’s 

electronic case tracking system is 

retained until deleted from the database 

25 years after the corresponding case 

file is destroyed. Case file records 

related to OSC’s FOIA and Privacy Act 

Program are retained in accordance with 

NARA’s General Records Schedule 14 

for Information Services Records. 

Disposal of records is accomplished by 

shredding or by NARA-approved 

processes. Electronic information is 

disposed of by deletion. OSC is revising 

its record retention schedule in 

consultation with NARA. Pending 

approval of the revised records 

schedule, records are maintained for the 

current or proposed retention, 

whichever is longer. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

These records are located in lockable 

file cabinets or in secured areas. Other 

OSC safeguards include the required use 

of computer password protection 

identification features and other system 

protection methods. Access is limited to 

those agency personnel who have an 

official need for access to perform their 

duties. OSC requires new employees to 

read and acknowledge agency 

directives, including on information 

technology user roles and 

responsibilities, records management, 

and privacy protection. OSC requires all 

employees to complete annual 

cybersecurity awareness training. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

Individuals who wish to request 

record access should contact the FOIA/ 

Privacy Act Officer, U.S. Office of 

Special Counsel: (1) By mail at 1730 M 

Street NW., Suite 218, Washington, DC 

20036–4505; (2) by telephone at 202– 

804–7000; or (3) by fax: at 202–653– 

5161. To assist in the process of locating 

and identifying records, individuals 

should furnish the following: Name and 

home address; business title and 

address; any other known identifying 

information such as an agency file 

number or identification number; a 

description of the circumstances under 

which the records were compiled; and 

any other information deemed necessary 

by OSC to properly process the request. 

Requesters should reasonably describe 

the records they seek. Rules about FOIA 

access are in 5 CFR part 1820, and rules 

about Privacy Act access are in 5 CFR 

part 1830. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals who wish to contest 

records about themselves should contact 

OSC’s Privacy Act Officer, identify any 

information they believe should be 

corrected, and furnish a statement of the 

basis for the requested correction along 

with all available supporting documents 

and materials. See OSC Privacy Act 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1830. 

Notification Procedures: Individuals 

who wish to inquire whether this 

system contains information about them 

should follow the Record Access 

procedures, noted above. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

OSC will claim exemptions from the 

provisions of the Privacy Act at 

subsections (c)(3) and (d) as permitted 

by subsection (k) for records subject to 

the Act that fall within the category of 

investigatory material described in 

paragraphs (2) and (5), and testing or 

examination material described in 

paragraph (6) of that subsection. The 

exemptions for investigatory material 

are necessary to prevent frustration of 

inquiries into allegations of prohibited 

personnel practices, unlawful political 

activity, whistleblower disclosures, 

USERRA violations, and other matters 

under OSC’s jurisdiction, and to protect 

identities of confidential sources of 

information, including in background 

investigations of OSC employees, 

contractors, and other individuals 

conducted by or for OSC. The 

exemption for testing or examination 

material is necessary to prevent the 

disclosure of information which would 

potentially give an individual an unfair 

competitive advantage or diminish the 

utility of established examination 

procedures. OSC also reserves the right 

to assert exemptions for records 

received from another agency that could 

be properly claimed by that agency in 

responding to a request. OSC may also 

refuse access to any information 

compiled in reasonable anticipation of a 

civil action or proceeding. OSC 

published a final rule regarding these 

exemptions at 72 FR 56617 (Oct. 4, 

2017). 

HISTORY: 

OSC last published a Federal Register 

notice for this system on April 23, 2012, 

at 77 FR 24242. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Bruce P. Gipe, 

Chief Operating Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20596 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7405–01–P 

PEACE CORPS 

Information Collection Request; 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Peace Corps. 

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Peace Corps will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. The purpose of 

this notice is to allow 60 days for public 

comment in the Federal Register 

preceding submission to OMB. We are 

conducting this process in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Denora Miller, FOIA/ 


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1 15 U.S.C.78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

Privacy Act Officer. Denora Miller can 

be contacted by telephone at 202–692– 

1236 or email at pcfr@peacecorps.gov. 

Email comments must be made in text 

and not in attachments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denora Miller at Peace Corps address 

above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Control Number: 0420–0545. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Respondents Obligation to Reply: 

Voluntary. 

Burden to the Public: 

Estimated burden (hours) of the 

collection of information: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 13. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

85,917. 

Annual Responses: 85,917. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 26. 

Annual Burden Hours: 28,197. 

General Description of Collection: 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 Peace Corps’ services 

will be unavailable. 

Peace Corps 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. 

Request for Comment: Peace Corps 

invites comments on whether the 

proposed collections of information are 

necessary for proper performance of the 

functions of the Peace Corps, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the information 

to be collected; and, ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

automated collection techniques, when 

appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

This notice is issued in Washington, DC on 

September 21, 2017. 

Denora Miller, 

FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20602 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–81675; File No. SR– 

NYSEArca–2017–110] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed 

Rule Change To List and Trade Shares 

of the GraniteShares Platinum Trust 

Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201 

September 21, 2017. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that, on 

September 12, 2017, NYSE Arca, Inc. 

(the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II below, which Items have 

been prepared by the Exchange. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 


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