Document ID: SEC-2018-1895-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2018-12-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 63962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26851]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-034, OMB Control No. 3235-0034]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Rule 17f-2(a)

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of the 
previously approved collection of information provided for in the Rule 
17f-2(a), (17 CFR 240.17f-2(a)), under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Rule 17f-2(a) (Fingerprinting Requirements for Securities 
Professionals) requires that securities professionals be fingerprinted. 
This requirement serves to identify security- risk personnel, to allow 
an employer to make fully informed employment decisions, and to deter 
possible wrongdoers from seeking employment in the securities industry. 
Partners, directors, officers, and employees of exchanges, brokers, 
dealers, transfer agents, and clearing agencies are included.
    The Commission staff estimates that approximately 4,480 respondents 
will submit an aggregate total 289,780 new fingerprint cards each year 
or approximately 65 fingerprint cards per year per registrant. The 
staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary to complete 
a fingerprint card is one-half hour. Thus, the total estimated annual 
burden is 144,890 hours for all respondents (289,780 times one-half 
hour). The average internal labor cost of compliance per hour is 
approximately $283. Therefore, the total estimated annual internal 
labor cost of compliance for all respondents is $41,003,870 (144,890 
times $283).
    This rule does not involve the collection of confidential 
information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    The public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Comments should 
be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an email to: 
Lindsay.M.Abate@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Riddle, Acting Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o 
Candace Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an 
email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 
30 days of this notice.

    Dated: December 4, 2018.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-26851 Filed 12-11-18; 8:45 am]
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