Document ID: SEC-2017-1407-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2017-08-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 39475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17503]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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:

     Electronic Data Collection System, SEC File No. 270-621, OMB 

Control No. 3235-0672

    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'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 

information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit an 

extension for this current collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval.

    The Commission invites comment on updates to its Electronic Data 

Collection System database (the Database), which will support 

information provided by members of the public who would like to file an 

online tip, complaint or referral (TCR) to the Commission. The Database 

will be a web based e-filed dynamic report based on technology that 

pre-populates and establishes a series of questions based on the data 

that the individual enters. The individual will then complete specific 

information on the subject(s) and nature of the suspicious activity, 

using the data elements appropriate to the type of complaint or 

subject. The information collection is voluntary. The public interface 

to the Database will be available using the agency's Web site, 

www.sec.gov. The Commission estimates that it takes a complainant, on 

average, 30 minutes to submit a TCR through the Database. Based on the 

receipt of an average of approximately 16,000 annual TCRs for the past 

three fiscal years, the Commission estimates that the annual reporting 

burden is 8,000 hours.

    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 

imposed by the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (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.

     Background documentation for this information collection may be 

viewed at the following Web site: 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: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 

Pavlik-Simon, 100 F St. NE., Washington, DC 20549 or send an email to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days 

of this notice.

    Dated: August 15, 2017.

Eduardo A. Aleman,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2017-17503 Filed 8-17-17; 8:45 am]

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