Document ID: SEC-2014-1670-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-10-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59870-59871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23571]

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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:
    Rule 17f-2(d); SEC File No. 270-36, OMB Control No. 3235-0028.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA'') (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 Rule 17f-
2(d) (17 CFR 240.17f-2(d)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Act'').
    Rule 17f-2(d) requires that records created pursuant to the 
fingerprinting requirements of Section 17(f)(2) of the Act be 
maintained and preserved by every member of a national securities 
exchange, broker, dealer, registered transfer agent and registered 
clearing agency (``covered entities'' or ``respondents''); permits, 
under certain circumstances, the records required to be maintained and 
preserved by a member of a national securities exchange, broker, or 
dealer to be maintained and preserved by a self-regulatory organization 
that is also the designated examining authority for that member, broker 
or dealer; and permits the required records to be preserved on 
microfilm. The general purpose of Rule 17f-2 is to: (i) Identify 
security risk personnel; (ii) provide criminal record information so 
that employers can make fully informed employment decisions; and (iii) 
deter persons with criminal records from seeking employment or 
association with covered entities. The rule enables the Commission or 
other examining authority to ascertain whether all covered persons are 
being fingerprinted and whether proper procedures regarding 
fingerprinting are being followed. Retention of these records for a 
period of not less than three years after termination of a covered 
person's employment or relationship with a covered entity ensures that 
law enforcement officials will have easy access to fingerprint cards on 
a timely basis. This in turn acts as an effective deterrent to employee 
misconduct.
    Approximately 5,300 respondents are subject to the recordkeeping 
requirements of the rule. Each respondent maintains approximately 60 
new records per year, each of which takes approximately 2 minutes to 
maintain, for an annual burden of approximately 2 hours per respondent 
(60 records times 2 minutes). The total annual burden for all 
respondents is approximately 10,600 hours (5,300 respondents times 2 
hours). As noted above, all records maintained subject to the rule must 
be retained for a period of not less than three years after termination 
of a covered person's employment or relationship with a covered entity. 
In addition, we estimate the total cost to respondents is approximately 
$119,000.
    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 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) Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 
Information

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Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 100 
F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or be sending an email to: 
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: September 29, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-23571 Filed 10-2-14; 8:45 am]
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