Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request. Acquisition Services Information Requirements.

[Federal Register: April 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 82)] 
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   FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
    
 
   Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB  
   Review; Comment Request 
    
   AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). 
    
   ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 
    
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   SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork  
   and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal  
   agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or  
   continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork  
   Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is  
   soliciting comments concerning information collections titled  
   ``Acquisition Services Information Requirements.'' 
    
   DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 28, 2005. 
    
   ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to  
   Gary A. Kuiper, Counsel, (202) 942-3824, Legal Division, Federal  
   Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., PA-1730-3000,  
   Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Acquisition  
   Services Information Requirements.'' Comments may be hand-delivered to  
   the guard station at the rear of the 550 17th Street Building (located  
   on F Street), on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. [FAX number  
   (202) 898-3838; E-mail: comments@fdic.gov]. 
   Comments may be inspected  
   and photocopied in the FDIC Public Information Center, 801 17th Street,  
   NW., Room 100, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on business  
   days. 
   A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk
    
   officer for the FDIC: Mark Menchik, Office of Information and  
   Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive  
   Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503. 
    
   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary A. Kuiper, at the address  
   identified above. 
    
   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
   Title: Acquisition Services Information Requirements. 
   OMB Number: 3064-0072. This OMB Number covers the following 
   forms: 
   Forms Currently in Use: 
   FDIC Background Investigation Questionnaire for Contractor
    
   Personnel Management Officials, Form 1600/04 (1-03). [Added questions  
   regarding other names used, race, height, weight, eye color, hair  
   color, contract number and oversight manager.] 
   FDIC Contractor Representation and Certifications, Form 
   3700/04A  
   (8-02). [Changed format so form can be filled out online.] 
   FDIC Background Investigation Questionnaire for Contractor, 
   Form  
   1600/07 (8-02). [No changes.] 
   FDIC Notice and Authorization Pertaining to Consumer Reports, 
   Form  
   1600/10 (10-02). [Added statement that authorization is valid for one  
   year or upon separation of employment/services from the FDIC.] 
   FDIC Integrity and Fitness Representations and 
   Certifications, Form  
   3700/12 (11-03). [In the instructions for the form, ``Definitions'' was  
   replaced with ``Unique Terms'' and the explanations of ``conflict of  
   interest'' and ``ownership or control'' were simplified; also, examples  
   were given of ``pattern or practice of defalcation regarding  
   obligations,'' and of ``conflicts of interest.''] 
   FDIC Leasing Representations and Certifications, Form 3700/44 (10-01).  
   [No changes.] 
   Discontinued Forms in This Collection: 
   FDIC Contractor Application, Form 3700/13 (5-02). 
   Contractor Past Performance RFP Reference Check 
   Questionnaire, Form  
   3700/29 (10-01). 
   Contractor Application Revision Request, Form 3700/33 (8-98). 
   Frequency of Response: On occasion. 
   Affected Public: Any contractors who wish to do business, 
   have done  
   business, or are currently under contract with the FDIC. 
   Estimated Number of Respondents and Burden Hours: 

   Previous Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden Hours: 5,389
   hours. 
    
   New Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden Hours: 3,099 
   hours. 
   Net Reduction in Estimated Burden Hours: 2,290 hours. 
   General Description of Collection: The collection involves 
   the  
   submission of information on various forms by contractors who wish to  
   do business, have done business, or are currently under contract with  
   the FDIC. The information is used to: Enter contractors on the FDIC's  
   nationwide contractor database, the National Contractor System (NCS);  
   ensure compliance with established contractor ethics regulations (12  
   CFR part 366); obtain information on a contractor's past performance  
   for proposal evaluation purposes; review a potential lessor's fitness  
   and integrity prior to entering into a lease transaction; provide  
   notice and authorization for obtaining consumer reports for employment  
   purposes or performance under a contract; and document contractor  
   change requests. 
    
   Request for Comment 
    
   Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collections of 
   information  
   are necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions,  
   including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the  
   accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collections,  
   including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c)  
   ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to  
   be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information  
   collections on respondents, including through the use of automated  
   collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
   At the end of the comment period, the comments and 
   recommendations  
   received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the  
   collections should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review  
   and approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will  
   be summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of  
   these collections. All comments will become a matter of public record. 
    
   Dated at Washington, DC, this 26th day of April, 2005. 
    
   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 
   Robert E. Feldman, 
   Executive Secretary. 
   [FR Doc. 05-8583 Filed 4-28-05; 8:45 am] 
    
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