FDIC Federal Register Citations

[Federal Register: February 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 33)]

[Notices]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

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 an information collection titled

``Deposit Broker Status Survey.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to

Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst (Regulatory Analysis), (202) 898-

7453, Office of the Executive Secretary, Room 4058, Attention:

Comments/OES, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Deposit Broker

Status Survey.'' Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at

the rear of the 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business

days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. [FAX number (202) 898-3838;

Internet address: comments@fdic.gov].

A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk

officer for the FDIC: Alexander Hunt, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive

Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara R. Manly, at the address

identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal to renew the following currently approved collection of

information:

Title: Deposit Broker Status Survey.

OMB Number: New collection.

Frequency of Response: Occasional.

Affected Public: Deposit brokers who have notified the FDIC of

their activity.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.

Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.

General Description of Collection: The Deposit Broker Status Survey

is targeted to deposit brokers who have notified the FDIC of their

activity: securities and investment firms, financial institutions,

financial planners, insurance agents, etc. The survey is designed to

update FDIC records to ensure that brokers are active in the field,

purge files of brokers no longer operating, update information on the

activities of active brokers and correct addresses and contact

information.

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance of

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the FDIC's functions, including whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the

information collection, 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 collection 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

collection 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

this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

Dated at Washington, DC, this 12th day of February, 1999.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 99-4056 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]

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