[Federal Register: November 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 220)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Expiring 
Information Collection Form: OPM-1386B

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget a request for review of an expiring information collection form. 
OPM-1386B, Applicant Race and National Origin Questionnaire, is used to 
gather information concerning the race and national origin of 
applicants for employment under the Outstanding Scholar provision of 
the Luevano Consent Decree, 93 F.R.D. 68 (1981).
    New standards for collecting race and ethnicity are defined in the 
Federal Register notice, ``Revisions to the Standards for the 
Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity,'' 62 FR 58782 
(1997). The standards change the classification of Federal data on race 
and ethnicity contained in OMB Directive 15, Race and Ethnic Standards 
for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting. This 
classification provides a minimum standard for maintaining, collecting, 
and presenting data on race and ethnicity. The standards have five 
categories for race and two categories for ethnicity. They also allow 
individuals to select more than one race, based on self-identification.
    Approximately 100,000 OPM-1386B forms are completed annually. Each 
form takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. The annual estimated 
burden is 8,333 hours.

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    Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management and whether it will have practical 
utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection 
of information is accurate and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, through the use of 
appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey by 
telephone (202) 606-8358, or by e-mail MaryBeth.Smith-Toomey@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar 
days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to: Daniel Fusco, Manager, 
Recruiting, Examining and Assessment Group, U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 6500, Washington, DC 20415.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
[FR Doc. 05-22741 Filed 11-15-05; 8:45 am]
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