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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request for Unmodified
Qualified Trust Model Certificates and
Model Trust Documents
AGENCY:
certificates of independence and
compliance for qualified trusts are
codified in appendixes A, B, and C to
5 CFR part 2634. Copies of the model
trust documents are available through
the Forms, Publications & Other Ethics
Documents section of OGE’s Web site at
https://www.usoge.gov. Copies of the
qualified trust model certificates and the
model trust documents may also be
obtained, without charge, by contacting
Mr. Ledvina.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Government Ethics intends to submit,
shortly after this notice, all twelve
qualified trust model certificates and
model documents described below (all
of which are included under OMB
paperwork control number 3209–0007)
for a two-year extension of approval by
OMB under the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The current
paperwork approval for the model
certificates and model trust documents
is scheduled to expire at the end of
September 2007. OGE is proposing no
changes to the twelve qualified trust
certificates and model trust documents
at this time.
Office of Government Ethics
Privacy Act Statement
In 2003, OGE updated the OGE/
ACTION: Notice.
GOVT–1 system of records notice
(covering SF 278 Public Financial
SUMMARY: The Office of Government
Disclosure Reports and other nameEthics is publishing this second round
retrieved ethics program records),
notice and requesting comment on the
including the addition of the three new
twelve executive branch OGE model
routine uses and the modification of one
certificates and model documents for
of the existing routine uses (the seventh
qualified trusts. OGE intends to submit
one listed on the model trust forms). See
these forms for extension of approval
68 FR 3097–3109 (January 22, 2003), as
(up to two years) by the Office of
corrected at 68 FR 24744 (May 8, 2003).
Management and Budget (OMB) under
As a result, the Privacy Act Statement
the Paperwork Reduction Act. OGE is
on each of the qualified trust model
proposing no changes to these forms at
this time. As in the past, OGE will notify certificates and documents, which
includes paraphrases of the routine
filers of an update to the privacy
uses, is affected. OGE has not
information contained in the existing
incorporated this update into the
forms, and will post a notification
qualified trust model certificates and
thereof on its Web site.
documents at this time, since a more
DATES: Written comments by the public
thorough revision of these information
and the agencies on this proposed
collections is planned within the next
extension are invited and must be
two years. Upon distribution of the trust
received by September 19, 2007.
model certificates and documents, OGE
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to will continue to inform users of the
Brenda Aguilar, OMB Desk Officer for
update to the Privacy Act Statement.
OGE, Office of Information and
OGE will also post a notification thereof
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
on its Web site to accompany the model
Management and Budget, New
certificates and documents.
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Model Trust Form Users
Washington, DC 20503; Telephone:
202–395–7316; FAX: 202–395–6974.
OGE is the supervising ethics office
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul for the executive branch of the Federal
D. Ledvina, Records Officer, Information Government under the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 (Ethics Act).
Resources Management Division at the
Presidential nominees to executive
Office of Government Ethics;
branch positions subject to Senate
Telephone: 202–482–9281; TDD: 202–
confirmation and any other executive
482–9293; FAX: 202–482–9237; E-mail:
branch officials may seek OGE approval
pdledvin@oge.gov. The model
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for Ethics Act qualified blind or
diversified trusts as one means to be
used to avoid conflicts of interest.
OGE is the sponsoring agency for the
model certificates and model trust
documents for qualified blind and
diversified trusts of executive branch
officials set up under section 102(f) of
the Ethics Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 102(f), and
OGE’s implementing financial
disclosure regulations at subpart D of 5
CFR part 2634. The various model
certificates and model trust documents
are utilized by OGE and settlors,
trustees and other fiduciaries in
establishing and administering these
qualified trusts.
Model Trust Forms and Documents
There are two categories of
information collection requirements that
OGE plans to submit for renewed
paperwork approval, each with its own
related reporting model trust certificates
or model trust documents which are
subject to paperwork review and
approval by OMB. The OGE regulatory
citations for these two categories,
together with identification of the forms
used for their implementation, are as
follows:
i. Qualified trust certifications—5 CFR
2634.401(d)(2), 2634.403(b)(11),
2634.404(c)(11), 2634.406(a)(3) and (b),
2634.408, 2634.409 and appendixes A
and B to part 2634 (the two
implementing forms, the Certificate of
Independence and Certificate of
Compliance, are codified respectively in
the cited appendixes; see also the
Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction
Act notices thereto in appendix C); and
ii. Qualified trust communications
and model provisions and agreements—
5 CFR 2634.401(c)(1)(i) and (d)(2),
2634.403(b), 2634.404(c), 2634.408 and
2634.409 (the ten implementing forms
are the: (A) Blind Trust
Communications (Expedited Procedure
for Securing Approval of Proposed
Communications); (B) Model Qualified
Blind Trust Provisions; (C) Model
Qualified Diversified Trust Provisions;
(D) Model Qualified Blind Trust
Provisions (For Use in the Case of
Multiple Fiduciaries); (E) Model
Qualified Blind Trust Provisions (For
Use in the Case of an Irrevocable PreExisting Trust); (F) Model Qualified
Diversified Trust Provisions (Hybrid
Version); (G) Model Qualified
Diversified Trust Provisions (For Use in
the Case of Multiple Fiduciaries); (H)
Model Qualified Diversified Trust
Provisions (For Use in the Case of an
Irrevocable Pre-Existing Trust); (I)
Model Confidentiality Agreement
Provisions (For Use in the Case of a
Privately Owned Business); and (J)
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Model Confidentiality Agreement
Provisions (For Use in the Case of
Investment Management Activities). As
noted above, blank copies of each of
these model documents are posted on
OGE’s Web site.
The communications formats and the
confidentiality agreements (items ii. (A),
(I) and (J) above), once completed,
would not be available to the public
because they contain sensitive,
confidential information. All the other
completed model trust certificates and
model trust documents (except for any
trust provisions that relate to the
testamentary disposition of trust assets)
are publicly available based upon a
proper Ethics Act request (by filling out
an OGE Form 201 access form).
Reporting Burden
The Office of Government Ethics
administers the qualified trust program
for the executive branch. Therefore, the
estimated burden figures provided
below represent branchwide
implementation of the forms. The
estimated hour burden, which remains
the same as last indicated by OGE in its
prior second round paperwork renewal
notice in 2005 (70 FR 31471–31472 June
1, 2005), is based on the amount of time
imposed on a trust administrator or
private representative.
i. Trust Certificates:
A. Certificate of Independence: Total
filers (executive branch): 5; private
citizen filers (100%): 5; private citizen
burden hours (20 minutes/certificate): 2.
B. Certificate of Compliance: Total
filers (executive branch): 10; private
citizen filers (100%): 10; private citizen
burden hours (20 minutes/certificate): 3;
and
ii. Model Qualified Trust Documents:
A. Blind Trust Communications: Total
users (executive branch): 5; private
citizen users (100%): 5;
communications documents (private
citizens): 25 (based on an average of five
communications per user, per year);
private citizen burden hours (20
minutes/communication): 8.
B. Model Qualified Blind Trust: Total
users (executive branch): 2; private
citizen users (100%): 2; private citizen
burden hours (100 hours/model): 200.
C. Model Qualified Diversified Trust:
Total users (executive branch): 1;
private citizen users (100%): 1; private
citizen burden hours (100 hours/model):
100.
D.–H. Of the five remaining model
qualified trust documents: total users
(executive branch): 2; private citizen
users (100%): 2; private citizen burden
hours (100 hours/model): 200.
I.–J. Of the two model confidentiality
agreements: total users (executive
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branch): 1; private citizen users (100%):
1; private citizen burden hours (50
hours/agreement): 50.
However, the total annual reporting
hour burden on filers themselves is zero
and not the 563 hours estimated above
because OGE’s estimating methodology
reflects the fact that all respondents hire
private trust administrators or other
private representatives to set up and
maintain the qualified blind and
diversified trusts. Respondents
themselves, typically incoming private
citizen Presidential nominees, therefore
incur no hour burden. The estimated
total annual cost burden to respondents
resulting from the collection of
information is $1,000,000. Those who
use the model documents for guidance
are private trust administrators or other
private representatives hired to set up
and maintain the qualified blind and
diversified trusts of executive branch
officials who seek to establish qualified
trusts. The cost burden figure is based
primarily on OGE’s knowledge of the
typical trust administrator fee structure
(an average of 1 percent of total assets)
and OGE’s experience with
administration of the qualified trust
program. The $1,000,000 annual cost
figure is based on OGE’s estimate of an
average of five active trusts anticipated
to be under administration for each of
the next two years with combined total
assets of $100,000,000. However, OGE
notes that the $1,000,000 figure is a cost
estimate for the overall administration
of the trusts, only a portion of which
relates to information collection and
reporting. For want of a precise way to
break out the costs directly associated
with information collection, OGE is
continuing to report to OMB the full
$1,000,000 estimate for paperwork
clearance purposes.
Consideration of Comments
On May 14, 2007, OGE published a
first round notice of its intent to request
paperwork clearance for the proposed
unmodified qualified trust certificates
and model trust documents. See 72 FR
27132–27134. OGE received only one
response to that notice, which was
critical of the Government, and
provided no specific comment about the
proposed renewal of these documents.
In this second notice, public comment
is again invited on the qualified trust
certificates and model trust documents,
and underlying regulatory provisions, as
set forth in this notice, including
specific views on the need for and
practical utility of this set of collections
of information, the accuracy of OGE’s
burden estimate, the potential for
enhancement of quality, utility and
clarity of the information collected, and
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the minimization of burden (including
the use of information technology).
The Office of Government Ethics, in
consultation with OMB, will consider
all comments received, which will
become a matter of public record.
Approved: August 13, 2007.
Robert I. Cusick,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. E7–16305 Filed 8–17–07; 8:45 am]
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HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Case Plan Requirement, Section
422, 471(a)(16), 475(1) and 475(5)(A) of
the Social Security Act.
OMB No.: 0980–0140.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting authority to renew an
existing information collection that is
expiring October 31, 2007. The
collection of information for the case
plan requirement is authorized by titles
IV–B, Section 422 (42 U.S.C. 422), and
IV–E, Sections 471 and 475 (42 U.S.C.
471 and 475) of the Social Security Act
(the Act). States must develop State
plans for both titles IV–B and IV–E that
are approved by the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services. Both plans require that States
maintain a case review system that
periodically reviews case plans
developed for each child receiving
services under the Act.
Title IV–B provides for child welfare
services funding and title IV–E provides
for foster care maintenance payments
for eligible children. Sections 422(b)(2)
and (8)(A)(ii) of the Act require States to
coordinate services and assistance
under Federal programs, including titles
IV–B and IV–E, and to ensure that States
are operating a case review system that
meets the requirements of section 475(5)
of the Act.
Title IV–E funding, Section 471(a) of
the Act, requires that State plans
provide for the development of a case
plan for each child receiving foster care
maintenance payments and provide for
a case review system that meets the
requirements described in section
475(5)(B) of the Act with respect to each
child.
The case plan is a written document
that provides a narrative description of
the child-specific program of care that
addresses the needs of each child
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Unmodified Qualified
Trust Model Certificates and Model Trust Documents
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Government Ethics is publishing this second
round notice and requesting comment on the twelve executive branch OGE
model certificates and model documents for qualified trusts. OGE
intends to submit these forms for extension of approval (up to two
years) by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act. OGE is proposing no changes to these forms at this time.
As in the past, OGE will notify filers of an update to the privacy
information contained in the existing forms, and will post a
notification thereof on its Web site.
DATES: Written comments by the public and the agencies on this proposed
extension are invited and must be received by September 19, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Brenda Aguilar, OMB Desk Officer
for OGE, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503; Telephone: 202-395-7316; FAX: 202-395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul D. Ledvina, Records Officer,
Information Resources Management Division at the Office of Government
Ethics; Telephone: 202-482-9281; TDD: 202-482-9293; FAX: 202-482-9237;
E-mail: pdledvin@oge.gov. The model certificates of independence and
compliance for qualified trusts are codified in appendixes A, B, and C
to 5 CFR part 2634. Copies of the model trust documents are available
through the Forms, Publications & Other Ethics Documents section of
OGE's Web site at https://www.usoge.gov. Copies of the qualified trust
model certificates and the model trust documents may also be obtained,
without charge, by contacting Mr. Ledvina.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Government Ethics intends to
submit, shortly after this notice, all twelve qualified trust model
certificates and model documents described below (all of which are
included under OMB paperwork control number 3209-0007) for a two-year
extension of approval by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. chapter 35). The current paperwork approval for the model
certificates and model trust documents is scheduled to expire at the
end of September 2007. OGE is proposing no changes to the twelve
qualified trust certificates and model trust documents at this time.
Privacy Act Statement
In 2003, OGE updated the OGE/GOVT-1 system of records notice
(covering SF 278 Public Financial Disclosure Reports and other name-
retrieved ethics program records), including the addition of the three
new routine uses and the modification of one of the existing routine
uses (the seventh one listed on the model trust forms). See 68 FR 3097-
3109 (January 22, 2003), as corrected at 68 FR 24744 (May 8, 2003). As
a result, the Privacy Act Statement on each of the qualified trust
model certificates and documents, which includes paraphrases of the
routine uses, is affected. OGE has not incorporated this update into
the qualified trust model certificates and documents at this time,
since a more thorough revision of these information collections is
planned within the next two years. Upon distribution of the trust model
certificates and documents, OGE will continue to inform users of the
update to the Privacy Act Statement. OGE will also post a notification
thereof on its Web site to accompany the model certificates and
documents.
Model Trust Form Users
OGE is the supervising ethics office for the executive branch of
the Federal Government under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978
(Ethics Act). Presidential nominees to executive branch positions
subject to Senate confirmation and any other executive branch officials
may seek OGE approval for Ethics Act qualified blind or diversified
trusts as one means to be used to avoid conflicts of interest.
OGE is the sponsoring agency for the model certificates and model
trust documents for qualified blind and diversified trusts of executive
branch officials set up under section 102(f) of the Ethics Act, 5
U.S.C. app. 102(f), and OGE's implementing financial disclosure
regulations at subpart D of 5 CFR part 2634. The various model
certificates and model trust documents are utilized by OGE and
settlors, trustees and other fiduciaries in establishing and
administering these qualified trusts.
Model Trust Forms and Documents
There are two categories of information collection requirements
that OGE plans to submit for renewed paperwork approval, each with its
own related reporting model trust certificates or model trust documents
which are subject to paperwork review and approval by OMB. The OGE
regulatory citations for these two categories, together with
identification of the forms used for their implementation, are as
follows:
i. Qualified trust certifications--5 CFR 2634.401(d)(2),
2634.403(b)(11), 2634.404(c)(11), 2634.406(a)(3) and (b), 2634.408,
2634.409 and appendixes A and B to part 2634 (the two implementing
forms, the Certificate of Independence and Certificate of Compliance,
are codified respectively in the cited appendixes; see also the Privacy
Act and Paperwork Reduction Act notices thereto in appendix C); and
ii. Qualified trust communications and model provisions and
agreements--5 CFR 2634.401(c)(1)(i) and (d)(2), 2634.403(b),
2634.404(c), 2634.408 and 2634.409 (the ten implementing forms are the:
(A) Blind Trust Communications (Expedited Procedure for Securing
Approval of Proposed Communications); (B) Model Qualified Blind Trust
Provisions; (C) Model Qualified Diversified Trust Provisions; (D) Model
Qualified Blind Trust Provisions (For Use in the Case of Multiple
Fiduciaries); (E) Model Qualified Blind Trust Provisions (For Use in
the Case of an Irrevocable Pre-Existing Trust); (F) Model Qualified
Diversified Trust Provisions (Hybrid Version); (G) Model Qualified
Diversified Trust Provisions (For Use in the Case of Multiple
Fiduciaries); (H) Model Qualified Diversified Trust Provisions (For Use
in the Case of an Irrevocable Pre-Existing Trust); (I) Model
Confidentiality Agreement Provisions (For Use in the Case of a
Privately Owned Business); and (J)
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Model Confidentiality Agreement Provisions (For Use in the Case of
Investment Management Activities). As noted above, blank copies of each
of these model documents are posted on OGE's Web site.
The communications formats and the confidentiality agreements
(items ii. (A), (I) and (J) above), once completed, would not be
available to the public because they contain sensitive, confidential
information. All the other completed model trust certificates and model
trust documents (except for any trust provisions that relate to the
testamentary disposition of trust assets) are publicly available based
upon a proper Ethics Act request (by filling out an OGE Form 201 access
form).
Reporting Burden
The Office of Government Ethics administers the qualified trust
program for the executive branch. Therefore, the estimated burden
figures provided below represent branchwide implementation of the
forms. The estimated hour burden, which remains the same as last
indicated by OGE in its prior second round paperwork renewal notice in
2005 (70 FR 31471-31472 June 1, 2005), is based on the amount of time
imposed on a trust administrator or private representative.
i. Trust Certificates:
A. Certificate of Independence: Total filers (executive branch): 5;
private citizen filers (100%): 5; private citizen burden hours (20
minutes/certificate): 2.
B. Certificate of Compliance: Total filers (executive branch): 10;
private citizen filers (100%): 10; private citizen burden hours (20
minutes/certificate): 3; and
ii. Model Qualified Trust Documents:
A. Blind Trust Communications: Total users (executive branch): 5;
private citizen users (100%): 5; communications documents (private
citizens): 25 (based on an average of five communications per user, per
year); private citizen burden hours (20 minutes/communication): 8.
B. Model Qualified Blind Trust: Total users (executive branch): 2;
private citizen users (100%): 2; private citizen burden hours (100
hours/model): 200.
C. Model Qualified Diversified Trust: Total users (executive
branch): 1; private citizen users (100%): 1; private citizen burden
hours (100 hours/model): 100.
D.-H. Of the five remaining model qualified trust documents: total
users (executive branch): 2; private citizen users (100%): 2; private
citizen burden hours (100 hours/model): 200.
I.-J. Of the two model confidentiality agreements: total users
(executive branch): 1; private citizen users (100%): 1; private citizen
burden hours (50 hours/agreement): 50.
However, the total annual reporting hour burden on filers
themselves is zero and not the 563 hours estimated above because OGE's
estimating methodology reflects the fact that all respondents hire
private trust administrators or other private representatives to set up
and maintain the qualified blind and diversified trusts. Respondents
themselves, typically incoming private citizen Presidential nominees,
therefore incur no hour burden. The estimated total annual cost burden
to respondents resulting from the collection of information is
$1,000,000. Those who use the model documents for guidance are private
trust administrators or other private representatives hired to set up
and maintain the qualified blind and diversified trusts of executive
branch officials who seek to establish qualified trusts. The cost
burden figure is based primarily on OGE's knowledge of the typical
trust administrator fee structure (an average of 1 percent of total
assets) and OGE's experience with administration of the qualified trust
program. The $1,000,000 annual cost figure is based on OGE's estimate
of an average of five active trusts anticipated to be under
administration for each of the next two years with combined total
assets of $100,000,000. However, OGE notes that the $1,000,000 figure
is a cost estimate for the overall administration of the trusts, only a
portion of which relates to information collection and reporting. For
want of a precise way to break out the costs directly associated with
information collection, OGE is continuing to report to OMB the full
$1,000,000 estimate for paperwork clearance purposes.
Consideration of Comments
On May 14, 2007, OGE published a first round notice of its intent
to request paperwork clearance for the proposed unmodified qualified
trust certificates and model trust documents. See 72 FR 27132-27134.
OGE received only one response to that notice, which was critical of
the Government, and provided no specific comment about the proposed
renewal of these documents.
In this second notice, public comment is again invited on the
qualified trust certificates and model trust documents, and underlying
regulatory provisions, as set forth in this notice, including specific
views on the need for and practical utility of this set of collections
of information, the accuracy of OGE's burden estimate, the potential
for enhancement of quality, utility and clarity of the information
collected, and the minimization of burden (including the use of
information technology).
The Office of Government Ethics, in consultation with OMB, will
consider all comments received, which will become a matter of public
record.
Approved: August 13, 2007.
Robert I. Cusick,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. E7-16305 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
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