Office of Facilities Management and Program Services; Information Collection; Background Investigations for Child Care Workers, 31017-31018 [2012-12645]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2012 / Notices srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Submit comments on or before June 25, 2012. ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection ´ ´ 3090–0286, GSA Mentor-Protege Program by any of the following methods: • Regulations.gov: https://www. regulations.gov. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB control number. Follow the instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and ‘‘Information Collection 3090– ´ ´ 0286, GSA Mentor-Protege Program’’ on your attached document. • Fax: 202–501–4067. • Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada Flowers/IC 3090–0286, GSA Mentor´ ´ Protege Program. Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection ´ ´ 3090–0286, GSA Mentor-Protege Program, in all correspondence related to this collection. All comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business confidential information provided. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kathy Rifkin, Procurement Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (816) 823–2170 or via email at kathy.rifkin@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose ´ ´ The GSA Mentor-Protege Program is designed to encourage GSA prime contractors to assist small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and HUBZone small businesses in enhancing their capabilities to perform GSA contracts and subcontracts, foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between these small business entities and GSA prime contractors, and increase the overall VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:31 May 23, 2012 Jkt 226001 number of small business entities that receive GSA contract and subcontract awards. B. Annual Reporting Burden Respondents: 300. Responses per Respondent: 4. Annual Responses: 1200. Hours per Response: 3. Total Burden Hours: 3600. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090–0286, GSA ´ ´ Mentor-Protege Program, in all correspondence. Dated: May 15, 2012. Joseph A. Neurauter, Director, Office of Acquisition Policy & Senior Procurement Executive. [FR Doc. 2012–12644 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–61–P GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 3090–0287; Docket 2012– 0001; Sequence 7] Office of Facilities Management and Program Services; Information Collection; Background Investigations for Child Care Workers 31017 Mr. Reginald Johnson, Program Analyst, Building Security and Policy Division, GSA, by telephone at (202) 208–7909 or email at Reginald.johnson@gsa.gov. ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090–0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers by any of the following methods: • Regulations.gov: https:// www.regulations.gov. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB control number. Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds with ‘‘Information Collection 3090–0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers’’. Follow the instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and ‘‘Information Collection 3090– 0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers’’ on your attached document. • Fax: 202–501–4067 • Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada Flowers/IC 3090–0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers. Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection 3090–0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers, in all correspondence related to this collection. All comments received will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business confidential information provided. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Facilities Management and Program Services, Public Building Service (PBS), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an existing OMB information collection. A. Purpose Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a previously approved information collection requirement regarding the collection of personal data for background investigations for child care workers accessing GSA owned and leased controlled facilities. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary 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; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. DATES: Submit comments on or before: July 23, 2012. Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 ‘‘Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors’’ requires the implementation of a governmentwide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification for Federal employees and contractors. OMB’s implementing instructions require all contract employees requiring routine access to federally controlled facilities for greater than six (6) months to receive a background investigation. The minimum background investigation is the National Agency Check with Written Inquiries or NACI. However, there is no requirement in the law or HSPD–12 that requires child care employees to be subject to the NACI since employees of child care providers are neither government employees nor government contractors. Instead, the child care providers are AGENCY: SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1 31018 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2012 / Notices required to complete the criminal history background checks mandated in the Crime Control Act of 1990, Public Law 101–647, dated November 29, 1990, as amended by Public Law 102–190, dated December 5, 1991. These statutes require that each employee of a child care center located in a Federal building or in leased space must undergo a background check. According to GSA policy, child care workers (as described above) will need to submit the following: 1. An original signed copy of a Basic National Agency Check Criminal History, GSA Form 176; and 2. Two sets of fingerprints on FBI Fingerprint Cards, for FD–258. This is not a request to collect new information, this is a request to change the form that is currently being used to collect this information. The new GSA forms will be less of a public burden. This information is presently being collected on either the old Federal Protective Service 176 Form or the SF85P. Please Note: The original request to review and approve the new information collection requirement regarding the collection of personal data for background check investigations was for both temporary contractors and child care workers accessing GSA owned and leased controlled facilities. However, through discussions with OMB a more streamlined will be developed for conducting background checks on temporary contractors. GSA is therefore pulling the request for review and approval of the collection of personal data for background check investigations of temporary contractors, form GSA 176T, presented in the Federal Register publication of February 17, 2009, 74 FR 7439. GSA is proceeding with the request for review and approval for background check investigations of child care workers, form GSA 176C—to be referred to as form GSA 176, HSPD–12, Background Check Investigations for Child Care Workers. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES B. Annual Reporting Burden Respondents: 3,060. Responses per Respondent: 1. Hours per Response: 1. Total Burden Hours: 3,060. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite Background Investigations for Child Care Workers, in all correspondence. Dated: May 14, 2012. Casey Coleman, Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–12645 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–23–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:31 May 23, 2012 Jkt 226001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) The meeting announced below concerns Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01), Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) CE12–002, and Identifying Modifiable Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Violence or Sexual Violence Perpetration (R01), FOA CE12–003. In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the aforementioned meeting: Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m., June 13, 2012 (Closed). 12:15 p.m.–1:00 p.m., June 13, 2012 (Open). Place: Teleconference. Status: A portion of the meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c) (4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92– 463. Matters To Be Discussed: Closed Session: The meeting will include the secondary review, discussion of competitive applications following initial review of applications received in response to FOA CE12–002; Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01) and CE12–003; and Identifying Modifiable Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Violence or Sexual Violence Perpetration (R01). Open Session: The meeting will include a science update, and a discussion on the pediatric traumatic brain injury workgroup. Contact Person for More Information: Gwendolyn Haile Cattledge, Ph.D., M.S.E.H., F.A.C.E., Deputy Associate Director for Science, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (404) 488–1430. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: May 18, 2012. John Kastenbauer, Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2012–12661 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review The meeting announced below concerns Member Conflict Review, Program Announcement (PA) 07–318, and Centers of Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce Supplement, Request for Applications (RFA) OH 11– 001 initial review. In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the aforementioned meeting: Time and Date: 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m., June 28, 2012 (Closed). Place: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, Telephone: (304) 285–6143. Status: The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c) (4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92– 463. Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will include the initial review, discussion, and evaluation of applications received in response to ‘‘Member Conflict Review, PA 07–318’’ and ‘‘Centers of Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce Supplement, RFA OH 11–001.’’ Contact Person for More Information: Bernadine Kuchinski, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator, Office of Extramural Programs, NIOSH, CDC, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C–7, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: (513) 533–8511. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31017-31018]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-12645]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0287; Docket 2012-0001; Sequence 7]


Office of Facilities Management and Program Services; Information 
Collection; Background Investigations for Child Care Workers

AGENCY: Office of Facilities Management and Program Services, Public 
Building Service (PBS), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an existing OMB 
information collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a previously approved 
information collection requirement regarding the collection of personal 
data for background investigations for child care workers accessing GSA 
owned and leased controlled facilities.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary 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; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: July 23, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Reginald Johnson, Program Analyst, 
Building Security and Policy Division, GSA, by telephone at (202) 208-
7909 or email at Reginald.johnson@gsa.gov.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers by any of the 
following methods:
     Regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds 
with ``Information Collection 3090-0287, Background Investigations for 
Child Care Workers''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit 
a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), 
and ``Information Collection 3090-0287, Background Investigations for 
Child Care Workers'' on your attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: 
Hada Flowers/IC 3090-0287, Background Investigations for Child Care 
Workers.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers, 
in all correspondence related to this collection. All comments received 
will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal and/or business confidential information provided.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 ``Policy for a 
Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors'' 
requires the implementation of a governmentwide standard for secure and 
reliable forms of identification for Federal employees and contractors. 
OMB's implementing instructions require all contract employees 
requiring routine access to federally controlled facilities for greater 
than six (6) months to receive a background investigation. The minimum 
background investigation is the National Agency Check with Written 
Inquiries or NACI.
    However, there is no requirement in the law or HSPD-12 that 
requires child care employees to be subject to the NACI since employees 
of child care providers are neither government employees nor government 
contractors. Instead, the child care providers are

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required to complete the criminal history background checks mandated in 
the Crime Control Act of 1990, Public Law 101-647, dated November 29, 
1990, as amended by Public Law 102-190, dated December 5, 1991. These 
statutes require that each employee of a child care center located in a 
Federal building or in leased space must undergo a background check.
    According to GSA policy, child care workers (as described above) 
will need to submit the following:
    1. An original signed copy of a Basic National Agency Check 
Criminal History, GSA Form 176; and
    2. Two sets of fingerprints on FBI Fingerprint Cards, for FD-258.
    This is not a request to collect new information, this is a request 
to change the form that is currently being used to collect this 
information. The new GSA forms will be less of a public burden. This 
information is presently being collected on either the old Federal 
Protective Service 176 Form or the SF85P.

    Please Note:  The original request to review and approve the new 
information collection requirement regarding the collection of 
personal data for background check investigations was for both 
temporary contractors and child care workers accessing GSA owned and 
leased controlled facilities. However, through discussions with OMB 
a more streamlined will be developed for conducting background 
checks on temporary contractors. GSA is therefore pulling the 
request for review and approval of the collection of personal data 
for background check investigations of temporary contractors, form 
GSA 176T, presented in the Federal Register publication of February 
17, 2009, 74 FR 7439. GSA is proceeding with the request for review 
and approval for background check investigations of child care 
workers, form GSA 176C--to be referred to as form GSA 176, HSPD-12, 
Background Check Investigations for Child Care Workers.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 3,060.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Hours per Response: 1.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,060.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite Background 
Investigations for Child Care Workers, in all correspondence.

    Dated: May 14, 2012.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-12645 Filed 5-23-12; 8:45 am]
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