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(2012). The decrease is a result of an
adjustment to the number of credit
unions completing the Call Report from
7,093 to 6,864. This decline is from
credit union mergers and liquidations.
The NCUA requests that you send
your comments on this collection to the
location listed in the addresses section.
Your comments should address: (a) The
necessity of the information collection
for the proper performance of NCUA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
our estimate of the burden (hours and
cost) of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways we could enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents such
as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. It is NCUA’s
policy to make all comments available
to the public for review.
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Proposal for the following collection
of information:
OMB Number: 3133–0004.
Form Number: NCUA 5300.
Type of Review: Revision to the
currently approved collection.
Title: Revisions to NCUA Call
Reports.
Description: The financial and
statistical information is essential to
NCUA in carrying out its responsibility
for the supervision of federally insured
credit unions. The information also
enables NCUA to monitor all federally
insured credit unions whose share
accounts are insured by the National
Credit Union Share Insurance Fund
(NCUSIF).
Respondents: All Credit Unions.
Estimated No. of Respondents/
Recordkeepers: 6,864
Estimated Burden Hours per
Response: 6.6 hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 181,210.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$5,318,513.
By the National Credit Union
Administration Board on April 30th, 2013.
Mary Rupp,
Secretary of the Board.
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: 30-day notice of submission of
information collection approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, NCUA has
submitted a Generic Information
Collection Request (Generic ICR):
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery ’’ to OMB for approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
June 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to NCUA and OMB Contacts
as listed below:
NCUA Contact: Tracy Crews, National
Credit Union Administration, 1775
Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314–
3428, Fax No. 703–837–2861, Email:
OCIOPRA@ncua.gov
OMB Contact: Desk Officer for National
Credit Union Administration, Office
of Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information, please
contact Tracy Crews at the National
Credit Union Administration, 1775
Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314–
3428 or at (703) 518–6444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
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or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: the
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
The Agency received no comments in
response to the 60-day notice published
in the Federal Register of December 22,
2010 (75 FR 80542).
Below we provide NCUA’s projected
average estimates for the next three
years: 1
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 22,500.
Respondents: 7,500.
Annual Responses: 3.
1 The 60-day notice included the following
estimate of the aggregate burden hours for this
generic clearance federal-wide:
Average Expected Annual Number of activities:
25,000
Average number of Respondents per Activity:
200.
Annual responses: 5,000,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 2,500,000.
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Alexandria, VA 22314–3428, or at (703)
518–6444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average Minutes per Response: 10
minutes.
Burden Hours: 2,250 hours.
By the National Credit Union
Administration Board on April 30, 2013.
Mary Rupp,
Secretary of the Board.
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for a
New Collection; Comment Request
National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: Request for comment.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The NCUA intends to submit
the following information collection to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
This information collection notice is
published to obtain comments from the
public. The NCUA is proposing a new
information collection related to its
solicitation of proposals for outside
legal counsel (outside counsel) to assist
and advise the NCUA in its various
capacities. The information will assist
the NCUA in further: (i) Standardizing
the data it uses to select outside
counsel; (ii) considering additional
criteria in making its selections; and (iii)
improving efficiency and recordkeeping
related to its selection process.
DATES: Comments will be accepted until
June 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
the NCUA Contact and the OMB
Reviewer listed below:
NCUA Contact: Tracy Crews, National
Credit Union Administration, 1775
Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia
22314–3428, Fax No. 703–837–2861,
Email: OCIOPRA@ncua.gov.
OMB Contact: Office of Management
and Budget, ATTN: Desk Officer for
the National Credit Union
Administration, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Washington,
DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information, a
copy of the information collection
request, or a copy of submitted
comments should be directed to Tracy
Crews at the National Credit Union
Administration, 1775 Duke Street,
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I. Abstract and Request for Comments
The NCUA has developed two forms
for collecting information from
prospective outside counsel. One form
relates to a budget or estimate of the
legal fees, costs, and expenses that
outside counsel would expect to invoice
with respect to a particular legal matter.
The other form includes representations
and certifications, covering matters such
as firm profile and expertise,
malpractice insurance, price
determination and contract solicitation
methods, equal opportunity, lobbying,
invoices, and conflicts of interest. The
information will enable the NCUA to
further standardize the data it uses to
select outside counsel, consider
additional criteria in making its
selections, and improve efficiency and
recordkeeping related to its selection
process. In connection with seeking
proposals from outside counsel, the
NCUA’s collections of information, in
any of its capacities, are not subject to
the Paperwork Reduction Act.1
Nevertheless, the NCUA intends to
voluntarily comply with the Paperwork
Reduction Act in collecting this
information.
The NCUA’s estimates of the average
number of respondents, burden, and
total annual cost appear below. The
estimated number of respondents is the
NCUA’s approximation of the average
number of requests for proposals or
inquiries for legal services it processes
in any given calendar year. The
estimated burden is the NCUA’s
assessment of the aggregate time
prospective outside counsel will need to
respond to the information on both the
budget form and the representations and
certifications form. The NCUA
estimated the total annual cost by
multiplying its estimate of the number
1 See 12 U.S.C. 1766(i)(2) (‘‘In addition to the
authority conferred upon it by other sections of this
chapter, the [NCUA] Board is authorized in carrying
out its functions under this chapter . . . to expend
such funds, enter into such contracts with public
and private organizations and persons, make such
payments in advance or by way of reimbursement,
acquire and dispose of, by lease or purchase, real
or personal property, without regard to the
provisions of any other law applicable to executive
or independent agencies of the United States, and
perform such other functions or acts as it may deem
necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions
of this chapter, in accordance with the rules and
regulations or policies established by the Board not
inconsistent with this chapter . . . .) (emphasis
added); see also 12 U.S.C. 1787(b)(2)(A) (providing
that when the NCUA Board acts as conservator or
liquidating agent, by operation of law, it succeeds
to the legally distinct rights, titles and powers of
relevant credit unions, which are not subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act).
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of respondents (100) by the burden (2
hours) and multiplying that total by an
estimated national average hourly
billing rate for attorneys of $284.
The NCUA requests that you send
your comments on this collection to the
location listed in the addresses section.
Your comments should address the
following subjects: (a) The necessity of
the information collection for the proper
performance of the NCUA, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
NCUA’s estimate of the burden (hours
and cost) of the collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways the NCUA could enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways the NCUA could minimize the
burden of the collection of the
information on the respondents, such as
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. It is the NCUA’s policy to
make all comments available to the
public for review.
II. Data
Proposal for the following new
collection of information:
OMB Number: 3133–New.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Contractor Budget,
Representations, and Certifications.
Description: Standardized
information from prospective outside
counsel is essential to the NCUA in
carrying out its responsibility as
regulator, conservator, and liquidating
agent for federally insured credit
unions.
Respondents: Prospective outside
legal counsel.
Estimated No. of Respondents/
Recordkeepers: 100.
Estimated Burden Hours per
Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: Periodically,
in response to solicitations.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 200.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$56,800.
By the National Credit Union
Administration Board on April 30th, 2013.
Mary Rupp,
Secretary of the Board.
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: 30-day notice of submission of information collection approval
from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, NCUA has
submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR):
``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery '' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted June 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to NCUA and OMB Contacts
as listed below:
NCUA Contact: Tracy Crews, National Credit Union Administration, 1775
Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3428, Fax No. 703-837-2861, Email:
OCIOPRA@ncua.gov
OMB Contact: Desk Officer for National Credit Union Administration,
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Tracy Crews at the National Credit Union Administration,
1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3428 or at (703) 518-6444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection activity will garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely
manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving
service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not
statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide
insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus
attention on areas where communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders.
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement
of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior fielding the
study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to
have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other
generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.
The Agency received no comments in response to the 60-day notice
published in the Federal Register of December 22, 2010 (75 FR 80542).
Below we provide NCUA's projected average estimates for the next
three years: \1\
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\1\ The 60-day notice included the following estimate of the
aggregate burden hours for this generic clearance federal-wide:
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 25,000
Average number of Respondents per Activity: 200.
Annual responses: 5,000,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 2,500,000.
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Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 22,500.
Respondents: 7,500.
Annual Responses: 3.
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Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 2,250 hours.
By the National Credit Union Administration Board on April 30,
2013.
Mary Rupp,
Secretary of the Board.
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