Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 6998-6999 [2014-02348]
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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 31,
2014.
Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator for National Center
for Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network; Agency Information
Collection Activities: Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of our continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite comment
on a proposed renewal, without change,
to the generic clearance for the
collection of qualitative feedback on
agency service delivery. This request for
comments is being made pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of
1995, Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A).
DATES: Written comments are welcome
and must be received on or before April
7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 39,
Vienna, VA 22183, ‘‘Attention:
Comments on generic clearance for the
collection of qualitative feedback on
agency service delivery.’’ Comments
also may be submitted by electronic
mail to the following Internet address:
regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a
caption, in the body of the text,
‘‘Attention: Comments on generic
clearance for the collection of
qualitative feedback on agency service
delivery.’’
Inspection of comments: Comments
may be inspected, between 10 a.m. and
4 p.m., in the FinCEN reading room in
Vienna, VA. Persons wishing to inspect
the comments submitted must request
an appointment with the Disclosure
Officer by telephoning (703) 905–5034
(not a toll free call).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
Policy Division at (800) 949–2732, select
option 6.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract: The Director of the
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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is the delegated administrator of the
Bank Secrecy Act (‘‘Act’’). The Act
authorizes the Director to issue
regulations to require all financial
institutions defined as such in the Act
to maintain certain records or file
certain reports that have been
determined to have a high degree of
usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory
investigations or proceedings, or in the
conduct of intelligence or counterintelligence activities, including
analysis, to protect against international
terrorism, and to implement anti-money
laundering programs and compliance
procedures.1 FinCEN periodically
surveys its stakeholders to garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Agency’s
commitment to improving service
delivery.
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Office of Management and Budget
Control Number: 1506–0062.
Abstract: The Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network is renewing,
without change, the bureau’s capability
to solicit feedback from the public with
respect to timeliness, appropriateness,
accuracy of information, courtesy,
efficiency of service delivery, and
resolution of issues with service
delivery. Responses will be assessed to
plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to
the public. If this information is not
collected, vital feedback from customers
and stakeholders on the Agency’s
services will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
government;
The collections are non-controversial
and do not raise issues of concern to
other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
1 Public Law 91–508, as amended and codified at
12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1959 and 31 U.S.C.
5311–5332. Language expanding the scope of the
Bank Secrecy Act to intelligence or counterintelligence activities to protect against
international terrorism was added by section 358 of
the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism (‘‘USA PATRIOT’’) Act of
2001, Public Law 107–56.
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the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered is intended to be
used only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency (if released, the
agency must indicate the qualitative
nature of the information);
Information gathered will not be used
for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Current Action: Renewal without
change to an existing collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit institutions.
Burden: Estimated Number of
Respondents: 63,182.2
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,000. (Avg. 250 per request).3
Estimated Number of Hours: 10,000.
(30 minutes per response).4
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid control
number assigned by the Office of
Management and Budget. Records
required to be retained under the BSA
must be retained for five years.
Generally, information collected
pursuant to the BSA is confidential but
may be shared as provided by law with
regulatory and law enforcement
authorities.
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
2 This number includes depository institutions
(10,772), broker-dealers in securities (5,100), future
commission merchants (101), introducing brokers
in commodities (1,249), and open end mutual funds
(1,660), and money services businesses (44,300),
each as defined under the BSA.
3 FinCEN has submitted, on average, four (4)
requests per year each with 250 respondents.
4 The FinCEN surveys average 30 minutes to
complete. The Office of Management and Budget
has allocated 10,000 hours for the three-year period
covered by this notice.
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performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance and purchase of services to
provide information.
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Frederick Reynolds,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 8886
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, 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,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning Form
8886, Reportable Transaction Disclosure
Statement.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 7, 2014 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Christie A. Preston, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form and instructions
should be directed to Gerald J. Shields,
LL.M., Internal Revenue Service, room
6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
internet at Gerald.J.Shields@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Reportable Transaction
Disclosure Statement.
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OMB Number: 1545–1800.
Form Number: 8886.
Abstract: Regulation section 1.6011–4
requires certain taxpayers to disclose
reportable transactions in which they
directly or indirectly participated.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to the form at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 22
hours, 16 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 8,904.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a
collection of information must be
retained as long as their contents may
become material in the administration
of any internal revenue law. Generally,
tax returns and tax return information
are confidential, as required by 26
U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Approved: January 28, 2014.
Christie A. Preston,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 1099–Q
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, 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,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning Form
1099–Q, Payments From Qualified
Education Programs (Under Sections
529 and 530).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 7, 2014 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Christie A. Preston, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form(s) and instructions
should be directed to Gerald J. Shields,
LL.M., Internal Revenue Service, Room
6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
internet at Gerald.J.Shields@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Payments From Qualified
Education Programs (Under Sections
529 and 530)
OMB Number: 1545–1760.
Form Number: 1099–Q.
Abstract: Form 1099–Q is used to
report distributions from private and
state qualified tuition programs as
required under Internal Revenue Code
sections 529 and 530.
Current Actions: There are material
changes being made to the form at this
time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
150,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 13
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 33,000.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Agency Information
Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic
Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the
Treasury.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite comment on a proposed renewal, without
change, to the generic clearance for the collection of qualitative
feedback on agency service delivery. This request for comments is being
made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before
April 7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183, ``Attention:
Comments on generic clearance for the collection of qualitative
feedback on agency service delivery.'' Comments also may be submitted
by electronic mail to the following Internet address:
regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a caption, in the body of the text,
``Attention: Comments on generic clearance for the collection of
qualitative feedback on agency service delivery.''
Inspection of comments: Comments may be inspected, between 10 a.m.
and 4 p.m., in the FinCEN reading room in Vienna, VA. Persons wishing
to inspect the comments submitted must request an appointment with the
Disclosure Officer by telephoning (703) 905-5034 (not a toll free
call).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
Policy Division at (800) 949-2732, select option 6.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract: The Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
is the delegated administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act (``Act''). The
Act authorizes the Director to issue regulations to require all
financial institutions defined as such in the Act to maintain certain
records or file certain reports that have been determined to have a
high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory
investigations or proceedings, or in the conduct of intelligence or
counter-intelligence activities, including analysis, to protect against
international terrorism, and to implement anti-money laundering
programs and compliance procedures.\1\ FinCEN periodically surveys its
stakeholders to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Agency's commitment
to improving service delivery.
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\1\ Public Law 91-508, as amended and codified at 12 U.S.C.
1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959 and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5332. Language
expanding the scope of the Bank Secrecy Act to intelligence or
counter-intelligence activities to protect against international
terrorism was added by section 358 of the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism (``USA PATRIOT'') Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
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Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Office of Management and Budget Control Number: 1506-0062.
Abstract: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is renewing,
without change, the bureau's capability to solicit feedback from the
public with respect to timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution
of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and
inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to
the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from
customers and stakeholders on the Agency's services will be
unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents
and the Federal government;
The collections are non-controversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the
extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered is intended to be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the agency (if released, the agency
must indicate the qualitative nature of the information);
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information; the
collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Current Action: Renewal without change to an existing collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit institutions.
Burden: Estimated Number of Respondents: 63,182.\2\
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\2\ This number includes depository institutions (10,772),
broker-dealers in securities (5,100), future commission merchants
(101), introducing brokers in commodities (1,249), and open end
mutual funds (1,660), and money services businesses (44,300), each
as defined under the BSA.
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Estimated Number of Responses: 1,000. (Avg. 250 per request).\3\
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\3\ FinCEN has submitted, on average, four (4) requests per year
each with 250 respondents.
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Estimated Number of Hours: 10,000. (30 minutes per response).\4\
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\4\ The FinCEN surveys average 30 minutes to complete. The
Office of Management and Budget has allocated 10,000 hours for the
three-year period covered by this notice.
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An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid
control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget. Records
required to be retained under the BSA must be retained for five years.
Generally, information collected pursuant to the BSA is confidential
but may be shared as provided by law with regulatory and law
enforcement authorities.
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary
for the proper
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performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance and purchase of services to provide information.
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Frederick Reynolds,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
[FR Doc. 2014-02348 Filed 2-4-14; 8:45 am]
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