Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 28107-28109 [2021-11059]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 25, 2021 / Notices
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
• Removing the question soliciting
comments or explanations from the
respondents.
as to promote effectively the goals of
maximum employment, stable prices,
and moderate long-term interest rates.1
Under section 12A of the FRA, the
B. Revisions
Federal Open Market Committee is
• Revising general survey instructions required to implement regulations
and item descriptions for clarity.
relating to the open market operations
• Revising the benchmark date to
conducted by Federal Reserve Banks
June 30, 2021.
with a view to accommodating
• Renumbering items 7.E–7.G to
commerce and business and with regard
items 7.D–7.F.
to their bearing upon the general credit
• Revising question 7.D to ‘‘Notes,
situation of the country.2 Information
Bonds, Debentures, and Other Debt’’
collected from the FR 3033p and FR
and renumbering it to 7.C. This is to be
3033s is used to fulfill these obligations.
consistent with the information
The FR 3033p and FR 3033s are
collected on the FR 2248.
voluntary. The information collected
• Revising question 11.B to ‘‘Total
pursuant to the FR 3033p and FR 3033s
number of accounts for domestic
is confidential pursuant to exemption 4
business and real estate receivables.’’
of the Freedom of Information Act,3
which protects information that is both
C. Additions
customarily and actually treated as
• Adding an item for ‘‘Student
private by the respondent.
Loans’’ in section 3.B. as question 3.B.3
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
and renumbering ‘‘Other Consumer
System, May 20, 2021.
Loans’’ as question 3.B.4. This is to
closer align the information collected on Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
the FR 3033s with the FR 2248.
• Adding a Question 12 to collect
[FR Doc. 2021–11060 Filed 5–24–21; 8:45 am]
detailed information on types of
BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
consumer credit that finance companies
offer. This question is useful to assess
the extent of offerings of consumer
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
credit products by the finance company
Proposed Agency Information
industry. This also makes it feasible to
Collection Activities; Comment
identify specialty finance companies
Request
and facilitate analysis of profitability at
such companies.
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the
• Adding a Question 13 with 3 subFederal Reserve System.
items to collect lending information
ACTION: Notice, request for comment.
related to the COVID–19 impacts. Given
that the Survey of Finance Companies
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the
and Other Lenders falls during the time
Federal Reserve System (Board) invites
in which the United States economy has comment on a proposal to extend for
been impacted by the effects of the
three years, with revision, the New Hire
COVID–19 pandemic, it is useful to
Information Collection (FR 27; OMB No.
collect lending information related to
7100–0375).
this unforeseen event. The need for
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
economic relief has been at the forefront or before July 26, 2021.
of this pandemic. Many financial firms
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
have already been approved to
identified by FR 27, by any of the
participate in the SBA’s Paycheck
following methods:
Protection Program (PPP) to lend to
• Agency Website: https://
small businesses in need and have been www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow the
doing so. Additionally, some of these
instructions for submitting comments at
firms are actively advertising their
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/
lending relief options to the public.
foia/proposedregs.aspx.
There may be value in assessing any
• Email: regs.comments@
COVID–19 relief lending by these firms. federalreserve.gov. Include the OMB
Legal authorization and
number in the subject line of the
confidentiality: The FR 3033p and FR
message.
3033s are authorized pursuant to
• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452–
sections 2A and 12A of the Federal
3102.
Reserve Act (FRA). Section 2A of the
• Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary,
FRA requires that the Board and the
Board of Governors of the Federal
Federal Open Market Committee
Reserve System, 20th Street and
maintain long-run growth of the
monetary and credit aggregates
1 12 U.S.C. 225a.
2 12 U.S.C. 263.
commensurate with the economy’s long
3 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
run potential to increase production, so
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:09 May 24, 2021
Jkt 253001
PO 00000
Frm 00055
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
28107
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20551.
All public comments are available
from the Board’s website at https://
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/
proposedregs.aspx as submitted, unless
modified for technical reasons or to
remove personally identifiable
information at the commenter’s request.
Accordingly, comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments
may also be viewed electronically or in
paper in Room 146, 1709 New York
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006,
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on
weekdays. For security reasons, the
Board requires that visitors make an
appointment to inspect comments. You
may do so by calling (202) 452–3684.
Upon arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo
identification and to submit to security
screening in order to inspect and
photocopy comments.
Additionally, commenters may send a
copy of their comments to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Desk
Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of
the Chief Data Officer, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551, (202)
452–3829.
On June
15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board
authority under the PRA to approve and
assign OMB control numbers to
collections of information conducted or
sponsored by the Board. In exercising
this delegated authority, the Board is
directed to take every reasonable step to
solicit comment. In determining
whether to approve a collection of
information, the Board will consider all
comments received from the public and
other agencies.
A copy of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) OMB submission, including
the reporting form and instructions,
supporting statement, and other
documentation will be available at
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain, if approved. These
documents will also be made available
on the Board’s public website at https://
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/
reportforms/review.aspx or may be
requested from the agency clearance
officer, whose name appears above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM
25MYN1
28108
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 25, 2021 / Notices
Request for Comment on Information
Collection Proposal
The Board invites public comment on
the following information collection,
which is being reviewed under
authority delegated by the OMB under
the PRA. Comments are invited on the
following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Board’s functions,
including whether the information has
practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Board’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and
e. Estimates of capital or startup costs
and costs of operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services to provide
information.
At the end of the comment period, the
comments and recommendations
received will be analyzed to determine
the extent to which the Board should
modify the proposal.
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
Proposal Under OMB Delegated
Authority To Extend for Three Years,
With Revision, the Following
Information Collection
Report title: New Hire Information
Collection.
Agency form number: FR 27.
OMB control number: 7100–0375.
Frequency: As needed.
Respondents: The FR 27 panel
comprises individuals who are new
hires to the Board, but have not yet
become employees.
Estimated number of respondents:
Regular hire: 312; intern hire: 122;
federal transfer: 10.
Estimated average hours per response:
Regular hire: 1; intern hire: 0.75; federal
transfer: 1.08.
Estimated annual burden hours:
Regular hire: 312; intern hire: 92; federal
transfer: 11.
General description of report: This
information collection provides for the
electronic collection of certain
personnel information from new hires
using a secure web-based portal, the
‘‘New Hire Portal,’’ before the first day
of employment of a new hire. As part of
the onboarding process for new hires, a
Human Resources professional at the
Board identifies the necessary
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:09 May 24, 2021
Jkt 253001
information that must be collected from
the new hire, which is dependent upon
whether the person will be starting as a
full- or part-time employee, including a
Governor or Board officer (Regular Hire)
or starting as an intern (Intern Hire), or
whether the Regular Employee is
transferring from another federal agency
(Federal Transfer). The new hire is then
sent an email asking him or her to
provide the information described
below through the New Hire Portal prior
to their official start date.
The New Hire Portal is broken out
into different sections and each section
corresponds to the hardcopy forms that
new employees previously filled out
and provide to the Board during or after
the first day of new employee
orientation (NEO). Thus, the
information collection involves a new
hire electronically providing this
personnel information and filling out
the applicable sections of the New Hire
Portal before their first day of
orientation. The sections of the portal
that each new hire is asked to complete
electronically depends upon the type of
position that the new hire has been
offered at the Board.
Proposed revisions: The Board
proposes to remove the Direct Deposit
section from the New Hire Portal and
ask the respondent to provide that
information after their NEO. After NEO,
the respondent will be an employee of
the Board, and the information
requested will no longer be subject to
the PRA.
Legal authorization and
confidentiality: The New Hire
Information Collection is authorized
pursuant to sections 10(3), 10(4), 11(l),
and 11(q) of the Federal Reserve Act,
which provide the Board broad
authority over employment of staff and
security of its building.1 In addition,
Executive Order 9397 (Nov. 22, 1943)
authorizes Federal agencies to use an
individual’s social security number to
identify individuals in agency records.
Providing information collected as
part of the New Hire Information
Collection is voluntary. However, if
certain information requested as part of
the New Hire Information Collection is
not provided by the new hire, the hiring
process cannot be completed.2
1 12
U.S.C. 243, 244, 248(l), and 248(q).
voluntary provision of the following
information is optional and is not required to
complete the hiring process: education information
(e.g., name of educational institution, major, degree,
year of graduation), race, ethnicity, and the identity
of and relationship to any relatives who are also
employed at the Board. Although a new hire is
required to provide the name and contact
information of one ‘‘primary’’ emergency contact,
providing a ‘‘second’’ emergency contact is optional
and is not required to complete the hiring process.
2 The
PO 00000
Frm 00056
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Generally, information collected as
part of the New Hire Information
Collection may be kept confidential
from the public under exemption 6 of
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
which protects information that ‘‘would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.’’ 3
However, the release of information
such as the educational history of the
new hire or the start date of
employment would not likely constitute
a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy and may be disclosed
under the FOIA.
Determinations regarding disclosure
to third parties of any confidential
portions of the information collection
that are considered exempt under the
FOIA will be made in accordance with
the Privacy Act.4 Relevant Privacy Act
statements are provided when a
respondent logs in to the portal and
before the respondent is asked to
provide any information. The Board
may make disclosures in accordance
with the Privacy Act’s routine use
disclosure provision, which permits the
disclosure of a record for a purpose
which is compatible with the purpose
for which the record was collected.5
Such routine uses are listed in
specific systems of records notices,
which apply to this information
collection and which can be found in:
(1) The System of Records Notice for
BGFRS–1, FRB-Recruiting and
Placement Records, located at: https://
www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-1recruiting-and-placement-records.pdf;
(2) the System of Records Notice for
BGFRS–4, FRB-General Personnel
Records, located at: https://
www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-4general-personnel-records.pdf; (3) the
System of Records Notice for BGFRS–7,
FRB—Payroll and Leave Records,
located at: https://
www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-7payroll-and-leave-records.pdf; (4) the
System of Records Notice for BGFRS–
24, FRB—EEO General Files, located at:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/
BGFRS-24-eeo-general-files.pdf; and/or
(5) the System of Records Notice for
BGFRS–34, FRB–ESS Staff
Identification Card File, located at:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/
A new hire can also voluntarily provide an
alternative mailing address, if it is different from his
or her current address. Lastly, although not required
to complete the hiring process, information on
dependents is required to obtain certain benefits
(such as continuing health insurance benefits for
the child or spouse of a new employee who is
transferring from another federal agency).
3 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6).
4 5 U.S.C. 552a(b).
5 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7) and (b)(3)).
E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM
25MYN1
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 25, 2021 / Notices
BGFRS-34-ess-staff-identification-cardfile.pdf.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 20, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2021–11059 Filed 5–24–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[File No. 202 3111]
Kushly Industries LLC; Analysis of
Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public
Comment
Federal Trade Commission.
Proposed consent agreement;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The consent agreement in this
matter settles alleged violations of
federal law prohibiting unfair or
deceptive acts or practices. The attached
Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to
Aid Public Comment describes both the
allegations in the draft complaint and
the terms of the consent order—
embodied in the consent agreement—
that would settle these allegations.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file
comments online or on paper by
following the instructions in the
Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Please write ‘‘Kushly Industries
LLC; File No. 202 3111’’ on your
comment, and file your comment online
at https://www.regulations.gov by
following the instructions on the webbased form. If you prefer to file your
comment on paper, mail your comment
to the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
CC–5610 (Annex D), Washington, DC
20580, or deliver your comment to the
following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW,
5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex D),
Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid
Tepfer (214–979–9395) and Luis
Gallegos (214–979–9383), Federal Trade
Commission, Southwest Regional
Office, 199 Bryan Street, Suite 2150,
Dallas, TX 75201.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade
Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
FTC Rule 2.34, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is
hereby given that the above-captioned
consent agreement containing a consent
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:09 May 24, 2021
Jkt 253001
order to cease and desist, having been
filed with and accepted, subject to final
approval, by the Commission, has been
placed on the public record for a period
of thirty (30) days. The following
Analysis to Aid Public Comment
describes the terms of the consent
agreement and the allegations in the
complaint. An electronic copy of the
full text of the consent agreement
package can be obtained at https://
www.ftc.gov/news-events/commissionactions.
You can file a comment online or on
paper. For the Commission to consider
your comment, we must receive it on or
before June 24, 2021. Write ‘‘Kushly
Industries LLC; File No. 202 3111’’ on
your comment. Your comment—
including your name and your state—
will be placed on the public record of
this proceeding, including, to the extent
practicable, on the https://
www.regulations.gov website.
Due to the COVID–19 pandemic and
the agency’s heightened security
screening, postal mail addressed to the
Commission will be subject to delay. We
strongly encourage you to submit your
comments online through the https://
www.regulations.gov website.
If you prefer to file your comment on
paper, write ‘‘Kushly Industries LLC;
File No. 202 3111’’ on your comment
and on the envelope, and mail your
comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Suite CC–5610, (Annex D),
Washington, DC 20580; or deliver your
comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th
Street SW, 5th Floor, Suite 5610,
(Annex D), Washington, DC 20024. If
possible, submit your paper comment to
the Commission by courier or overnight
service.
Because your comment will be placed
on the publicly accessible website at
https://www.regulations.gov, you are
solely responsible for making sure your
comment does not include any sensitive
or confidential information. In
particular, your comment should not
include sensitive personal information,
such as your or anyone else’s Social
Security number; date of birth; driver’s
license number or other state
identification number, or foreign
country equivalent; passport number;
financial account number; or credit or
debit card number. You are also solely
responsible for making sure your
comment does not include sensitive
health information, such as medical
records or other individually
identifiable health information. In
addition, your comment should not
PO 00000
Frm 00057
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
28109
include any ‘‘trade secret or any
commercial or financial information
which . . . is privileged or
confidential’’—as provided by Section
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—
including in particular competitively
sensitive information such as costs,
sales statistics, inventories, formulas,
patterns, devices, manufacturing
processes, or customer names.
Comments containing material for
which confidential treatment is
requested must be filed in paper form,
must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’
and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c).
In particular, the written request for
confidential treatment that accompanies
the comment must include the factual
and legal basis for the request, and must
identify the specific portions of the
comment to be withheld from the public
record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your
comment will be kept confidential only
if the General Counsel grants your
request in accordance with the law and
the public interest. Once your comment
has been posted on the https://
www.regulations.gov website—as legally
required by FTC Rule 4.9(b)—we cannot
redact or remove your comment from
that website, unless you submit a
confidentiality request that meets the
requirements for such treatment under
FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General
Counsel grants that request.
Visit the FTC website at https://
www.ftc.gov to read this Notice and the
news release describing the proposed
settlement. The FTC Act and other laws
that the Commission administers permit
the collection of public comments to
consider and use in this proceeding, as
appropriate. The Commission will
consider all timely and responsive
public comments that it receives on or
before June 24, 2021. For information on
the Commission’s privacy policy,
including routine uses permitted by the
Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/
site-information/privacy-policy.
Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To
Aid Public Comment
The Federal Trade Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) has accepted, subject to
final approval, an agreement containing
a consent order from Kushly Industries
LLC and Cody Alt, individually and as
an officer of Kushly Industries LLC
(‘‘Respondents’’). The proposed consent
order has been placed on the public
record for 30 days for receipt of
comments from interested persons.
Comments received during this period
will become part of the public record.
After 30 days, the Commission will
again review the agreement and the
comments received, and will decide
E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM
25MYN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28107-28109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11059]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice, request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board)
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision,
the New Hire Information Collection (FR 27; OMB No. 7100-0375).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 27, by any of the
following methods:
Agency Website: https://www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
Email: [email protected]. Include the OMB
number in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551.
All public comments are available from the Board's website at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons or to remove
personally identifiable information at the commenter's request.
Accordingly, comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments may also be viewed electronically
or in paper in Room 146, 1709 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006,
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. For security reasons, the
Board requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect comments.
You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon arrival, visitors will be
required to present valid government-issued photo identification and to
submit to security screening in order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer--Shagufta Ahmed--
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551, (202)
452-3829.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board
authority under the PRA to approve and assign OMB control numbers to
collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. In
exercising this delegated authority, the Board is directed to take
every reasonable step to solicit comment. In determining whether to
approve a collection of information, the Board will consider all
comments received from the public and other agencies.
A copy of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) OMB submission,
including the reporting form and instructions, supporting statement,
and other documentation will be available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if approved. These documents will also be made
available on the Board's public website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be requested
from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above.
[[Page 28108]]
Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal
The Board invites public comment on the following information
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and
e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board
should modify the proposal.
Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, With
Revision, the Following Information Collection
Report title: New Hire Information Collection.
Agency form number: FR 27.
OMB control number: 7100-0375.
Frequency: As needed.
Respondents: The FR 27 panel comprises individuals who are new
hires to the Board, but have not yet become employees.
Estimated number of respondents: Regular hire: 312; intern hire:
122; federal transfer: 10.
Estimated average hours per response: Regular hire: 1; intern hire:
0.75; federal transfer: 1.08.
Estimated annual burden hours: Regular hire: 312; intern hire: 92;
federal transfer: 11.
General description of report: This information collection provides
for the electronic collection of certain personnel information from new
hires using a secure web-based portal, the ``New Hire Portal,'' before
the first day of employment of a new hire. As part of the onboarding
process for new hires, a Human Resources professional at the Board
identifies the necessary information that must be collected from the
new hire, which is dependent upon whether the person will be starting
as a full- or part-time employee, including a Governor or Board officer
(Regular Hire) or starting as an intern (Intern Hire), or whether the
Regular Employee is transferring from another federal agency (Federal
Transfer). The new hire is then sent an email asking him or her to
provide the information described below through the New Hire Portal
prior to their official start date.
The New Hire Portal is broken out into different sections and each
section corresponds to the hardcopy forms that new employees previously
filled out and provide to the Board during or after the first day of
new employee orientation (NEO). Thus, the information collection
involves a new hire electronically providing this personnel information
and filling out the applicable sections of the New Hire Portal before
their first day of orientation. The sections of the portal that each
new hire is asked to complete electronically depends upon the type of
position that the new hire has been offered at the Board.
Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to remove the Direct Deposit
section from the New Hire Portal and ask the respondent to provide that
information after their NEO. After NEO, the respondent will be an
employee of the Board, and the information requested will no longer be
subject to the PRA.
Legal authorization and confidentiality: The New Hire Information
Collection is authorized pursuant to sections 10(3), 10(4), 11(l), and
11(q) of the Federal Reserve Act, which provide the Board broad
authority over employment of staff and security of its building.\1\ In
addition, Executive Order 9397 (Nov. 22, 1943) authorizes Federal
agencies to use an individual's social security number to identify
individuals in agency records.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ 12 U.S.C. 243, 244, 248(l), and 248(q).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Providing information collected as part of the New Hire Information
Collection is voluntary. However, if certain information requested as
part of the New Hire Information Collection is not provided by the new
hire, the hiring process cannot be completed.\2\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\2\ The voluntary provision of the following information is
optional and is not required to complete the hiring process:
education information (e.g., name of educational institution, major,
degree, year of graduation), race, ethnicity, and the identity of
and relationship to any relatives who are also employed at the
Board. Although a new hire is required to provide the name and
contact information of one ``primary'' emergency contact, providing
a ``second'' emergency contact is optional and is not required to
complete the hiring process. A new hire can also voluntarily provide
an alternative mailing address, if it is different from his or her
current address. Lastly, although not required to complete the
hiring process, information on dependents is required to obtain
certain benefits (such as continuing health insurance benefits for
the child or spouse of a new employee who is transferring from
another federal agency).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Generally, information collected as part of the New Hire
Information Collection may be kept confidential from the public under
exemption 6 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which protects
information that ``would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy.'' \3\ However, the release of information such as the
educational history of the new hire or the start date of employment
would not likely constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy and may be disclosed under the FOIA.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\3\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Determinations regarding disclosure to third parties of any
confidential portions of the information collection that are considered
exempt under the FOIA will be made in accordance with the Privacy
Act.\4\ Relevant Privacy Act statements are provided when a respondent
logs in to the portal and before the respondent is asked to provide any
information. The Board may make disclosures in accordance with the
Privacy Act's routine use disclosure provision, which permits the
disclosure of a record for a purpose which is compatible with the
purpose for which the record was collected.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\4\ 5 U.S.C. 552a(b).
\5\ 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7) and (b)(3)).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Such routine uses are listed in specific systems of records
notices, which apply to this information collection and which can be
found in: (1) The System of Records Notice for BGFRS-1, FRB-Recruiting
and Placement Records, located at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-1-recruiting-and-placement-records.pdf; (2) the System of
Records Notice for BGFRS-4, FRB-General Personnel Records, located at:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-4-general-personnel-records.pdf; (3) the System of Records Notice for BGFRS-7, FRB--Payroll
and Leave Records, located at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-7-payroll-and-leave-records.pdf; (4) the System of Records Notice
for BGFRS-24, FRB--EEO General Files, located at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-24-eeo-general-files.pdf; and/or (5)
the System of Records Notice for BGFRS-34, FRB-ESS Staff Identification
Card File, located at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/
[[Page 28109]]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
BGFRS-34-ess-staff-identification-card-file.pdf.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 20, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2021-11059 Filed 5-24-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
