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estimate provided for the currentlyapproved ICR. Therefore, the total
estimated hour burden is: 3,860 AMCs
× 2 states × 1 hour = 7,720 hours. The
estimated burden hours attributable to
FHFA are 7,720 hours × 10 percent =
772 hours.
4. AMC Recordkeeping Requirements
(IC #4)
The burden for recordkeeping by
AMCs of written notices of appraiser
removal from a network or panel is
estimated to be equal to the number of
appraisers who leave the profession per
year multiplied by the estimated
percentage of appraisers who work for
AMCs, then multiplied by burden hours
per notice. As described above, 30
percent of the burden hours are then
assigned to each of the FDIC, OCC, and
Board, while 10 percent are assigned to
FHFA.
The number of appraisers who leave
an AMC annually, either by resigning,
being laid off, or having their licenses
revoked or surrendered, is estimated to
be 4,130. The burden estimate of 0.08
hours per notice is unchanged from the
estimate provided for the currentlyapproved ICR. Therefore, the estimated
total hour burden is: 4,130 notices ×
0.08 hours = 330 hours (rounded to the
nearest whole number). The estimated
burden hours attributable to FHFA are
330 hours × 10 percent = 33 hours.
C. Comments Request
FHFA requests written comments on
the following: (1) Whether the collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of FHFA functions,
including whether the information has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
FHFA’s estimates of the burdens of the
collection of information; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (4)
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.
Kevin Smith,
Chief Information Officer, Federal Housing
Finance Agency.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, August 18, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
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ADMINISTRATION
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Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
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The public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
Board, if any, are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank and from the Board’s
Freedom of Information Office at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
request.htm. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of
the Act.
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later
than September 7, 2021.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Chris P. Wangen,
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480–0291:
1. Peter J. Nelson Trust (in formation),
Kari A.M. Nelson, as trustee, both of
Glenwood, Minnesota; to join the
Nelson-Martinson Family Shareholder
Group, a group acting in concert, to
acquire voting shares of Financial
Services of Lowry, Inc., Lowry,
Minnesota, and thereby indirectly retain
voting shares of Lowry State Bank,
Lowry, Minnesota and First National
Bank of Osakis, Osakis, Minnesota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, August 18, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
applications are set forth in paragraph 7
of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
Board, if any, are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank and from the Board’s
Freedom of Information Office at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
request.htm. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of
the Act.
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington DC 20551–0001, not later
than September 7, 2021.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
1. Robert F. Hingst, Kokomo, Indiana;
and Ann Hingst Vyas and Amit Vyas,
both of Chicago, Illinois; to become
members of the Hingst Family Control
Group, a group acting in concert, to
acquire voting shares of Community
First Financial Corporation and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of
Community First Bank of Indiana, both
of Kokomo, Indiana.
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
applications are set forth in paragraph 7
of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
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[OMB Control No. 3090–0317; Docket No.
2021–0001; Sequence No. 7]
Information Collection; Notarized
Document Submittal for System for
Award Management Registration
Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding an extension to an existing
OMB clearance.
AGENCY:
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be
submitting to the Office of Management
SUMMARY:
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and Budget (OMB) a request to review
and approve an existing OMB clearance
regarding a notarized document
submittal for System for Award
Management (SAM) Registration.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
October 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden to https://www.regulations.gov.
Submit comments via the Federal
eRulemaking portal by searching for the
OMB Control number 3090–0317. Select
the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that
corresponds with ‘‘Information
Collection 3090–0317; Notarized
Document Submittal for System for
Award Management Registration’’.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Please include your name, company
name (if any), and ‘‘Information
Collection 3090–0317; Notarized
Document Submittal for System for
Award Management Registration’’ on
your attached document.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
3090–0317; Notarized Document
Submittal for System for Award
Management Registration, in all
correspondence related to this
collection. Comments received generally
will be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided. To confirm
receipt of your comment(s), please
check www.regulations.gov,
approximately two-to-three days after
submission to verify posting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Goode, Integrated Award
Environment, GSA, 703–605–2175, or
via email at nancy.goode@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart
4.11 prescribes policies and procedures
for requiring contractor registration in
the System for Award Management
(SAM) database to: (1) Increase visibility
of vendor sources (including their
geographical locations) for specific
supplies and services; and (2) establish
a common source of vendor data for the
Government.
In the past, the GSA Office of
Inspector General (OIG) conducted an
investigation into fraudulent activities
discovered within SAM. Certain bad
actors have, through electronic means,
used public information to impersonate
legitimate entities and established new
entity registrations for those entities in
SAM. By establishing fraudulent entity
registrations, bad actors submitted bids
in certain U.S. Government
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procurement systems or shipped
deficient or counterfeit goods to the U.S.
Government.
GSA established this information
collection request (ICR) to collect
additional information to support
increased validation of entities
registered and registering in the System
for Award Management (SAM). This
additional information is contained in a
notarized letter in which an officer or
other signatory authority of the entity
formally appoints the Entity
Administrator for the entity registering
or recertifying in SAM. The original,
signed letter is mailed to the Federal
Service Desk for SAM prior to the
registration’s activation or reregistration.
The collection of the notarized letter
information is essential to GSA’s
acquisition mission to meet the needs of
all federal agencies, as well as the needs
of the grant community. A key element
of GSA’s mission is to provide efficient
and effective acquisition solutions
across the Federal Government. SAM is
essential to the accomplishment of that
mission. In addition to federal contracts,
federal assistance programs also rely
upon the integrity and security of the
information in SAM. Without
assurances that the information in SAM
is protected and is at minimal risk of
compromise, GSA would risk losing the
confidence of the federal acquisition
and assistance communities which is
serves. As a result, some entities may
prefer not to do business with the
Federal Government.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 686,400.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 686,400.
Hours per Response: 2.25.
Total Burden Hours: 1,544,400.
The information collection allows
GSA to request the notarized letter and
apply this approach to new registrants
(an average of 7,200 per month) and to
existing SAM registrants (an average of
50,000 re-register per month).
Entities registered and registering in
SAM are provided the template for the
requirements of the notarized letter. It is
estimated that the Entity Administrator
will take on average 0.5 hour to create
the letter and 0.25 hour to mail the hard
copy letter. GSA proposes that an Entity
Administrator equivalent to a GS–5,
Step 5 Administrative Support person
within the Government would perform
these tasks. The estimated hourly rate of
$24.70 (Base + Locality + Fringe) was
used for the calculation.
Based on historical data of the ratio of
small entities to other than small
entities registering in SAM, GSA
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approximates 32,200 of the 57,200 new
and existing entities (re-registrants) will
have in-house resources to notarize
documents. GSA proposes that the
entities with in-house notaries will
typically be large businesses where the
projected salary of the executive or
officer responsible for signing the
notarized letter is on average
approximately $150 per hour. The
projected time for signature and
notarizing the letter internally is 0.5
hour.
The other remaining 25,000 new and
existing entities (re-registrants) per
month are estimated to be small entities
where the projected salary of the
executive or officer responsible signing
the notarized letter is on average
approximately $100 per hour. These
entities will more than likely have to
obtain notary services from an outside
source. The projected time for signature
and notarizing the letter externally is 1
hour. The estimate includes a nominal
fee ($5.00) usually charged by thirdparty notaries.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary, 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; 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.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the Regulatory Secretariat Division by
calling 202–501–4755 or emailing
GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB
Control No. 3090–0317, Notarized
Document Submittal for System for
Award Management Registration, in all
correspondence.
Beth Anne Killoran,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021–18022 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-0317; Docket No. 2021-0001; Sequence No. 7]
Information Collection; Notarized Document Submittal for System
for Award Management Registration
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of
Management
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and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an existing OMB
clearance regarding a notarized document submittal for System for Award
Management (SAM) Registration.
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to https://www.regulations.gov. Submit comments via
the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for the OMB Control number
3090-0317. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that corresponds with
``Information Collection 3090-0317; Notarized Document Submittal for
System for Award Management Registration''. Follow the instructions on
the screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``Information Collection 3090-0317; Notarized Document Submittal for
System for Award Management Registration'' on your attached document.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 3090-0317; Notarized Document Submittal for System for Award
Management Registration, in all correspondence related to this
collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two-to-
three days after submission to verify posting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Goode, Integrated Award
Environment, GSA, 703-605-2175, or via email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart
4.11 prescribes policies and procedures for requiring contractor
registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to: (1)
Increase visibility of vendor sources (including their geographical
locations) for specific supplies and services; and (2) establish a
common source of vendor data for the Government.
In the past, the GSA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an
investigation into fraudulent activities discovered within SAM. Certain
bad actors have, through electronic means, used public information to
impersonate legitimate entities and established new entity
registrations for those entities in SAM. By establishing fraudulent
entity registrations, bad actors submitted bids in certain U.S.
Government procurement systems or shipped deficient or counterfeit
goods to the U.S. Government.
GSA established this information collection request (ICR) to
collect additional information to support increased validation of
entities registered and registering in the System for Award Management
(SAM). This additional information is contained in a notarized letter
in which an officer or other signatory authority of the entity formally
appoints the Entity Administrator for the entity registering or
recertifying in SAM. The original, signed letter is mailed to the
Federal Service Desk for SAM prior to the registration's activation or
re-registration.
The collection of the notarized letter information is essential to
GSA's acquisition mission to meet the needs of all federal agencies, as
well as the needs of the grant community. A key element of GSA's
mission is to provide efficient and effective acquisition solutions
across the Federal Government. SAM is essential to the accomplishment
of that mission. In addition to federal contracts, federal assistance
programs also rely upon the integrity and security of the information
in SAM. Without assurances that the information in SAM is protected and
is at minimal risk of compromise, GSA would risk losing the confidence
of the federal acquisition and assistance communities which is serves.
As a result, some entities may prefer not to do business with the
Federal Government.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 686,400.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 686,400.
Hours per Response: 2.25.
Total Burden Hours: 1,544,400.
The information collection allows GSA to request the notarized
letter and apply this approach to new registrants (an average of 7,200
per month) and to existing SAM registrants (an average of 50,000 re-
register per month).
Entities registered and registering in SAM are provided the
template for the requirements of the notarized letter. It is estimated
that the Entity Administrator will take on average 0.5 hour to create
the letter and 0.25 hour to mail the hard copy letter. GSA proposes
that an Entity Administrator equivalent to a GS-5, Step 5
Administrative Support person within the Government would perform these
tasks. The estimated hourly rate of $24.70 (Base + Locality + Fringe)
was used for the calculation.
Based on historical data of the ratio of small entities to other
than small entities registering in SAM, GSA approximates 32,200 of the
57,200 new and existing entities (re-registrants) will have in-house
resources to notarize documents. GSA proposes that the entities with
in-house notaries will typically be large businesses where the
projected salary of the executive or officer responsible for signing
the notarized letter is on average approximately $150 per hour. The
projected time for signature and notarizing the letter internally is
0.5 hour.
The other remaining 25,000 new and existing entities (re-
registrants) per month are estimated to be small entities where the
projected salary of the executive or officer responsible signing the
notarized letter is on average approximately $100 per hour. These
entities will more than likely have to obtain notary services from an
outside source. The projected time for signature and notarizing the
letter externally is 1 hour. The estimate includes a nominal fee
($5.00) usually charged by third- party notaries.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary, 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; 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.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the Regulatory Secretariat
Division by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please
cite OMB Control No. 3090-0317, Notarized Document Submittal for System
for Award Management Registration, in all correspondence.
Beth Anne Killoran,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-18022 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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