80 FR 42128 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information on Meetings With Outside Parties Pursuant to Executive Order 12866

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 136 (July 16, 2015)

Page Range		42128-42129
FR Document		2015-17391

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to collect information from members of the public who request a meeting with OIRA on rules under review at the time pursuant to E.O. 12866. The information collected would be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and this notice announces and requests comment on OIRA's proposal for such a collection.

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Information on Meetings With Outside Parties Pursuant 
to Executive Order 12866

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to collect 
information from members of the public who request a meeting with OIRA 
on rules under review at the time pursuant to E.O. 12866. The 
information collected would be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and this notice announces and requests 
comment on OIRA's proposal for such a collection.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by 
September 14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected] Please include in the 
subject line of the email, ``Executive Order 12866 Information 
Collection.''
     Fax: 202-395-5806.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public. For this reason, please do not include in your comments 
information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal 
information or proprietary information. If you send an email comment, 
your email address will be automatically captured and included as part 
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available 
on the Internet. Please note that responses to this public comment 
request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the 
communication will be treated as public comments that may be made 
available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Information on Meetings with Outside Parties Pursuant to 
Executive Order 12866.
    Abstract: E.O. 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' issued by 
President Clinton on September 30, 1993, establishes and governs the 
process under which OIRA reviews agency draft and proposed final 
regulatory actions. Consistent with the disclosure provisions of E.O. 
12866, OIRA provides information about its work related to regulatory 
reviews on Reginfo.gov at www.Reginfo.gov and on OIRA's Web site at 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/oira. OIRA makes public all substantive 
communications with any party outside the Executive Branch concerning 
regulatory actions under review. If the OIRA Administrator or his/her 
designee meets with outside parties during a review, the subject, date, 
and participants of the meeting are disclosed on the Reginfo.gov Web 
site, as well as any materials distributed at such meetings.
    These meetings occur at the initiative and request of an outside 
party. Any member of the public may request a meeting about a 
regulatory action under OIRA review, and may invite other outside 
parties to attend. OIRA's role in these meetings is limited to 
listening to feedback on the regulation under review. OIRA invites 
representatives from the agency or agencies issuing the regulatory 
action. OIRA and agency staff may ask clarifying questions, but do not 
take minutes. OIRA does, however, post on RegInfo.gov any written 
materials provided by outside parties, including the initial meeting 
request.

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    To ensure transparency associated with meetings pursuant to E.O. 
12866, OIRA is proposing to collect--and then post publicly--the 
following information from outside parties that request a meeting with 
OIRA to present their views on a regulatory action currently under 
review:
    1. Names of all attendees who will be present at the meeting from 
the outside party or parties. Each attendee's organization or 
affiliation. If an attendee is representing another organization, 
please provide the name of the organization the attendee is 
representing.
    2. The name of the regulatory action under review on which the 
party would like to present its views.
    3. Electronic copies of all of briefing materials that will be used 
during the presentation.
    4. An acknowledgment by the requesting party that all information 
submitted to OIRA pursuant to this collection and meeting request will 
be made publically available at Reginfo.gov.
    This effort will streamline the current process for outside parties 
when requesting a meeting and will ensure transparency and accuracy of 
the docket that OIRA keeps in accordance with the disclosure provisions 
of E.O. 12866. OIRA welcomes any and all public comments on the 
proposed collection of information such as the accuracy of OIRA's 
burden estimate, the practical utility of collecting this information, 
and whether there are additional pieces of information that should be 
collected from meeting requestors to further the disclosure provisions 
of E.O. 12866.
    Current actions: Proposal for new information collection 
requirement.
    Type of review: New.
    Affected public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Expected average annual number of respondents: 200.
    Average annual number of responses per respondent: 2.
    Total number of responses annually: 400.
    Burden per response: 30 minutes.
    Total average annual burden: 200 hours.
    Request for comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. 
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. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose 
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and 
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, 
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train 
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to 
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of 
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.

Dominic J. Mancini,
Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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business unit rather than AAPs based on Title: Agreement Approval Process for subject line of the email, ‘‘Executive
establishments.1 Functional affirmative Use of Functional Affirmative Action Order 12866 Information Collection.’’
action programs (FAAPs) are designed Programs. • Fax: 202–395–5806.
to provide contractors with the option of OMB Control Number: 1250–0006. Comments submitted in response to
creating AAPs that better fit their Agency Form Number: None. this notice may be made available to the
business needs. To develop and Affected Public: Business or other for- public. For this reason, please do not
implement a FAAP, Federal contractors profit, Not-for-profit institutions. include in your comments information
must receive written approval from the Estimated Number of Respondents: of a confidential nature, such as
Director 2 of OFCCP. On December 17, 91. sensitive personal information or
2012, OFCCP issued Directive Number Frequency: Annual. proprietary information. If you send an
Total Estimated Annual Responses: email comment, your email address will
305, Functional Affirmative Action
91. be automatically captured and included
Programs, which replaced Directive 296. Estimated Average Time per Response
This Information Collection Request as part of the comment that is placed in
(approximation due to rounding): 14
(ICR) addresses the recordkeeping and the public docket and made available on
hours.
reporting requirements involved in the Estimated Total Burden Hours the Internet. Please note that responses
procedures for obtaining a FAAP (approximation due to rounding): 1,508 to this public comment request
agreement as well as updating, (or 503 hours annually). containing any routine notice about the
modifying and certifying an existing Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden: confidentiality of the communication
FAAP agreement. $89 (or $30 annually). will be treated as public comments that
A separate ICR, approved by the Comments submitted in response to may be made available to the public
Office of Management and Budget this notice will be summarized and/or notwithstanding the inclusion of the
(OMB) under OMB number 1250–0003, included in the request for Office of routine notice.
addresses developing establishment- Management and Budget approval of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
based AAPs and scheduling compliance information collection request; they will Oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
evaluations for supply and service also become a matter of public record. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
contractors with establishment-based Dated: July 9, 2015. Title: Information on Meetings with
AAPs. Outside Parties Pursuant to Executive
Debra A. Carr,
II. Desired Focus of Comments: The Order 12866.
Director, Division of Policy and Program
Department of Labor is particularly Abstract: E.O. 12866, ‘‘Regulatory
Development, Office of Federal Contract
interested in comments which: Compliance Programs. Planning and Review,’’ issued by
• Evaluate whether the proposed [FR Doc. 2015–17485 Filed 7–15–15; 8:45 am] President Clinton on September 30,
collection of information is necessary 1993, establishes and governs the
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for the compliance and enforcement process under which OIRA reviews
functions of the agency, including agency draft and proposed final
whether the information will have regulatory actions. Consistent with the
practical utility; OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
disclosure provisions of E.O. 12866,
• evaluate the accuracy of the BUDGET
OIRA provides information about its
agency’s estimate of the burden of the Agency Information Collection work related to regulatory reviews on
proposed collection of information, Activities: Proposed Collection; Reginfo.gov at www.Reginfo.gov and on
including the validity of the Comment Request; Information on OIRA’s Web site at https://
methodology and assumptions used; Meetings With Outside Parties www.whitehouse.gov/omb/oira. OIRA
• enhance the quality, utility and Pursuant to Executive Order 12866 makes public all substantive
clarity of the information to be communications with any party outside
collected; and AGENCY: Office of Management and the Executive Branch concerning
• minimize the burden of the Budget. regulatory actions under review. If the
collection of information on those who ACTION: Notice and request for OIRA Administrator or his/her designee
are to respond, including through the comments. meets with outside parties during a
use of appropriate automated, review, the subject, date, and
electronic, mechanical, or other SUMMARY: The Office of Information and participants of the meeting are disclosed
technological collection techniques or Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the on the Reginfo.gov Web site, as well as
other forms of information technology, Office of Management and Budget any materials distributed at such
e.g., permitting electronic submissions (OMB) is proposing to collect meetings.
of responses. information from members of the public These meetings occur at the initiative
who request a meeting with OIRA on and request of an outside party. Any
III. Current Actions: The Department
rules under review at the time pursuant member of the public may request a
of Labor seeks the approval for the
to E.O. 12866. The information collected meeting about a regulatory action under
renewal of OMB approval of this ICR so
would be subject to the Paperwork OIRA review, and may invite other
that it can enforce the anti-
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et outside parties to attend. OIRA’s role in
discrimination and affirmative action
seq.) and this notice announces and these meetings is limited to listening to
provisions of the legal authorities it
requests comment on OIRA’s proposal feedback on the regulation under
administers.
for such a collection. review. OIRA invites representatives
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Compliance Programs. from the agency or agencies issuing the
Type of Review: Revision of an comments received by September 14, regulatory action. OIRA and agency staff
existing OMB Control Number. 2015. may ask clarifying questions, but do not
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of take minutes. OIRA does, however, post
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CFR 60–2.1(d)(4). the following methods: on RegInfo.gov any written materials
2 The‘‘Director’’ was formerly known as the • Email: Oira_submission@ provided by outside parties, including
Deputy Assistant Secretary. omb.eop.gov Please include in the the initial meeting request.

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Consideration will be given to all comments received by September 14, 2015.
Contact		[email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 42128