81 FR 12190 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: INTERNational Connections

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 45 (March 8, 2016)

Page Range		12190-12191
FR Document		2016-05180

The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12190-12191]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05180]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9463]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: INTERNational 
Connections

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of 
proposed collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State has submitted the information 
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we 
are requesting comments on this collection from all interested 
individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 
30 days for public comment.

DATES: Submit comments directly to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) up to April 7, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the Department of State Desk Officer in 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). You may submit comments by the following 
methods:
     Email: [email protected]. You must include the 
DS form number, information collection title, and the OMB control 
number in the subject line of your message.
     Fax: 202-395-5806. Attention: Desk Officer for Department 
of State.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional 
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including 
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and 
supporting documents, to Heather Rudow, 2401 E Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20520, who may be reached on 202-261-8953 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
     Title of Information Collection: INTERNational 
Connections.
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0190.
     Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: Bureau of Human Resources, Office of 
Recruitment, Examination and Employment (HR/REE).
     Form Number: DS-5103.
     Respondents: Current participants and alumni of the U.S. 
Department of State's student programs, including internships, 
Pickerings, Rangels, Pathways, etc. and Department Employees.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 1,000.
     Average Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
     Total Estimated Burden Time: 250 hours.
     Frequency: On occasion.
     Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost 
burden for

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this proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are 
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you 
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your 
personal information, will be available for public review.

Abstract of Proposed Collection

    The Department's student internship programs provide a key source 
of potential prospects who have an interest in, and are qualified, to 
become future Department employees. Naturally, HR/REE wants to 
strengthen and maintain its connections to this group, fostering and 
mentoring a pool of prospects from which to obtain successful recruits.
    In June 2008, HR/REE surveyed over 3,500 former interns who served 
from 2005 through spring 2008. The intern alumni were queried as to 
their motivation in seeking an internship, whether or not they had 
pursued a career with either the Foreign Service or Civil Service, and 
what their recommendations would be for the best ways for the 
Department to maintain contact after the conclusion of their 
internships. Intern alumni endorse continued contact with Department 
representatives mainly through electronic means and Web site reminders 
of career opportunities.
    In an effort to address these findings and provide viable solutions 
to improving student engagement prior to, during and following an 
internship, the Department developed an intern engagement strategy that 
will ultimately result in a measurable conversion of interns into 
Department hires for the Foreign or Civil Service. The foundation of 
this strategy is INTERNational Connections, a web-based career 
networking site for current and former interns as well as Department 
employees that collects pertinent information about them, their 
experiences and their career goals.

Methodology

    Users register online at https://internconnect.careers.state.gov 
and create a profile that includes: full name, program status, names of 
colleges attended, major/minor, where the user is from, current post, 
year graduated, career goals and interests, personal interests, career 
path, bureau, job title, professional experience and languages the user 
can speak. The respondents are current and former interns, as well as 
Department employees.

    Dated: February 29, 2016.
Derwood Staeben,
Executive Director, HR/REE, Department of State.
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rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. described below to the Office of
submission, all subsequent Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Management and Budget (OMB) for
amendments, all written statements U.S. Small Business Administration, approval. In accordance with the
with respect to the proposed rule 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we
change that are filed with the Washington, DC 20416. are requesting comments on this
Commission, and all written SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is collection from all interested
communications relating to the hereby given that as a result of the individuals and organizations. The
proposed rule change between the Administrator’s disaster declaration, purpose of this Notice is to allow 30
Commission and any person, other than applications for disaster loans may be days for public comment.
those that may be withheld from the filed at the address listed above or other DATES: Submit comments directly to the
public in accordance with the locally announced locations. Office of Management and Budget
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be The following areas have been (OMB) up to April 7, 2016.
available for Web site viewing and determined to be adversely affected by ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the
printing in the Commission’s Public the disaster: Department of State Desk Officer in the
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Primary Counties: Wayne. Office of Information and Regulatory
Washington, DC 20549 on official Contiguous Counties: Affairs at the Office of Management and
business days between the hours of Tennessee: Decatur, Hardin, Lawrence Budget (OMB). You may submit
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the Lewis, Perry. comments by the following methods:
filing also will be available for Alabama: Lauderdale. • Email: oira_submission@
inspection and copying at the principal The Interest Rates are: omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS
office of the Exchange. All comments form number, information collection
received will be posted without change; Percent
title, and the OMB control number in
the Commission does not edit personal For Physical Damage the subject line of your message.
identifying information from Homeowners With Credit Avail- • Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk
submissions. You should submit only able Elsewhere ......................... 3.625 Officer for Department of State.
information that you wish to make Homeowners Without Credit FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
available publicly. All submissions Available Elsewhere .................. 1.813 Direct requests for additional
should refer to File Number SR– Businesses With Credit Available information regarding the collection
NYSEArca–2016–32 and should be Elsewhere ................................. 6.000
Businesses Without Credit Avail-
listed in this notice, including requests
submitted on or before March 29, 2016.
able Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 for copies of the proposed collection
For the Commission, by the Division of Non-Profit Organizations With instrument and supporting documents,
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 2.625 to Heather Rudow, 2401 E Street NW.,
authority.12 Non-Profit Organizations Without Washington, DC 20520, who may be
Robert W. Errett, Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 2.625 reached on 202–261–8953 or at
Deputy Secretary. For Economic Injury rudowh@state.gov.
Businesses & Small Agricultural
[FR Doc. 2016–05041 Filed 3–7–16; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Cooperatives Without Credit
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000
• Title of Information Collection:
Non-Profit Organizations Without INTERNational Connections.
Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 2.625 • OMB Control Number: 1405–0190.
• Type of Request: Revision of a
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The number assigned to this disaster Currently Approved Collection.
[Disaster Declaration # 14642 and # 14643] for physical damage is 14642 B and for • Originating Office: Bureau of
economic injury is 14643 0. Human Resources, Office of
Tennessee Disaster # TN–00088 The States which received an EIDL Recruitment, Examination and
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Declaration # are Tennessee, Alabama. Employment (HR/REE).
• Form Number: DS–5103.
Administration. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance • Respondents: Current participants
ACTION: Notice. Numbers 5900)
and alumni of the U.S. Department of
SUMMARY: This is a notice of an Dated: February 25, 2016. State’s student programs, including
Administrative declaration of a disaster Maria Contreras-Sweet, internships, Pickerings, Rangels,
for the State of Tennessee dated 02/25/ Pathways, etc. and Department
Administrator.
2016. Employees.
Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes,
[FR Doc. 2016–04853 Filed 3–7–16; 8:45 am]
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 1,000.
and Heavy Precipitation.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
Incident Period: 12/23/2015 through
1,000.
12/28/2015. DEPARTMENT OF STATE • Average Time Per Response: 15
Effective Date: 02/25/2016.
[Public Notice: 9463] minutes.
Physical Loan Application Deadline • Total Estimated Burden Time: 250
Date: 04/25/2016.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information hours.
• Frequency: On occasion.
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Application Deadline Date: 11/25/2016. Collection: INTERNational
Connections • Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan We are soliciting public comments to
applications to: U.S. Small Business ACTION: Notice of request for public permit the Department to:
Administration, Processing and comment and submission to OMB of • Evaluate whether the proposed
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport proposed collection of information. information collection is necessary for
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. the proper functions of the Department.
SUMMARY: The Department of State has • Evaluate the accuracy of our
12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). submitted the information collection estimate of the time and cost burden for

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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 of request for public comment and submission to OMB of proposed collection of information.
Dates		Submit comments directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) up to April 7, 2016.
Contact		Direct requests for additional information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and supporting documents, to Heather Rudow, 2401 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20520, who may be reached on 202-261-8953 or at [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 12190