82 FR 49784 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Complaint of Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Against the Department of Commerce

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 207 (October 27, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-23442

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 207 (Friday, October 27, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 207 (Friday, October 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Complaint of 
Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Against the 
Department of Commerce

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Civil Rights, Commerce.
    Title: Complaint of Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual 
Orientation against the Department of Commerce.
    OMB Control Number: 0690-0024.
    Form Number(s): CD-545.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Burden Hours: 10.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Use: Pursuant to Executive Order 11478 and Department of 
Commerce Administrative Order (DAO) 215-11, an employee or applicant 
for employment with the Department of Commerce who alleges that he or 
she has been subjected to discriminatory treatment based on sexual 
orientation by the Department of Commerce or one of its sub-agencies, 
must submit a signed statement that is sufficiently precise to identify 
the actions or practices that form the basis of the complaint. Through 
use of this standardized form, the Office of Civil Rights proposes to 
collect the information required by the Executive Order and DAO in a 
uniform manner that will increase the efficiency of complaint 
processing and trend analyses of complaint activity.
    The DOC received no comments in response to the 60-day notice 
published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2017 (82 FR 17968).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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L. 104–13) requires that interested Respondents: Not-for-profit form the basis of the complaint.
members of the public and affected institutions; State, Local or Tribal Through use of this standardized form,
agencies have an opportunity to Government. the Office of Civil Rights proposes to
comment on information collection and Estimated Number of Respondents: collect the information required by the
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 789. Executive Order and DAO in a uniform
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an Estimated Number of Responses per manner that will increase the efficiency
information collection that RUS is Respondent: 1. of complaint processing and trend
submitting to OMB for revision. Estimated Total Annual Burden on analyses of complaint activity.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Respondents: 44,323 hours. The DOC received no comments in
the proposed collection of information Copies of this information collection response to the 60-day notice published
is necessary for the proper performance can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, in the Federal Register on April 14,
of the functions of the Agency, Program Development and Regulatory 2017 (82 FR 17968).
including whether the information will Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, Fax: (202) Affected Public: Individuals or
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 720–8435 or email: MaryPat.Daskal@ households.
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of wdc.usda.gov. All responses to this Frequency: On occasion.
the collection of information including notice will be summarized and included Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
the validity of the methodology and in the request for OMB approval. All This information collection request
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance comments will also become a matter of may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
the quality, utility, and clarity of the public record. Follow the instructions to view
information to be collected; and (d) Dated: October 18, 2017. Department of Commerce collections
ways to minimize the burden of the currently under review by OMB.
Christopher A. McLean,
collection of information on Written comments and
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. recommendations for the proposed
respondents, including through the use [FR Doc. 2017–23359 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am]
of appropriate automated, electronic, information collection should be sent
mechanical or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of notice to OIRA Submission@
information technology. Comments may omb.emp.gov or faxed to (202) 395–
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 5806.
be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting
Director, Program Development and Submission for OMB Review; Sheleen Dumas,
Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Comment Request; Complaint of Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Employment Discrimination Based on Information Officer.
STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave. Sexual Orientation Against the [FR Doc. 2017–23442 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am]
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. Department of Commerce BILLING CODE 3510–BP–P
Telephone: (202) 690–1078, Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email: Thomas.Dickson@ The Department of Commerce will
wdc.usda.gov. submit to the Office of Management and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Title: Water and Waste Loan and Budget (OMB) for clearance the
Grant Program. following proposal for collection of Office of the Secretary
information under the provisions of the
OMB Control Number: 0572–0121. Office of Civil Rights; Submission for
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Type of Request: Revision of a Chapter 35). OMB Review; Comment Request;
currently approved collection. Complaint of Employment
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office
Abstract: USDA Rural Development, of Civil Rights, Commerce. Discrimination Against the Department
through the Rural Utilities Service, is Title: Complaint of Employment of Commerce
authorized by Section 306 of the Discrimination Based on Sexual The Department of Commerce will
Consolidated Farm and Rural Orientation against the Department of submit to the Office of Management and
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to Commerce. Budget (OMB) for clearance the
make loans to public agencies, nonprofit OMB Control Number: 0690–0024. following proposal for collection of
corporations, and Indian Tribes to fund Form Number(s): CD–545. information under the provisions of the
water and waste disposal projects Type of Request: Regular submission Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
serving the most financially needy rural (extension of a currently approved Chapter 35).
communities through the Water and information collection). Agency: Office of the Secretary, Office
Waste Disposal loan and grant program. Burden Hours: 10. of Civil Rights, Commerce.
Financial assistance should result in Number of Respondents: 20. Title: Complaint of Employment
reasonable user costs for rural residents, Average Hours per Response: 30 Discrimination against the Department
rural businesses, and other rural users. minutes. of Commerce.
The program is limited to rural areas Needs and Use: Pursuant to Executive OMB Control Number: 0690–0015.
and small towns with a population of Order 11478 and Department of Form Number(s): CD–498, 498–A.
10,000 or less. The Water and Waste Commerce Administrative Order (DAO) Type of Request: Regular (extension of
Loan and Grant Program is administered
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215–11, an employee or applicant for a currently approved information
through 7 CFR part 1780. The items employment with the Department of collection).
covered by this collection include forms Commerce who alleges that he or she Number of Respondents: 700.
and related documentation to support a has been subjected to discriminatory Average Hours per Response: 350.
loan application. treatment based on sexual orientation by Burden Hours: 30 minutes.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting the Department of Commerce or one of Estimated Total Annual Cost to
burden for this collection of information its sub-agencies, must submit a signed Public: $0.
is estimated to average 2.5 hours per statement that is sufficiently precise to Needs and Uses: This request is for an
response. identify the actions or practices that extension of a currently approved

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		82 FR 49784