83 FR 51953 - Submission for OMB Review; Background Investigations for Child Care Workers

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 199 (October 15, 2018)

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a previously approved information collection requirement regarding the collection of personal data for background investigations for child care workers accessing GSA owned and leased controlled facilities.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51953-51954]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22411]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0287; Docket No. 2018-0001; Sequence No. 10]


Submission for OMB Review; Background Investigations for Child 
Care Workers

AGENCY: Office of Mission Assurance, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an existing OMB 
information collection.

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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 and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a 
previously approved information collection requirement regarding the 
collection of personal data

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for background investigations for child care workers accessing GSA 
owned and leased controlled facilities.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: November 14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503. Additionally, submit a copy to GSA by any of the following 
methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds 
with ``Information Collection 3090-0287, Background Investigations for 
Child Care Workers''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit 
a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), 
and ``Information Collection 3090-0287, Background Investigations for 
Child Care Workers'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
Attn: Ms. Mandell/IC 3090-0287, Background Investigations for Child 
Care Workers.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0287, Background Investigations for Child Care Workers, 
in all correspondence related to this collection. Comments received 
generally will be posted without change to http://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 (except allow 30 days for posting of comments 
submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phil Ahn, Security Officer, Office 
of Mission Assurance, GSA, at 202-501-2447, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 ``Policy for a 
Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors'' 
requires the implementation of a governmentwide standard for secure and 
reliable forms of identification for Federal employees and contractors. 
OMB's implementing instructions requires all contract employees 
requiring routine access to federally controlled facilities for greater 
than six (6) months to receive a background investigation. The minimum 
background investigation is Tier 1 and the Office of Personnel 
Management offers a Tier 1C for child care.
    However, there is no requirement in the law or HSPD-12 that 
requires child care employees to be subject to the Tier 1C since 
employees of child care providers are neither government employees nor 
government contractors. The child care providers are required to 
complete the criminal history background checks mandated in the Crime 
Control Act of 1990, Public Law 101-647, dated November 29, 1990, as 
amended by Public Law 102-190, dated December 5, 1991. These statutes 
require that each employee of a child care center located in a Federal 
building or in leased space must undergo a background check.
    According to GSA policy, child care workers (as described above) 
will need to submit the following:
    1. An original signed copy of a Basic National Agency Check 
Criminal History, GSA Form 176; and
    2. Two sets of fingerprints on FBI Fingerprint Cards, for SF-87 
and/or electronic prints from an enrollment center.
    3. Electronically submit the e-qip (SF85) application for 
completion of the Tier 1C.
    This is not a request to collect new information; this is a request 
to change the form that is currently being used to collect this 
information.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Hours per Response: 1.
    Total Burden Hours: 1200.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 
32996 on July 12, 2018. No comments were received. Public comments are 
particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is 
necessary and 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.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite 
Background Investigations for Child Care Workers, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 4, 2018.
David A. Shive,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-22411 Filed 10-12-18; 8:45 am]
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