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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the PRA Submission, supporting statements (which contain more detailed information about the information collections and burden estimates than this notice), and approved collection of information instrument(s) are available at www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. These documents are also available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at www.federalreserve.gov/​apps/​reportingforms/​review or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above. On the page displayed at the link above, you can find the supporting information by referencing the collection identifier, FR 28.

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three Years, With Revision, of the Following Information Collections

Collection title: Applications for Employment with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Collection identifier: FR 28.

OMB control number: 7100-0181.

General description of collection: The FR 28 consists of the following information collections:

The Application for Employment (FR 28a), which collects information to determine the qualifications of applicants for employment with the Board (such as education and training, employment records, and other general background information since the time the applicant left high school), the Applicant's Voluntary Self-Identification (FR 28s), which is an optional form that collects information on the applicant's sex, race, and ethnicity, the Research Assistant Application (FR 28i), which collects contact information, information on a Research Assistant (RA) applicant's level of interest in various economic topics and experience in different data analytics/programs, and application documentation (including resume, cover letter, transcripts, and letter(s) of recommendation), the Pre-Hire Conflict of Interest Screening Form (FR 28c), which collects information from external applicants after they have been selected for an interview at the Board regarding certain financial interests that could pose a conflict of interest based on the Board's supplemental ethics regulations and/or the duties of the position for which they are applying, and the Reference Check Form (FR 28r), which captures information from professional references when the Board conducts reference checks for external applicants who have received a verbal offer of employment.

Frequency: Event-generated.

Respondents: Individuals seeking employment with the Board.

Total estimated number of respondents: FR 28a (LinkedIn), 14,076; FR 28a (Resume Parsing), 18,098; FR 28a (Manual Application), 4,021; FR 28a (Use Last Application), 4,021; FR 28a (Interview Selection), 1,129; FR 28a (PDF), 238; FR 28s, 40,216; FR 28i, 800; FR 28c, 1,547; and FR 28r, 273.

Estimated average hours per response: FR 28a (LinkedIn), 0.46; FR 28a (Resume Parsing), 0.44; FR 28a (Manual Application), 0.69; FR 28a (Use Last Application), 0.26; FR 28a (Interview Selection), 0.71; FR 28a (PDF), 1.69; FR 28s, 0.02; FR 28i, 0.91; FR 28c, 0.62; and FR 28r, 0.34.

Total estimated change in burden: (1,950).

Total estimated annual burden hours: 22,045.

Current actions: On July 9, 2026, the Board published a notice in the Federal Register (91 FR 42441) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, with revision, of the FR 28. The Board proposed to revise the FR 28 by changing the collection platform of the FR 28a and FR 28s from Taleo to Workday, which will allow for three new submission methods in the Workday system (applying through LinkedIn, applying with resume parsing, and applying with previous application); the FR 28c, which is currently sent out via email, will also transition into Workday. The platform change will result in several data field changes for the FR 28a to (1) align with the configuration of Workday as the Board's new applicant tracking system (ATS) and (2) remove fields that are no longer necessary. By Fall 2028, the FR 28i will also be transitioned from ServiceNow to Workday. Before the transition of the FR 28i into Workday, one additional data field will be added in order to link applicants between ServiceNow and Workday; once the FR 28i is also in Workday, the data field will be removed. There were no proposed changes to the FR 28r as part of this clearance. The comment period for this notice expired on September 8, 2026. The Board did not receive any comments. The revisions will be implemented as proposed.

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