Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8572-8573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4211]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
SUMMARY: Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB control numbers 
to collection of information requests and requirements conducted or 
sponsored by the Board under conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320 
Appendix A.1. Board-approved collections of information are 
incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved 
collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting 
statements and approved collection of information instruments are 
placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not 
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, 
an information collection that has been extended, revised, or 
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    Request for comment on information collection proposal.
    The following information collection, which is being handled under 
this delegated authority, has received initial Board approval and is 
hereby published for comment. At the end of the comment period, the 
proposed information collection, along with an analysis of comments and 
recommendations received, will be submitted to the Board for final 
approval under OMB delegated authority. Comments are invited on the 
following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Federal Reserve's functions; including 
whether the information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Federal Reserve's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;

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    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before [insert date 60 days 
from publication in the Federal Register].
ADDRESSES: Comments, which should refer to the OMB control number or 
agency form number, should be addressed to Jennifer J. Johnson, 
Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C 
Streets, N.W., Washington, DC 20551, or delivered to the Board's mail 
room between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., and to the security control room 
outside of those hours. Both the mail room and the security control 
room are accessible from the courtyard entrance on 20th Street between 
Constitution Avenue and C Street, N.W. Comments received may be 
inspected in room M-P-500 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except as 
provided in section 261.14 of the Board's Rules Regarding Availability 
of Information, 12 CFR 261.14(a).
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the Board: Alexander T. Hunt, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed form and 
instructions, the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission (OMB 83-I), 
supporting statement, and other documents that will be placed into 
OMB's public docket files once approved may be requested from the 
agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
    Mary M. West, Chief, Financial Reports Section (202-452-3829), 
Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. Telecommunications Device for the 
Deaf (TDD) users may contact Diane Jenkins (202-452-3544), Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.
    Proposal to approve under OMB delegated authority the extension for 
three years, with revision, of the following report:
    Report title: The Ongoing Intermittent Survey of Households
    Agency form number: FR 3016
    OMB control number: 7100-0150
    Frequency: on occasion
    Reporters: households and individuals
    Annual reporting hours: 405 burden hours
    Estimated average hours per response: 4.2 minutes
    Number of respondents: 500
Small businesses are not affected.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
voluntary (12 U.S.C. 225a, 263, and 15 U.S.C. 1691b) and is given 
confidential treatment ( 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6)).
    Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses this voluntary telephone survey 
to obtain household-based information specifically tailored to the 
Federal Reserve's policy, regulatory, and operational responsibilities, 
and the survey is necessary to provide information on developing events 
in the financial markets. Intermittently, on request, the University of 
Michigan's Survey Research Center includes survey questions on behalf 
of the Federal Reserve in an addendum to their regular monthly Survey 
of Consumer Attitudes and Expectations. The frequency and content of 
the questions depends on changing economic, regulatory, legislative, 
and consumer developments.
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 16, 
1999.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-4211 Filed 2-19-99; 8:45AM]
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