The American Indian Trust Reform Act
of 1994 directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish
guidelines to carry out the fiduciary duties owed to tribes and
individual Indians to administer trust funds held exclusively for
their benefit.
US Code:
25 USC 4001 et seq. Name of Law: American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994
There are a number of
interlocking reasons for this adjustment in OSTs estimate.
Primarily, due to the fact that most of responses to the form-based
information collections are collected over the telephone, using
OSTs toll-free number, OST has a much more accurate estimate of
the actual time required to collect the information in question.
Paradoxically, however, the increase in ease of providing the
information required to accomplish the desired transactions, in
moving from a primarily-paper-form-based collection to a
telephone-call-center collection, has apparently led to a
significant increase in the number of actual transactions taking
place. Due to this increase in the number of transactions occurring
each year, the reduction in the burden hours is not nearly so large
as might otherwise be expected.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.