60 Day Notice Published

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Memorandum of Understanding to Participate in Employment Eligibility Confirmation Pilot Program

60 Day Notice Published

OMB: 1615-0092

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[Federal Register: April 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 65)]

[Notices]

[Page 16807-16808]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a

Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request


ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review:

Memorandum of Understanding to Participate in the Basic Pilot

Employment Eligibility Program; Verify Employment Eligibility Status;

OMB Control No. 1615-0092.


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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and


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Immigration Services (USCIS), has submitted the following information

collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is

published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until June

4, 2007.

Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this

notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and

associated response time should be directed to the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory Management Division,

Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd Floor, Suite 3008,

Washington, DC 20529. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via

facsimile to 202-272-8352, or via e-mail at [email protected]. When

submitting comments by e-mail, add the OMB Control Number 1615-0092 in

the subject box.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the collection of information should address one or

more of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.


Overview of This Information Collection


(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently

approved information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Memorandum of Understanding to

Participate in the Basic Pilot Employment Eligibility Program; Verify

Employment Eligibility Status.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: No Agency

Form Number; File OMB-18. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for profit. The

Basic Pilot Program allows employers to electronically verify the

employment eligibility status of newly hired employees.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 40,000 MOU's at

2.333 (2 hours and 20 minutes) per response; 40,000 employers

registering to participate in the program at .166 (10 minutes) per

response; 4,000,000 initial queries at .05 (3 minutes) per response;

40,000 secondary queries at .333 (20 minutes) per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: 313,279 annual burden hours.

If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the

information collection instrument, please contact Richard A. Sloan,

Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd Floor, Suite 3008,

Washington, DC 20529; 202-272-8377.


Dated: April 2, 2007.

Stephen Tarragon,

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. E7-6370 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]


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