This ICR is approved for 4 months while the agency develops a plan for the fingerprint cards to comply with Federal government's 1997 standards on collecting race and ethnicity information. The plan should outline a strategy for complying with the standards as expeditiously as possible, taking into account factors such as providing adequate lead time to card users.
In addition, this collection has been in use without a valid OMB control number, which is a violation of the PRA. The agency should examine is PRA procedures and practices to ensure it meets the PRA's time deadlines. Also, the burden estimates in the supporting statement do not match the burden estimates in ROCIS, and information in response to SS q15 suggests the burden change estimates are attributed to new statutes whereas the ROCIS summary of burden table attributes the burden change to agency discretionary action. The agency should ensure that when it resubmits this collection the burden estimates are as accurate as possible, are consistent throughout the ICR package, and that burden change estimates are attributed to the correct categories.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2014
36 Months From Approved
60,013,903
0
0
10,000,000
0
0
0
0
0
These forms are the means by which federal, state, and local agencies, as well as individuals, submit fingerprint identification information. Title 28, United States Code, Section 534, allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to aquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification/information, criminal identification, crime, and other records. The FBI permits such exchange of records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission; the States and cities; and penal and other institutions.
US Code:
28 USC 534
Name of Law: Acquisition, Preservation, and Exchange of Identification Records; Appointment of Officials
The increase of 1.4 million burden hours can be accredited to the increase of friction ridge submissions by respondents during the past 3 years, to include the submissions of palmprints. The increases can be attributed to new federal and state legislation requiring fingerprint based background checks for employment such as Section 6201 of the Affordable Care Act, as well as authorized agencies implementing requirements for the Adam Walsh Act, the Serve America Act, and Sexual Offender Registry requirements for palmprint submissions.
$18,756,676
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Marissa Pasquale 304 625-5347
No
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.