60-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]

[Notices]

[Pages 76062-76063]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2012-31079]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-NEW]

Agency Information Collection Activities: E-Verify Program Data

Collections. New Information Collection; Comment Request.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following

information collection request for review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection

notice is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the

public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be

accepted for sixty days until February 25, 2013.

Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this

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

associated

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response time should be directed to the Department of Homeland Security

(DHS), USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Laura Dawkins, Chief,

Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20529-2140. Comments may be submitted to DHS via email

at [email protected] and must include OMB Control Number 1615-NEW

in the subject box. Comments may also be submitted via the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at www.Regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number

USCIS-2012-0017.

All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket

ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,

all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at www.Regulations.gov, and will include any

personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this

information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the

amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary

submission you make to DHS. DHS may withhold information provided in

comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy

of an individual or is offensive. For additional information, please

read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the

footer of www.Regulations.gov.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies 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: New information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: E-Verify Program Data

Collections.

(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-69; USCIS.

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

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or private sector. The E-

Verify Data Collections evaluation is necessary in order for USCIS to

obtain data from employers and workers in anticipation of the enactment

of mandatory state and/or national employment eligibility verification

programs for all or a substantial number of employers nationwide.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:

Business/Private Sector: 135 respondents averaging 2 hours

per response; plus

Individual/Households: 400 respondents averaging 1 hour

per response.

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

with the collection:

670 annual burden hours.

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

proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal at:

www.Regulations.gov.

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,

Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20529-2140, telephone number 202-272-8377.

Dated: December 19, 2012.

Laura Dawkins,

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland

Security.

[FR Doc. 2012-31079 Filed 12-21-12; 4:15 pm]

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