The purpose of the collection is to
enable the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
Federal Investigative Services (FIS), Freedom of Information and
Privacy Act (FOI/PA) office, to locate applicable records and
provide the requester responsive records pursuant to the Privacy
Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a). Authority to collect this
information is contained in 5 U.S.C. § 552, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, 5
C.F.R. § 297.201(b).
OPM is requesting
emergency clearance of a new collection, INV100A, “Privacy Act
Request For Completed Standard Form SF85/SF85P/SF86.” Emergency
clearance is requested because the time to comply with the public
comment provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act would prevent the
agency from responding to an unanticipated event. The collection
will permit OPM to more efficiently process Privacy Act requests
from individuals seeking to access their most recently completed
SF85, SF85P, or SF86 that was used to initiate a background
investigation. OPM is anticipating a sudden, high-volume influx of
these Privacy Act requests due to the July 9, 2015 public
announcement of the number of individuals affected by a
cyberincident that involved the breach of the SF 85, SF 85P, and SF
86 forms completed by millions of individuals in connection with
background investigations.
US Code:
5 USC
552a Name of Law: Privacy Act of 1974
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.