Emergency Letter to OMB OIRA

Selective Service System
National Headquarters | Arlington, Virginia 22209-2461
www.sss.gov

January 12, 2022
Ms. Sharon Block
Associate Administrator
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D.C. 20503
Dear Ms. Block,
Pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established at 5 C.F.R.
Part1320, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public, I request that the proposed
information collection, the Agency Medical Exemption Form, Part 2, OMB Control No. 0690NEW, be processed as an Emergency Clearance Request in accordance with 5 C.F.R. §
1320.13, Emergency Processing.
I have determined that this information must be collected prior to the time periods established
under Part 1320 of the regulations and that this information is essential to implement agencies’
health and safety measures regarding the Federal Employee medical and religious exemptions
to the vaccination requirement included within recent Safer Federal Workforce Task Force
Guidance for COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccinations. Government agencies have an urgent need to
request medical exemption information with input from medical providers from federal
employees. Applying regular Paperwork Reduction Act clearance procedures is likely to cause
harm because of the threat of COVID-19 exposure and transmission (5 C.F.R § 1320.13(c)).
Therefore, the Selective Service System (SSS) requests a 180-day emergency clearance to
establish the Agency Medical Exemption Form, Part 2, allowing individuals to request medical
exemption with medical provider input from COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccinations. During the 180day emergency approval, the SSS will work to establish a regular clearance submission of this
information collection request under the Paperwork Reduction Act procedures. As this request for
approval concerns an urgent safety need, SSS is also seeking OMB’s approval to waive the need
for the Federal Register Notices otherwise required by 5 C.F.R. §§ 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) and
1320.8(d)(1) prior to publication and implementation of thisdisclosure.
We would appreciate if you could provide an approval/disapproval determination of this request
to collect information under an emergency clearance by close of business on Thursday,
January 20, 2022.

Sincerely,

MICHEAL
MIGLIARA

Digitally signed by
MICHEAL MIGLIARA
Date: 2022.01.12 08:28:39
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Micheal A. Migliara
Acting Deputy Director