1205-0541 Non Substantive Change Justification

This is a non-substantive change request to OMB Control Number 1205-0541, Fidelity Bonding Issuance which is approved through May 31, 2026. The Department of Labor’s Federal Bonding Program (FBP) provides fidelity bonds that protect employers hiring at-risk job applicants from theft, forgery, or embezzlement by the employee. Although the bonds have primarily served offenders, any at-risk job applicant is eligible for bonding services, including recovering substance abusers (alcohol or drugs), welfare recipients and other persons having poor financial credit, economically disadvantaged youth and adults who lack a work history, individuals dishonorably discharged from the military, and others.

To bring this ICR into compliance with Executive Order 14168, the Department of Labor has removed a reference to “gender” from the form associated with this ICR.