Notice2024-18921
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17f-2(a)
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August 23, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 68226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18921]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-034, OMB Control No. 3235-0034]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17f-2(a)
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the existing
collection of information provided for in Rule 17f-2(a) (17 CFR
240.17f-2(a)), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a
et seq.). The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of
information to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for
extension and approval.
Rule 17f-2(a) (Fingerprinting Requirements for Securities
Professionals) requires that securities professionals be fingerprinted.
This requirement serves to identify security-risk personnel, to allow
an employer to make fully informed employment decisions, and to deter
possible wrongdoers from seeking employment in the securities industry.
Partners, directors, officers, and employees of exchanges, brokers,
dealers, transfer agents, and clearing agencies are included.
The Commission staff estimates that approximately 4,480 respondents
will submit an aggregate total of 289,780 new fingerprint cards each
year or approximately 65 fingerprint cards per year per registrant. The
staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary to complete
a fingerprint card is one-half hour. Thus, the total estimated annual
burden is 144,890 hours for all respondents (289,780 times one-half
hour). The average internal cost of compliance per hour is
approximately $310. Therefore, the total estimated annual internal cost
of compliance for all respondents is $44,915,900 (144,890 times $310).
This rule does not involve the collection of confidential
information.
Written comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's
estimates of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted by
October 22, 2024.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Please direct your written comments to: Austin Gerig, Director/
Chief Data Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Oluwaseun
Ajayi, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or send an email to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c39391829c8ea2aaafa1acbb83b0a6a0eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="421210031d0f232b2e202d3a023127216c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: August 19, 2024.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-18921 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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