Notice2024-20563
Submission for Review 3206-0261: Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF 85)
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Published
September 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Personnel Management Office
Abstract
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew a previously approved information collection, Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF 85).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73730-73731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20563]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review 3206-0261: Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive
Positions (SF 85)
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to request
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew a previously approved
information collection, Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF
85).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until November 12,
2024. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and/or
Regulatory Information Number and title, by the following method:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and docket
number or RIN for this document. The general policy for comments and
other submissions from members of the public is to make these
submissions available for public viewing at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers
or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be obtained by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e5d7b677a4b4f68617c637d4e617e6320696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1447617d605155727b667967547b64793a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>, or by contacting Lynette Hornung 202-599-0090, or
U. S. Office of Personnel Management, Suitability Executive Agent
Programs, P.O. Box 699, Slippery Rock, PA 16057.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2), OPM is soliciting comments for this
collection. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's 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
submissions of responses.
Background
The Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions, Standard Form 85 (SF
85) is an information collection completed by applicants for, or
incumbents of, Federal Government civilian positions, or positions in
private entities performing work for the Federal Government under
contractor. The collection is used as the basis of information for
background investigations to establish that such individuals are:
<bullet> Suitable for employment or retention in Federal employment
in a low risk, non-sensitive position, or fit for employment or
retention in Federal employment in the excepted service when the duties
to be performed are equivalent to a low risk, non-sensitive position;
<bullet> Fit to perform work on behalf of the Federal Government
pursuant to the Government contract, when the duties to be performed
are equivalent to a low risk, non-sensitive position;
<bullet> Eligible for physical and logical access to federally
controlled facilities or information systems, when the duties to be
performed by the individual are equivalent to the duties performed by
an employee in a low risk, non-sensitive position.
For applicants, the SF 85 is used only after a conditional offer of
employment has been made. eApplication (eApp) is a web-based system
application that houses the SF 85. A variable in assessing burden hours
is the nature of the electronic application. The electronic application
includes branching questions and instructions which provide for a
tailored collection from the respondent based on varying factors in the
respondent's personal history. The burden on the respondent is reduced
when their personal history
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is not relevant to particular questions, since the question branches or
expands for additional details only for those individuals who have
pertinent information to provide regarding that line of questioning.
Accordingly, the burden on the respondent will vary depending on
whether the information collection relates to the respondent's personal
history.
OPM recommends renewal of the form with no changes. As we await the
implementation of the Personnel Vetting Questionnaire, which was
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (87 FR 71700 and 88 FR
12703) on November 15, 2023, agencies continue to use the SF 85 for
investigations of individuals holding low risk non-sensitive positions.
Analysis
Agency: Office of Personnel Management.
Title: Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions, Standard Form 85
(SF 85).
OMB Number: 3206-0261.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Number of Respondents: 55,040.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 120 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 110,080.
Alexys Stanley,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2024-20563 Filed 9-10-24; 8:45 am]
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