Notice2025-03846

Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

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Published
March 11, 2025

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Federal Reserve System

Abstract

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the New Hire Information Collection (FR 27; 7100-0375).

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11738-11739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03846]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, 
the New Hire Information Collection (FR 27; 7100-0375).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 12, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 27, by any of the 
following methods:
    <bullet> Agency Website: <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/">https://www.federalreserve.gov/</a>. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments, including attachments. 
Preferred method.
    <bullet> Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mailing address.
    <bullet> Other Means: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#235356414f4a40404c4e4e464d5750634551410d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef9f9a8d83868c8c8082828a819b9caf899d8dc1888099">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. You must include the 
OMB number or the FR number in the subject line of the message.
    Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, 
comments received will be made available on the Board's website at 
<a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposals/">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposals/</a> without change and will 
not be modified to remove personal or business information including 
confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments 
should not include any information such as confidential information 
that would be not appropriate for public disclosure. Public comments 
may also be viewed electronically or in person in Room M-4365A, 2001 C 
St. NW, Washington, DC 20551, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. during Federal 
business weekdays.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal 
Reserve Board, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#157b607d743b70797874727d6774777c557367773b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7618031e1758131a1b17111e0417141f3610041458111900">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, (202) 
452-3884.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign 
OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or 
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the 
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In 
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board 
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.
    During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed 
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and 
instructions, supporting statement (which contains more detail about 
the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and 
other documentation, will be made available on the Board's public 
website at <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/review">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/review</a> or 
may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears 
above. On the page displayed at the link above, you can find the 
supporting information by referencing the collection identifier, FR 27. 
Final versions of these documents will be made available at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, if approved.

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The Board invites public comment on the following information 
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; and
    e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board 
should modify the proposal.

Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, With 
Revision, the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: New Hire Information Collection.
    Collection identifier: FR 27.
    OMB control number: 7100-0375.
    General description of collection: This information collection 
provides for the electronic collection of certain personnel information 
from new hires using a secure web-based portal, the New Hire Portal, 
before the first day of employment of a new hire. As part of the 
onboarding process for new hires, a Human Resources (HR) professional 
at the Board identifies the necessary information that must be 
collected from the new hire, which is dependent upon the type of hire 
that the person is. The types of hires include Regular Hires, which are 
hires who are being hired into a non-intern position and not 
transferring from a non-federal agency, including a Governor or Board 
officer; Intern Hires, which are hires being hired into an intern 
position; and Federal Transfers, which are hires who are transferring 
from another federal agency. Once the HR professional has identified 
the types of information that

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will be necessary, the new hire is sent an email asking him or her to 
provide the information described below through the New Hire Portal 
prior to their official start date.
    The New Hire Portal is broken out into different sections and each 
section corresponds to the hardcopy forms that new employees previously 
filled out and provided to the Board during or after the first day of 
NEO. The information collection now involves a new hire electronically 
providing this personnel information and filling out the applicable 
sections of the New Hire Portal before their first day of orientation. 
The sections of the portal that each new hire is asked to complete 
electronically depend upon the type of position that the new hire has 
been offered at the Board.
    Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to revise the FR 27 by 
changing the collection platform from the New Hire Portal to Workday 
Onboarding in June 2025, adding two new categories of hires categorized 
as Officers/Governors and Contingent Workers, restructuring sections 
into individual tasks, adding new data fields, removing data fields, 
and relabeling data fields. There will also be a change in the login 
process, as all respondents, except Contingent Workers, will be 
required to complete identity proofing and set up a secure account 
through a separate system, <a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a>, before accessing Workday 
Onboarding. The Designation of Beneficiary Unpaid Compensation of 
Deceased Employee form and Executive Death and Dismemberment Benefit 
for Officers and Governors questionnaire, previously not subject to 
PRA, will now be collected prior to a hire's first day of employment. 
The Board will no longer collect information for use on the FEGLI 
Program Designation of Beneficiary form through the New Hire 
Information Collection. The Board will also no longer collect 
information to populate the state tax form prior to the hire's start 
date, so it will no longer be subject to PRA. The Board will begin 
collecting Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) 
electronically through Workday Onboarding, rather than via a PDF.
    Frequency: Event-generated.
    Respondents: The FR 27 panel comprises individuals who are new 
hires to the Board but have not yet become employees.
    Total estimated number of respondents: Regular Hire, 235; Intern 
Hire, 131; Federal Transfer, 39; Governor/Officer, 9; Contingent 
Worker, 637.
    Estimated average hours per response: Regular Hire, 1.78; Intern 
Hire, 1.71; Federal Transfer, 1.95; Governor/Officer, 1.86; Contingent 
Worker, 1.5.
    Total estimated change in burden: 1,298.
    Total estimated annual burden hours: 1,691.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 6, 2025.
Benjamin W. McDonough,
Deputy Secretary and Ombuds of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2025-03846 Filed 3-10-25; 8:45 am]
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