Notice2025-16400
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Certification of Identity (Form BC-300)
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Published
August 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41808-41809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16400]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Certification of Identity (Form BC-300)
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on June 9th, 2025, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: Certification of Identity (Form BC-300).
OMB Control Number: 0607-1018.
Form Number(s): Form BC-300.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension
Without Change of a Currently Approved Collection, as a Common Form.
Number of Respondents: 260 (three-year annualized average).
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Average Hours per Response: 6 minutes.
Burden Hours: 26.
Needs and Uses: The need for the Certification of Identity (Form
BC-300) is imperative to performing accurate controls of the
disbursement of personnel records to the public. This information
collection is necessary to prevent unauthorized disclosure of records
of individuals maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau, and allows parties
who are, or were, in proceedings to disclose or release their records
to an attorney, accredited representative, qualified organization, or
other third party. The Form BC-300 will be hosted by the Census Bureau
as a Common Form. The 60-day Federal Register notice referenced the
number of respondents, and that number has been updated to 400. This
number of respondents more accurately reflects the number of
Certification of Identity Forms that are received annually.
Affected Public: Individuals requesting the release of his or her
own personnel records.
Frequency: Ongoing collection.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: In accordance with 15 CFR part 4, subpart B, the
U.S. Census Bureau requires the submission of sufficient information to
identify individuals that submit requests by mail or otherwise not in
person under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0607-1018.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-16400 Filed 8-26-25; 8:45 am]
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