An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.
Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection,
supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.
The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after
which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.
ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.
Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.
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| 202502-3045-002 | AmeriCorps Seniors Grant Applications, Progress Reporting, Independent Living and Respite Surveys | CNCS | 2025-03-26 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
AmeriCorps Seniors Grant Applications, Progress Reporting, Independent Living and Respite Surveys
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
Pub.L. 106 - 170 5013 (View Law) Pub.L. 106 - 170 5011 (View Law) Pub.L. 106 - 170 5082 (View Law) Pub.L. 106 - 170 5001 (View Law) Abstract
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), doing business as AmeriCorps, is submitting a revision of this information collection, which includes the application for AmeriCorps Seniors grant programs, progress report, progress report supplement (PRS), and survey instruments related to the AmeriCorps Seniors program. Revisions are being made to the PRS only. |
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| 202503-0596-001 | Workforce Development Participant Tracking | USDA/FS | 2025-03-26 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Workforce Development Participant Tracking
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The Public Lands Corps is a work and education program involving the nation’s land management agencies, conservation and service corps, and environmental organizations that contribute to the rehabilitation, restoration, and repair of public lands resources and infrastructures. Public Lands Corps projects provide opportunities for community and national public service, work experience and training for young people who are unemployed or underemployed persons, students, recent graduates, and others with an interest in natural and cultural resources careers. The Agency has developed a tracking sheet (FS-1800-0026, Workforce Development Participant Tracking Form) to support the effective management of the Public Lands Corps Program. The utilization of the Workforce Development Participant Tracking Form will assist the Agency in ensuring qualified program participants lawfully receive a certificate of non-competitive hiring eligibility,which can be used to apply to Forest Service merit announcements on USAJobs. |
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| 202503-3045-001 | External Reviewer Application Instructions | CNCS | 2025-03-26 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
External Reviewer Application Instructions
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The data collection effort will provide information required by the AmeriCorps to enable it to effectively select individuals to serve as peer reviewers and panel facilitators for its grant review processes. Applications will be accepted from any individual who is interested in serving as a peer reviewer or facilitator. |
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| 202503-3045-002 | Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery | CNCS | 2025-03-26 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Key Information
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This collection of information is necessary to enable AmeriCorps to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with the Agency's programs. |
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| 202503-3045-003 | Employers of National Service Enrollment Form and Survey | CNCS | 2025-03-26 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Employers of National Service Enrollment Form and Survey
Key Information
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The Employers of National Service program seeks to connect employers from all sectors with AmeriCorps and Peace Corps alumni. This information collection advances that program by including an enrollment form for organizations committed to becoming an Employer of National Service and help connect them to job seekers, and an annual survey form for the organization to share success stories and updates. |
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| 202502-3045-001 | AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Service Project Application | CNCS | 2025-03-26 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Service Project Application
Key Information
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This form is used by national and local non-profits, small community and faith-based organizations, government agencies, and other prospective service project sponsors in the submission of proposed service projects for consideration by AmeriCorps NCCC. The information collected by the form is used by AmeriCorps NCCC to evaluate the proposed service project for approval and selection. |
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| 202503-1190-001 | Reporting Portal for Civil Rights Violations | DOJ/CRT | 2025-03-25 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Reporting Portal for Civil Rights Violations
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The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice enforces the nation's federal civil rights statutes. Members of the public play a critical role in this effort by reporting civil rights violations to the Division. To facilitate this reporting process, the Division is developing a streamlined online Reporting Portal for Civil Rights Violations. This Portal is designed to facilitate and enhance individual complainant's reporting opportunities, save members of the public time in reporting violations, and improve how the Division responds to those reports. The information the Division plans to collect using the reporting portal will help the Division fulfill its enforcement responsibilities. |
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| 202503-1840-005 | Performance report for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program | ED/OPE | 2025-03-25 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Performance report for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program
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Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program grantees must submit a performance report annually. In addition, grantees are required to submit a supplement to the final performance report two years after submission of their final report. The reports are used to evaluate grantee performance. Further, the data from the reports will be aggregated to evaluate the accomplishments and impact of the GAANN Program as a whole. Results will be reported to the Secretary in order to respond to performance requirements. |
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| 202503-1910-001 | NEPA Environmental Analysis | DOE/DOEOA | 2025-03-25 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
NEPA Environmental Analysis
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The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires that an environmental analysis be completed for all major Federal actions significantly affecting the environment including projects entirely or partly financed by Federal agencies. To effectively perform environmental analyses for these projects, DOE needs to collect project-specific environmental information from Federal financial assistance awardees. |
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| 202503-1121-001 | National Crime Victimization Survey | DOJ/OJP | 2025-03-24 | Historical Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
National Crime Victimization Survey
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is submitting a nonsubstantive change to remove the gender identity questions and other questions using the term “gender” on the NCVS per the Executive Order (EO) 14168 titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” This is a substantive change to the currently approved collection to obtain approval for full-scale implementation of the new NCVS instrument in 2025. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects analyzes publishes, and disseminates statistics on the amount and type of crime committed against households and individuals in the U.S. Since 1972, the NCVS has been providing national data on personal and household victimization, both reported and not reported to police. The data collection allows the BJS to fulfill its mission of collecting, analyzing, publishing, and disseminating information on victims of crime. Together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) statistics on crimes reported to law enforcement agencies, the NCVS provides an understanding of the nature of and changes in the nation’s crime problems. The BJS is specifically requesting clearance for the core NCVS from January 2022 through December 2024. The core NCVS includes the administration of the basic screen questionnaire (NCVS-1, Attachment 19) and crime incident report (NCVS-2, Attachment 20) instruments to a nationally representative sample of persons age 12 or older living in households in the United States, including samples of persons representative of the 22 most populous states in the U.S. The core NCVS survey instrument covers nine general areas: 1) incidence of rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, personal larceny, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and other theft; 2) characteristics of these victimizations, including location, time, presence of a weapon, injury, and property/monetary loss; 3) characteristics of victims, including sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, disability, and occupation; 4) relationship between victim and offender; 5) emotional impact of victimization; 6) victim self-defense and bystander intervention; 7) offender characteristics including sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin; 8) reporting to police and police response; and 9) bias- or hate-motivated victimizations. NCVS core work also includes the analysis and dissemination of data products and reports stemming from the core collection, as well as technical and methodological analyses and reports based on the sampling for, administration of, and analysis of data from the NCVS basic screen questionnaire and crime incident report. |
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| 202502-1121-002 | Survey of Inmates in Local Jails, 2024 | DOJ/OJP | 2025-03-24 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Survey of Inmates in Local Jails, 2024
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is notifying OMB of a non-substantive change to the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ) under OMB Control No: 1121-0098 (expiration date 6/30/2027). The change complies with Executive Order (EO) 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. |
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| 202502-1121-003 | Survey of Sexual Victimization | DOJ/OJP | 2025-03-24 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Survey of Sexual Victimization
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is notifying OMB of a nonsubstantive change to the Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV) under OMB Control No: 1121-0292 (expiration date 07/31/2027). The change complies with Executive Order 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. The National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRSP) is a collection mandated by Congress in the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV, formerly Survey of Sexual Violence), one part of the NPRSP, is the only national data collection for administrative information on sexual assaults within correctional facilities, characteristics of the victims and perpetrators, circumstances surrounding the incidents, and how incidents are reported, tracked, and adjudicated. This collection provides system-level and facility-level estimates of sexual victimization for the 12-month period ending December 31 of each year. It fulfills part of the Act and allows BJS to report statistics to Congress each year, as required by the Act. BJS requests approval to extend the currently approved SSV collection for 3 years. |
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| 202502-1210-006 | EBSA Participant Assistance Program Customer Survey | DOL/EBSA | 2025-03-24 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
EBSA Participant Assistance Program Customer Survey
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EBSA conducts the surveys to evaluate the Participant Assistance Program (PAP) provided by the benefits advisor staff nationwide to understand how well the Agency is meeting service delivery goals by; (1) assessing EBSA's customers' perception of the services provided by the EBSA benefit advisors, and (2) determining what actions the performance data indicate could enable each regional office to provide the best possible participant assistance service; and (3) establishing a current baseline for EBSA's (Government Performance and Accountability Act GPRA) measurement. EBSA will use the data from the survey to track the agency's progress on accomplishing it's GPRA measurement goal. The PAP Customer Survey collects customer satisfaction data for a sample of private citizens who call into the participant assistance program to ask about their private sector employer provided benefits such as pensions, retirement savings, and health benefits. Three types of callers are queried: (1) those who need benefit claim assistance, (2) those who have a valid benefit claim, and (3) those who have an invalid benefit claim will be queried. The results of the survey will be analyzed to provide actionable data that could be used to improve program performance. The study includes data from the EBSA regional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, as well as the District offices in Miami, Seattle, and Washington. |
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| 202503-2127-007 | Examining Distraction and Driver Monitoring Systems to Improve Driver Safety | DOT/NHTSA | 2025-03-24 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Examining Distraction and Driver Monitoring Systems to Improve Driver Safety
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking approval for this new information collection request (ICR) to allow NHTSA to conduct a study on driver monitoring systems (DMS). DMS refers to in-vehicle technology that can detect driver state and interact with the driver through the human-machine interface (the user interface that connects the driver to the vehicle). NHTSA is proposing to conduct a study to improve NHTSA’s understanding of the differences in approaches to driver state detection and the potential safety impacts of DMS. The voluntary study would involve recruiting licensed drivers for the following information collections as part of a simulated driving study: (1) an online eligibility questionnaire to determine eligibility for participation; (2) an appointment reminder confirmation process; (3) informed consent form for participation in Track A; (4) informed consent form for participation in Track B; (5) breathalyzer measurements to ensure continued eligibility for the study drives; (6) facial shape and height measurements; (7) sleep and food intake questionnaire; (8) Karolinska Sleepiness Scale measurements; (9) Track A study drives; (10) Track B study drives; and (11) Track B end of visit release agreement . The objective of this simulator driving study is to assess the ability of DMS to assess driver states (e.g., distracted, drowsy) and understand how differences in DMS impact the ability of a system to reliably assess different driving states. This study will add to the state of knowledge by experimentally collecting data to support a full assessment of the factors associated with DMS and the modeling of driver state based on sensor data. Response to the collections of information is voluntary and the information collections are part of a one-time study, although some information collections are collected multiple times per respondent. Respondents are generally healthy individuals aged 18 and older. Efforts will be made to enroll a diverse age sample that broadly represents the age of the driving population and includes those at greater risk of crashing (e.g., less than 25 years of age and greater than 65 years of age). Additional efforts will be made to enroll individuals with diverse skin tones, oversampling those who rate themselves higher on the Fitzpatrick Skin Type Scale. The study will be reviewed and approved by the University of Iowa Institutional Review Board (IRB) before any data collection procedures begin. |
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| 202503-1121-002 | 2025 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey | DOJ/OJP | 2025-03-24 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
2025 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
Key Information
Abstract
Nonsubstantive Change: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is proposing to revise questions using the term “gender” on the SCS per the Executive Order (EO) 14168 titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) request clearance to conduct the 2025 School Crime Supplement (SCS) as a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to collect information about school-related victimization. The NCVS and all related contacts and protocols have been previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (OMB Control No: 1121-0111) and this request is specifically for a supplemental data collection instrument that will be added to the approved NCVS core from January 2025 through June 2025. Typically, the SCS is administered every two years. However, the SCS was postponed from 2021 to 2022 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on in-person learning. Due to implementation of the redesigned core NCVS instrument, 2025 was chosen for the next SCS data collection. Minor revisions were made to the 2022 SCS questionnaire for the 2025 administration. Certain items specifically related to COVID-19 and its impact on schooling were removed from the questionnaire. In addition, changes were made to the series of questions on drug and alcohol availability, such as adding a question on tobacco and updating examples of drugs available within existing questions. |
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| 202503-0607-001 | American Community Survey Methods Panel Tests | DOC/CENSUS | 2025-03-21 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
American Community Survey Methods Panel Tests
Key Information
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The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing monthly survey that collects detailed housing and socioeconomic data from a sample of about 3.5 million addresses in the United States and about 36,000 addresses in Puerto Rico each year, where it is known as the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). The ACS also collects detailed socioeconomic data from a sample of residents living in group quarters (GQ) facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico. Resulting tabulations from this data collection are provided on a yearly basis. The ACS allows the U.S. Census Bureau to provide timely and relevant housing and socioeconomic statistics, even for low levels of geography. The ACS conducts research, testing, and evaluations, through its Methods Panel program, aimed at improving the survey. The ACS Methods Panel is a research program designed to address and respond to survey issues and needs. The Census Bureau, for decades, has submitted information collection request revisions to conduct various iterations of the Methods Panel. In 2024, the Census Bureau requested authorization from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise the previous authorization for the ACS Methods Panel to conduct a test of new content to the survey, called the 2024 ACS Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Test. The information collected in the 2024 ACS SOGI test was to be used to evaluate the quality of data from questions on sexual orientation and gender identity. The research sought to inform recommendations for potential production ACS implementation on question wording and response options, whether a confirmation question is asked of everyone or only of those people with discrepant responses for sex at birth and current gender identity, and the style of write-in boxes to use for internet respondents. Federal agencies had expressed interest in and identified legal uses for this information, including civil rights and equal employment enforcement. This Non-substantive Change Request is to request OMB approval to discontinue our use of OMB Control Number 0607-0936 for the ACS SOGI Test and to update records in ROCIS to formally show that the Census Bureau canceled the second part of the SOGI Test in January 2025 to bring it in compliance with Executive Order 14168. The Census Bureau is asking, however, that OMB Control Number 0607-0936 be reserved for future Methods Panel testing. The Census Bureau will submit a new request for future testing not related to gender identity. |
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| 202503-3150-001 | NRC Form 646, "Formal Discrimination Complaint" | NRC | 2025-03-20 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
NRC Form 646, "Formal Discrimination Complaint"
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
Pub.L. 88 - 352 703 (View Law) Pub.L. 93 - 112 501 (View Law) Pub.L. 90 - 202 621 (View Law) Pub.L. 88 - 38 206 (View Law) Pub.L. 110 - 233 201 (View Law) Pub.L. 107 - 174 301 (View Law) Abstract
As set forth under 29 CFR 1614, the EEO complaint process prescribes that when an aggrieved individual believes that they have been discriminated against on the basis of their race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, parental status, political affiliation, military service, and reprisal and seeks EEO counseling, the assigned EEO Counselor will conduct the pre-complaint (Informal) with the intentions of resolving the complaint within the Agency. At the conclusion of pre-complaint (Informal) process and if resolution was unsuccessful, the EEO Counselor during the final interview with the aggrieved person must discuss what occurred during the counseling process and provide the aggrieved with information to move the matter forward. Pursuant to 29 CFR § 1614.105(c), if the aggrieved individual decides to file a Formal complaint (i.e., NRC Form 646), the EEO Counselor must submit a written report (i.e., EEO Counselors Report) within fifteen (15) calendar days to the SBCR Director or designated official that will contain relevant information about the aggrieved individual, jurisdiction, claims, bases, Responding Management Officials (RMO), witnesses, requested remedies, and the EEO Counselor's checklist. Once received by the NRC, an authorized NRC representative will place the completed NRC Form 646 in a secure folder created specifically for the aggrieved individual within an automated tracking system. |
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| 202503-2126-006 | Safety Impacts of Human-Automated Driving System (ADS) Team Driving Applications | DOT/FMCSA | 2025-03-20 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Safety Impacts of Human-Automated Driving System (ADS) Team Driving Applications
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
Abstract
FMCSA is requesting OMB approval for a new Information Collection, titled “Safety Impacts of Human-Automated Driving System (ADS) Team Driving Applications.” The ICR is a driving simulator study with a series of questionnaires and will quantify the safety implications of team driving applications between humans and ADS-equipped commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The simulator study will consist of a 17-hour simulator study session completed at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) with a simulated Level 4 (L4) ADS. L4 ADS-equipped CMVs are capable of all functions and controls necessary for driving without human monitoring in limited conditions, and the human driver will not be asked to take over control of the vehicle. Data will be collected from CMV drivers using VTTI’s heavy vehicle driving simulator and a series of questionnaires. Driver participation in the study is voluntary; therefore, there is no obligation to answer any part of the questionnaires nor to continue to participate. In accordance with USDOT’s policy on research involving human subjects, this study was reviewed and approved by Virginia Tech’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to beginning data collection. Data will be collected during one extended study session and will involve three phases: a pre-study data collection, simulator data collection, and a post-study data collection. The data will help quantify safety implications of the four human-ADS teaming use cases, including 1) the analysis of potential requests for relief from FMCSA’s HOS regulations under 49 C.F.R. part 381 and 2) safety benefits and disbenefits on human-ADS teaming. Data collected will include quantitative and qualitative dependent variables, such as simulated driving performance, eye-glance patterns and duration, demographic characteristics, opinions and perceptions of situation awareness, risky driving, advanced technology, and effectiveness of driver training. The questionnaire data are needed to answer several research questions. Approximately 80 CMV drivers are expected to participate in this study. |
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| 202503-3150-002 | NRC Form 655, "EEO Counselor's Report" | NRC | 2025-03-20 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
NRC Form 655, "EEO Counselor's Report"
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
Pub.L. 88 - 352 703 (View Law) Pub.L. 90 - 202 621 (View Law) Pub.L. 93 - 112 501 (View Law) Pub.L. 88 - 38 206 (View Law) Pub.L. 110 - 233 201 (View Law) Pub.L. 107 - 174 301 (View Law) Abstract
As set forth under 29 CFR 1614, the EEO complaint process prescribes that when an aggrieved individual believes that they have been discriminated against on the basis of their race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, parental status, political affiliation, military service, and reprisal and seeks EEO counseling, the assigned EEO Counselor will conduct the pre-complaint (Informal) with the intentions of resolving the complaint within the Agency. At the conclusion of pre-complaint (Informal) process and if resolution was unsuccessful, the EEO Counselor during the final interview with the aggrieved person must discuss what occurred during the counseling process and provide the aggrieved with information to move the matter forward. Pursuant to 29 CFR § 1614.105(c), if the aggrieved individual decides to file a Formal complaint (i.e., NRC Form 646), the EEO Counselor must submit a written report (i.e., EEO Counselors Report) within fifteen (15) calendar days to the SBCR Director or designated official that will contain relevant information about the aggrieved individual, jurisdiction, claims, bases, Responding Management Officials (RMO), witnesses, requested remedies, and the EEO Counselor's checklist. The NRC Form 655, “EEO Counselor’s Report” is completed by an EEO counselor during this consultation, which must be conducted within 45 days of the date of the matter alleged to be discriminatory or, in the case of personnel action, within 45 days of the effective date of the action. Once the form is completed, an authorized NRC representative will place the completed NRC Form 646 in a secure folder created specifically for the aggrieved individual within an automated tracking system. |
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| 202503-2127-004 | National Driver Register (NDR) | DOT/NHTSA | 2025-03-20 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
National Driver Register (NDR)
Key Information
Abstract
The National Driver Register Act of 1982, Title 49 U.S.C., Subtitle VI, Part A, Chapter 303 (as amended) requires the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to report to the National Driver Register (NDR), identification information regarding any individual who is denied a motor vehicle operator’s license for cause, whose motor vehicle operator’s license is withdrawn for cause, or who is convicted of certain serious motor vehicle related offenses (specified in the Act) or comparable offenses. Participating States also are required to submit an inquiry to the NDR on all applicants for driver’s licenses. In addition, when requested by other authorized users (e.g., the Federal Aviation Administration), participating States are required to submit inquires to the NDR and provide responses to the other authorized users of the NDR for transportation safety purposes. There are 51 respondents to this collection annually; all 50 States and the District of Columbia participate in the NDR. The NDR maintains the computerized database known as the Problem Driver Pointer System (PDPS) which contains information on individuals whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended, canceled or denied, or who have been convicted of serious traffic-related offenses. The records maintained at the NDR consist of identification information (including name, date of birth, sex, driver license number, and reporting State), which is collected on a daily basis. States use interactive communication for their routine transactions with the NDR which allows them to submit the required information automatically at the same time the individual’s information is entered into the State’s system. Specifically, when an individual applies for a driver’s license, an inquiry is automatically transmitted to the NDR when the driver’s application is entered into the State’s system. Likewise, when a State records license actions that have been taken against an individual that require reporting to the NDR, a transaction submitting the individual’s identification information is automatically generated and transmitted to the NDR. The purpose of the information collection is to improve traffic and transportation safety by providing a nationwide clearinghouse of problem drivers. The information collected is used by State driver licensing agencies to identify problem drivers prior to issuing a driver’s license and to develop and implement driver improvement programs. The following groups are also authorized to receive information for transportation safety purposes: a. Employers of motor vehicle operators, b. Employers of locomotive operators, c. Federal Aviation Administration regarding applications for or holders of airman’s certificates, d. U.S. Coast Guard regarding applicants for or holders of licenses, certificates of registry, or merchant mariner’s documents, and for Coast Guard crew members, e. National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in connection with accident investigations, f. Air carriers regarding individuals seeking employment as pilots, and g. Individuals who have or are seeking access to national security information for purposes under EO 12968 or who are being investigated for Federal employment. The annual burden has increased from 1,742 to 13,739 hours (an increase of 11,997 hours). The estimate for burden hours and cost has increased due to an adjustment to the method NDR used for the estimation. The burden hours and cost for maintenance and infrastructure were not previously included. ___________________________________________________________________ |