This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov.
The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register documents. Each document posted on the site includes a link to the corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. This prototype edition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status. For complete information about, and access to, our official publications and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov.
The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned publication in the future. While every effort has been made to ensure that the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for legal research should verify their results against an official edition of the Federal Register. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.
FederalRegister.gov retrieves relevant information about this document from Regulations.gov to provide users with additional context. This information is not part of the official Federal Register document.
Office of Mission Assurance, General Services Administration (GSA).
Notice and request for comments.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, GSA invites the public to comment on a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding the collection of personal data for background investigations for childcare workers accessing GSA owned and leased controlled facilities.
Submit comments on or before: December 6, 2024.
Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
Mr. Phil Ahn, Security Officer, Office of Mission Assurance, GSA, 202-219-0273, or via email at phillip.ahn@gsa.gov.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 “Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors” requires the implementation of a governmentwide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification for Federal employees and contractors. OMB's implementing instructions requires all contract employees requiring routine access to federally controlled facilities for greater than six (6) months to receive a background ( printed page 88051) investigation. The minimum background investigation is Tier 1 and the Office of Personnel Management offers a Tier 1C for child care.
However, there is no requirement in the law or HSPD-12 that requires childcare employees to be subject to the Tier 1C since employees of childcare providers are neither government employees nor government contractors. The childcare providers are required to complete the criminal history background checks mandated in the Crime Control Act of 1990, Public Law 101-647, dated November 29, 1990, as amended by Public Law 102-190, dated December 5, 1991. These statutes require that each employee of a childcare center located in a federal building or in leased space must undergo a background check.
According to GSA policy, childcare workers (as described above) will need to submit the following:
1. An original signed copy of a Basic National Agency Check Criminal History, GSA Form 176; and
2. Two sets of fingerprints on FBI Fingerprint Cards, for SF-87 and/or electronic prints from an enrollment center.
3. Electronically submit the e-qip (SF85) application for completion of the Tier 1C.
This is not a request to collect new information; this is a request to change the form that is currently being used to collect this information.
Respondents:1,200.
Responses per Respondent:1.
Hours per Response:1.
Total Burden Hours:1,200.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 89 FR 59099 on July 22, 2024. One comment was received.
Comment: There have been suggestions that the child care provider keep form 176 on file for each employee—seems redundant—since HSPD and OPM have these files requiring the provider is over kill and really these clearance documents that the federal government require should not be in a private company's file as many of the questions asked are not things the private sector employers can ask for and by having them it can lead to the suggestion that we have used these question to dismiss employees or used to not hire them based on answers to clearance questions.
Response: There is no requirement to keep a Form 176 on file for each employee. However, the childcare provider must comply with applicable requirements and adequately demonstrate such compliance, if necessary.
Lois Mandell,
Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-25741 Filed 11-5-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-23-P
1 comment has been received at Regulations.gov.
Agencies review all submissions and may choose to redact, or withhold, certain submissions (or portions thereof). Submitted comments may not be available to be read until the agency has approved them.