The previous
terms of clearance have been satisfied.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2011
6 Months From Approved
02/28/2011
295
0
4,715
278
0
4,581
0
0
607,423
The information collection concerns
administration of the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) director
election process. It is necessary to enable the Federal Housing
Finance Agency and the Banks to determine whether prospective and
incumbent Bank directors satisfy statutory and regulatory
eligibility and reporting requirements and to run the director
election process.
This request meets the
criteria of 5 CFR § 1320.13 in that the collection of information
is needed prior to the expiration of time periods established under
5 CFR part 1320, it is essential to the mission of FHFA, and FHFA
cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures
because the use of normal clearance procedures, which take at least
90 days, will prevent the collection of information which is
expected to begin in early January 2011.
US Code:
12
USC 1427 Name of Law: Federal Home Loan Bank Act
The hourly and estimated annual
cost burdens shown in this submission are significantly lower than
those which were reflected in the Supporting Statement prepared in
connection with the request for approval of this information
collection that was submitted in 2007, and approved in 2008. At
that time, the former Finance Board incorrectly included time spent
by the Banks in connection with this information collection and the
director elections to which the collection relates. FHFA has not
included this time in the burden estimates set forth above because
the Banks are instrumentalities of the United States and, thus, are
not subject to the information collection requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act. See 44 U.S.C. § 3502(3)(A)(i). FHFA has
also removed from the burden calculations time attributable to the
administration of the Bank director elections for all entities
(FHFA, the Banks, Bank member institutions and
prospective/incumbent directors) because, while this information
collection is related to the elections, the administration of the
elections is not part of the information collection and would need
to occur regardless of the existence of this information
collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.