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for a 60-day public comment period. No
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comments. The Office
of Management and Budget is
particularly interested in comments
that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
The SFS Program was established by
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
in accordance with the Federal Cyber
Service Training and Education
Initiative as described in the President’s
National Plan for Information Systems
Protection. This program seeks to
increase the number of qualified
students entering the fields of
information assurance and computer
security in an effort to respond to the
threat to the Federal Government’s
information technology infrastructure.
The program provides selected 4-year
colleges and universities scholarship
grants to attract students to the
information assurance field.
Participating students who receive
scholarships from this program are
required to serve a 10-week internship
during their studies and complete a
post-graduation employment
commitment equivalent to the length of
the scholarship or one year, whichever
is longer. OPM operates this collection
of information for NSF under a
reimbursable (Economy Act) agreement.
Approval of the Web page is necessary
to facilitate the timely registration,
selection and placement of programenrolled students in Federal agencies.
Analysis
Agency: CyberCorps®: Scholarship
For Service Program, Office of Personnel
Management.
Title: Scholarship For Service (SFS)
Program Internet Site.
OMB Number: 3206–0246.
Frequency: Annually.

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Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Number of Respondents: 630.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1
hour.
Total Burden Hours: 630 hours.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
[FR Doc. 2014–01877 Filed 1–28–14; 8:45 am]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for Renewal: Information
Collection 3206–0165; General Request
for Investigative Information (INV 40),
Investigative Request for Employment
Data and Supervisor Information (INV
41), Investigative Request for Personal
Information (INV 42), Investigative
Request for Educational Registrar and
Dean of Students Record Data (INV 43),
and Investigative Request for Law
Enforcement Data (INV 44)
U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

Federal Investigative Services
(FIS), U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) offers the general
public and other Federal agencies the
opportunity to comment on an
information collection request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Control No. 3206–0165, for
General Request for Investigative
Information (INV 40), Investigative
Request for Employment Data and
Supervisor Information (INV 41),
Investigative Request for Personal
Information (INV 42), Investigative
Request for Educational Registrar and
Dean of Students Record Data (INV 43),
and Investigative Request for Law
Enforcement Data (INV 44). As required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, as amended by the Clinger-Cohen
Act, OPM is soliciting comments for this
collection
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until March 31, 2014.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Federal Investigative Services, U.S.
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E
Street NW., Washington, DC 20415,
Attention: Donna McLeod or sent by
email to FISFormsComments@opm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this ICR, with applicable
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supporting documentation, may be
obtained by contacting the Federal
Investigative Services, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street
NW., Washington, DC 20415, Attention:
Donna McLeod or sent by email to
FISFormsComments@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35) as amended by the ClingerCohen Act (Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is
soliciting comments for this collection.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of OPM, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of OPM’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Section 3(a) of Executive Order (E.O.)
10450, as amended, states that with
specified exceptions, ‘‘the appointment
of each civilian officer or employee in
any department or agency of the
Government shall be made subject to
investigation,’’ and that ‘‘in no event
shall the investigation consist of less
than a national agency check . . . and
written inquiries to appropriate local
law enforcement agencies, former
employers and supervisors, references,
and schools attended by the persons
under investigation.’’ This minimum
investigation for appointment in the
civil service is called the National
Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
The INV 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44 are
used to conduct the ‘‘written inquiries’’
portion of the NACI. They are also used
in any investigation requiring the same
written inquiries, including suitability
investigations under E.O. 10577, as
amended and 5 CFR part 731, for
employment in positions defined in 5
CFR 731.101(b); investigations for
employment in a sensitive national
security position under E.O. 10450, as
amended and 5 CFR part 732; certain
investigations for eligibility for access to

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classified information pursuant to
standards promulgated under E.O.
12968, as amended; certain
investigations for fitness for
employment in the excepted service or
as a contract employee, pursuant to
investigative requirements prescribed by
employing and contracting agencies;
and investigations for identity
credentials for long-term physical and
logical access to Federally-controlled
facilities and information systems,
pursuant to standards promulgated
under the Federal Information Security
Management Act. The INV forms 40 and
44, in particular, facilitate OPM’s access
to criminal history record information
under 5 U.S.C. 9101.
The content of the INV forms is also
designed to meet notice requirements
for personnel investigations specified by
5 CFR 736.102(c). These notice
requirements apply to any
‘‘investigation . . . to determine the
suitability, eligibility, or qualifications
of individuals for Federal employment,
for work on Federal contracts, or for
access to classified information or
restricted areas.’’
None of the forms are used for any
purpose other than a personnel
background investigation, as described
above. The completed forms are
maintained by OPM subject to the
protections of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended.
Procedurally, the subject of a
personnel background investigation
discloses the identity of relevant
sources, such as supervisors, coworkers,
neighbors, friends, current or former
spouses, instructors, relatives, or
schools attended, on the standard form
(SF) 85, Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive
Positions; the SF 85P, Questionnaire for
Public Trust Positions; or the SF 86,
Questionnaire for National Security
Positions. After OPM receives a
completed SF 85, SF 85P, or SF 86, the
INV forms are distributed in accordance
with investigative requirements, to the
provided source contacts through an
automated mailing operation.
The INV 40 is used to collect records
from a Federal or State record repository
or a credit bureau. The INV 44 is used
to collect law enforcement data from a
criminal justice agency. The INV 41, 42,
and 43 are sent to employment
references, associates, and schools
attended. The INV 41, 42, and 43 forms
disclose that the source’s name was
provided by the subject to assist in
completing a background investigation
to help determine the subject’s
suitability for employment or security
clearance, and request that the source
complete the form with information to
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the subject of the investigation will
identify these employment references,
associates, and schools on his or her SF
85, SF 85P, or SF 86 questionnaire.
However, information omitted on the
questionnaire may be provided in a
follow-up contact between the subject
and an investigator. As indicated by the
instructional guidance contained on the
INV41, 42, and 43, the forms are not to
be sent to employment references,
associates, and schools that have not
been identified by the subject of the
investigation.
Approximately 339,888 INV 40
inquiries are sent to federal and nonfederal agencies annually. The INV 40
takes approximately five minutes to
complete. The estimated annual burden
is 28,324 hours. Approximately
1,910,463 INV 41 inquiries are sent to
previous and present employers and
supervisors. The INV 41 takes
approximately five minutes to complete.
The estimated annual burden is 159,205
hours. Approximately 1,636,379 INV 42
inquiries are sent to individuals
annually. The INV 42 takes
approximately five minutes to complete.
The estimated annual burden is 136,365
hours.
Approximately 411,444 INV 43
inquiries are sent to educational
institutions annually. The INV 43 takes
approximately five minutes to complete.
The estimated annual burden is 34,287
hours. Approximately 1,341,526 INV 44
inquiries are sent to law enforcement
agencies annually. The INV 44 takes
approximately five minutes to complete.
The estimated annual burden is 111,794
hours. The total number of respondents
for the INV 40, INV 41, INV 42, INV 43,
and INV 44 is 5,639,700 and the total
estimated burden is 469,975 hours.
OPM proposes modifications to the
INV 40, INV 41, INV 42, INV 43 and INV
44. To ensure the collection of distinct
information regarding alcohol and/or
drugs abuse, response options found on
the INV 41, Question 5 and INV 42,
Question 7 for ‘abuse of alcohol and/or
drugs’ were amended to provide two
separate response options, for ‘abuse of
alcohol’ and ‘abuse of drugs’.
The ‘Financial integrity’ option was
amended to ‘finances’ to ensure clarity
of information requested. The INV 41,
Question 2, option c, ‘discharged
because of company cutback in
workforce or change in skill need’ was
amended to ‘separated because of
company cutback in workforce or
change in skill needs’; option e,
‘discharged for unfavorable employment
or conduct’ was amended to ‘fired for
unfavorable employment or conduct’;
and option f, ‘resigned after informed of
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‘resigned after informed of possible
firing’ which aligns verbiage with the
standard form questionnaires used to
conduct background investigations for
public trust and national security
positions. The INV 43 title ‘Investigative
Request for Educational Registrar and
Dean of Students Record Data’ was
amended to ‘Investigative Request for
Educational Record Data’ to collect any
information available from the
educational institution beyond the
previously noted Registrar or Dean of
Students Record. The second page of the
INV 40, INV 43 and INV 44 were
amended to include ‘print name’. This
change will enhance information
collected and align with the collections
established on the INV 41 and INV 42.
The INV 40, INV 41, INV 43 and INV 44
the ‘your title’ section was amended to
‘your title/organization’ to also enhance
information collected.
OMB previously approved the OPM
proposal to modify INV forms 40, 41,
and 42 to provide instruction to
respondents to indicate requests of
confidentiality of his or her identity,
and to call an office at OPM to receive
approval of the request before
completing the form. The purpose of
this change is to more clearly establish
the granting of confidentiality as
permitted by the Privacy Act of 1974
and OPM’s implementing regulations.
Changes were not made to the forms at
the time of the approval but will be a
part of changes implemented with this
renewal.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
[FR Doc. 2014–01874 Filed 1–28–14; 8:45 am]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No.
30891; 812–14140]

USAA Asset Management Company, et
al.; Notice of Application
January 23, 2014.

Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of an application for an
order under section 6(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from sections
2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d) and 22(e) of the
Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act, under
sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an
exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and
(a)(2) of the Act, and under section
12(d)(1)(J) of the Act for an exemption
AGENCY:

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