Proposed Collection, Comment Request; SF 86 Related Certification Form

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(I)(vi), this notice announces that OPM intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for clearance of an information collection device and solicit comments on it. The Standard Form 86 (SF 86), Questionnaire for National Security Positions, is completed by persons performing, or seeking to perform, national security duties for the Federal Government. This information collection is used by the Office of Personnel Management and by other Federal agencies to initiate the background investigation required to determine placement in national security positions in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2165, 22 U.S.C. 2585, E.O. 10450, Security Requirements for Government Employment, issued April 27, 1953 and E.O. 12968, Access to Classified Information, issued August 2, 1995. There are many situations where individuals are required to fill out a new SF 86 when the sole purpose is to determine if any information on a previously executed SF 86 has changed. This requires extensive execution even if nothing has changed. The information collection being proposed is a certification device (