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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1405-0008	ICR Reference No: 201804-1405-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201407-1405-007
Agency/Subagency: STATE/AFA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Foreign Service Officer Test Registration
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/29/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/30/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2021	36 Months From Approved
Responses	12,000	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	24,000	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	12,000	-20,000	32,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	24,000	-40,000	64,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There was a decrease of 20,000 respondents from the number of respondents reported at the last renewal of this collection. There are now an estimated 12,000 respondents registering for the Foreign Service Officer Test resulting in a corresponding decrease in burden hours. There has been a decline in the number of candidates registering for the FSOT.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $162,533

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Curtis Bowden 202 736-9190