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OMB Control No: 1405-0189	ICR Reference No: 202512-1405-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202202-1405-001
Agency/Subagency: STATE/AFA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/09/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2026
Responses	600,000	1,000,000
Time Burden (Hours)	150,000	750,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	600,000	1,000,000	-400,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	150,000	750,000	-600,000
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: The cost to the Federal government is approximately $2,000,000 per year to pay for the Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA) software. This is the price of the contract signed by the Bureau of Human Resources and Monster Government Solutions to provide the ERA software.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,000,000

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? No

Agency Contact: Anne Amadou 202 663-1405