View RCF - OIRA Conclusion

Title: Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Type of RCF: RCF Recertification
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved	Conclusion Date: 05/01/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/01/2025
Terms of Clearance:

Description of Agency Usage: The Department of Commerce is requesting to use the Personnel Vetting Questionnaire as a common form in connection with Personnel Vetting (to include Background Investigations and Continuous Vetting). This request is intended to be a Department-wide authorization, with use extending to the Departmental Offices and the various Bureaus.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Annual Cost to Federal Government:
Agency Contact: Sheleen Dumas 202 482-3306 sdumas@doc.gov

Common Form Information Collections (IC) in this RCF:

IC Title	Responses	Hours	Dollars	Document Type	Form No.	Form Name
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire	50,000	122,000	2,687,223	Form and Instruction	3206-NEW	PVQ Part B
				Form and Instruction	3206-NEW	PVQ Part C
				Form and Instruction	3206-NEW	PVQ Part D
				Form and Instruction	3206-NEW	PVQ Certification and Releases
				Instruction
				Form and Instruction	3206-0276	PVA Part A

RCF Summary of Burden:

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	50,000	50,000	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	122,000	122,096	-96
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,687,223	2,687,223	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: