View RCF - OIRA Conclusion

Title: Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Type of RCF: RCF Recertification
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved	Conclusion Date: 06/09/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/09/2025
Terms of Clearance:

Description of Agency Usage: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will use the Personnel Vetting Questionnaire to conduct personnel background investigations to determine suitability for Federal employment, fitness to perform work for or on behalf of the Federal government, eligibility to occupy a national security sensitive position, eligibility for access to classified information, and/or eligibility for a Federal credential for access to Federal facilities or space and Federal logical systems.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Annual Cost to Federal Government:
Agency Contact: Christina Walsh 571 227-2062 christina.walsh@tsa.dhs.gov

Common Form Information Collections (IC) in this RCF:

IC Title	Responses	Hours	Dollars	Document Type	Form No.	Form Name
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire	5,258	12,830	282,588	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
Annual Number of Responses	5,258	5,258
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,830	12,830
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	282,588	282,588

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: