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: We use the SF forms to conduct background investigations and reinvestigations of persons under consideration for, or retention in positions in the excepted service. They are also used to determine suitability or fitness for Federal employment, fitness for contract employment, or eligibility for physical and logical access to federally controlled facilities or information systems.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Annual Cost to Federal Government:
Agency Contact: Brian Foster 312 751-4826 brian.foster@rrb.gov

Common Form Information Collections (IC) in this RCF:

IC Title	Responses	Hours	Dollars	Document Type	Form No.	Form Name
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire	82	200	4,407	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	82	82
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	200	200
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,407	4,407

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: