[Federal Register: February 1, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 21)]
[Notices]
[Page 4707-4708]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: Background:
Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed
information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB
Regulations on
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Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board-approved
collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB
inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of
the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and
approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's
public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor,
and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information
collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer--Michelle Shore--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-
3829)
OMB Desk Officer--Mark Menchik--Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to
mmenchik@omb.eop.gov.
Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three
years, with revision, of the following report:
Report title: The Government Securities Dealers Reports: Weekly
Report of Dealer Positions (FR 2004A), Weekly Report of Cumulative
Dealer Transactions (FR 2004B), Weekly Report of Dealer Financing and
Fails (FR 2004C), Weekly Report of Specific Issues (FR 2004SI), Daily
Report of Specific Issues (FR 2004SD), and Daily Report of Dealer
Activity in Treasury Financing (FR 2004WI).
Agency form number: FR 2004.
OMB Control number: 7100-0003.
Frequency: Weekly, Daily.
Reporters: Primary dealers in the U.S. Government securities
market.
Annual reporting hours: FR 2004A, 1,716 hours; FR 2004B, 2,288
hours; FR 2004C, 1,430 hours; FR 2004SI, 2,288 hours; FR 2004SD, 1,100
hours; FR 2004WI, 3,520 hours.Estimated average hours per response: FR
2004A, 1.5 hours; FR 2004B, 2.0 hours; FR 2004C, 1.25 hours; FR 2004SI,
2.0 hours; FR 2004SD, 2.0 hours; FR 2004WI, 1.0 hour.
Number of respondents: 22.
General description of report: This information collection is
authorized pursuant to sections 11(a)(2), 14, and 19(c) of the Federal
Reserve Act [12 U.S.C. 248(a)(2), 353-359, and 461(c)] and is required
to obtain or retain a benefit. Individual respondent data are regarded
as confidential under the Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C.
552(b)(4) and (b)(8)].
Abstract: The FR 2004A collects weekly data on dealers' outright
positions in Treasury and other marketable debt securities. The FR
2004B collects cumulative weekly data on the volume of transactions
made by dealers in the same instruments for which positions are
reported on the FR 2004A. The FR 2004C collects weekly data on the
amounts of dealer financing and fails. The FR 2004SI collects weekly
data on outright, financing, and fails positions in current or on-the-
run issues. Under certain circumstances this information is also
collected on a daily basis on the FR 2004SD for on-the-run and off-the-
run securities. The FR 2004WI collects daily data on positions in to-
be-issued Treasury coupon securities, mainly the trading on a when-
issued delivery basis. Data from the FR 2004SI, SD and WI are available
to the Interagency Working Group (IAWG), which includes the Department
of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal
Reserve Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Current Actions: On November 16, 2006, the Federal Reserve
published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 66780) requesting
public comment for 60 days on the extension, with revision, of the
Government Securities Dealers Reports. The comment period for this
notice expired on January 16, 2007. The Federal Reserve did not receive
any comments.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 29,
2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-1650 Filed 1-31-07; 8:45 am]
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