[Federal Register: January 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 16)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


 
Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB)


AGENCY: Department of Energy.


ACTION: Submission for OMB review, comment request.


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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection package to the OMB for renewal under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. The package requests a 3-year extension of its affiliated 
sources information collection, OMB control number 1910-5111. This 
information collection package covers collection of information 
necessary to provide the contracting officer with complete information 
on potential organizational conflicts involved in teaming arrangements. 
Departmental management uses the information to exercise management 
oversight regarding the implementation of applicable statutory and 
regulatory requirements and obligations. The collection of this 
information is critical to ensure that the Government has sufficient 
information to judge the degree to which awardees meet the terms of 
their agreements and ensure that improper organization conflicts are 
not created.


DATES: Comments regarding the information collection package should be 
submitted to the OMB Desk Officer at the following address no later 
than February 24, 2003. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time 
allowed by this notice, you should advise the OMB Desk Officer of your 
intention to do so as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be 
telephoned at (202) 395-3084. (Also notify the DOE contact listed in 
this notice.)


ADDRESSES: Address comments to the DOE Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503. Comments should also be addressed to Susan L. 
Frey, Director, Records Management Division, IM-11/Germantown Bldg., 
Office of Business and Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, 
SW, Washington, DC 20585-1290.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains (1) OMB Control No. 
1910-5111 (2) Package Title: Purchasing by DOE Management and Operating 
Contractors from Contractor Affiliated Sources; (3) Type of 
Respondents: DOE Management and Operating Contractors; (4) Estimated 
Number of responses: 20; (5) Estimated Total Burden Hours: 100; (6) 
Purpose: This information is required by the Department to ensure that 
programmatic and administrative management requirements and resources 
are managed efficiently and effectively. The package contains 1 
information and/or recordkeeping requirement, that is, the provision 
found at 48 CFR 952.209-8, Organizational Conflicts of Interest 
Disclosure--Advisory and Assistance Services.


    Statutory Authority: Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).


    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 17, 2003.
Susan L. Frey,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Business and 
Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-1639 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]

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