[Federal Register: January 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 16)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 OMB for renewal under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. The package requests a 3-year extension of its reporting and 
record keeping requirements for the Make-or-Buy Plans, OMB Control 
Number 1910-5102. This information is required by the Department to 
ensure whether DOE's management and operating contractors are 
subcontracting in the most cost-effective and efficient manner.


DATES: Comments regarding the information collection package should be 
submitted to the OMB Desk Officer no later than February 24, 2003. If 
you anticipate 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) 395-3087.


ADDRESSES: Address comments to DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget, Docket 
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 
Comments should also be addressed to Susan L. Frey, Director, Records 
Management Division, Office of Business and Information Management, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, IM-11/Germantown Bldg., U.S. 
Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-1290, or E-mail 
susan.frey@hq.doe.gov. (Also notify Irma Brown, Office of Procurement 
and Assistance Policy (ME-62), Washington, DC 20585 or E-mail 
irma.brown@hq.doe.gov).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The package contains (1) Title: Make-or-Buy 
Plans; (2) Current OMB Control Number: 1910-5102; (3) Type of 
Respondents: DOE management and operating contractors and offsite 
contractors; (4) Estimated Number of Responses: 36; (5) Estimated Total 
Burden Hours: 7,800, including record keeping hours, required to 
provide the information; (6) Purpose: This information is required by 
the Department to ensure whether DOE's management and operating 
contractors are subcontracting in the most cost-effective and efficient 
manner and to exercise management and oversight of DOE contractors; (7)


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Number of Collections: The package contains 1 information and/or record 
keeping requirement.


    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 Records and Business 
Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-1640 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]

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