[Federal Register: March 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 60)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provision of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by April 
28, 2004.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Appendix I, DoD Pilot Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
Program; None; OMB Number 0704-0332.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 269.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.5 (average).
    Annual Responses: 393.
    Average Burden Per Response: 3.5 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,388.
    Needs and Uses: DoD needs this information to evaluate whether the 
purposes of the DoD Pilot Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program have 
been met. The purposes of the Program are to: (1) Provide incentives to 
major DoD contractors to assist prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms in 
enhancing their capabilities to satisfy contract and subcontract 
requirements; (2) increase the overall participation of 
prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms as subcontractors and suppliers; and, (3) 
foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between 
prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms and major DoD contractors. Participation in 
this program is voluntary. DFARS Appendix I-111(a) requires mentor 
firms to report on the progress made under active mentor-
prot[eacute]g[eacute] agreements semiannually.
    Affected Public: Business or other For Profit; Not-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Frequency: Semi-annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jacqueline Zeiher.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Zeiher at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/ESCD/

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Information Management Division, 1225 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 
504, Arlington, VA 22202-4326.

    Dated: March 22, 2004.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-6882 Filed 3-26-04; 8:45 am]

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