[Federal Register: August 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 161)]
[Notices]
[Page 48541]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[DoD-2006-OS-0183]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) announces a
proposed new public information collection and seeks public comment on
the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received on October
20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the associated
collection instrument, please write to the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency, Office of Small Business Programs (DTRA/B), 8725 John J.
Kingman Road MSC 6201, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6201, or call (703) 767-
7889, or e-mail BusinessRelations@dtra.mil.
Title and OMB Number: DTRA Industry Partner Questionnaire; OMB
Control Number 0704-TBD.
Needs and Uses: This information collection instrument will allow
DTRA to benchmark our contract relationships and request best practices
from our industry partners via an electronic questionnaire. Further,
the questionnaire will result in more constructive agendas for
subsequent DTRA industry outreach conferences.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions.
Annual Burden Hours: 70.
Number of Respondents: 209.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: .33 hours.
Frequency: On Occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
Respondents are small businesses, large businesses, and
universities that have received DTRA contract awards greater than
$100,000 since October 1, 2002, major Indefinite Delivery Indefinite
Quantity (IDIQ) subcontractors, and vendors that have bid
unsuccessfully on DTRA contracts greater than $100,000 since October 1,
2002. DTRA plans to utilize this survey information in subsequent
business process reengineering initiatives which leverage our industry
partnerships to better support the warfighter. Further, DTRA is
required under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
(DFARS) to maintain an active industry outreach program. DTRA plans to
use the survey results to develop constructive agendas for subsequent
outreach conferences with our contractor community.
Dated: August 14, 2006.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 06-7042 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am]
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