[Federal Register: December 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 245)]
[Notices]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act; Nonprofit Agency Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled (the Committee) will submit the collection of
information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice solicits comments on that
collection of information.
DATES: Submit your written comments on the information collection on or
before February 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Mail your comments on the requirement to Janet Yandik,
Information Management Specialist, Committee for Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, Arlington, VA, 22202-3259; fax (703)
603-0655; or e-mail rulescomment@abilityone.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Yandik, Information Management
Specialist Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
Arlington, VA, 22202-3259; phone (703) 603-2147; fax (703) 603-0655; or
e-mail rulescomment@abilityone.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which implement provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), require that
interested members of the public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping
activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). The Committee plans to submit a
request to OMB to renew its approval of the collection of information
for nonprofit agency responsibilities related to recordkeeping. The
Committee is requesting a 3-year term of approval for this information
collection activity.
Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this
collection of information is 3037-0005.
The Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act of 1971 (41 U.S.C. 46-48c) is
the authorizing legislation for the AbilityOne Program. The AbilityOne
Program creates jobs and training opportunities for people who are
blind or who have other severe disabilities. Its primary means of doing
so is by requiring Government agencies to purchase selected products
and services from nonprofit agencies employing such individuals. The
AbilityOne Program is administered by the Committee. Two
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national, independent organizations, National Industries for the Blind
(NIB) and NISH, help State and private nonprofit agencies participate
in the AbilityOne Program.
The implementing regulations for the JWOD Act, which are located at
41 CFR Chapter 51, detail the recordkeeping requirements imposed on
nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program. Section 51-
2.4 of the regulations describes the criteria that the Committee must
consider when adding a product or service to its Procurement List. One
of these criteria is that a proposed addition must demonstrate a
potential to generate employment for people who are blind or severely
disabled. The Committee decided that evidence that employment will be
generated for those individuals consists of recordkeeping that tracks
direct labor and revenues for products or services sold through an
AbilityOne Program contract. This recordkeeping can be done on each
individual AbilityOne project or by product or service family.
In addition, Section 51-4.3 of the regulations requires that
nonprofit agencies keep records on direct labor hours performed by each
worker and keep an individual record or file for each individual who is
blind or severely disabled, documenting that individual's disability
and capabilities for competitive employment. The records that nonprofit
agencies must keep in accordance with Section 51-4.3 of the regulations
constitute the bulk of the hour burden associated with this OMB control
number.
This information collection renewal request seeks approval for the
Committee to continue to ensure compliance with recordkeeping
requirements established by the authority of the JWOD Act and set forth
in the Act's implementing regulations and to ensure that the Committee
has the ability to confirm the suitability of products and services on
its Procurement List. The recordkeeping requirements described in this
document are the same as those currently imposed on nonprofit agencies
participating in the AbilityOne Program.
Title: Nonprofit Agency Responsibilities, 41 CFR 51-2.4
and 51-4.3.
OMB Control Number: 3037-0005.
Description of Collection: Recordkeeping.
Description of Respondents: Nonprofit agencies
participating in the AbilityOne Program.
Annual Number of Respondents: About 650 nonprofit agencies
will annually participate in recordkeeping.
Total Annual Burden Hours: The recordkeeping burden is
estimated to average 5 hours per respondent. Total annual burden is
3,250 hours.
We invite comments concerning this renewal on: (1) Whether the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
our agency's functions, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of
the collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents.
Dated: December 17, 2007.
Kimberly M. Zeich,
Director, Program Operations.
[FR Doc. E7-24848 Filed 12-20-07; 8:45 am]
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