[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58389-58390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23879]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0166; Docket 2010-0083; Sequence 18]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Reporting Requirements--One Time
Reporting Requirements for Prime Contractors
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance (9000-0166).
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation Regulatory
Secretariat, will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently
approved information collection requirement concerning the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Reporting Requirements--One Time
Reporting Requirements for Prime Contractors.
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility;
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0166 by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``Information
Collection 9000-0166'' under the heading ``Enter Keyword or ID'' and
selecting ``Search''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0166''. Follow the
instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection
9000-0166'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC
20405. ATTN: Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0166.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0166, in all correspondence related to this collection.
All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Woodson, Procurement
Analyst, Contract Policy Branch, at telephone (202) 501-3775 or via e-
mail to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 4.15, and clause,
52.204-11 requires contractors to report on use of Recovery Act funds.
Contracting officers must include the new clause in solicitations and
contracts funded in whole or in part with Recovery Act funds, except
classified solicitations and contracts. Commercial item contracts and
Commercially Available Off-The-Shelf (COTS) item contracts will be
covered, as well as actions under the simplified action threshold.
One reporting elements for which the burden is imposed on the prime
contractor under the FAR requirements include the following:
a. The award number for both its Government contract and first-tier
subcontracts ((d)(1) and (d)(10)(viii));
b. Program or project title, if any, for its Government contract
((d)(4));
c. A description of the overall purpose and expected outcomes or
results of the contract and first-tier subcontracts, including
significant deliverables and, if appropriate, units of measure ((d)(5)
and (d)(10)(vii));
d. Name of the first-tier subcontractor ((d)(10)(ii));
e. Amount of the first-tier subcontract award ((d)(10)(iii));
f. Date of the first-tier subcontract award ((d)(10)(iv));
g. Applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
code ((d)(10)(v)); and
h. Funding agency ((d)(10)(vi)).
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 20,013.
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Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
Total Annual Reponses: 25,016.
Hours per Response: .6.
Total Burden Hours: 15,010.
Obtaining copies of proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street, NW., Room
4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0166, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--
Reporting Requirements--One Time Reporting Requirements for Prime
Contractors, in all correspondence.
Dated: September 17, 2010.
Edward Loeb,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-23879 Filed 9-23-10; 8:45 am]
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