[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58387-58388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23881]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0168; Docket 2010-0083; Sequence 20]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Reporting Requirements--One-Time
Reporting, Compensation Requirements
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 (9000-0168).
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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, Compensation Requirements.
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-
0168 by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``Information
Collection 9000-0168'' under the heading ``Enter Keyword or ID'' and
selecting ``Search''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that
corresponds with ``Information
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Collection 9000-0168.'' Follow the instructions provided at the
``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if
any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0168'' on your attached
document.
Fax: 202-501-4068.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC
20405. ATTN: Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0168.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0168, 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-Time Reporting, Compensation Requirements. A one-time reporting
element for which the burden is imposed on certain prime contractors
and first-tier subcontractors to publicly disclose the names and total
compensation of each of the contractor's or first-tier subcontractor's
five most highly compensated officers, for the calendar year in which
the award was made.
While Section 1512(c)(4) of the Recovery Act requires reporting on
all FFATA data elements, including the compensation information, it
limits the prime's reporting responsibility to first tier
subcontractors that meet the applicability requirements. The FAR clause
requires this compensation disclosure for prime contractors as well
because to exclude prime contractors while requiring disclosure for
first-tier subcontractors would be unsupportable given the transparency
goals of both FFATA and the Recovery Act. There are likely to be some
prime contractors that already provide public access to the
compensation of senior executives through periodic reports filed under
section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. For purposes of this
analysis, the Government estimates that 5 percent of prime contractors
already provide such public access. There are also likely to be some
first-tier subcontractors that do not meet either of the revenue
thresholds for applicability. For purposes of this analysis, the
Government estimates that 5 percent of first-tier subcontractors will
not have to disclose compensation information because they do not meet
the revenue thresholds.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 76,049.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.25.
Total Annual Reponses: 95,061.
Hours Per Response: 3.
Total Burden Hours: 285,183.
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. 9000-0168, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Reporting
Requirements--One-Time Reporting, Compensation Requirements, in all
correspondence.
Dated: September 17, 2010.
Edward Loeb,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-23881 Filed 9-23-10; 8:45 am]
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