[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54252-54253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21286]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0166; Docket 2013-0077; Sequence 4]
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, with
changes, to an existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act,
Regulatory Secretariat, will be submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a
previously approved information collection requirement concerning the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Reporting Requirements--One
Time Reporting Requirements for Prime Contractors.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0166, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Reporting Requirements--
One Time Reporting Requirements for Prime Contractors, by any of the
following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds
with ``Information Collection 9000-0166, American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act--Reporting Requirements--One Time Reporting
Requirements for Prime Contractors.'' Follow the instructions provided
at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company
name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0166, American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Reporting Requirements--One Time
Reporting Requirements for Prime Contractors'' on your attached
document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Hada
Flowers/IC 9000-0166, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Reporting
Requirements--One Time Reporting Requirements for Prime Contractors.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0166, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Reporting
Requirements--One Time Reporting Requirements for Prime Contractors, 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. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement
Analyst, Office of Acquisition Policy, at telephone 202-501-1448 or via
email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart
4.15 and the applicable clause at FAR 52.204-11, which implements the
statutory requirements section 1512(c) of Division A of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) (Recovery Act),
as a condition of receipt of funds, contractors that receive awards (or
modifications to existing awards) funded, in whole or in part by the
Recovery Act, shall include the one-time reporting elements for which
the burden is imposed on the prime contractor. The information shall
include, but is not limited to:
a. Registration at http://www.FederalReporting.gov;
b. The award number for both its Government contract and first-tier
subcontracts;
c. Program or project title, if any, for its Government contract;
(http://wwww.whitehouse.gov/omb/recovery_faqs_contractors);
d. 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 (http://wwww.whitehouse.gov/omb/recovery_faqs_contractors);
e. Name of the first-tier subcontractor;
f. Amount of the first-tier subcontract award;
g. Date of the first-tier subcontract award;
h. First-tier subcontract number (The contract number assigned by
the prime contractor);
i. First-tier subcontractor's physical address including street
address, city, state, and country. Also include the nine-digit zip code
and congressional district if applicable; and
j. Subcontract primary performance location including street
address, city, state, and country. Also include the nine-digit zip code
and congressional district if applicable.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
This information collection reflects a downward adjustment from
what was published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2010, at 75
FR 58389, for the number of respondents required to comply with the
requirements of FAR subpart 4.15 and the associated FAR clause at
52.204-11, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Reporting
Requirements. This change is primarily due to fewer Recovery Act funds
available for award.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, the Federal Procurement Data System
(FPDS) indicated that there were 33,041 Recovery Act prime contract
awards, including modifications (21,767 awarded to small businesses),
to 8,896 unique vendors. In FY 2012, FPDS indicates that there were
6,312 Recovery Act prime contract awards, including modifications
(3,156 awarded to small businesses), to 2,247 unique vendors. This
change represents a decrease of approximately 75 percent from FY 2010
Recovery Act awards. Consequently, it was determined that FY 2012 FPDS
data was a sufficient baseline for estimating the number of respondents
per year (2,247) that would need to comply with the applicable clause
associated with this information collection. The estimate number of
responses per respondent is based on an estimated number of unique
vendors divided by the average number of respondents. In discussions
with subject matter experts, it was determined that an estimated number
of responses per respondent of two, rounded down from 2.8, was
sufficient to reflect the lower number of Recovery Act funds available
for award. Additionally, it is estimated that the burden hours per
response is thirty-six minutes (.60), which reflects no change from
what was published Federal Register on September 24, 2010, at 75 FR
58389. No public comments were received in prior years that have
challenged the validity of the Government's estimate.
Respondents: 2,247.
Responses per Respondent: 2.0.
Total Annual Reponses: 4,494.
Hours per Response: .6.
Total Burden Hours: 2,696.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of
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information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the
Federal Acquisition Regulations (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.
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.,
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: August 27, 2013.
Karlos Morgan,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy,
Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-21286 Filed 8-30-13; 8:45 am]
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