[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33557-33558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13643]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0183; Docket No. 2014-0055; Sequence 13]
Information Collection; Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest
for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension,
to an existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review an extension of a currently approved information collection
requirement regarding Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest for
Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions. This request for
extension relates to FAR case 2013-022, Extension of Limitations on
Contractor Employee Personal Conflicts of Interest, proposed rule,
which published updated burden hours in the Federal Register at 79 FR
18503 on April 2, 2014.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 11, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0183, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest for Contractor
Employees Performing Acquisition Functions 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 9000-0183. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0183, Preventing
Personal Conflicts of Interest for Contractor Employees Performing
Acquisition Functions''. Follow the instructions provided on the
screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``Information Collection 9000-0183, Preventing Personal Conflicts of
Interest for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions'' on
your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405-
0001. ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0183.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0183, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest for
Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions, 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: Ms. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement
Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202-219-0202 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This is a request for an extension of an existing information
collection requirement concerning the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Control Number 9000-0183, Preventing Personal Conflicts of
Interest for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions. The
request uses the burden hours provided in the proposed FAR rule (2013-
022).
The proposed rule expands the coverage and proposes to amend the
FAR by implementing section 829 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239) to extend the limitations on
contractor employee personal conflicts of interest to apply to the
performance of all functions that are closely associated with
inherently governmental functions (not just acquisition functions) and
to contracts for personal services (to the extent such contracts are
authorize by law, e.g., legal or medical services).
In the current information collection, Section 841(a) requires the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to develop and issue a
standard policy to prevent personal conflicts of interest by contractor
employees performing acquisition functions closely associated with
inherently governmental function, and an associated personal conflicts-
of-interest clause or set off clauses.
Contractors are required to notify contracting officers whenever
they become aware of any personal conflict of interest violations by a
covered employee. The objective of the notification requirement is to
emphasize the critical importance of integrity in contracting and
reduce the occurrence of personal conflict-of-interest violations by
contractor employees performing acquisition-related functions.
In addition, contractors have the opportunity, in exceptional
circumstances, to request mitigation or waiver of the personal
conflict-of-interest standards. The information is used by the
Government to evaluate the requested mitigation/waiver.
B. The Annual Reporting Burden Estimated as Follows
Respondents: 188.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Responses: 188.
Hours per Response: 30.
Total Burden Hours: 5640.
The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows:
Recordkeepers: 9,361.
Hours per recordkeeper: 59.
Total recordkeeping hours: 552,299.
C. Public Comments
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.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street
NW., Washington, DC 20405-0001, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0183, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest for
Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions, in all
correspondence.
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Dated: June 6, 2014.
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. 2014-13643 Filed 6-10-14; 8:45 am]
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