[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38028-38029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15637]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-0293;Docket No. 2014-0001; Sequence 2]
Information Collection; Reporting and Use of Information
Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and
Cooperative Agreements
AGENCY: Office of Technology Strategy/Office of Government-wide Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to
an existing OMB information collection.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve an extension of the currently approved information
collection requirement regarding the Reporting and Use of Information
Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and
Cooperative Agreements.
DATES: Submit comments on or before September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0293, Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Integrity and
Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements 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 3090-0293. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that
corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use
of Information Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of
Grants and Cooperative Agreements.'' Follow the instructions provided
on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``Information Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information
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Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and
Cooperative Agreements'' on your attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-0293.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information Concerning
Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative
Agreements, 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. Judith R. Zawatsky, Director
Outreach and Stakeholder Management, telephone 703-859-3826, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This information collection is necessary in order to comply with
section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act of
2009, Public Law 110-417, as amended by Public Law 111-212, hereafter
referred to as ``the Act.'' The Act requires GSA to establish and
maintain a database of information regarding the integrity and
performance of certain entities awarded Federal grants and contracts
and use of the information by Federal officials making awards. OMB
proposed implementing guidance for grants and cooperative agreements on
February 18, 2010 (75 FR 7316). That guidance is in the process of
being finalized. The proposed guidance requires appropriate Federal
officials to report on terminations of awards due to material failure
to comply with award terms and conditions; administrative agreements
with entities to resolve suspension or debarment proceedings; and
findings that entities were not qualified to receive awards. Through a
new award term, each recipient would provide information about certain
civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings that reached final
disposition within the most recent five-year period and were connected
with the award or performance of a Federal or State award. As section
872 requires, an entity also would be able to submit comments to the
data system about any information that the system contains about the
entity.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Initial response:
Respondents: 11,500.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 11,500.
Hours Per Response: .1.
Total Response Burden Hours: 1,150.
Additional response:
Respondents: 1,600.
Responses Per Respondent: 2.
Total Annual Responses: 3,200.
Hours Per Response: .5.
Total Response Burden Hours: 1,600.
Recordkeeping Hours: 160,000.
Total number of responses: 13,100.
Total Burden Hours: 162,750.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Integrity
and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements,
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, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB
Control No. 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information Concerning
Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative
Agreements, in all correspondence.
Dated: June 20, 2014.
Sonny Hashmi,
Chief Information Officer, Office of the Deputy CIO.
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