[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49318-49319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19811]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0144; Docket 2014-0055; Sequence 22]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review;
Payment by Electronic Fund Transfer
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 information collection.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division 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 payment by electronic fund transfer. A notice was published
in the Federal Register at 79 FR 33556 on June 11, 2014. No comments
were received.
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DATES: Submit comments on or before September 19, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0144, Payment by Funds Transfer, 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 9000-0144. Select the link that corresponds with
``Information Collection 9000-0144, Payment by Funds Transfer''. Follow
the instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name,
company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0144, Payment
by Funds Transfer'', on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0144, Payment by Funds Transfer.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0144, Payment by Funds Transfer, 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. Edward Chambers, Procurement
Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202-501-3221, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The FAR requires certain information to be provided by contractors
which would enable the Government to make payments under the contract
by electronic fund transfer (EFT). The information necessary to make
the EFT transaction is specified in clause 52.232-33, Payment by
Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration, which the
contractor is required to provide prior to award, and clause 52.232-34,
Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Other than Central Contractor
Registration, which requires EFT information to be provided as
specified by the agency to enable payment by EFT.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 14,000.
Responses per Respondent: 10.
Annual Responses: 140,000.
Hours per Response: .5.
Total Burden Hours: 70,000.
C. Public Comment
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, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0144, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer, in all
correspondence.
Dated: August 15, 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. 2014-19811 Filed 8-19-14; 8:45 am]
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