[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 27930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11754]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act; Initial Certification
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled (Committee) will submit the collection of information listed
below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This notice solicits comments on this collection of
information.
DATES: Submit your written comments on the information collection on or
before July 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Mail your comments on the requirement to Lou Bartalot,
Director Compliance, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715, Arlington, VA
22202-4149; fax (703) 603-0655; or email [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the applicable
forms or explanatory material, contact Edward Yang at the address in
the above paragraph or through the above email address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which implement provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), require that
interested members of the public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping
activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). The Committee plans to submit a
request to OMB to approve a revised collection of information
concerning annual certification of nonprofit agencies serving people
who are blind or who have other significant disabilities to participate
in the AbilityOne Program. The Committee is requesting a 3-year term of
approval for this information collection activity.
Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for the
current collections of information are 3037-0001 and 3037-0002. The OMB
control number for the revised collection of information is 3037-0013.
The JWOD Act of 1971 (41 U.S.C. 8501-8506) is the authorizing
legislation for the AbilityOne Program. The AbilityOne Program creates
jobs and training opportunities for people who are blind or who have
other severe disabilities. Its primary means of doing so is by
requiring Government agencies to purchase selected products and
services from nonprofit agencies employing such individuals. The
AbilityOne Program is administered by the Committee. Two national,
independent organizations, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and
SourceAmerica, help State and private nonprofit agencies participate in
the AbilityOne Program.
The implementing regulations for the JWOD Act, which are located at
41 CFR Chapter 51, provide the requirements, procedures, and standards
for the AbilityOne Program. Section 51-4.3 of the regulations sets
forth the standards that a nonprofit agency must meet to maintain
qualification for participation in the AbilityOne Program. Under this
section of the regulations, a nonprofit agency that wants to continue
to participate in the AbilityOne Program must submit a completed copy
of the appropriate Annual Certification form (Committee Form 403 or
404). This documentation helps the Committee determine whether the
applicant nonprofit agency is meeting the requirements of the
AbilityOne Program.
This information collection request seeks approval for the
Committee to continue to collect the information required under 41 CFR
51-4.3 of the regulations, but in a revised and expanded format, so
that the Committee can continue to verify the appropriateness of
nonprofit agencies that would like to participate in the AbilityOne
Program. The previous separate forms have been combined into one form.
The items being certified have been revised to match the regulatory
requirements of section 51-4.3 and to collect other pertinent
information on the qualifications of nonprofit agencies. New questions
concerning nonprofit agency hours, wages, people performing direct
labor, subcontracting and veterans have been added. In addition, the
language at the bottom of the certification section has been revised.
Title: Annual Representations and Certifications For AbilityOne
Qualified Nonprofit Agency.
OMB Control Number: 3037-0013.
Form Number: Reps and Certs.
Description of Respondents: Nonprofit agencies serving people who
are blind or significantly disabled that participate in the AbilityOne
Program.
Annual Number of Respondents: About 570 nonprofit agencies serving
people who are blind or significantly disabled will annually
participate in the AbilityOne Program.
Total Annual Burden Hours: Burden is estimated to average 8 hours
per respondent. Total annual burden is 4,560 hours. Note: this burden
estimate is only for the reporting of information; a separate burden
estimate exists for the recordkeeping requirement.
We invite comments concerning this renewal on: (1) Whether the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
our agency's functions, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of
the collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents.
Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-11754 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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