[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3420-3421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01192]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0026; Docket 2016-0053; Sequence 2]
Information Collection; Change Order Accounting
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, 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 change order accounting.
DATES: Submit comments on or before March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0026, Change Order Accounting, by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``Information
Collection 9000-0026, Change Order Accounting'' under the heading
``Enter Keyword or ID'' and selecting ``Search''. Select the link
``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds with ``Information 9000-0026,
Change Order Accounting''. Follow the instructions provided at the
``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your
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name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0026,
Change Order Accounting'' on your attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0026, Change Order Accounting.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0026, Change Order Accounting, in all correspondence
related to this collection. Comments received generally will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm receipt
of your comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two
to three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days
for posting of comments submitted by mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael O. Jackson, Procurement
Analyst, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, GSA, 202-208-
4949, or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
FAR 43.205 allows a contracting officer, whenever the estimated
cost of a change or series of related changes under a contract exceeds
$100,000, to assert the right in the clause at FAR 52.243-6, Change
Order Accounting, to require the contractor to maintain separate
accounts for each change or series of related changes. Each account
shall record all incurred segregable, direct costs (less allocable
credits) of work, changed and unchanged, allocable to the change. These
accounts are to be maintained until the parties agree to an equitable
adjustment for the changes or until the matter is conclusively disposed
of under the Disputes clause. This requirement is necessary in order to
be able to account properly for costs associated with changes in supply
and research and development contracts that are technically complex and
incur numerous changes.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 8,850.
Responses per Respondent: 12.
Annual Responses: 106,200.
Hours per Response: 1.
Total Burden Hours: 106,200.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of 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 Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0026, Change Order Accounting, in
all correspondence.
Dated: January 15, 2016.
Lorin S. Curit
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-01192 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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