[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25405-25406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09912]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-00XX; Docket No. 2015-0001; Sequence No. 26]
Submission for OMB Review; Simplifying Federal Award Reporting
AGENCY: Federal Acquisition Service; General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a new request for an
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 a new
information collection requirement regarding OMB Control No: 3090-00XX;
Simplifying Federal Award Reporting. A 60-day notice was published in
the Federal Register at 80 FR 73187 on November 24, 2015. One comment
was received.
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DATES: Submit comments on or before: May 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington,
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following
methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for
``Information Collection 3090-00xx; Simplifying Federal Award
Reporting''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds with
``Information Collection 3090-00XX; Simplifying Federal Award
Reporting''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a
Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``Information Collection 3090-00xx; Simplifying Federal Award
Reporting'' on your attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-00XX, Simplifying Federal Award Reporting.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 3090-00XX; Simplifying Federal Award Reporting, 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. Kenneth Goldman, GSA, at telephone
202-779-2265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The President's Management Agenda includes objectives for creating
a twenty-first century government that delivers better results to the
American people in a more efficient manner. Leveraging information
technology capabilities to reduce reporting burden is key to achieving
these goals. Section 5 of the Digital Accountability and Transparency
Act (Pub. L. 113-101) requires a pilot program to develop
recommendations for standardizing reporting, eliminating unnecessary
duplication, and reducing compliance costs for recipients of Federal
awards.
The pilot participants are required to provide requested reports as
well as the cost to collect the data via the pilot. The proposed pilot
program will provide an alternative submission method for existing
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements, and assess the pilot
results against the existing FAR-required method.
B. Discussion and Analysis
Comment: ``The best way to simplify these numerous, massive,
expensive awards is to shut them all down. They are all fake and mean
nothing so who will miss them. Certainly we all know they are fake.
They are voted on not because the awarded has done anything noteworthy.
They are simply awards for being alive. They all need to be cut. The
budget for giving awards should be zero, totally zero.''
Response: Thank you for reviewing the Federal Register Notice. The
comment addresses awards that are part of a voting process which
appears to be associated with individual personnel awards. However, the
Federal Register Notice focuses on streamlining reporting burden for
Federal contract awards. If the comment is intended to address Federal
contract awards, the commenter is encouraged to visit the Chief
Acquisition Officers Council (CAOC) National Dialogue: Improving
Federal Procurement and Grants Processes to engage in a more robust
discussion (link: https://cxo.dialogue2.cao.gov/ ).
C. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 720.
Responses per Respondent: 3 each week.
Total Annual Responses: 2160.
Hours per Response: .5.
Total Burden Hours: 56,160.
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information 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-XXXX, Simplifying Federal Award Reporting, in all
correspondence.
Dated: April 21, 2016.
David A. Shive,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-09912 Filed 4-27-16; 8:45 am]
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