[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 18804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9084]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0077]

Clearance Request for Quality Assurance Requirements
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB clearance 
(9000-0077).

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 
(44 U.S.C. 3501), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve an extension of a currently approved information 
collection requirement concerning Quality Assurance Requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-
4755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    Supplies and services acquired under Government contracts must 
conform to the contract's quality and quantity requirements. FAR Part 
46 prescribes inspection, acceptance, warranty, and other measures 
associated with quality requirements. Standard clauses related to 
inspection (a) require the contractor to provide and maintain an 
inspection system that is acceptable to the Government; (b) give the 
Government the right to make inspections and test while work is in 
process; and (c) require the contractor to keep complete, and make 
available to the Government, records of its inspection work.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average .25 hours per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate 
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including 
suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW, Room 4037, 
Washington, DC 20405, and to the FAR Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 
960; responses per respondent, 1; total annual responses, 950; 
preparation hours per response, .25; and total response burden hours, 
237.5 (238).
C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden
    The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows: 
Recordkeepers, 58,060; hours per recordkeeper, .68; and total 
recordkeeping burden hours, 39,481. The total annual burden is 
238+39,481=39,719.

Obtaining copies of proposals: Requester may obtain copies of OMB 
applications or justifications from the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405, 
telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0077, 
Quality Assurance Requirements, in all correspondence.

    Dated: April 6, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-9084 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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