10384 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 37 / Thursday, February 24, 2011 / Notices 

Dated: February 17, 2011. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases; Amended Notice 

of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the National Advisory 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, 

September 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 

September 19, 2011, 5 p.m., National 

Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 

45 Center Drive, Conference Rooms E1/ 

E2, Bethesda, MD, 20892 which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 7, 2011, 76 FR 6627. 

The afternoon meeting of the 

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 

Subcommittee will be open to the 

public from 1 p.m. to adjournment. It 

was erroneously published as a closed 

meeting. 

Dated: February 17, 2011. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Regulation on Agency 

Protests 

AGENCY: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension without Change, 

1600–0004. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS will submit the 

following information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). DHS previously 

published this information collection 

request (ICR) in the Federal Register on 

November 15, 2010 at 75 FR 219, for a 

60-day public comment period. No 

comments were received by DHS. DHS 

would also like to correct the Total 

Burden Cost (capital/startup): $4,104.00 

that was indicated in the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice. The cost that 

was indicated is the estimated 

annualized cost to the respondents for 

the hour burden for collecting the 

information, using the appropriate wage 

categories. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow additional 30-days for public 

comments and to correct the cost from 

$4,104.00 to zero. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until March 28, 2011. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to OMB Desk Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to 202–395–5806. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

additional information is required 

contact: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), Office of Chief 

Procurement Officer, Acquisition Policy 

and Legislation Office, DHS Attn.: 

Camara Francis, Department of 

Homeland Security, Office of the Chief 

Procurement Officer, Room 3114, 

Washington, DC 20528, 

Camara.Francis@hq.dhs.gov, 202–447– 

5904. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); 

48 CFR Chapter 1 provides general 

procedures on handling protests 

submitted by contractors to Federal 

agencies. This regulation provides 

detailed guidance for contractors doing 

business with acquisition offices within 

the Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) to implement the FAR. FAR Part 

33.103, Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 

prescribe policies and procedures for 

filing protests and for processing 

contract disputes and appeals. DHS will 

not be asking for anything outside of 

what is already required in the FAR. 

Should anything outside the FAR arise, 

DHS will submit a request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. The information being 

collected will be obtained from 

contractors as part of their submissions 

whenever they file a bid protest with the 

Department’s Components. The 

information will be used by DHS 

officials in deciding how the protest 

should be resolved. Failure to collect 

this information would result in delayed 

resolution of agency protests. 

According to FPDS, the number of 

protest has increased each year over the 

past two years in annual respondent and 

burden hours. This increase in current 

protest activity is not the result of a 

deliberate program change, but from a 

new estimate of actions that are not 

controllable by the Federal government. 

Although, the number of protest has 

increased, there has not been any 

change in the information being 

collected. 

Analysis 

Agency: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

Title: Regulation on Agency Protests. 

OMB Number: 1600–0004. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Number of Respondents: 75. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 150. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0.00. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0.00. 

Dated: February 14, 2011. 

Richard Spires, 

Chief Information Officer. 

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