65592 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 219 / Monday, November 15, 2004 / Notices 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden, to the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat 

(VR),1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0078, Make-or-Buy 

Program, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Jerry 

Zaffos, Contract Policy Division, GSA 

(202) 208–6091

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Price, performance, and/or 

implementation of socio-economic 

policies may be affected by make-or-buy 

decisions under certain Government 

prime contracts. Accordingly, FAR 

15.407–2, Make-or-Buy Programs (i) Sets 

forth circumstances under which a 

Government contractor must submit for 

approval by the contracting officer a 

make-or-buy program, i.e., a written 

plan identifying major items to be 

produced or work efforts to be 

performed in the prime contractor’s 

facilities and those to be subcontracted;

(ii) Provides guidance to contracting 

officers concerning the review and 

approval of the make-or-buy programs; 

and

(iii) Prescribes the contract clause at 

FAR 52.215–9, Changes or Additions to 

Make-or-Buy Programs, which specifies 

the circumstances under which the 

contractor is required to submit for the 

contracting officer’s advance approval a 

notification and justification of any 

proposed change in the approved makeor-buy program.

The information is used to assure the 

lowest overall cost to the Government 

for required supplies and services.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 150.

Responses Per Respondent: 3.

Total Responses: 450.

Hours Per Response: 8.

Total Burden Hours: 3,600.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VR), Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0078, Make-or-Buy Program, in all 

correspondence.

Dated: November 4, 2004

Laura Auletta,

Director, Contract Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25291 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0155]

Submission for OMB Review; 

Prohibition on Acquisition of Products 

Produced by Forced or Indentured 

Child Labor

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension to an existing 

OMB clearance.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

regarding prohibition on acquisition of 

products produced by forced or 

indentured child labor. A request for 

public comments was published at 69 

FR 54767 on September 10, 2004. No 

comments were received.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

December 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the Regulatory Secretariat 

(VR), General Services Administration, 

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0155, Prohibition on 

Acquisition of Products Produced by 

Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all 

correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Craig 

R. Goral, Contract Policy Division, GSA 

(202) 501–3856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

This information collection complies 

with Executive Order 13126, Prohibition 

on Acquisition of Products Produced by 

Forced or Indentured Child Labor, 

signed by the President on June 12, 

1999. Executive Order 13126 requires 

that this prohibition be enforced within 

the federal acquisition system by means 

of: (1) A provision that requires the 

contractor to certify to the contracting 

officer that the contractor or, in the case 

of an incorporated contractor, a 

responsible official of the contractor has 

made a good faith effort to determine 

whether forced or indentured child 

labor was used to mine, produce, or 

manufacture any product furnished 

under the contract and that, on the basis 

of those efforts, the contractor is 

unaware of any such use of child labor; 

and (2) A provision that obligates the 

contractor to cooperate fully in 

providing reasonable access to the 

contractor’s records, documents, 

persons, or premises if reasonably 

requested by authorized officials of the 

contracting agency, the Department of 

the Treasury, or the Department of 

Justice, for the purpose of determining 

whether forced or indentured child 

labor was used to mine, produce, or 

manufacture any product furnished 

under the contract.

The information collection 

requirements of the Executive Order are 

evidenced via the certification 

requirements delineated at FAR 

22.1505, 52.212–3, 52.222–18, and 

52.222–19.

To eliminate some of the 

administrative burden on offerors who 

must submit the same information to 

various contracting offices, the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council (Councils) decided to amend 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) to require offerors to submit 

representations and certifications 

electronically via the Business Partner 

Network (BPN), unless certain 

exceptions apply. Online 

Representations and Certifications 

Application (ORCA) is the specific 

application on the BPN to replace the 

paper based Representations and 

Certifications (Reps and Certs) process. 

The change to the FAR is being 

accomplished by FAR Case 2002–024. 

The clearance associated with this case 

referenced this OMB Control No. 9000–

0155 and reduced the hours of burden 

by 35%—attributable to mandated use 

of ORCA. This reduction is already 

reflected in the figures below.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 500.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Hours Per Response: 0.325.

Total Burden Hours: 162.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VR), 1800 F 

Street, NW, Room 4035, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0155, 

Prohibition on Acquisition of Products

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 219 / Monday, November 15, 2004 / Notices 65593

Produced by Forced or Indentured Child 

Labor, in all correspondence.

Dated: September 10, 2004

Laura Auletta,

Director, Contract Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25292 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0014]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Statement and Acknowledgment 

(Standard Form 1413)

AGENCIES: 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 of an 

existing OMB clearance (9000–0014).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), 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 statement and 

acknowledgment (Standard Form 1413). 

A request for public comments was 

published in the Federal Register at 69 

FR 54135 on September 1, 2004. No 

comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the 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.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before December 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VR), 

1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0014, Statement and 

Acknowledgment, Standard Form 1413, 

in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Craig 

Goral, Contract Policy Division, GSA 

(202) 501–3856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Standard Form 1413, Statement and 

Acknowledgment, is used by all 

Executive Agencies, including the 

Department of Defense, to obtain a 

statement from contractors that the 

proper clauses have been included in 

subcontracts. The form includes a 

signed contractor acknowledgment of 

the inclusion of those clause in the 

subcontract.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 31,500.

Responses Per Respondent: 2.

Total Responses: 63,000. 

Hours Per Response: .05.

Total Burden Hours: 3,150.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VR), 1800 F Street, 

NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0014, 

Statement and Acknowledgment, 

Standard Form 1413, in all 

correspondence.

Dated: October 28, 2004

Laura Auletta,

Director, Contract Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25293 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0018]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Certification of Independent Price 

Determination and Parent Company 

and Identifying Data

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension to an existing 

OMB clearance (9000–0018).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), 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 certification of independent 

price determination and parent 

company and identifying data. A 

request for public comments was 

published in the Federal Register at 69 

FR 53685 on September 2, 2004. No 

comments were received.

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the 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.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including 

suggestions for reducing this burden to 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VR), 1800 F Street, 

NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC 

20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Goral, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 501–3856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Agencies are required to report under 

41 U.S.C. 252(d) and 10 U.S.C. 2305(d) 

suspected violations of the antitrust 

laws (e.g., collusive bidding, identical 

bids, uniform estimating systems, etc.) 

to the Attorney General. As a first step 

in assuring that Government contracts 

are not awarded to firms violating such 

laws, offerors on Government contracts 

must complete the certificate of 

independent price determination. An 

offer will not be considered for award 

where the certificate has been deleted or 

modified. Deletions or modifications of 

the certificate and suspected false