Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 14, 2004 / Notices 74505

A. Purpose

On February 19, 1998, a revised OMB 

Circular A–119, ‘‘Federal Participation 

in the Development and Use of 

Voluntary Consensus Standards and in 

Conformity Assessment Activities,’’ was 

published in the Federal Register at 63 

FR 8545, February 19, 1998. FAR 

Subparts 11.1 and 11.2 were revised and 

a solicitation provision was added at 

52.211–7, Alternatives to GovernmentUnique Standards, to implement the 

requirements of the revised OMB 

circular. If an alternative standard is 

proposed, the offeror must furnish data 

and/or information regarding the 

alternative in sufficient detail for the 

Government to determine if it meets the 

Government’s requirements.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 100.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

TOTAL RESPONSES: 100.

Hours Per Response: 1.

Total Burden Hours: 100.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (V), Room 4035, 1800 F 

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0153, OMB 

Circular A–119, in all correspondence.

Dated: December 7, 2004

Laura Auletta

Director,Contract Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0043]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Delivery 

Schedules

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 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 

concerning delivery schedules. The 

clearance currently expires on March 

31, 2005.

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 

February 14, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (V), 

1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No.9000–0043, Delivery 

Schedules, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Jeritta Parnell, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 501–4082.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The time of delivery or performance 

is an essential contract element and 

must be clearly stated in solicitations 

and contracts. The contracting officer 

may set forth a required delivery 

schedule or may allow an offeror to 

propose an alternate delivery schedule. 

The information is needed to assure 

supplies or services are obtained in a 

timely manner.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 3,440.

Responses Per Respondent: 5.

Total Responses: 17,200.

Hours Per Response: .167.

Total Burden Hours: 2,872.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (V), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0043, Delivery 

Schedules, in all correspondence.

Dated: December 7, 2004

Laura Auletta

Director, Contract Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Logistics Agency 

Cost Sharing Cooperative Agreement 

Applications

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency 

(DLA).

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for cost 

sharing cooperative agreement 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency 

(DLA) issued a solicitation for 

cooperative agreement applications 

(SCAA) to assist state and local 

governments and other nonprofit 

eligible entities in establishing or 

maintaining procurement technical 

assistance centers (PTACs). These 

centers help business firms market their 

goods and services to the Department of 

Defense (DoD), other federal agencies, 

and state and/or local government 

agencies. Notice of the issuance of this 

SCAA was published in the March 18, 

2003 Federal Register (Volume 68, 

Number 52, page 12897). This 

solicitation governs the submission of 

applications for calendar years 2003 

thru 2007 and applies to all applications 

from all eligible entities, including 

Indian Economic Enterprises and Indian 

Tribal Organizations. The current and 

applicable SCAA is available at the 

Internet Web site listed below. The FY 

2005 DoD Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 

108–287) has appropriated funds for the 

continuance of the program in FY 2005 

and requires DoD to make available not 

less than $3.6 million for applicants that 

meet the definition 10 U.S.C. 

2411(1)(D). The 3 existing PTACs 

meeting this definition will not utilize 

the entire $3.6 million, therefore, 

pursuant to Section ‘‘I’’ paragraph ‘‘K’’

of the SCAA, notice is hereby given that 

limited additional funds are available in 

order to accept applications for 

additional new programs from eligible 

entities, but limited only to those that 

meet either definition listed in Section 

‘‘II’’ paragraphs ‘‘19.d’’ (Indian 

Economic Enterprise) or ‘‘19.e’’ (Indian 

Tribal Organization) of the SCAA. 

However, applications will only be 

accepted from eligible entities that 

propose programs that will provide 

service to areas that are not currently 

receiving service from an existing 

program. This provision prohibiting