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DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 12, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Heather Kitchens, 571–372–6104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 239, 

Acquisition of Information Technology, 

and the associated clause at DFARS 

252.239–7000; OMB Control Number 

0704–0341. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 820. 

Responses per Respondent: 

Approximately 7. 

Annual Responses: 5,932. 

Average Burden per Response: 

Approximately 0.5 hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 3,025. 

Needs and Uses: This requirement 

provides for the collection of 

information from contractors regarding 

security of information technology and 

proposals from common carriers to 

perform special construction under 

contracts for telecommunications 

services. Contracting officers and other 

DoD personnel use the information to 

ensure that information technology is 

protected and to establish reasonable 

prices for special construction by 

common carriers. 

The clause at DFARS 252.239–7000, 

Protection Against Compromising 

Emanations, requires that the contractor 

provide, upon request of the contracting 

officer, documentation that information 

technology used or provided under the 

contract meets appropriate information 

assurance requirements. DFARS 

239.7408 requires the contracting officer 

to obtain a detailed special construction 

proposal from a common carrier that 

submits a proposal or quotation that has 

special construction requirements 

related to the performance of basic 

telecommunications services. 

Comments and recommendations on 

the proposed information collection 

should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, 

DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

James. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. James at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Regulatory Control Officer, Defense 

Acquisition Regulations System. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

[Docket ID: DoD–2020–OS–0086] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Defense Counterintelligence 

and Security Agency, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to 

OMB for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 12, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela James, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: National Industrial Security 

System (NISS) OMB Control Number 

0704–0571. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 11,671. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 11,671. 

Average Burden per Response: 60 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 11,671. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary for 

DCSA to oversee the National Industrial 

Security Program (NISP) pursuant to 

Executive Order 12829. The National 

Industrial Security System (NISS) is the 

primary collection instrument for DCSA 

oversight of the NISP and maintaining 

data associated with cleared facilities 

and their oversight. The NISS is the 

repository of records related to the 

maintenance of information pertaining 

to contractor facility security clearances 

(FCL) and contractor capabilities to 

protect classified information in its 

possession. The information is utilized 

to determine if a company and its key 

management personnel are eligible for 

issuance of a facility clearance in 

accordance with NISPOM requirements. 

In addition, information is utilized to 

inform Government Contracting 

Activities (GCAs) of contractor’s ability 

to maintain facility clearance status 

and/or storage capability as well as to 

analyze vulnerabilities identified within 

security programs and ensure proper 

mitigation actions are taken to preclude 

unauthorized disclosure of classified 

information. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Federal Government; not-forprofit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

MB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

James. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. James at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: January 8, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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