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encourage you to submit your comments 

online. To make sure that the 

Commission considers your online 

comment, you must file it through the 

https://www.regulations.gov website by 

following the instructions on the webbased form provided. Your comment, 

including your name and your state— 

will be placed on the public record of 

this proceeding, including the https://

www.regulations.gov website. 

If you file your comment on paper, 

write ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act: FTC 

File No. P072108’’ on your comment 

and on the envelope, and mail your 

comment to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex J), 

Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your 

comment to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th 

Street SW, 5th Floor, Suite 5610, 

Washington, DC 20024. If possible, 

please submit your paper comment to 

the Commission by courier or overnight 

service. 

Because your comment will be placed 

on the public record, you are solely 

responsible for making sure that your 

comment does not include any sensitive 

or confidential information. In 

particular, your comment should not 

include any sensitive personal 

information, such as your or anyone 

else’s Social Security number; date of 

birth; driver’s license number or other 

state identification number, or foreign 

country equivalent; passport number; 

financial account number; or credit or 

debit card number. You are also solely 

responsible for making sure that your 

comment does not include any sensitive 

health information, such as medical 

records or other individually 

identifiable health information. In 

addition, your comment should not 

include any ‘‘trade secret or any 

commercial or financial information 

which . . . is privileged or 

confidential’’—as provided by Section 

6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)— 

including in particular competitively 

sensitive information such as costs, 

sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 

patterns, devices, manufacturing 

processes, or customer names. 

Comments containing material for 

which confidential treatment is 

requested must be filed in paper form, 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ 

and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). 

In particular, the written request for 

confidential treatment that accompanies 

the comment must include the factual 

and legal basis for the request, and must 

identify the specific portions of the 

comment to be withheld from the public 

record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your 

comment will be kept confidential only 

if the General Counsel grants your 

request in accordance with the law and 

the public interest. Once your comment 

has been posted on the public website— 

as legally required by FTC Rule 4.9(b)— 

we cannot redact or remove your 

comment from the website, unless you 

submit a confidentiality request that 

meets the requirements for such 

treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and 

the General Counsel grants that request. 

The FTC Act and other laws that the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. The Commission will 

consider all timely and responsive 

public comments that it receives on or 

before March 12, 2021. For information 

on the Commission’s privacy policy, 

including routine uses permitted by the 

Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/ 

site-information/privacy-policy. 

Josephine Liu, 

Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0013; Docket No. 

2020–0053; Sequence No. 16] 

Submission for OMB Review; Certified 

Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other 

Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve a revision and renewal of 

a previously approved information 

collection requirement regarding 

certified cost or pricing data and data 

other than certified cost or pricing data. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for this 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 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

Additionally, submit a copy to GSA 

through http://www.regulations.gov and 

follow the instructions on the site. This 

website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field or attach a file for 

lengthier comments. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite OMB Control No. 9000–0013, 

Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data 

Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing 

Data. Comments received generally will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting. If there are 

difficulties submitting comments, 

contact the GSA Regulatory Secretariat 

Division at 202–501–4755 or 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 

at telephone 202–969–7207, or 

zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and 

Any Associated Form(s) 

9000–0013, Certified Cost or Pricing 

Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost 

or Pricing Data. 

B. Need and Uses 

The Truth in Negotiations Act, 10 

U.S.C. 2306a and 41 U.S.C. 3502, 

requires the Government to obtain 

certified cost or pricing data from 

contractors prior to the award of certain 

contract actions. Contractors may be 

exempt from this requirement under 

certain conditions. This clearance 

covers the information that contractors 

must submit to comply with the 

following Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) requirements: 

a. 52.214–28, Subcontractor Certified 

Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications— 

Sealed Bidding. When contracting by 

sealed bidding, this clause requires 

contractors to require subcontractors to 

submit certified cost or pricing data for 

a modification involving aggregate 

increases and/or decreases in costs, plus 

applicable profits, expected to exceed 

the threshold for submission of certified 

cost or pricing data at FAR 15.403– 

4(a)(1). 

b. 52.215–12, Subcontractor Certified 

Cost or Pricing Data. When contracting 


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by negotiation, this clause requires 

contractors to require subcontractors to 

submit certified cost or pricing data. 

c. 52.215–13, Subcontractor Certified 

Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications. 

When contracting by negotiation, this 

clause requires contractors to require 

subcontractors to submit certified cost 

or pricing data for a modification 

involving a pricing adjustment expected 

to exceed the threshold for submission 

of certified cost or pricing data at FAR 

15.403–4(a)(1). 

d. 52.215–20, Requirements for 

Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data 

Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing 

Data. When contracting by negotiation, 

this provision requires offerors, if not 

granted an exception, to prepare and 

submit certified cost or pricing data, 

data other than certified cost or pricing 

data, and supporting attachments in 

accordance with the instructions 

contained in Table 15–2 of FAR 15.408, 

unless the contracting officer and the 

contractor agree to a different format. 

e. 52.215–21, Requirements for 

Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data 

Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing 

Data—Modifications. When contracting 

by negotiation, this clause requires 

contractors, if not granted an exception, 

to submit, for a modification or price 

adjustment expected to exceed the 

threshold set forth at FAR 15.403– 

4(a)(1), certified cost or pricing data, 

data other than certified cost or pricing 

data, and supporting attachments in 

accordance with the instructions 

contained in Table 15–2 of FAR 15.408, 

unless the contracting officer and the 

contractor agree to a different format. 

Certified cost or pricing data is used 

by agencies to assure that contract 

prices and any subsequent contract 

modifications are fair and reasonable. 

C. Annual Burden 

Respondents: 28,399. 

Annual Responses: 148,094. 

Total Burden Hours: 9,160,160. 

D. Public Comment 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 85 FR 71077, on 

November 6, 2020. No comments were 

received. 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0013, Certified Cost or 

Pricing Data and Data Other Than 

Certified Cost or Pricing Data. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0153; Docket 2020– 

0053; Sequence No. 15] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Alternatives to Government-Unique 

Standards 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve a revision and extension of 

a previously approved information 

collection requirement concerning 

alternatives to Government-unique 

standards. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for this 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 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

Additionally, submit a copy to GSA 

through https://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions on the site. 

This website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field or attach a file for 

lengthier comments. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite OMB Control No. 9000–0153, 

Alternatives to Government-Unique 

Standards. Comments received 

generally will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check https://

www.regulations.gov approximately 

two-to-three days after submission to 

verify posting. If there are difficulties 

submitting comments, contact the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Hawes, Procurement Analyst, at 

telephone 202–969–7386, or 

jennifer.hawes@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB control number, Title, and 

any Associated Form(s): 9000–0153, 

Alternatives to Government-Unique 

Standards. 

B. Need and Uses 

This clearance covers the information 

that offerors must submit to comply 

with the provision at Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.211–7, 

Alternatives to Government-Unique 

Standards. This solicitation provision 

permits offerors to propose alternatives 

to Government-unique standards in 

response to Government solicitations. 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. The information collected 

from offerors will be used by Federal 

agencies to determine if voluntary 

consensus standards will satisfy the 

Government’s needs for a particular 

solicitation, in order to comply with 

OMB Circular A–119, Federal 

Participation in the Development and 

Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards 

and in Conformity Assessment 

Activities, and Section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104– 

113, 15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

This OMB Control Number was 

previously entitled ‘‘OMB Circular A– 

119,’’ but has been updated to reflect the 

information collection requirement. 

C. Annual Burden 

Respondents: 100. 

Total Annual Responses: 100. 

Total Burden Hours: 100. 

D. Public Comment 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 85 FR 70622, on 

November 5, 2020. No comments were 

received. 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 


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