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comments on directing USAC to include 

eligibility review as part of the 

application process, but not requiring 

applicants to file FCC Forms 460. Are 

there other means of identifying health 

care providers and determining their 

eligibility for support in the program 

that should be considered? 

17. Finally, are there additional 

improvements the Bureau should 

consider making to the application, 

review, and invoicing processes? For 

example, during the Round 1 

application process, applicants were 

required to submit documentation 

demonstrating that funding requests 

were for equipment and services eligible 

for Program support, and funding 

commitments were made based on the 

anticipated costs of the eligible services 

requested on their applications. After 

receiving Round 1 commitments, 

however, some health care providers 

seeking support for eligible services and 

equipment experienced supply chain 

disruptions and equipment shortages, 

while other health care providers 

determined that, due to shifting 

pandemic response strategies, they 

needed different services or equipment 

than those requested in their 

application. Anticipating these issues, 

the Commission gave health care 

providers flexibility to respond to 

changing circumstances by not requiring 

health care providers that received 

funding commitments to purchase only 

the services and connected devices 

identified in their applications. 

Accordingly, health care providers that 

received funding commitments may 

have been allowed to substitute 

vendors, eligible services, and/or 

eligible connected devices as long as the 

substituted items are eligible and the 

total amount sought for reimbursement 

does not exceed the commitment 

amount. 

18. Should the Bureau maintain this 

flexibility, but streamline the 

application process by requiring 

applicants demonstrate the eligibility of 

the connected devices and services 

purchased using Round 2 support only 

during the invoicing process? Are health 

care providers still experiencing supply 

chain delays or noticing shortages of 

certain connected devices? Have health 

care providers’ pandemic response 

strategies solidified to the point where 

they will be able to accurately identify 

the telecommunication services, 

information services, or connected 

devices needed on their application for 

Round 2? If the Bureau does not require 

applicants to demonstrate the eligibility 

of the services and connected devices 

for which they seek funding on their 

applications during Round 2, what 

documentation or demonstration should 

the Bureau require the applicant to 

submit to demonstrate that they will use 

the funding requested for services and 

devices that are eligible for support? 

What safeguards should the Bureau 

consider implementing to ensure that 

this proposal does not lead to waste, 

fraud, or abuse of Program funding? 

Should additional certifications be 

required on applications and for each 

invoice to ensure applicants/awardees 

understand what is expected of them 

and the potential penalties for waste, 

fraud, or abuse? Relatedly, should a list 

of eligible and ineligible equipment and 

services to provide applicants with 

specific guidance on what may be 

requested for reimbursement be 

published? 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Cheryl L. Callahan, 

Assistant Chief, Telecommunications Access 

Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0018; Docket No. 

2020–0053; Sequence No. 18] 

Submission for OMB Review; Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 3: 

Improper Business Practices and 

Personal Conflicts of Interest 

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 requirements regarding 

improper business practices and 

personal conflicts of interest. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 8, 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. 9000–0018, 

Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 3: 

Improper Business Practices and 

Personal Conflicts of Interest.’’ 

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) 

9000–0018, Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Part 3: Improper Business 

Practices and Personal Conflicts of 

Interest. 

B. Need and Uses 

DoD, GSA, and NASA are combining 

OMB Control Nos. for the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR 

part. This consolidation is expected to 

improve industry’s ability to easily and 

efficiently identify burdens associated 

with a given FAR part. The review of 

the information collections by FAR part 

allows improved oversight to ensure 

there is no redundant or unaccounted 

for burden placed on industry. Lastly, 

combining information collections in a 

given FAR part is also expected to 

reduce the administrative burden 

associated with processing multiple 

information collections. 

This justification supports the 

revision and extension of OMB Control 

No. 9000–0018 and combines it with the 

previously approved information 

collections under OMB Control No. 

9000–0091, with the new title ‘‘Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 3: Improper 

Business Practices and Personal 

Conflicts of Interest.’’ Upon approval of 

this consolidated information 

collection, OMB Control No. 9000–0091 


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will be discontinued. The burden 

requirements previously approved 

under the discontinued number will be 

covered under OMB Control No. 9000– 

0018. 

This clearance covers the information 

collection that offerors or contractors 

must submit to comply with the 

following requirements in FAR Part 3: 

• 52.203–2, Certificate of 

Independent Price Determination. This 

solicitation provision requires an offeror 

to certify that the prices in their offer 

have been arrived at independently, 

have not been or will not be knowingly 

disclosed, and have not been submitted 

for the purpose of restricting 

competition. This clause is used to 

ensure that Government contracts are 

not awarded to firms violating antitrust 

laws. 

• 52.203–7, Anti-Kickback 

Procedures. This contract clause 

requires contractors to report in writing 

to the inspector general of the 

contracting agency, the head of the 

contracting agency if the agency does 

not have an inspector general, or the 

Attorney General possible violations of 

41 U.S.C. Chapter 87, Kickbacks, and to 

notify the contracting officer when 

monies are withheld from sums owed a 

subcontractor under the prime contract 

when the contracting officer has 

directed the prime contractor to do so to 

offset the amount of a kickback. The 

information reported by contractors will 

be used by the Federal agency to 

investigate potential violations. 

• 52.203–13, Contractor Code of 

Business Ethics and Conduct. This 

contract clause requires contractors and 

subcontractors to report to the agency 

Office of the Inspector General, 

whenever it has credible evidence that 

a principal, employee, agent, or 

subcontractor of the contractor has 

committed a violation of Federal 

criminal law involving fraud, conflict of 

interest, bribery, or gratuity violations 

found in Title 18 U.S.C., or a violation 

of the Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 

3729–3733). The information will be 

used by the Federal agency to 

investigate suspected violations. 

• 52.203–16, Preventing Personal 

Conflicts of Interest. This contract 

clause requires contractors and 

subcontractors to obtain and maintain 

from employees assigned to a task under 

a contract, a disclosure of interests that 

might be affected by the task to which 

the employee has been assigned. 

Contractors must report to any personal 

conflict of interest violation by a 

covered employee and the proposed 

actions to be taken. In exceptional 

circumstances, the contractor may 

request the head of the contracting 

activity approve a plan to mitigate the 

personal conflict of interest or waive the 

requirement to prevent personal 

conflicts of interest. This information is 

used by the contractor and the 

contracting officer to identify and 

mitigate personal conflicts of interest. 

C. Annual Burden 

Respondents: 10,275. 

Recordkeepers: 8,391. 

Total Annual Responses: 342,019. 

Total Burden Hours: 627,162 (123,702 

reporting hours + 503,460 recordkeeping 

hours). 

D. Public Comment 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 85 FR 75325, on 

November 25, 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. 9000–0018, Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 3: Improper 

Business Practices and Personal 

Conflicts of Interest. 

Janet Fry, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0188; Docket No. 

2021–0053; Sequence No. 3] 

Information Collection; Combating 

Trafficking in Persons 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, DoD, GSA, and 

NASA invite the public to comment on 

a revision and renewal concerning 

combating trafficking in persons. DoD, 

GSA, and NASA invite comments on: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of Federal 

Government acquisitions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the information 

collection on respondents, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. OMB has approved this 

information collection for use through 

September 30, 2021. DoD, GSA, and 

NASA propose that OMB extend its 

approval for use for three additional 

years beyond the current expiration 

date. 

DATES: DoD, GSA, and NASA will 

consider all comments received by April 

6, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: DoD, GSA, and NASA 

invite interested persons to submit 

comments on this collection 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. If there are difficulties 

submitting comments, contact the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite OMB Control No. 9000–0188, 

Combating Trafficking in Persons. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement 

Analyst, at telephone 703–605–2868, or 

mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB control number, Title, and any 

Associated Form(s): 9000–0188, 

Combating Trafficking in Persons. 

B. Need and Uses 

This clearance covers the information 

that offerors contractors must submit to 

comply with the following Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

requirements: 

52.222–50, Combating Trafficking in 

Persons. 

Notification. Paragraph (d) of this 

clause requires contractors to notify the 


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