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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Deletions 

The following products are proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List: 

Products 

Computer Accessories 

NSN: 6150–00–NIB–0005. 

NSN: 6150–00–NIB–0006. 

NPA: Wiscraft, Inc., Milwaukee, WI. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations, 

(Pricing and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2014–19396 Filed 8–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions and 

Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to and Deletions from 

the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds products and 

services to the Procurement List that 

will be provided by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes products from the Procurement 

List previously furnished by such 

agencies. 

DATES: Effective Date: 9/15/2014. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

10800, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Lineback, Telephone: (703) 603– 

7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 5/30/2014 (79 FR 31095–31096); 

6/13/2014 (79 FR 33911–33912); and 6/ 

20/2014 (79 FR 35320), the Committee 

for Purchase From People Who Are 

Blind or Severely Disabled published 

notices of proposed additions to the 

Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the products and services and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the products and 

services listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will provide the 

products and services to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to provide the 

products and services to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the products and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and services are added to the 

Procurement List: 

Products 

Socket Set 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0111—1⁄4 Drive Shallow, 

SAE 6 and 12 Point Fasteners, 10 Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0112—1⁄4 Drive Deep, 

SAE 6 and 12 Point Fasteners, 10 Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0113—Combination, 1⁄4

Drive Shallow, SAE 6 and 12 Point 

Fasteners, 14 Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0114—3⁄8 Drive Shallow, 

SAE 12 Point Fasteners, 11 Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0115—3⁄8 Drive Deep, 

SAE 12 Point Fasteners, 13 Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0116—Combination, 3⁄8

Shallow, SAE 12 Point Fasteners, 18 

Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0117—1⁄2 Drive Shallow, 

SAE 6 and 12 Point Fasteners, 13 Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0118—1⁄2 Drive Deep, 

SAE 12 Point Fasteners, 13 Pieces 

NSN: 5120–00–NIB–0119—Combination, 1⁄2

Drive Shallow, SAE 12 Point Fasteners, 

17 Pieces 

NPA: Wiscraft, Inc., Milwaukee, WI 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, Kansas City, MO 

Coverage: B-List for the Broad Government 

Requirement as aggregated by the 

General Services Administration, Kansas 

City, MO. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Warehouse & Supply 

Support Service, Space and Naval 

Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, One 

Innovation Dr., Bldg. 3147 North 

Charleston, SC 

NPA: Goodwill Services, Inc., Richmond, VA 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Navy, 

SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic, North 

Charleston, SC 

Service Type/Location: IT Service Desk 

Support Service, USDA Forest Service, 

101B Sun Avenue NE., Suite 200, 

Albuquerque, NM 

NPA: Peckham Vocational Industries, Inc., 

Lansing, MI 

Contracting Activity: Department of 

Agriculture Forest Service, WO–AQM IT 

Support, Albuquerque, NM 

Comments: Comments were received 

from an AbilityOne nonprofit agency 

(NPA) that provides home-based 

employment for people with severe 

disabilities (hereafter ‘‘home-based 

NPA’’). The home-based NPA was 

among the AbilityOne NPAs considered 

to provide the IT Service Desk Support 

service to USDA. However, the central 

nonprofit agency (CNA) that is required 

to propose projects, along with qualified 

and capable NPAs to perform the 

projects, to the Committee for 

Procurement List (PL) consideration, 

did not recommend the home-based 

NPA to perform the subject service. 

The home-based NPA’s comments 

focused on the CNA’s procedures for 

evaluating its NPAs when making 

recommendations to the Committee of 

suitable projects for the government to 

procure from qualified nonprofit 

agencies. The home-based NPA asserts 

the CNA’s evaluation of its NPA and the 

subsequent recommendation were 

flawed since the CNA did not consider 

which NPA would maximize 

employment for people with severe 

disabilities. The home-based NPA also 

states that the CNA recommendation is 

not sufficient to support a government 

contract award decision and the review 

and recommendation was based on stale 

information that did not include the fact 

that the home-based NPA is currently 

performing these services for USDA. 

The home-based NPA also stated that it 

appealed the CNA recommendation 

through program channels; however, the 

appeal was not properly evaluated by 

the CNA and Committee staff. 

Therefore, the home-based NPA asserts 

that the recommendation should not be 

relied upon by the Committee. 

The Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act 

authorized the Committee to establish 

rules and regulations to administer the 

AbilityOne Program and directs the 

Committee to designate CNAs to assist 

in the program. Committee regulations 

require the CNAs to evaluate the 

qualifications and capabilities of the 

NPAs they represent in the AbilityOne 

Program. Committee regulations and 


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policy also establish criteria and 

procedures that are used when 

considering products and services for 

addition to the PL and in determining 

which of the approximately 600 

qualified NPAs will be designated to 

perform specific projects added to the 

PL. 

In this instance, the CNA 

recommended that the IT Service Desk 

Support service be considered for 

addition to the PL. The CNA also 

recommended a qualified AbilityOne 

NPA to perform the service for USDA; 

however, it was not the home-based 

NPA. The home-based NPA did not 

agree with the CNA recommendation 

and twice appealed the decision 

through the established AbilityOne 

Program procedures. The Committee ED 

conducted remanded the CNA’s first 

selection for recommendation back to 

SourceAmerica for corrective action. 

The corrective action required a second 

review process with new proposal 

submissions and a new and 

independent SourceAmerica review 

team. The second review team results 

and CNA recommendation was 

appealed by the home-based NPA. On 

review of the new NTI appeal the 

Commission ED concluded that the 

CNA followed and documented its 

process as required; therefore, there was 

no change or corrective action to the 

CNA recommendation of the NPA to 

perform the service. The CNA was then 

able to submit the Call Center PL 

addition for consideration of the 

Commission. 

The Committee does not subscribe to 

the commenter’s suggestion that 

products and services added to the PL 

must be furnished by the AbilityOne 

nonprofit agency that will maximize 

employment for people who are blind or 

severely disabled. Neither the JWOD Act 

nor the implementing regulations 

impose that as a requirement 

determining what nonprofit will 

provide the PL service. The JWOD Act 

requires all qualified nonprofit agencies 

to employ persons who are blind or 

significantly disabled on an annual 

basis for not less than 75% of the direct 

labor hours required to furnish products 

or services. To be considered suitable, 

Committee regulations require every 

AbilityOne product or service to meet 

the Federal customer’s requirement and 

standards, as well as provide 

employment potential for people who 

are significantly disabled. The vision of 

the AbilityOne Program is to enable 

each person with a disability to 

maximize his or her employment 

potential. None of these guidelines 

impose a measure of maximizing 

employment on a project level, which, 

if not balanced, could lead to 

inefficiencies or suboptimal solutions 

that are not in the best interest of the 

Government. 

The home-based NPA’s comment that 

the CNA recommendation is not 

sufficient to support a government 

contract award misstates the facts. The 

Committee determines which products 

and services are suitable for addition to 

the PL and designates which NPA will 

furnish the product or service to the 

government. The Committee does not 

award contracts to NPAs after items are 

added to the PL, nor does the CNA 

recommendation dictate the 

Committee’s decision. The government 

contract award is made by the 

appropriate contracting activity and is 

authorized by the PL addition in 

accordance with the JWOD Act. 

The home-based NPA also asserts that 

the CNA recommendation was based on 

stale information, since the CNA 

evaluation did not consider that the 

home-based NPA is currently 

performing contact center services for 

USDA. The home-based NPA’s 

comments state it is the incumbent. The 

Committee finds that the home-based 

NPA does not have a contract with the 

USDA for the Call Center, but a modest 

subcontract with the current 

commercial provider (IBM). Such 

commercial subcontracts are not 

evaluated by the Committee, as there is 

no requirement that commercial 

contracts meet JWOD Act standards. 

The home-based NPA established the 

subcontract after it was not 

recommended by the CNA to furnish the 

service. Prime contractors, not their 

subcontractors; have a contractual 

relationship with the government and 

primes are the incumbent. Therefore, 

the existence of a subcontract does not 

confer a priority over nonprofit agencies 

recommended to be the prime 

contractors through the established CNA 

process. 

Having fully considered all 

appropriate information, including 

information submitted by the CNA as 

required by Committee regulations, the 

Committee is satisfied that the IT 

Service Desk Support service is suitable 

for procurement by the Government and 

that the AbilityOne nonprofit agency 

designated by the Committee to perform 

the service is qualified and capable. 

Deletions 

On 7/11/2014 (79 FR 40066–40067), 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice of proposed 

deletions from the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the relevant 

matter presented, the Committee has 

determined that the products listed 

below are no longer suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the products deleted 

from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

are deleted from the Procurement List: 

Products 

NSN: 2510–01–251–8548—Blanket, 

Insulation, Thermal, Vehicular. 

NSN: 2510–01–251–9995—Panel, Insulation, 

Vehicular, Interior Left Hand Front 

Tunnel. 

NSN: 2510–01–335–7363—Panel, Insulation, 

Vehicular, Interior Right Hand Front 

Tunnel. 

NSN: 2510–01–421–8067—Panel, Insulation, 

Vehicular, Cab. 

NPA: New York City Industries for the Blind, 

Inc., Brooklyn, NY. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics 

Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, 

OH. 

Label, Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive 

NSN: 7530–00–577–4368. 

NSN: 7530–00–577–4369. 

NSN: 7530–00–577–4370. 

NSN: 7530–00–577–4371. 

NSN: 7530–00–577–4372. 

NSN: 7530–00–577–4376. 

NSN: 7530–00–982–0062. 

NSN: 7530–00–982–0064. 

NSN: 7530–00–982–0065. 

NSN: 7530–00–982–0066. 

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc., 

Williamsport, PA. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY. 

NSN: 8465–00–118–4956—Cover, Canteen, 

Water, Natural, 1 qt. 

NPA: Lions Industries for the Blind, Inc., 

Kinston, NC. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics 

Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, 


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PA. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing 

and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2014–19397 Filed 8–14–14; 8:45 am] 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Information Collection; Submission for 

OMB Review, Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS) has 

submitted a public information 

collection request (ICR) entitled 

AmeriCorps VISTA Project Progress 

Report for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of 

this ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

calling the Corporation for National and 

Community Service, Mr. Robert Cox, at 

202–606–6851 or email to vista@

americorps.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by the title of the 

information collection activity, to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB 

Desk Officer for the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, by 

any of the following two methods 

within 30 days from the date of 

publication in the Federal Register: 

(1) By fax to: 202–395–6974, 

Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk 

Officer for the Corporation for National 

and Community Service; or 

(2) By email to: smar@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Propose ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Propose ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments 

A 60-day Notice requesting public 

comment was published in the Federal 

Register on February 20, 2014. This 

comment period ended April 28, 2014. 

All comments and the disposition of 

each are addressed below. 

One set of comments was in regard to 

the Member Development section of the 

Project Progress Report. One comment 

expressed appreciation for the change in 

how applicants report information in 

this section. Specifically, respondents 

are now asked to report the number of 

hours of member development 

opportunities provided to AmeriCorps 

VISTA members, where previously 

respondents were asked to report the 

number of AmeriCorps VISTA members 

that received member development 

opportunities. The commenter stated 

that counting hours will be less 

burdensome for respondents. 

A second comment regarding the 

Member Development section suggested 

providing more detailed definitions of 

the individual member development 

areas. CNCS lists these member 

development areas (which include 

Community Volunteer Generation/

Recruitment, Effective Volunteer 

Management, and Grantwriting) without 

detailed definition because they are 

broad functions that are reflected in the 

assignment descriptions of VISTA 

members. CNCS believes their meaning 

is understandable to individuals 

involved in sponsoring a VISTA project. 

A third comment regarding the 

Member Development section was a 

suggestion to provide a higher character 

limit for the ‘‘Other’’ line than has been 

allowed in the past. CNCS notes that the 

character limit for respondents to 

provide professional development 

information for the ‘‘Other’’ area is 

higher than it has been in the past in the 

CNCS eGrants system and is of 

sufficient size to adequately spotlight 

professional development. 

A fourth set of comments focused on 

the Demographics section of the Project 

Progress Report. One comment noted a 

lack of clarity on whether respondents 

are being asked to provide information 

about a duplicated or unduplicated 

count of community volunteers who are 

recruited and managed. Another 

comment expressed a preference for one 

combined count that reflects community 

volunteers who are recruited and 

managed. CNCS notes that the measures 

included in the Demographics section 

are a subset of the CNCS National 

Performance Measures, which include 

specific definitions and data collection 

standards for each measure. Those 

standards require that the total number 

of volunteers recruited and managed is 

an unduplicated count and that 

respondents control for double counting 

or select the measure that best fits their 

program model. 

To clarify this requirement in the 

Project Progress Report, CNCS amended 

the Demographics section by creating 

one response line for community 

volunteers recruited and a separate 

response line for community volunteers 

managed. CNCS also added language 

that refers respondents to the definitions 

and data collection standards for each 

measure and thus the requirement to 

report an unduplicated count. 

Additionally, CNCS also created one 

line for respondents to report the 

number of hours of service contributed 

by community volunteers and a separate 

line for respondents to report the 

number of hours of service contributed 

by community volunteers managed. 

CNCS also added language that refers 

respondents to where they can find the 

definitions and data collection 

standards for those measures, as well as 

every other measure in this section. 

The fifth set of comments focused on 

the Performance Measure section of the 

Project Progress Report. One comment 

asked whether the instructions were 

requiring respondents to report on data 

collected for performance measures for 

the project in the aggregate or for each 

VISTA member individually. The CNCS 

requirement is neither. The CNCS 

requirement is for respondents to report 

progress with respect to each individual 

performance measure set that the 

respondent identified in their approved 

application. An individual performance 

measure set is based on the unique 

combination of a site and a capacity goal 

and may represent the activities of 

multiple VISTA members. 

To further clarify the requirement, 

CNCS amended the Performance 

Measurement section to require 

respondents to enter data for each 

individual performance measure set that 

was created in the application. The 

CNCS eGrants system will also 

automatically display each performance 

measure set for which respondents must 

enter data, further clarifying the 

requirement. 

Other comments regarding the 

Performance Measure section expressed 

the preference that CNCS require 

respondents to report data for the 


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