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need for developing such an HostVector 1 system. 

Background information may be 

obtained by contacting NIH OBA via email at oba@od.nih.gov. Alternatively, 

information is available on the OBA 

Web site at http://oba.od.nih.gov/oba/ 

news_events_oba.html. 

Dated: November 3, 2010. 

Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, 

Acting Director, Office of Biotechnology 

Activities, National Institutes of Health. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28698 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Various Contract Related 

Forms That Will Be Included in the 

Homeland Security Acquisition 

Regulation, DHS Form 0700–01, DHS 

Form 0700–02, DHS Form 0700–03, 

DHS FORM 0700–04 

AGENCY: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

ACTION: 60–Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension without Change, 

1600–0002. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, will submit the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 

35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 14, 2011. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to the Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS Attn.: Camara 

Francis, Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of the Chief 

Procurement Officer, Room 3114, 

Washington, DC 20528, 

Camara.Francis@hq.dhs.gov, 202–447– 

5904. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection under the HSAR 

is necessary in order to implement 

applicable parts of the FAR (48 CFR). 

The four forms under this collection of 

information request are used by offerors, 

contractors, and the general public to 

comply with requirements in contracts 

awarded by the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). The four 

forms are DHS Form 0700–01, 

Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation 

Statement; DHS Form 0700–02, 

Contractor’s Assignment of Refund, 

Rebates, Credits and Other Amounts; 

DHS Form 0700–03, Contractor’s 

Release; and DHS Form 0700–04, 

Employee Claim for Wage Restitution. 

These four forms will be used by 

contractors and/or contract employees 

during contract administration. 

The information will be used by DHS 

contracting officers to ensure 

compliance with terms and conditions 

of DHS contracts and to complete 

reports required by other Federal 

agencies such as the General Services 

Administration and the Department of 

Labor. If this information is not 

collected, the DHS could inadvertently 

violate statutory or regulatory 

requirements and the DHS’s interest 

concerning inventions and contractor’s 

claims would not be protected. 

There has been an increase in the 

estimated annual burden hours 

previously reported for this collection. 

An adjustment in annual burden is 

necessary at this time in the amount of 

1534 actions and hours. The initial 

annual burden was based on a lower 

number of contract actions which 

related to the fact that DHS was a new 

agency with consolidated acquisition 

procedures, processes, and policies. 

Although, there is an increase in the 

estimated burdened hours, there is no 

change in the information being 

collected. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. 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; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

Title: Various contract related forms 

that will be included in the Homeland 

Security Acquisition Regulation. 

OMB Number: 1600–0002. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Number of Respondents: 8,635. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,635. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$236,253.60. 

Dated: November 2, 2010. 

Richard Spires, 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28575 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Regulation on Agency 

Protests 

AGENCY: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension without Change, 

1600–0004. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, will submit the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 

35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 14, 2011. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to Office of Chief Procurement Officer, 

Acquisition Policy and Legislation 

Office, DHS Attn.: Camara Francis, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, 

Room 3114, Washington, DC 20528, 

Camara.Francis@hq.dhs.gov, 202–447– 

5904. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); 

48 CFR Chapter 1 provides general 

procedures on handling protests 

submitted by contractors to federal 


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