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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15711-15712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05613]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulation System

[Docket No. 2012-0044-0001]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for 
clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by April 
11, 2013.
    Title, Associated Forms and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) part 242, Contract Administration and 
Audit Services, and related clauses in DFARS part 252; DD Form 1659, 
Application for U.S. Government Shipping Documentation/Instructions; 
DFARS 247.207 and the related clause at 252.247-7028; OMB Control 
Number 0704-0250.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 5,583.
    Responses Per Respondent: 27.2.
    Annual Responses: 152,014.
    Average Burden per Response: 1.3 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 202,103.
    Needs and Uses: The Government requires this information in order 
to perform its contract administration functions. DoD uses the 
information as follows:
    a. The information required by DFARS subpart 242.11 is used by 
contract administration offices to monitor contract progress, identify 
factors that may delay contract performance, and to ascertain potential 
contract delinquencies.
    b. The information required by DFARS 252.242-7004 is used by 
contracting officers use to determine if contractor material management 
and accounting systems conform to established DoD standards.
    c. The information required by DFARS 252.247-7028, and submitted on 
DD Form 1659, is used by contract administration offices and 
transportation officers to provide bills of lading to contractors. This 
requirement was previously addressed at DFARS 242.1404-2-70, and the 
related clause at DFARS 252.242-7003. Since the last renewal of this 
public information collection requirement, DFARS 242.14 has been 
realigned under DFARS part 247; therefore, when the associated OMB 
Clearance (No. 0704-0245) for DFARS part 247 is renewed in 2014, the 
information required by DFARS 252.247-7028 will be included in that 
renewal request and will not be included in any future renewal requests 
for DFARS part 242, Contract Administration and Audit Services.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket 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 number, and title for the Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other public 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 provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please 
check http://www.regulations.gov approximately two to three days after

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submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of 
comments submitted by mail).
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Suite 02G09, 
Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

Kortnee Stewart,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2013-05613 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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