37122 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 114 / Tuesday, June 13, 2000 / Notices

Dated: June 7, 2000.

William Fox,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0132]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request Entitled

Contractors’ Purchasing Systems

Reviews

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an

extension to an existing OMB clearance

(9000–0132).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve an

extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Contractors’ Purchasing

Systems Reviews. A request for public

comments was published at 65 FR

17490, April 3, 2000. No comments

were received.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before July 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street,

NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC

20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Klein, Office of Federal

Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501–

3755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The objective of a contractor

purchasing system review (CPSR), as

discussed in Part 44 of the FAR, is to

evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness

with which the contractor spends

Government funds and complies with

Government policy when

subcontracting. The review provides the

administrative contracting officer a basis

for granting, withholding, or

withdrawing approval of the

contractor’s purchasing system.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Number of Respondents: 1,580.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Total Responses: 1,580.

Average Burden Per Response: 17.

Total Burden Hours: 26,860.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

208–5997. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0132, Contractors’ Purchasing

Systems Reviews, in all correspondence.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Edward C. Loeb,

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability of Inventions for

Licensing; Government-Owned

Inventions

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and are available

for licensing by the Department of Navy.

U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/

563,740 entitled, ‘‘ELECTRONIC

DEVICES WITH DIFFUSION BARRIER

AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME,’’

filing date: May 3, 2000, Navy Case No.

82111.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

patent application cited should be

directed to the Naval Surface Warfare

Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Code

CD222, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Building

183, Room 015, Dahlgren, VA 22448–

5100, and must include the Navy Case

number. Interested parties will be

required to sign a Confidentiality, NonDisclosure and Non-Use Agreement

before receiving copies of requested

patent applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James B. Bechtel, Patent Counsel, Naval

Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren

Laboratory, Code CD222, 17320

Dahlgren Road, Building 183, Room

015, Dahlgre, VA 22448–5100,

telephone (540) 653–8016.

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404

Dated: May 31, 2000.

J.L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August

14, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) provide interested Federal

agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by