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Utilization, for their military department or

defense agency, select as many eligible prime

contractors (at least five) for participation

under the Program as deemed appropriate.

2. Establish a ‘‘Comprehensive Small

Business Subcontracting Plan’’ negotiating

team(s) composed as follows:

a. A contracting officer(s) who will be

responsible for negotiation and approval of

the comprehensive subcontracting plan(s) as

well as the responsibilities at FAR 19.705.

b. The contracting activity’s Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Specialist.

c. The Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization Specialist of the cognizant

contract administration activity that

administers the preponderance of the

selected prime contractor’s contracts and/or

the appropriate individual who will

administer contractor performance under the

test in accordance with FAR 19.706 and the

provisions herein.

d. Production specialist, price analyst and

other functional specialists as appropriate.

C. The designated contracting officer shall:

1. Encourage prime contractors interested

in participating in the program to enter the

program on a plant or facility basis.

2. Solicit proposed comprehensive

subcontracting plans from selected

contractor(s) as soon as possible and by July

1, annually thereafter.

3. By October 1, and annually thereafter,

review, negotiate and approve on behalf of

DoD a comprehensive subcontracting plan for

each selected contractor.

4. Distribute copies of the approved

subcontracting plan in accordance with

paragraph VI(A).

5. Upon negotiation and acceptance of the

comprehensive subcontracting plan, obtain

from the contractor:

a. A listing of all active DoD contracts that

contain individual subcontracting plans

required by Section 211 of Public Law 95–

507.

b. The listing shall include the following:

i. Contract number.

ii. Name and address of the contracting

activity.

iii. Contracting officer’s name and phone

number.

6. Upon receipt of the information

provided by the participating contractor

under paragraph V(C)(4), direct the

designated administrative contracting officer

to issue a comprehensive change order,

which modifies all of the contractor’s active

DoD contracts that include subcontracting

plans. The modification will substitute the

contractor’s approved comprehensive

subcontracting plan for the individual plans,

will substitute the clause at DFARS 252.219–

7004 for the clause at FAR 52.219–9, and will

delete the clauses at FAR 52.219–10 and

52.219–16 and DFARS 252.219–7003 and

252.219–7005, as appropriate.

7. Review annually, with the contract

administration activity, the contractor’s

performance under the plan. Document the

review findings and distribute, in accordance

with paragraph VI(A), within 45 days of the

end of the fiscal year.

8. By November 15 of the year after

acceptance, and annually thereafter,

determine whether the contractor has met its

comprehensive subcontracting goals. If the

goals have not been met, determine whether

there is any indication that the contractor

failed to make a good faith effort and take

appropriate action.

9. By December 15, 2005, prepare and

submit a report on each participating

contractor’s performance which details the

results of the Program. The report must

compare the contractor’s performance under

the Program with its performance for the

three fiscal years prior to acceptance into the

Program. The report distribution will be in

accordance with paragraph VI(A).

D. Participating contractors:

1. Shall establish their comprehensive

subcontracting plans on the same corporate,

division or plant-wide basis under which

they submitted the SF 295 during the

preceding fiscal year, except that those

contractors that historically reported through

a higher headquarters can elect to participate

as a separate (lower-level) reporting profit

center, plant or division if the contractor

achieved an SDB subcontracting performance

rate of 5 percent or greater in the preceding

fiscal year.

2. Upon negotiation of an acceptable

comprehensive subcontracting plan, shall be

exempt from individual contract-by-contract

reporting requirements for DoD contracts and

subcontracts under DoD contracts unless

otherwise required in accordance with

paragraph III(C)(5).

3. Shall continue individual contract

reporting on non-DoD contracts.

4. Shall comply with the flow-down

provisions of Section 211 of Public Law 95–

507 for large business subcontractors which

are not participating in the Program.

Consequently, large business concerns which

are not participating in the Program receiving

a DoD subcontract in excess of $500,000

($1,000,000 for construction) are required to

adopt a plan similar to that mandated by the

clause at FAR 52.219–9. Participating

contractors are prohibited from flowing down

the ‘‘Comprehensive’’ subcontracting

deviation provisions of DFARS 252.219–

7004. Accordingly, large business

subcontractors to the participating

contractors who themselves are not

participating in the Program shall be required

to establish individual subcontracting plans

with specific goals for awards to small

business, small disadvantaged business and

women-owned small business concerns.

5. Upon expulsion from the Program or

Program termination on September 10, 2005,

shall negotiate and establish individual

subcontracting plan son all future DoD

contracts that otherwise meet the

requirements of Section 211 of Public Law

95–507.

VI. Monitoring and Reporting of

Comprehensive Subcontracting Plans and

Goals

A. Upon negotiation and acceptance of

comprehansive subcontracting plans and

goals, the designated activity shall

immediately forward one copy of the plan to

each of the following:

1. Director, Office of Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of

the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

(Acquisition and Technology), 1777 North

Kent Street, Suite 9100, Arlington, VA 22209

2. Director, Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization, for the military

department or defense agency of the activity

that negotiated and accepted the

comprehensive subcontracting plan.

3. The cognizant contract administration

office.

B. Each participating contractor shall

complete the SF 295 ‘‘Summary Subcontract

Report’’ in accordance with the instructions

on the back of the form on a semi-annual

basis, except as noted below:

1. One copy of the SF 295 and attachments

shall be submitted to Director, Office of

Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization, Office of the Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and

Technology), 1777 North Kent Street, Suite

9100, Arlington, VA 22209.

2. Participating contractors shall enter in

Item 14 Remarks block the annual corporate,

division or plant-wide small business, small

disadvantaged business and women-owned

small business percentage and corresponding

dollar goals.

3. Participating contractors shall also enter

separately in Item 14 the percentage and

corresponding dollar goals for each of the

two selected industry categories (see

paragraph IV(A) (2)).

4. Participating contractors shall also enter

separately in Item 14 on a semi-annual

cumulative basis the percentage and

corresponding dollar amount of subcontract

awards made in each of the two selected

industry categories.

5. Participating contractors shall be exempt

from the completion of SF 294 ‘‘Subcontract

Report For Individual Contracts’’ for DoD

contracts during their participation in the

Program.

January 18, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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BILLING CODE 5001–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of proposed information

collection requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), since public

harm is reasonably likely to result if

normal clearance procedures are

followed. Approval by the Office of

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Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by January 31, 2000. A

regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

March 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer:

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget; 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Director of OMB provide

interested Federal agencies and the

public an early opportunity to comment

on information collection requests. The

Office of Management and Budget

(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, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests at the beginning of

the Departmental review of the

information collection. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g., new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. ED invites

public comment. The Department of

Education is especially interested in

public comment addressing the

following issues: (1) Is this collection

necessary to the proper functions of the

Department; (2) will this information be

processed and used in a timely manner;

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4) how might the Department enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (5) how

might the Department minimize the

burden of this collection on

respondents, including through the use

of information technology.

Dated: January 19, 2000.

William E. Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Grant Performance Report.

Abstract: ED uses the information

collection specific to ED FORM 524–B

for the award and administration of

multi-year discretionary grants. The

Department has substantially increased

the flexibility of the grant process by

enabling all years of multi-budgets to be

negotiated at the time of the initial

award. (ED GAPS001) and to submit

only performance report (ED FORM

524–B) to receive continuation funding.

This clearance also includes

government-wide common rules for

institutions of HIgher Education, NonProfit agencies, and State and local

governments.

Additional Information: There is an

urgent need for the six principal offices

to disseminate the approved Grant

Performance Report (524–B) at

scheduled technical assistance meetings

in February and March in order for

recipients to prepare the reports

accurately and to submit them in a

timely manner. Failure to receive the

information and technical assistance

would result in additional hardship to

an estimated 6,000 recipients.

Failure to receive the reports in a

timely manner would delay ED from

issuing the continuation awards in

accordance with Departmental

directives. Also, the reported

information is needed for ED to

document program and administrative

performance on essential indicators

described in ED’s strategic plan as

required by the Government

Performance and Results Act.

We are requesting an Emergency

Clearance by OMB for the Grant

Performance Report (524–B). When the

emergency clearance has been granted

the Department will submit the same

document to OMB for a three year

clearance.

Frequency: One time. High-risk grant

organizations may be required to report

more frequently.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Not-for-profit

institutions; Individuals or household.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 6,000. Burden

Hours: 120,000.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be

addressed to Vivian Reese, Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,

S.W., Room 5624, Regional Office

Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20202–

4651, or should be electronically mailed

to the internet address

OCIOlIMGlIssues@ed.gov, or should

be faxed to 202–708–9346.

Written comments or questions

regarding burden and/or the collection

activity requirements, contact Terry

O’Malley at (202) 395–6466. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before February

24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

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,

Information Management Group, 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

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)