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security program due to ownership or 

control by a foreign government; 

• Determine whether there is a 

compelling reason for a contractor to 

enter into a subcontract in excess of 

$30,000 with a firm, or subsidiary of a 

firm, that is identified in the List of 

Parties Excluded from Federal 

Procurement and Nonprocurement as 

being ineligible for award of Defense 

subcontracts because it is owned or 

controlled by the government of a 

terrorist country; 

• Evaluate claims of indemnification 

for losses or damages occurring under a 

research and development contract; and 

• Keep track of radio frequencies on 

electronic equipment under research 

and development contracts so that the 

user does not override or interfere with 

the use of that frequency by another 

user. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,628. 

Number of Respondents: 573. 

Responses per Respondent: 

Approximately 2. 

Annual Responses: 1,144. 

Average Burden per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Summary of Information Collection 

This information collection pertains 

to information, as required in DFARS 

parts 208, 209, 235, and associated 

clauses in part 252 that an offeror must 

submit to DoD in response to a request 

for proposals or an invitation for bids or 

a contract requirement. In particular, the 

information collection covers the 

following DFARS requirements: 

• 252.208–7000, Intent to Furnish 

Precious Metals as GovernmentFurnished Material. Paragraph (b) of this 

clause requires an offeror to cite the 

type and quantity of precious metals 

required in the performance of the 

contract. Paragraph (c) requires the 

offeror to submit two prices for each 

deliverable item that contains precious 

metals: one based on the Government 

furnishing the precious metals, and the 

other based on the contractor furnishing 

the precious metals. 

• 252.209–7001, Disclosure of 

Ownership or Control by the 

Government of a Terrorist Country. 

Paragraph (c) of this provision requires 

an offeror to provide a disclosure with 

its offer if the government of a terrorist 

country has a significant interest in the 

offeror, in a subsidiary of the offeror, or 

in a parent company of which the 

offeror is a subsidiary. 

• 252.209–7002, Disclosure of 

Ownership or Control by a Foreign 

Government. Paragraph (c) requires the 

offeror to provide a disclosure with its 

offer of any interest a foreign 

government has in the offeror when that 

interest constitutes control of the offeror 

by a foreign government. 

• 252.209–7004, Subcontracting with 

Firms that are Owned or Controlled by 

the Government of a Terrorist Country. 

Paragraph (b) requires the contractor to 

notify the contracting officer in writing 

before entering into a subcontract in 

excess of $30,000 with a party that is 

identified in the List of Parties Excluded 

from Federal Procurement and 

Nonprocurement Programs as being 

ineligible for award of defense contracts 

or subcontracts because it is owned or 

controlled by the government of a 

terrorist country. The contractor must 

provide the name of the proposed 

subcontractor and the compelling 

reasons for doing business with the 

subcontractor. 

• 252.235–7000, Indemnification 

Under 10 U.S.C. 2534—Fixed Price; and 

252.235–7001, Indemnification Under 

10 U.S.C. 2534—Cost-Reimbursement. 

Paragraphs (f) and (e), respectively, of 

these clauses require contractors to 

notify the contracting officer of any 

claim and provide (1) proof or evidence 

of a claim and (2) copies of all pertinent 

papers when the contractor is to be 

indemnified. 

• DFARS 252.235–7003, Frequency 

Authorization. Paragraph (b) requires 

that the contractor or subcontractor 

provide to the contracting officer the 

technical operating characteristics for 

any experimental, developmental, or 

operational equipment for which the 

appropriate frequency allocation has not 

been made. 

Ynette R. Shelkin, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30515 Filed 11–25–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[OMB Control Number 0704–0454] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; 

Administrative Matters 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension of a public 

information collection requirement and 

seeks public comment on the provisions 

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of DoD, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved this information 

collection requirement for use through 

January 31, 2012. DoD proposes that 

OMB extend its approval for three 

additional years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by January 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0454, using any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: dfars@osd.mil. Include OMB 

Control Number 0704–0454 in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 703–602–0350. 

• Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Mr. Julian 

Thrash, OUSD (AT&L) DPAP/DARS, 

Room 3B855, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check http://www.regulations.gov 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Julian Thrash, at (703) 602–0310. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available 

electronically on the Internet at: http:// 

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/ 

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Mr. Julian Thrash, OUSD (AT&L) 

DPAP (DARS), Room 3B855, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 204, 

Administrative Matters: U.S. 

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Additional Protocol; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0454. 

Needs and Uses: This requirement is 

necessary to provide for protection of 

information or activities with national 

security significance. As such, this 

information collection requires 

contractors to comply with the 

notification process at DFARS clause 

252.204–7010, Requirement for 

Contractor to Notify DoD if the 

Contractor’s Activities are Subject to 

Reporting Under the U.S.-International 

Atomic Energy Agency Additional 

Protocol. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 300. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 300. 

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 300. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Summary of Information Collection 

Under the U.S.-International Atomic 

Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional 

Protocol, the United States is required to 

declare a wide range of public and 

private nuclear-related activities to the 

IAEA and potentially provide access to 

IAEA inspectors for verification 

purposes. The U.S.-IAEA Additional 

Protocol permits the United States 

unilaterally to declare exclusions from 

inspection requirements for activities 

with direct national security 

significance. 

The clause at 252.204–7010 is 

included in contracts for research and 

development or major defense 

acquisition programs involving 

fissionable materials (e.g., uranium, 

plutonium, neptunium, thorium, 

americium); other radiological source 

materials; or technologies directly 

related to nuclear power production, 

including nuclear or radiological waste 

materials. 

The clause requires a contractor to 

provide written notification to the 

applicable DoD program manager and a 

copy of the notification to the 

contracting officer, if the contractor is 

required to report its activities under the 

U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol. Upon 

such notification, DoD will determine if 

access may be granted to IAEA 

inspectors, or if a national security 

exclusion should be applied. 

Mary Overstreet, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30486 Filed 11–25–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection requests. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 

Information and Records Management 

Services, Office of Management, 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 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

been requested by December 9, 2011. A 

regular clearance process is also 

beginning. Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

January 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

emailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.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 Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 

Information and Records Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

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: November 22, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Loan Verification Certificate for 

Special Direct Consolidation Loans. 

OMB #: Pending. 

Abstract: This Loan Verification 

Certificate (LVC) will serve as the means 

by which the U.S. Department of 

Education (the Department) collects 

certain information from commercial 

holders of Federal Family Education 

Loan (FFEL) Program loans that a 

borrower wishes to consolidate into the 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

(Direct Loan) Program under a special 

initiative announced by the White 

House in an October 25, 2011 fact sheet 

titled ‘‘Help Americans Manage Student 

Loan Debt.’’ Loans made under this 

initiative are known as Special Direct 

Consolidation Loans. The information 

collected on the LVC includes the 

amount needed to pay off the loans that 

the borrower wants to consolidate and 

other information required by the 

Department to make and service a 

Special Direct Consolidation Loan. 

The purpose of the special 

consolidation initiative is to encourage 

borrowers who have both commerciallyheld FFEL Program loans and other 

loans that are held by the Department 

(either Direct Loan Program loans or 

FFEL Program loans previously sold to 

the Department by a FFEL Program 

lender) to consolidate their 

commercially-held FFEL Program loans 

into the Direct Loan Program. Currently, 

these borrowers have at least two loan 

servicers and are required to make at 

least two separate monthly payments on 


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