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for an equitable adjustment if 

Government-furnished property is 

decreased, substituted, or withdrawn by 

the Government. 

(z) FAR 52.245–4 requires a contractor 

to submit a timely written request for an 

equitable adjustment when 

Government-furnished property is not 

furnished in a timely manner. 

(aa) FAR 52.245–5(a)(4) requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer when Government-furnished 

property is received that is not suitable 

for use. 

(bb) FAR 52.245–5(a)(5) requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer when Government-furnished 

property is not received in a timely 

manner. 

(cc) FAR 52.245–5(b)(2) requests a 

contractor to submit a written request 

for an equitable adjustment if 

Government-furnished property is 

decreased, substituted, or withdrawn by 

the Government. 

(dd) FAR 52.245–7(f) requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer when use of all facilities falls 

below 75% of total use. 

(ee) FAR 52.245–7(l)(2) requires a 

contractor to alert the contracting officer 

within 30 days of receiving facilities 

that are not suitable for use. 

(ff) FAR 52.245–9(f) requires a 

contractor to submit a facilities use 

statement to the contracting officer 

within 90 days after the close of each 

rental period. 

(gg) FAR 52.245–10(h)(2) requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer if facilities are received that are 

not suitable for the intended use. 

(hh) FAR 52.245–11(e) requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer when use of all facilities falls 

below 75% of total use. 

(ii) FAR 52.245–11(j)(2) requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer within 30 days of receiving 

facilities not suitable for intended use. 

(jj) FAR 52.245–17 requires a 

contractor to maintain special tooling 

records. 

(kk) FAR 52.245–18(b) requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer 30 days in advance of the 

contractor’s intention to acquire or 

fabricate special test equipment (STE). 

(ll) FAR 52.245–18(d) & (e) requires a 

contractor to furnish the names of 

subcontractors who acquire or fabricate 

special test equipment (STE) or 

components and comply with paragraph 

(d) of this clause, and contractors must 

comply with the (b) paragraph of this 

clause if an engineering change requires 

acquisition or modification of STE. In so 

complying, the contractor shall identify 

the change order which requires the 

proposed acquisition, fabrication, or 

modification. 

(mm) FAR 52.245–19 requires a 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer if there is any change in the 

condition of property furnished ‘‘as is’’

from the time of inspection until time of 

receipt. 

(nn) FAR 49.602–2(a) through (e) 

refers to the inventory schedule forms, 

SF’s 1426 through 1434. 

This information is used to facilitate 

the management of Government 

property in the possession of the 

contractor. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Number of Respondents: 27,884. 

Responses per Respondent: 488.6. 

Total Responses: 13,624,122. 

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 

.4826. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,575,805. 

The total burden hours have changed 

under this OMB clearance 9000–0075 to 

reflect the incorporation of hours 

currently associated with OMB 

clearance 9000–0151 (FAR Case l995–

013) which expired as of June 2000 and 

was not renewed. The OMB collection 

burden associated with Government 

property nonetheless remains 

unchanged. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy ofthe 

information collection documents from 

the General ServicesAdministration, 

FAR Secretariat (VIR), Room 4035, 1800 

F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0075, 

Government Property, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: October 6, 2006. 

Ralph De Stefano, 

Director, Acquisition Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–8864 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0136] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Commercial 

Item Acquisitions 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension to an existing 

OMB clearance (9000–0136). 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning the clauses and provisions 

required for use in commercial item 

acquisitions. A request for public 

comments was published in the Federal 

Register at 71 FR 38867, July 10, 2006. 

No comments were received. The OMB 

clearance expires on October 31, 2006. 

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: Submit comments on or before 

November 24, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Jackson, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 208–4949. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

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

Washington, DC 20405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Federal Acquisition Streamlining 

Act of 1994 included Title VIII, entitled 

Commercial Items. The title made 

numerous additions and revisions to 

both the civilian agency and Armed 

Service acquisition statutes to encourage 

and facilitate the acquisition of 

commercial items and services by 

Federal Government agencies.To 

implement these changes, DOD, NASA, 

and GSA amended the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to include 

several streamlined and simplified 

clauses and provisions to be used in 

place of existing clauses and provisions. 

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They were designed to simplify 

solicitations and contracts for 

commercial items.Information is used 

by Federal agencies to facilitate the 

acquisition of commercial items and 

services. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 37,500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 34. 

Total Responses: 1,275,000. 

Hours Per Response: .312. 

Total Burden Hours: 397,800. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VIR), Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0136, Commercial Item 

Acquisitions, in all correspondence. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Ralph De Stefano, 

Director,Contract Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–8865 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Missile Defense Advisory Committee 

(MDAC) 

AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency (MDA). 

ACTION: Notice of Closed Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Missile Defense Advisory 

Committee will meet in closed session 

on November 28–29, 2006, in 

Washington, DC. 

The mission of the Missile Defense 

Advisory Committee is to provide the 

Department of Defense advice on all 

matters relating to missile defense, 

including system development, 

technology, program maturity and 

readiness of configurations of the 

Ballistic Missile Defense System 

(BMDS) to enter the acquisition process. 

At this meeting, the Committee will 

conduct classified discussions on 

capability-based acquisition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: COL 

David R. Wolf, Designated Federal 

Official (DFO) at david.wolf@mda.mil, 

phone/voice mail (703) 695–6438, or 

mail at 7100 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20302–7100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 

II), it has been determined that this 

Missile Defense Advisory Committee 

meeting concerns matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, 

the meeting will be closed to the public. 

Dated: October 19, 2006. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Office, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–8868 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management 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 

November 24, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, 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) 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. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: October 19, 2006. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Priority Needs for Educational 

Research Needs of the Southwest and 

Establishing a Baseline for SWREL 

Performance. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Individuals or 

household; Businesses or other forprofit. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 8,052. Burden Hours: 

2,013. 

Abstract: The Southwestern Regional 

Educational Laboratory (SWREL) has 

been tasked with establishing a baseline 

for SWREL performance and identifying 

the educational needs (Pre-K through 

Higher Education) of constituents 

within its five state region. The 

respondents will consist of parents, 

business leaders, and educators (e.g., 

teachers, principals, testing directors, 

etc.) from Arkansas, Louisiana, New 

Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The 

information obtained in this project will 

provide a landscape of the region. It will 

also identify the educational research 

needs of SWREL constituents and create 

insights needed to most efficiently serve 

those constituents. In addition, it will 

identify satisfaction levels with current 

research available, identify educational 

issues facing SWREL constituents, and 

identify unique areas of technical 

assistance most needed. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3165. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

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