Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 72 / Monday, April 16, 2007 / Notices 18963 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0006] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Subcontracting 

Plans/Subcontracting Report for 

Individual Contracts (Standard Form 

294) 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance (9000–0006). 

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 subcontracting plans/ 

subcontracting report for individual 

contracts (Standard Form 294). The 

clearance currently expires on August 

31, 2007. 

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 June 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the Regulatory Secretariat 

(VIR), General Services Administration, 

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0006, Subcontracting 

Plans/Subcontracting Report for 

Individual Contracts (Standard Form 

294), in all correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhonda Cundiff, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 501–0044. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

In accordance with Federal 

Acquisition Regulation 19.702, 

contractors receiving a contract for more 

than the simplified acquisition 

threshold agree to have small business, 

small disadvantaged business, and 

women-owned small business, 

HUBZone small business, veteranowned small business and servicedisabled veteran-owned small business 

concerns participate in the performance 

of the contract as far as practicable. 

Contractors receiving a contract or a 

modification to a contract expected to 

exceed $550,000 ($1,000,000 for 

construction) must submit a 

subcontracting plan that provides 

maximum practicable opportunities for 

the above named concerns. Specific 

elements required to be included in the 

plan are specified in section 8(d) of the 

Small Business Act and implemented in 

FAR Subpart 19.7. 

In conjunction with these plans, 

contractors must submit semiannual 

reports of their progress on Standard 

Form 294, Subcontracting Report for 

Individual Contracts. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 4,253. 

Responses Per Respondent: 3.44. 

Total Responses: 14,622. 

Hours Per Response: 50.56 

Total Burden Hours: 739,225. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), Room 

4035, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0006, 

Subcontracting Plans/Subcontracting 

Report for Individual Contracts 

(Standard Form 294), in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: April 6, 2007 

Al Matera 

Acting Director,Contract Policy Division 

[FR Doc. 07–1861 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 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 June 15, 

2007. 

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. 

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 the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Innovation and Improvement 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Credit Enhancement for Charter 

School Facilities Performance Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: 

Not-for-profit institutions; State, 

Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 


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