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Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20581. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Riva 

Adriance, (202) 418–5495; FAX (202) 

418–5527; e-mail: rshiltz@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor, 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 350(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal 

Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CFTC is publishing 

notice of the proposed collection of 

information listed below. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, the CFTC 

invites comments on: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have a practical use; 

• The accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality of, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Establishing Procedures To Implement 

the Notification Requirements for 

Entities Operating as Exempt Markets 

OMB Control No. 3038–0054—

Extension 

Sections 2(h)(3) through (5) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act (Act) add 

exempt commercial markets as markets 

excluded from the Act’s other 

requirements. The rules implement the 

qualifying conditions of the exemption. 

Rule 36.3(a) implements the notification 

requirements, and rule 36.3(b)(1) 

establishes information requirements for 

exempt commercial markets consistent 

with sections 2(h)(5)(B) of the Act. An 

exempt commercial markets consistent 

with section 2(h)(5)(B) of the Act. An 

exempt commercial market may provide 

the Commission with access to 

transactions conducted on the facility or 

it can satisfy its reporting requirements 

by complying with the Commissions’s 

reporting requirements. The Act 

affirmatively vests the Commission’s 

reporting requirements. The Act 

affirmatively vests the Commission with 

comprehensive antimanipulation 

enforcement authority over these 

trading facilities. The Commission is 

charged with monitoring these markets 

for manipulation and enforcing the 

antimanipuation provisions of the Act. 

The informational requirements 

imposed by proposed rules are designed 

to ensure that the Commission can 

effectively perform these functions. 

Section 5d of the Act establishes a 

category of market exempt from 

Commission oversight referred to as an 

‘‘exempt board of trade.’’ Rule 36.2 

implements regulations that define 

those commodities that are eligible to 

trade on an exempt board of trade. Rule 

36.2(b) implements the notification 

requirements of section 5d of the Act. 

Rule 36.2(b)(1) requires exempt boards 

of trade relying on this exemption to 

disclose to traders that the facility and 

trading on the facility is not regulated 

by the Commission. This requirement is 

necessary to make manifest the nature of 

the market and to avoid misleading the 

public. 

The Commission estimates the burden 

of this collection of information as 

follows: 

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Total Annual Responses: 20. 

Total Annual Hours: 200. 

Dated: May 16, 2007. 

Eileen A. Donovan, 

Acting Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0090] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Rights in Data 

and Copyrights 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for a revision 

to an existing OMB clearance. 

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 a revision 

of a currently approved information 

collection requirement concerning 

rights in data and copyrights. A request 

for public comments was published in 

the Federal Register at 72 FR 10178, on 

March 7, 2007. No comments were 

received. This OMB clearance expires 

on June 30, 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: Submit comments on or before 

June 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the General 

Services Administration, FAR 

Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ernest Woodson, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 501–3775. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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A. Purpose 

Rights in data regulations concern the 

rights of the Government, and 

organizations with which the 

Government contracts, to information 

developed under such contracts. The 

delineation of such rights is necessary 

in order to protect the contractor’s rights 

to not disclose proprietary data and to 

insure that data developed with public 

funds is available to the public.The 

information collection burdens and 

recordkeeping requirements included in 

the regulations fall into the following 

four categories: 

(a) A provision which is to be 

included in solicitations where the 

offeror would identify any proprietary 

data he/she would use during contract 

performance in order that the 

contracting officer might ascertain if 

such proprietary data should be 

delivered. 

(b) Contract provisions which, in 

unusual circumstances, would be 

included in a contract and require a 

contractor to deliver proprietary data to 

the Government for use in evaluation of 

work results, or is software to be used 

in a Government computer. These 

situations would arise only when the 

very nature of the contractor’s work is 

comprised of limited rights data or 

restricted computer software and if the 

Government would need to see that data 

in order to determine the extent of the 

work. 

(c) A technical data certification for 

major systems, which requires the 

contractor to certify that the data 

delivered under the contract is 

complete, accurate and compliant with 

the requirements of the contract. As this 

provision is for major systems only, and 

few civilian agencies have such major 

systems, only about 30 contracts will 

involve this certification. 

(d) The Additional Data Requirements 

clause, which is to be included in all 

contracts for experimental, 

developmental, research, or 

demonstration work (other than basic or 

applied research to be performed solely 

by a university or college where the 

contract amount will be $500,000 or 

less). The clause requires that the 

contractor keep all data first produced 

in the performance of the contract for a 

period of three years from the final 

acceptance of all items delivered under 

the contract. Much of this data will be 

in the form of the deliverables provided 

to the Government under the contract 

(final report, drawings, specifications, 

etc.). Some data, however, will be in the 

form of computations, preliminary data, 

records of experiments, etc., and these 

will be the data that will be required to 

be kept over and above the deliverables. 

The purpose of such recordkeeping 

requirements is to insure that the 

Government can fully evaluate the 

research in order to ascertain future 

activities and to insure that the research 

was completed and fully reported, as 

well as to give the public an opportunity 

to assess the research results and secure 

any additional information. All data 

covered by this clause is unlimited 

rights data paid for by the Government. 

The Rights in Data–General clause 

(FAR 52.227–14(d)), outlines a 

procedure whereby a contracting officer 

can challenge restrictive markings on 

data delivered. Under civilian agency 

contracts, limited rights data or 

restricted computer software is rarely, if 

ever, delivered to the Government. 

Therefore, there will rarely be any 

challenges. Thus, there is no burden on 

the public. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 1,100. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 1,100. 

Hours Per Response: .95. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,045. 

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden 

The annual recordkeeping burden is 

estimated as follows: 

Recordkeepers: 1,100. 

Hours Per Recordkeeper: 2. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 

2,200. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VIR), Room 4035, 1800 

F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0090, Rights in 

Data and Copyrights, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: May 14, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Acting Director,Contract Policy Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Substitutions 

for Military or Federal Specifications 

and Standards (OMB Control Number 

0704–0398) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

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 

September 30, 2007. This proposal also 

includes 1,124 burden hours related to 

alternate preservation, packaging, and 

packing, presently approved under 

OMB Control Number 0704–0187 for 

use through February 28, 2009. DoD 

proposes that OMB extend its approval 

for these collections for 3 additional 

years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by July 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0398, using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: dfars@osd.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0398 in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (703) 602–7887. 

• Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Ms. Amy 


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