Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 110 / Friday, June 8, 2007 / Notices 31815 

Dated: June 1, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–2845 Filed 6–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0138] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Contract 

Financing 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and 

SpaceAdministration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance (9000–0138). 

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 to a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning contract financing. The 

clearance currently expires on October 

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: Submit comments on or before 

August 7, 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, Regulatory 

Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0138, 

Contract Financing, in all 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. 

Patrick Conley, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA, (202) 501–4770. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Federal Acquisition Streamlining 

Act (FASA) of1994, Pub. L. 103–355, 

provided authorities that streamlined 

the acquisition process and minimize 

burdensome Government-unique 

requirements. Sections 2001 and 2051 of 

FASA substantially changed the 

statutory authorities for Government 

financing of contracts. Sections 2001(f) 

and 2051(e) provide specific authority 

for Government financing of purchases 

of commercial items, and sections 

2001(b) and 2051(b) substantially 

revised the authority for Government 

financing of purchases of noncommercial items. 

Sections 2001(f) and 2051(e) provide 

specific authority for Government 

financing of purchases of commercial 

items. These paragraphs authorize the 

Government to provide contract 

financing with certain limitations. 

Sections 2001(b) and 2051(b) also 

amended the authority for Government 

financing of non-commercial purchases 

by authorizing financing on the basis of 

certain classes of measures of 

performance. 

To implement these changes, DOD, 

NASA, and GSA amended the FAR by 

revising Subparts 32.0, 32.1, and 32.5; 

by adding new Subparts 32.2 and 32.10; 

and by adding new clauses to 52.232. 

The coverage enables the Government 

to provide financing to assist in the 

performance of contracts for commercial 

items and provide financing for noncommercial items based on contractor 

performance. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 2 hours per request for 

commercial financing and 2 hours per 

request for performance-based 

financing, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

The annual reporting burden for 

commercial financing is estimated as 

follows: 

Respondents: 1,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 5. 

Total Responses: 5,000. 

Hours Per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,000. 

The annual reporting burden for 

performance-based financing is 

estimated as follows: 

Respondents: 500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 12. 

Total Responses: 6,000. 

Hours Per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,000. 

0btaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F 

Street, NW, Room 4035, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0138, 

Contract Financing, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: May 23, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Acting Director, Contract Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–2863 Filed 6–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[No. USN–2007–0013] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Dates: Consideration will be given to 

all comments received by July 9, 2007. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number: 

Facilities Available for the Construction 

or Repair of Ships; Standard Form 17; 

OMB Number 0703–0006. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 130. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 130. 

Average Burden per Response: 4 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 520. 

Needs and Uses: This collection of 

information provides NAVSEASYSCOM 

and the Maritime Administration with a 

list of facilities available for the 

construction or repair of ships. The 

information is utilized in a database for 

assessing the production capacity of the 

individual shipyards. Respondents are 

businesses involved in shipbuilding 

and/or repair. 

Affected Public: Business or other-forprofit. 


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Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Hillary Jaffe. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jaffe at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: May 31, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–2846 Filed 6–7–07; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

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 July 9, 

2007. 

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, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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: June 1, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Robert C. Byrd Honors 

Scholarship Program Performance 

Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 57. 

Burden Hours: 570. 

Abstract: The information collected in 

the performance report ensures that 

State Education Agencies (SEAs) are 

making scholarships available in 

accordance with the legislation and 

regulations that govern the Robert C. 

Byrd Honors Scholarship Program. 

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 3304. 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 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E7–11047 Filed 6–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

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 July 9, 

2007. 

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, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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 


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