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the effective date to be less than 30 days after

publication in the Federal Register.

389The following parties have submitted letters to

the Commission, which are treated as informal

comments and considered part of the record in this

proceeding: Borden, Champion, and Sitel.

171. It is further ordered that the

Commission’s Office of Managing

Director SHALL SEND a copy of this

Second Report and Order, including the

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the

Small Business Administration.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

Communications common carriers,

Operator service access, Payphone

compensation, Telephone.

Rule Changes

Part 64 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

1. The authority citation for Part 64

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 1066, as

amended: 47 U.S.C. 154, unless otherwise

noted. Interpret or apply secs. 201, 218, 226,

228, 276, 48 Stat. 1070, as amended; 47

U.S.C. 201, 218, 226, 228, 276 unless

otherwise noted.

2. Section 64.1300 (c) and (d) are

revised to read as follows:

§ 64.1300 Payphone compensation

obligation.

* * * * *

(c) In the absence of an agreement as

required by paragraph (a) of this section,

the carrier is obligated to compensate

the payphone service provider at a percall rate equal to its local coin rate less

$0.066 at the payphone in question.

(d) For the initial two-year period

during which carriers are required to

pay per-call compensation, in the

absence of an agreement as required by

paragraph (a) of this section, the carrier

is obligated to compensate the

payphone service provider at a per-call

rate of $0.284. After this initial two-year

period of per-call compensation,

paragraph (c) of this section will apply.

Note: This attachment will not be

published in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Attachment B—Parties Filing Comments in

Response to Payphone Remand Public

Notice

1. Air Touch Paging (‘‘AirTouch’’)

2. American Public Communications Council

(‘‘APCC’’)

3. America’s Carriers Telecommunications

Association (‘‘ACTA’’)

4. AT&T Corp. (‘‘AT&T’’)

5. Cable and Wireless, Inc. (‘‘CWI’’)

6. Communications Central, Inc. (‘‘CCI’’)

7. Competition Policy Institute (‘‘CPI’’)

8. Competitive Telecommunications

Association (‘‘CompTel’’)

9. Excel Telecommunications, Inc. (‘‘Excel’’)

10. Frontier Corporation (‘‘Frontier’’)

11. General Communication, Inc. (‘‘GCI’’)

12. Inmate Calling Services Providers

Coalition (‘‘Inmate’’)

13. International Telecard Association

(‘‘ITA’’)

14. LCI International Telecom Corp. (‘‘LCI’’)

15. MCI Telecommunications Corporation

(‘‘MCI’’)

16. MIDCOM Communication, Inc.

(‘‘MIDCOM’’)

17. NATSO, Inc. (‘‘NATSO’’)

18. PageMart Wireless, Inc. (‘‘PageMart’’)

19. Paging Network, Inc. (‘‘PageNet’’)

20. Peoples Telephone Company, Inc.

(‘‘Peoples’’)

21. Personal Communications Industry

Association (‘‘PCIA’’)

22. RBOC/GTE/SNET Payphone Coalition

(‘‘RBOC’’)

23. RCN Telecom Services, Inc. (‘‘RCN’’)

24. Software Defined Network Users

Association (‘‘SDN’’)

25. Sprint Corporation (‘‘Sprint’’)

26. Telaleasing Enterprises, Inc. (‘‘TEI’’)

27. Telecommunications Resellers

Association (‘‘TRA’’)

28. Teleport Communications Group Inc.

(‘‘Teleport’’)

29. United States Telephone Association

(‘‘USTA’’)

30. WorldCom, Inc. d/b/a LDDS WorldCom

(‘‘WorldCom’’)

Note: This attachment will not be

published in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Attachment C—Parties Filing Reply

Comments to Payphone Remand Public

Notice 389

1. Air Touch Paging (‘‘AirTouch’’)

2. American Public Communications Council

(‘‘APCC’’)

3. America’s Carriers Telecommunications

Association (‘‘ACTA’’)

4. Arch Communications Group (‘‘Arch’’)

5. AT&T Corp. (‘‘AT&T’’)

6. Cable and Wireless, Inc. (‘‘CWI’’)

7. Competition Policy Institute (‘‘CPI’’)

8. Competitive Telecommunications

Association (‘‘CompTel’’)

9. Consumer Federation of American and

Consumer Action (‘‘CFA’’)

10. Excel Telecommunications, Inc. and

Telco Communications Group, Inc.

(‘‘Excel’’)

11. Frontier Corporation (‘‘Frontier’’)

12. GE Capital Communications Services

Corporation (‘‘GECCS’’)

13. General Communication, Inc. (‘‘GCI’’)

14. Illinois Public Telecommunications

Association (‘‘IPTA’’)

15. Inmate Calling Services Providers

Coalition (‘‘Inmate’’)

16. International Telecard Association

(‘‘ITA’’)

17. IPSP Ad Hoc Committee for Consumer

Choice (‘‘IPSP’’)

18. MCI Telecommunications Corporation

(‘‘MCI’’)

19. MIDCOM Communication, Inc.

(MIDCOM)

20. Oncor Communications (‘‘Oncor’’)

21. PageMart Wireless, Inc. (‘‘PageMart’’)

22. Paging Network, Inc. (‘‘PageNet’’)

23. Peoples Telephone Company, Inc. and

Communications Central, Inc. (‘‘Peoples’’)

24. Personal Communications Industry

Association (‘‘PCIA’’)

25. RBOC/GTE/SNET Payphone Coalition

(‘‘Coalition’’)

26. RCN Telecom Services, Inc. (‘‘RCN’’)

27. Sprint Corporation (‘‘Sprint’’)

28. Telaleasing Enterprises, Inc. (‘‘TEI’’)

29. United States Telephone Association

(‘‘USTA’’)

30. WorldCom, Inc. d/b/a LDDS WorldCom

(‘‘WorldCom’’)

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket 96–128; DA 97–2214]

Pay Telephone Reclassification and

Compensation Provisions of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of partial waiver of

regulations.

SUMMARY: On October 7, 1997, the

Common Carrier Bureau granted, on its

own motion, a limited waiver of five

months, until March 9, 1998, to those

local exchange carriers and payphone

service providers that cannot provide

payphone-specific digits as required by

orders in this proceeding. This limited

waiver applied to the requirement that

local exchange carriers provide

payphone-specific coding digits to

payphone service providers, and that

payphone service providers provide

coding digits from their payphones

before they can receive per-call

compensation from interexchange

carriers for subscriber 800 and access

code calls, and 0+ and inmate calls (47

CFR 64.1300–64.1340). The limited

waiver recognized that three parties had

filed petitions for waiver of the

payphone-specific coding digit

requirements. This document seeks

comment on those waiver requests.

DATES: The partial waiver of 47 CFR

64.1300–64.1340 is effective October 7,

1997 until March 9, 1998. Comments are

due on or before October 30, 1997, and

reply comments are due on or before

November 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Room 222, 1919 M St.,

Washington, DC 20554.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rose Crellin or Greg Lipscomb, Formal

Complaints and Information Branch,

Enforcement Division, Common Carrier

Bureau. (202) 418–0960.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Parts 1807, 1816, 1817, 1827,

1832, 1837, 1842, 1845, and 1852

Miscellaneous Revisions to the NASA

FAR Supplement

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This is a final rule amending

the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to

specify sources of the NASA

Acquisition Forecast; amend regulations

on types of contracts and special

contracting methods; correct errors in

regulations on patents, data, and

copyrights; add new language on

contract financing; remove unnecessary

language relating to service contracting;

implement direct submission of

vouchers to NASA paying offices; and

clarify contractor property reporting

requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

O’Toole, NASA, Office of Procurement,

Contract Management Division (Code

HK), (202) 358–0478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

NFS 1807.7205(a) specifies the

Internet URL to obtain the annual NASA

Acquisition Forecast and its semiannual

update. This URL is outdated and is

corrected. Paragraph (b) of this section

specifies that a hard copy of the forecast

may be obtained from the Headquarters

Office of Procurement (HS) and the

Office of Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization (Code K). NASA

believes electronic access is the most

efficient method to disseminate

information in an expedient manner,

and the hard copy availability is

deleted. Changes are made in Part 1816

to revise existing language and add a

new section 1816.404. Changes are

made to Part 1817 to remove paragraph

(a)(2) from section 1817.7001 and

transferring it to a new subpart 1817.72.

Changes are made to Part 1827 to

reinsert language inadvertently deleted

in the NFS Rewrite (1827.301) and

correct a typographical error (1827.303–

70). The change in Part 1837 is to delete

paragraph (c) of section 1837.110–70.

Changes are made to Parts 1842 and

1852 to implement a Defense Contract

Audit Agency (DCAA) program for

contractor direct submission of interim

vouchers to NASA paying offices

without prior DCAA review. Finally,

NFS Part 1845 is clarified to specify that

fee associated with fabrication of

Government property shall be included

in Contractor Government property

reports.

Impact

NASA certifies that this regulation

will not have a significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

business entities under the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

This final rule does not impose any

reporting or recordkeeping requirements

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1807,

1816, 1817, 1827, 1832, 1837, 1842,

1845, and 1852

Government procurement.

Tom Luedtke,

Deputy Associate Administrator for

Procurement.

Accordingly, 48 CFR Parts 1807, 1816,

1817, 1827, 1832, 1837, 1842, 1845, and

1852 are amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR

Parts 1807, 1816, 1817, 1827, 1832,

1837, 1842, 1845, and 1852 continues to

read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1).

PART 1807—ACQUISITION PLANNING

1807.105 [Amended]

2. In section 1807.105, the designated

paragraph (b)(19) is redesignated as

paragraph (b)(20).

1807.7205 [Amended]

3. Section 1807.7205 is revised to read

as follows:

1807.7205 Public availability.

The annual forecast and semiannual

update are available on the NASA

Acquisition Internet Service (http://

www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/).

PART 1816—TYPES OF CONTRACTS

1816.402–270 [Amended]

4. In paragraph (a) to section

1816.402–270, the phase ‘‘total

estimated cost and fee’’ is revised to

read ‘‘total value (including options)’’.

1816.404 [Added]

5. Section 1816.404 is added to read

as follows:

1816.404 Fixed-price contracts with award

fees.

Section 1816.405–2 applies to the use

of FPAF contracts as if they were CPAF

contracts. However, neither base fee (see

1816.405–271) nor evaluation of cost

control (see 1816.405–274) apply to

FPAF contracts.

1816.406–70 [Amended]

6. In paragraph (a) to section

1816.406–70, the phrase ‘‘a cost-plusaward-fee’’ is revised to read ‘‘an awardfee’’.

7. In paragraph (b) to section

1816.406–70, the phrase ‘‘a cost-plusaward-fee’’ is revised to read ‘‘an awardfee’’, and the following sentence is

added to the end of the paragraph:

‘‘When the clause is used in a fixedprice award fee contract, it shall be

modified by deleting references to base

fee in paragraphs (a), and by deleting

paragraph (c)(1), the last sentence of

(c)(4), and the first sentence of (c)(5).’’

8. In paragraph (e) to section

1816.406–70, the phrase ‘‘cost-plusaward-fee’’ is revised to read ‘‘an awardfee’’, and the following sentence is

added to the end of the paragraph:

‘‘When the clause is used in a fixedprice award fee contract, it shall be

modified to delete references to base fee

and to reflect the contract type.’’

PART 1817—SPECIAL CONTRACTING

METHODS

1817.503 [Amended]

9. In section 1817.503, the existing

paragraph is redesignated as ‘‘(2)’’ and

a new paragraph (a) is added to read as

follows:

1817.503 Determinations and findings

requirements.

(a) See 1817.72 for additional

information on interagency transaction

requirements.

* * * * *

1817.7001 [Amended]

10. In section 1817.7001, paragraph

(a)(1) is redesignated as paragraph (a),

and paragraph (a)(2) is removed.

Subpart 1817.72—[Added]

11. Subpart 1817.72 is added to read

as follows:

Subpart 1817.72—Interagency

Transactions

1817.7201 Policy.

(a) Although the Space Act provides

interagency transaction authority nearly

equivalent to the Economy Act, NASA

has elected to conform its

implementation of the Space Act to the

requirements of the Economy Act.