Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 52 / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Notices 15739 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

John Kim, 

Acting Chief Strategy Officer, Office of 

Strategy and Special Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6364 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulation 

System 

[Docket No. DARS–2012–0015–0002] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System has submitted to OMB for 

clearance, the following proposals 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 April 16, 2012. 

Title, Associated Forms and OMB 

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 

Business Systems-Definition and 

Administration; DFARS 234, Earned 

Value Management Systems, OMB 

Control Number 0704–0479; and 

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Business SystemsDefinition and Administration; DFARS 

245, Contractors Property Management 

System, OMB Control Number 0704– 

0480. 

Type of Request for 0704–0479: 

Extension. 

Number of Respondents for 0704– 

0479: 186. 

Responses per Respondent for 0704– 

0479: 48. 

Annual Responses for 0704–0479: 

8,928. 

Average Burden per Response for 

0704–0479: 40 hours. 

Annual Burden Hours for 0704–0479: 

357,120. 

Type of Request for 0704–0480: 

Extension. 

Number of Respondents for 0704– 

0480: 2,646. 

Responses per Respondent for 0704– 

0480: 1. 

Annual Responses for 0704–0480: 

2,646. 

Average Burden per Response for 

0704–0480: 1.2 hours. 

Annual Burden Hours for 0704–0480: 

3,200. 

Needs and Uses: a. DFARS 242.70, 

Contractor Business Systems, and the 

clauses at 252.242–7005, Contractor 

Business Systems, 252.234–7002, 

Earned Value Management Systems, and 

252.245–7003, Contractor Property 

Management System Administration, 

require certain contractors to establish 

and maintain acceptable business 

systems which include contractor 

Earned Value Management Systems and 

property management systems, and 

respond in writing to an initial 

determination from the administrative 

contracting officer that identifies 

deficiencies in any of the contractor’s 

business systems, as well as written 

notifications from the Government that 

identifies deficiencies in the 

contractor’s business systems. 

Affected Public: The business systems 

clause will be used in solicitations and 

contracts that include DFARS clause 

252.234–7002, Earned Value 

Management System, or 252.245–7003, 

Contractor Property System 

Administration. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or maintain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Seehra 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 the Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other public 

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 provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check http://www.regulations.gov 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

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, 4800 

Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East 

Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 

22350–3100. 

Ynette R. Shelkin, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6255 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 15, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding burden and/or the collection 

activity requirements should be 

electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@

ed.gov or mailed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Please note that written comments 

received in response to this notice will 

be considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

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