Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 37 / Tuesday, February 25, 1997 / Notices 8511

of IRS contractors—Evaluation of IRS

contractors’ performance and

development of performance

measures—Development of

recommendations regarding a prime

integration contractor—Evaluation of

IRS effectiveness—Ad hoc technical

advice—Acquisition Support as

necessary. This procurement will not

involve a request for proposals.

However, expressions of interest and

qualification or capability statements

should be submitted by interested

entities who are capable of fulfilling this

requirement. The qualification or

capability statements received will be

used to select potentially qualified

entities, which may at a later date be

requested to submit additional

information and/or provide an oral

presentation as part of a final selection.

This is the third and final

announcement issued under the

authority of 48 CFR 5.205(b)

DATES: Please submit your qualification

or capability statements not later than

March 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Responses to this notice

must be mailed to the Internal Revenue

Service, A/C Procurement, Office of End

Users Systems Branch, 6009 Oxon Hill

Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 7th floor/

Constellation Building M:P:I:E.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

request, a copy of a scope of work for

the intended FFRDC will be mailed to

any interested party or interested parties

can download the information from the

IRS Procurement Bulletin Board System.

Please follow these instructions to

access the PBBS, dial the following

number (202) 799–0943. Your system

must be set at the following defaults:

Baud Rate of 9600, No Parity, 8 Data

Bits, 1 Stop Bit. The system will prompt

you for your name, business name and

address, the kind of system you are

using, user ID and a password of your

choice. At the Main System Menu the

following will appear ‘‘Make your

selection (T,F,E, etc.* * *):’’ Type ‘‘L’’

and press the <ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘S’’

to select a library and press the

<ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘RFP’’ and press

the <ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘F’’ and press

the <Enter> Key to list files. Press the

<ENTER> Key to view the list of files.

Type ‘‘C’’ to view the file list. Download

the file ‘‘FFRDC.DOC’’. The system

operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Send a written request, for a copy of the

statement of work, to the contracting

officer at the address specified above.

No oral communication will be

accepted. Qualification or Capability

Statement, should be submitted in

written form to the Contracting Officer

at the address specified above.

Responses to this notice should make

reference to Project No. TIRNO–97–R–

00018.

James A. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Commissioner

(Procurement).

[FR Doc. 97–4644 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–U

Office of Thrift Supervision

[AC–3; OTS No. 03369]

Hemlock Federal Bank for Savings,

Oak Forest, Illinois; Approval of

Conversion Application

Notice is hereby given that on

February 12, 1997, the Director,

Corporate Activities, Office of Thrift

Supervision, or her designee, acting

pursuant to delegated authority,

approved the application of Hemlock

Federal Bank for Savings, Oak Forest,

Illinois, to convert to the stock form of

organization. Copies of the application

are available for inspection at the

Dissemination Branch, Office of Thrift

Supervision, 1700 G Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20552, and the Central

Regional Office, Office of Thrift

Supervision, 200 West Madison Street,

Suite 1300, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

Dated: February 20, 1997.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4643 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6720–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Agency Information Collection:

Emergency Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Health

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Veterans Health

Administration (VHA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following emergency

proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507(j)(1)). The reason for emergency

clearance request is that these

information collections are essential to

the VA’s mission. The use of normal

clearance procedures is reasonably

likely to prevent the VHA from timely

conducting the collections of

information. OMB has been requested to

act this emergency clearance request by

March 11, 1997.

OMB Control Number: None assigned.

Title and Form Number: Generic

Clearance for the Veterans Health

Administration Customer Satisfaction

Surveys.

Type of Review: New collection.

Need and Uses: VHA will conduct the

customer satisfaction surveys under this

generic clearance to implement

Executive Order 12862, Setting

Customer Service Standards. If the

surveys were not conducted, VHA

would be unable to comply with the

Executive Order, and would not have

the information needed to establish

standards for the best possible

customer-focused service. VHA will use

the information gathered to determine

where and to what extent services are

satisfactory, and where and to what

extent they are in need of improvement.

The information may lead to policy

changes to improve VHA’s overall

operations. Voluntary customer surveys

will not be used as substitutes for

traditional program evaluation surveys

that measure objectives outcomes. In

order to maximize the voluntary

response rates, the information

collections will be designed to make

participation convenient, simple, and

free of unnecessary barriers.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 22,350

hours.

a. Nationwide Inpatient Survey—

10,500 hours.

b. Nationwide Outpatient Survey—

7,625 hours.

c. Outpatient Home Based Survey—

1,225 hours.

d. Local Surveys (VA Medical

Facilities)—1,225 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent:

a. Nationwide Inpatient Survey—15

minutes.

b. Nationwide Outpatient Survey—15

minutes.

c. Outpatient Home Based Survey—15

minutes.

d. Local Surveys (VA Medical

Facilities)—10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Number of

Respondents: 94,900.

a. Nationwide Inpatient Survey—

42,000.

b. Nationwide Outpatient Survey—

30,000.

c. Outpatient Home Based Survey—

4,900.

d. Local Surveys (VA Medical

Facilities)—18,000.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this submission

may be obtained from Ron Taylor,