34850 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 141 / Monday, July 23, 2018 / Notices 

acquire shares of M1 Bank, Macks 

Creek, Missouri. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 17, 2018. 

Ann Misback, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15613 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0010; Docket No. 

2018–0053; Sequence No. 18] 

Submission for OMB Review; Progress 

Payments (SF–1443) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement regarding 

progress payments. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

August 22, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field or attach a file for 

lengthier comments. Go to http://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

instructions on the site. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0010, Progress 

Payments, SF 1443. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0010, Progress Payments, SF 1443, 

in all correspondence related to this 

collection. Comments received generally 

will be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 

at telephone 202–969–7207, or email 

zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Certain Federal contracts provide for 

progress payments to be made to the 

contractor during performance of the 

contract. Pursuant to FAR clause 

52.232–16 ‘‘Progress Payments,’’ 

contractors are required to request 

progress payments on Standard Form 

(SF) 1443, ‘‘Contractor’s Request for 

Progress Payment,’’ or an agency 

approved electronic equivalent. 

Additionally, contractors may be 

required to submit reports, certificates, 

financial statements, and other pertinent 

information, reasonably requested by 

the Contracting Officer. The contractual 

requirement for submission of reports, 

certificates, financial statements and 

other pertinent information is necessary 

for protection of the Government against 

financial loss through the making of 

progress payments. 

B. Public Comment 

A 60 day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 83 FR 18566, on 

April 27, 2018. No comments were 

received. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

The Electronic Document Access 

system (DoD official contract file 

system) indicates that in Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2017, 19,755 DoD contract awards 

contain FAR clause 52.232–16, Progress 

Payments. 

The estimated total burden is as 

follows: 

Respondents: 19,755. 

Responses per Respondent: 32. 

Total Annual Responses: 632,160. 

Hours per Response: 0.42. 

Total Burden Hours: 265,507. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the General 

Services Administration, Regulatory 

Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0010, Progress 

Payments, SF 1443, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15616 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

[GAO–18–568G] 

2018 Revision—Government Auditing 

Standards 

AGENCY: U.S. Government 

Accountability Office. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) has issued 

its 2018 revision to Government 

Auditing Standards, known as the 

‘‘Yellow Book.’’ To help ensure that the 

standards continue to meet the needs of 

the government auditing community, 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States established the Yellow Book 

Advisory Council to provide input on 

revisions to the Yellow Book. This 2018 

revision of the standards includes the 

Advisory Council’s input regarding the 

changes. It also includes input from 

public comments received on the 2017 

exposure draft. The changes contained 

in the 2018 revision to Government 

Auditing Standards reflect major 

developments in the auditing, 

accountability, and financial 

management professions. 

The 2018 revision to Government 

Auditing Standards is available in 

electronic format for download from 

GAO’s web page at www.gao.gov using 

GAO–18–568G as a report number. It 

will also be available for sale in 

hardcopy from the Government 

Publishing Office in the near future at 

http://bookstore.gpo.gov or other GPO 

locations listed there. GAO–18–568G 

may be used to find its GPO stock 

number and ISBN. 

DATES: The 2018 revision will be 

effective for financial audits, attestation 

engagements, and reviews of financial 

statements for periods ending on or after 

June 30, 2020, and for performance 

audits beginning on or after July 1, 2019. 

Early implementation is not permitted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on Government Auditing 

Standards, please submit questions 

electronically to James R. Dalkin, 


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