Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 230 / Thursday, November 29, 2012 / Notices 71185 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket No. DARS–2012–0042–0001] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 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 December 31, 

2012. 

Title, Associated Forms and OMB 

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 

232, Contract Financing, and the clause 

at 252.232–7002, Progress Payments for 

Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0321. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 381. 

Responses per Respondent: 

Approximately 12. 

Annual Responses: 4,572. 

Average Burden per Response: 

Approximately 1.5 hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 6,858 

(includes 2,286 response hours plus 

4,572 recordkeeping hours). 

Needs and Uses: The Arms Export 

Control Act requires, in the absence of 

a special Presidential Finding, that the 

U.S. Government purchase military 

equipment for foreign governments 

using foreign funds and without any 

charge to U.S. appropriated funds. In 

order to comply with this requirement, 

the Government needs to know how 

much to charge each country as progress 

payments are made for foreign military 

sales (FMS) purchases. The Government 

can only obtain this information from 

the contractor preparing the progress 

payment request. The clause at 252.232– 

7002, requires a contractor whose 

contract includes FMS requirements to 

submit a progress payment request with 

a supporting schedule that clearly 

distinguishes the contract’s FMS 

requirements from U.S. contract 

requirements. 

The information generated by the 

progress payment submission 

requirements of DFARS part 232 is used 

by contracting officers to maintain an 

audit trail and permit verification of 

calculations. The Government also uses 

this information to determine how 

much to disburse to the contractor. 

Absent this information, the 

Government would be unable to pay the 

FMS portion of the progress payment 

request, thereby breaching its 

contractual duties, with subsequent 

damages payable to the contractor; the 

Disbursing Officer would commit a 

statutory violation in wrongfully 

disbursing U.S. funds contrary to the 

Congressional instructions for payments 

for FMS work; or the U.S. Government 

would violate its fiduciary duty to the 

foreign country whose funds are 

improperly disbursed for some other 

country’s purchases. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for- profit institutions. 

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 this 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. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28879 Filed 11–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID USN–2012–0020] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to alter a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

proposes to alter a system of records in 

its inventory of record systems subject 

to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective on December 31, 2012 unless 

comments are received which result in 

a contrary determination. Comments 

will be accepted on or before December 

31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Patterson, Department of the 

Navy, DNS–36, 2000 Navy Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20350–2000 or call at 

(202) 685–6545. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Navy notices for 

systems of records subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. The proposed system report, 

as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on November 20, 2012, to the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Senate 

Committee on Governmental Affairs, 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c 

of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A– 

130, ‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities 


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