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

**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