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invites the public to comment upon a 

renewal concerning authorized 

negotiators and integrity of unit prices. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The FAR Council invites 

interested persons to submit comments 

on this collection by either 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 9000–0048, Authorized 

Negotiators and Integrity of Unit Prices. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite Information Collection 9000– 

0048, Authorized Negotiators and 

Integrity of Unit Prices. Comments 

received in response to this docket will 

be made available for public inspection 

and posted without change, including 

any personal information, at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

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). This information 

collection is pending at the FAR 

Council. The Council will submit it to 

OMB within 60 days from the date of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael O. Jackson, Procurement 

Analyst, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, GSA, 202–208– 

4949, or via email to michaelo.jackson@

gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Description of the Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Revision/Renewal of a currently 

approved collection. 

2. Title of the Collection: Authorized 

Negotiators and Integrity of Unit Prices. 

3. Agency form number, if any: None. 

Solicitation of Public Comment 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public should address one or 

more of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

B. Purpose 

This information collection 

requirement, OMB Control No. 9000– 

0048, currently titled ‘‘Authorized 

Negotiators,’’ is proposed to be retitled 

‘‘Authorized Negotiators and Integrity of 

Unit Prices,’’ due to consolidation with 

currently approved information 

collection requirement OMB Control 

No. 9000–0080, Integrity of Unit Prices. 

This information collection 

requirement pertains to information that 

offerors and contractors must submit in 

response to the requirements in the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as 

follows: 

1. Authorized Negotiators—FAR 

52.215–1(c)(2)(iv). Firms offering 

supplies or services to the Government 

under negotiated solicitations must 

provide the names, titles, and telephone 

and facsimile numbers (and electronic 

addresses if available) of authorized 

negotiators to assure that discussions 

are held with authorized individuals. 

2. Integrity of Unit Prices—FAR 

52.215–14. This clause, Integrity of Unit 

Prices, requires offerors and contractors 

under Federal contracts awarded 

without adequate price competition to 

identify those supplies which they will 

not manufacture or to which they will 

not contribute significant value. This 

requirement does not apply to: 

Contracts below the simplified 

acquisition threshold, construction and 

architect-engineering services, utility 

services, service contracts where 

supplies are not required, commercial 

items, and contracts for petroleum 

products. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

1. Authorized Negotiators—FAR 

52.215–1(c)(2)(iv) 

Respondents: 15,524. 

Responses per Respondent: 8. 

Total Annual Responses: 124,192. 

Hours per Response: 0.017. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,111. 

2. Integrity of Unit Prices—FAR 52.215– 

14 

Respondents: 4,292. 

Responses per Respondent: 10. 

Total Annual Responses: 42,920. 

Hours per Response: 1. 

Total Burden Hours: 42,920. 

3. Summary 

Respondents: 19,816. 

Total Annual Responses: 167,112. 

Total Burden Hours: 45,031. 

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. 9000–0048, 

Authorized Negotiators and Integrity of 

Unit Prices, in all correspondence. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19128 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with subsection 

(e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is 

providing notice of a new computer 

matching program between CMS and 

the Department of the Treasury 

(Treasury), Internal Revenue Services 

(IRS), ‘‘Verification of Household 

Income and Family Size for Insurance 

Affordability Programs and 

Exemptions.’’ 

DATES: The deadline for comments on 

this notice is October 5, 2018. The reestablished matching program will 

commence not sooner than 30 days after 

publication of this notice, provided no 

comments are received that warrant a 


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change to this notice. The matching 

program will be conducted for an initial 

term of 18 months (from approximately 

October 2018 to April 2020) and within 

3 months of expiration may be renewed 

for one additional year if the parties 

make no change to the matching 

program and certify that the program 

has been conducted in compliance with 

the matching agreement. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit comments on the new matching 

program to the CMS Privacy Officer by 

mail at: Division of Security, Privacy 

Policy & Governance, Information 

Security & Privacy Group, Office of 

Information Technology, Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Location: N1–14–56, 7500 Security 

Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244–1850, or 

walter.stone@cms.hhs.gov. Comments 

received will be available for review 

without redaction unless otherwise 

advised by the commenter at this 

location, by appointment, during regular 

business hours, Monday through Friday 

from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about the matching 

program, you may contact Jack Lavelle, 

Senior Advisor, Marketplace Eligibility 

and Enrollment Group, Centers for 

Consumer Information and Insurance 

Oversight, CMS, at (410) 786–0639, by 

email at Jack.Lavelle1@cms.hhs.gov, or 

by mail at 7501 Wisconsin Ave., 

Bethesda, MD 20814. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a) provides certain 

protections for individuals applying for 

and receiving federal benefits. The law 

governs the use of computer matching 

by federal agencies when records in a 

system of records (meaning, federal 

agency records about individuals 

retrieved by name or other personal 

identifier) are matched with records of 

other federal or non-federal agencies. 

The Privacy Act requires agencies 

involved in a matching program to: 

1. Enter into a written agreement, 

which must be prepared in accordance 

with the Privacy Act, approved by the 

Data Integrity Board of each source and 

recipient federal agency, provided to 

Congress and the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), and made available 

to the public, as required by 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o), (u)(3)(A), and (u)(4). 

2. Notify the individuals whose 

information will be used in the 

matching program that the information 

they provide is subject to verification 

through matching, as required by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(D). 

3. Verify match findings before 

suspending, terminating, reducing, or 

making a final denial of an individual’s 

benefits or payments or taking other 

adverse action against the individual, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(p). 

4. Report the matching program to 

Congress and the OMB, in advance and 

annually, as required by 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o) (2)(A)(i), (r), and (u)(3)(D). 

5. Publish advance notice of the 

matching program in the Federal 

Register as required by 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(12). 

This matching program meets these 

requirements. 

Walter Stone, 

CMS Privacy Act Officer, Division of Security, 

Privacy Policy and Governance, Information 

Security and Privacy Group, Office of 

Information Technology, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: 

The Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is the 

recipient agency, and the Department of 

the Treasury (Treasury), Internal 

Revenue Services (IRS) is the source 

agency. 

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING

PROGRAM: 

The statutory authority for the 

matching program is 42 U.S.C. 18001. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of the matching program 

is to provide CMS with IRS return 

information which CMS and state-based 

administering entities (AEs) will use to 

verify household income and family 

size for applicants and enrollees 

receiving (1) initial determinations of 

eligibility to enroll in a qualified health 

plan (including the Medicaid/Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and a 

state’s basic health program) through a 

federally-facilitated exchange 

established under the Affordable Care 

Act (ACA) and for insurance 

affordability programs (including 

advance payments of the premium tax 

credit and cost sharing reductions) and 

certificates of exemption; and (2) 

subsequent eligibility redetermination 

and renewal decisions, including appeal 

decisions. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS: 

The individuals whose information 

will be used in the matching program 

are consumers (applicants and 

enrollees) who receive the eligibility 

determinations described in the 

preceding Purpose(s) section (in 

particular, taxpayers whose return 

information is requested from IRS to 

verify an applicant’s or enrollee’s 

household income and family size). 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: 

The categories of records used in the 

matching program are identity 

information and return information 

(specifically, household income and 

family size information). To request 

return information from IRS, CMS will 

provide IRS with the relevant taxpayer’s 

name, social security number (SSN), 

and relationship to the applicant(s) or 

enrollee(s) (i.e., primary, spouse, or 

dependent). When IRS is able to match 

the SSN and name provided by CMS 

and return information is available, IRS 

will disclose to CMS the following items 

of return information with respect to 

that taxpayer: 

1. SSN; 

2. family size; 

3. tax filing status; 

4. modified adjusted gross income 

(MAGI); 

5. taxable year with respect to which 

the preceding information relates or, if 

applicable, the fact that such 

information is not available; and 

6. any other specified item of return 

information authorized pursuant to 26 

U.S.C. 6103(1)(21) and its implementing 

regulations. 

SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: 

The records used in this matching 

program will be disclosed from the 

following systems of records, as 

authorized by routine uses published in 

the System of Records Notices (SORNs) 

cited below: 

A. System of Records Maintained by 

CMS 

• CMS Health Insurance Exchanges 

System (HIX), CMS System No. 09–70– 

0560, last published in full at 78 FR 

63211 (Oct. 23, 2013), as amended at 83 

FR 6591 (Feb. 14, 2018). 

B. System of Records Maintained by 

IRS 

• Customer Account Data Engine 

(CADE) Individual Master File, Privacy 

Act SOR Treasury/IRS 24.030, 

published at 80 FR 54082 (Sept. 8, 

2015). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Child Care and Development 

Fund Monthly Case Level (ACF–801). 

OMB No.: 0970–0167. 

Description: Section 658K of the Child 

Care and Development Block Grant 


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