13700 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2024 / Notices 

• Customs, taxes, and duties are 

waived for qualifying country end 

products and components of defense 

procurements. 

If DoD (for the U.S. Government) 

concludes a new RDP Agreement with 

the Republic of Korea and DoD executes 

a blanket public interest determination, 

as intended, the Republic of Korea will 

be listed as one of the qualifying 

countries at DFARS 225.872–1(a). 

While DoD is evaluating Republic of 

Korea laws and regulations in this area, 

DoD would benefit from U.S. industry’s 

experience in participating in Republic 

of Korea public defense procurements. 

DoD is, therefore, asking U.S. firms that 

have participated or attempted to 

participate in procurements by or on 

behalf of the Republic of Korea Ministry 

of National Defense and Armed Forces 

to let DoD know if the procurements 

were conducted with transparency, 

integrity, fairness, and due process in 

accordance with published procedures, 

and if not, the nature of the problems 

encountered. 

DoD is also interested in comments 

relating to the degree of reciprocity that 

exists between the United States and the 

Republic of Korea when it comes to the 

openness of defense procurements to 

offers of products from the other 

country. Further, DoD would like to 

understand the degree to which U.S. 

industry feels that it would have equal 

and proportional access to the Republic 

of Korea defense market as the Republic 

of Korea would have under an RDP 

Agreement. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03705 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2023–0039; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0341] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Part 239, 

Acquisition of Information Technology 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance the following 

proposed revision and extension of a 

collection of information under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tucker Lucas, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 239, 

Acquisition of Information Technology, 

and associated clause at DFARS 

252.239–7000; OMB Control Number 

0704–0341. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 1,880. 

Responses per Respondent: 

Approximately 8.6. 

Annual Responses: 16,172. 

Average Burden per Response: 

Approximately 0.5 hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 8,086. 

Needs and Uses: This requirement 

provides for the collection of 

information from contractors regarding 

security of information technology. 

Contracting officers and other DoD 

personnel use the information to ensure 

that information technology is 

protected. The clause at DFARS 

252.239–7000, Protection Against 

Compromising Emanations, requires 

that the contractor provide, upon 

request of the contracting officer, 

documentation that information 

technology used or provided under the 

contract meets appropriate information 

assurance requirements. 

The requirement at DFARS 239.7408, 

which requires the contracting officer to 

obtain a detailed special construction 

proposal from a common carrier that 

submits a proposal or quotation that has 

special construction requirements 

related to the performance of basic 

telecommunications services, is being 

removed from this collection. 

Approximately three offerors are 

required to submit a special 

construction proposal each year, which 

does not require OMB approval under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act because it 

does not meet the threshold of ten or 

more members of the public being 

affected within any 12-month period. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Tucker 

Lucas. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Mr. Lucas at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03734 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2023–0041; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0390] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 

229, Taxes 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance the following 

proposed extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tucker Lucas, 571–372–7574, or 


ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1