63846 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 25, 2000 / Notices

Pilot Mentor-Protege Program; OMB

Control Number 0704–0332.

Needs and Uses: DoD needs this

information to evaluate whether the

purposes of the DoD Pilot MentorProtege Program have been met. The

purposes of the Program are to: (1)

Provide incentives to major DoD

contractors to assist protege firms in

enhancing their capabilities to satisfy

contract and subcontract requirements;

(2) increase the overall participation of

protege firms as subcontractors and

suppliers; and (3) foster the

establishment of long-term business

relationships between protege firms and

major DoD contractors. This Program

implements Section 831 of the National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510) and

Section 811 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000

(Public Law 106–65) (10 U.S.C. 2302

note). Participation in the Program is

voluntary.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Annual Burden Hours: 931 (includes

538 recordkeeping hours).

Number of Respondents: 269.

Responses Per Respondent: 3.

Annual Responses: 393.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour

reporting; 3.7 hours recordkeeping.

Frequency: Semiannually (mentor);

Annually (protege).

Summary of Information Collection

DFARS Appendix I–111(a) requires

mentor firms to report on the progress

made under active mentor-protege

agreements semiannually for the periods

ending March 31st and September 30th.

The September 30th report must address

the entire fiscal year. Reports must

include—

(1) Data on performance under the

mentor-protege agreement, including

dollars obligated, expenditures, credit

taken under the Program, small

disadvantaged business (SDB)

subcontract awards under DoD

contracts, developmental assistance

provided, impact of the agreement, and

progress of the agreement; and

(2) For each contract where

developmental assistance was credited

toward an SDB subcontracting goal, a

copy of Standard Form 294,

Subcontracting Report for Individual

Contracts, with a statement

identifying—

(i) The amount of dollars credited to

the SDB subcontracting goal as a result

of developmental assistance provided to

protege firms under the Program; and

(ii) The number and dollar value of

subcontracts awarded to the protege

firm(s), broken out per protege.

DFARS Appendix I–111(b) requires

the mentor firm and the protege firm to

annually provide data on the progress

made by the protege firm in

employment, revenues, and

participation in DoD contracts during

each fiscal year of the Program

participation term and each of the 2

fiscal years following the expiration of

the Program participation term. During

the Program participation term, the

firms may provide this data as part of

the mentor report required by I–111(a)

for the period ending September 30th.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense 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).

Title and OMB Number: Central

Contractor Registration (CCR); OMB

Number 0704–0400.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 300,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 300,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 0.5

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 150,000.

Needs and Uses: The Central

Registration (CCR) provides a single

point of entry for vendors that want to

do business with the Department of

Defense. As of June 1, 1998, both

current and potential DoD vendors are

required to register in the CCR in order

to do business with the DoD if the

contract solicitation occurred after May

31, 1998. Vendors are required to

complete a one-time registration to

provide basic information relevant to

procurement and financial transactions.

Vendors must update or renew their

registration annually to maintain active

status. The CCR validates the vendor’s

information and electronically shares

the secure and encrypted data with the

Defense Finance and Accounting

Service (DFAS) to facilitate paperless

payments through electronic funds

transfer (EFT). Additionally, CCR shares

the data with several government

procurement and electronic business

systems.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion and annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain and retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Lewis W.

Oleinick.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Oleinick at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD (Acquisition), Room 10236,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 00–27319 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

meeting.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

(DSB) Task Force on Systems

Technology for the Future U.S. Strategic

Posture will meet in closed session on

November 13–14, 2000, at Offutt Air

Force Base, Nebraska. This Task Force

will review the likely nature and

evolution of potential future strategic

challenges to the U.S., advanced

technologies for nuclear weapons

systems and non-nuclear strategic

weapons systems, and advanced C4ISR

technology applications for strategic

contingencies.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition, Technology &

Logistics on scientific and technical

matters as they affect the perceived

needs of the Department of Defense. At

this meeting, the Defense Science Board

Task Force will consider the extent to

which technologies and systems

currently being developed and applied

for regional contingencies are relevant

and applicable to future strategic

contingencies; take into account