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the meeting adjourns at 12:30 pm on

December 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Conference Center at Clark Atlanta

University, Atlanta, Georgia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, you may telephone

Rex Pelto at (301) 975–3918 or e-mail:

rex.pelto@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness

Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–418, 15

U.S.C. 278n), amended by the American

Technology Preeminence Act of 1991

(Public Law 102–245), directed the

establishment of ATP. The purpose of

the ATP is to assist United States

businesses to carry out research and

development on high-risk, high-pay-off,

emerging and enabling technologies.

The workshops that will be offered at

this meeting will help bridge each step

along the high-risk technology

development and commercialization

path. In addition, minority

entrepreneurs will present success

stories. A number of federal agencies

will be represented at this meeting, and

corporations and federal agencies will

also be available.

Information on the meeting agenda

and registration requirements can be

found at the following website: http://

www.seeport.com/Conference/

conferences.htm. The registration fee is

$125.00 when received by November 28,

2000. (After November 28, the fee is

$150.00). Registration includes bus

transportation from the hotel to the

university, coffee breaks, lunch and

conference materials.

November 27, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0090]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Rights in Data and

Copyrights

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding an extension to an

existing OMB clearance (9000–0090).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Rights in Data and

Copyrights. The clearance currently

expires on March 31, 2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before January 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Blumenstein, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–2373.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Rights in Data is a regulation which

concerns the rights of the Government,

and organizations with which the

Government contracts, to information

developed under such contracts. The

delineation of such rights is necessary

in order to protect the contractor’s rights

to not disclose proprietary data and to

insure that data developed with public

funds is available to the public.

The information collection burdens

and recordkeeping requirements

included in this regulation fall into the

following four categories.

(a) A provision which is to be

included in solicitations where the

proposer would identify any proprietary

data he would use during contract

performance in order that the

contracting officer might ascertain if

such proprietary data should be

delivered.

(b) Contract provisions which, in

unusual circumstances, would be

included in a contract and require a

contractor to deliver proprietary data to

the Government for use in evaluation of

work results, or is software to be used

in a Government computer. These

situations would arise only when the

very nature of the contractor’s work is

comprised of limited rights data or

restricted computer software and if the

Government would need to see that data

in order to determine the extent of the

work.

(c) A technical data certification for

major systems, which requires the

contractor to certify that the data

delivered under the contract is

complete, accurate and compliant with

the requirements of the contract. As this

provision is for major systems only, and

few civilian agencies have such major

systems, only about 30 contracts will

involve this certification.

(d) The Additional Data Requirements

clause, which is to be included in all

contracts for experimental,

developmental, research, or

demonstration work (other than basic or

applied research to be performed solely

by a university or college where the

contract amount will be $500,000 or

less). The clause requires that the

contractor keep all data first produced

in the performance of the contract for a

period of three years from the final

acceptance of all items delivered under

the contract. Much of this data will be

in the form of the deliverables provided

to the Government under the contract

(final report, drawings, specifications,

etc.). Some data, however, will be in the

form of computations, preliminary data,

records of experiments, etc., and these

will be the data that will be required to

be kept over and above the deliverables.

The purpose of such recordkeeping

requirements is to insure that the

Government can fully evaluate the

research in order to ascertain future

activities and to insure that the research

was completed and fully reported, as

well as to give the public an opportunity

to assess the research results and secure

any additional information. All data

covered by this clause is unlimited

rights data paid for by the Government.

Paragraph (d) of the Rights in DataGeneral clause outlines a procedure

whereby a contracting officer can

challenge restrictive markings on data

delivered. Under civilian agency

contracts, limited rights data or

restricted computer software is rarely, if

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ever, delivered to the Government.

Therefore, there will rarely be any

challenges. Thus, there is no burden on

the public.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 1,100.

Responses per respondent: 1.

Total responses: 1,100.

Hours per response: 2.7.

Total burden hours: 2,970.

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

The annual recordkeeping burden is

estimated as follows:

Recordkeepers: 9,000.

Hours per recordkeeper: 3.

Total recordkeeping burden hours:

27,000.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F Street,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

208–7312. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0090, Rights in Data and

Copyrights, in all correspondence.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Al Matera,

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division.

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BILLING CODE 6820–34–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0135]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Subcontractor

Payments

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding an extension to an

existing OMB clearance (9000–0135).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Subcontractor Payments.

The clearance currently expires on

March 31, 2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before January 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments including

suggestions for reducing this burden

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW.,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Blumenstein, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–2373.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Part 28 of the FAR contains guidance

related to obtaining financial protection

against damages under Government

contracts (e.g., use of bonds, bid

guarantees, insurance etc.). Part 52

contains the texts of solicitation

provisions and contract clauses. These

regulations implement a statutory

requirement for information to be

provided by Federal contractors relating

to payment bonds furnished under

construction contracts which are subject

to the Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 270a–270d).

This collection requirement is mandated

by Section 806 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992

and 1993 (Pub. Law 102–190), as

amended by section 2091 of the Federal

Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994

(Pub. Law 103–335). The clause at

52.228–12, Prospective Subcontractor

Requests for Bonds, implements section

806(a)(3) of Pub. Law 102–190, as

amended, which specifies that, upon the

request of a prospective subcontractor or

supplier offering to furnish labor or

material for the performance of a

construction contract for which a

payment bond has been furnished to the

United States pursuant to the Miller

Act, the contractor shall promptly

provide a copy of such payment bond to

the requestor.

In conjunction with performance

bonds, payment bonds are used in

Government construction contracts to

secure fulfillment of the contractor’s

obligations under the contract and to

assure that the contractor makes all

payments, as required by law, to

persons furnishing labor or material in

performance of the contract. This

regulation provides prospective

subcontractors and suppliers a copy of

the payment bond furnished by the

contractor to the Government for the

performance of a Federal construction

contract subject to the Miller Act. It is

expected that prospective

subcontractors and suppliers will use

this information to determine whether

to contract with that particular prime

contractor. This information has been

and will continue to be available from

the Government. The requirement for

contractors to provide a copy of the

payment bond upon request to any

prospective subcontractor or supplier

under the Federal construction contract

is contained in Section 806(a)(3) of Pub.

Law 102–190, as amended by sections

2091 and 8105 of Pub. Law 103–355.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 12,000.

Responses per respondent: 5.

Total responses: 60,000.

Hours per response: .5.

Total burden hours: 30,000.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F Street,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

208–7312. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0135, Subcontractor Payments, in

all correspondence.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Al Matera,

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Closed Meeting

AGENCY: Defense Intelligence Agency,

Joint Military Intelligence College, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

subsection (d) of section 10 of Public

Law 92–463, as amended by section 5 of

Public Law 94–409, notice is hereby

given that a closed meeting of the DIA

Joint Military Intelligence College Board

of Visitors has been scheduled as

follows: