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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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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:

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DATES: Tuesday, 9 January 2001, 0800 to

1700; and Wednesday, 10 January 2001,

0800 to 1200.

ADDRESSES: Joint Military Intelligence

College, Washington , DC 20340–5100

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

A Denis Clift, President, DIA Joint

Military Intelligence College,

Washington, DC 20340–5100 (202/231–

3344).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The entire

meeting is devoted to the discussion of

classified information as defined in

Section 552b(c)(1), Title 5 of the U.S.

Code and therefore will be closed. The

Board will discuss several current

critical intelligence issues and advise

the Director, DIA, as to the successful

accomplishment of the mission assigned

to the Joint Military Intelligence College.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

National Commission on the Use of

Offsets in Defense Trade, and

President’s Council on the Use of

Offsets in Commercial Trade

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

National Commission on the Use of

Offsets in Defense Trade, and

President’s Council on the Use of

Offsets in Commercial Trade.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

forthcoming meeting of the President’s

Council on the Use of Offsets in

Commercial Trade, a federal advisory

committee that is being established by

Executive Order. The Council will meet

jointly with the parallel National

Commission on the Use of Offsets in

Defense Trade, established by Public

Law 106–113. ‘‘Offsets’’ are conditions

that a foreign government often

negotiates with a U.S. company seeking

to export a major defense or commercial

system to its county (e.g., military or

commercial aircraft), under which the

country’s firms (a) participate in the

production of the system and/or its

subsystems, or (b) obtain other

technological or economic benefits from

the U.S. exporter. The purpose of the

meeting is to assist the effect of offsets

in both defense and commercial trade

on U.S. jobs, U.S. economic

competitiveness, and U.S. national

security. Due to the expedited set up to

this Commission, this posting is being

made is less than 15 days before the first

meeting date.

DATES: December 4, 2000, 9:30 a.m.–12

p.m.

ADDRESSES: Truman room of the White

House Conference Room, 726 Jackson

Place, NW., across from the White

House on the other side of Pennsylvania

Avenue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jangela Shumskas, phone 703/253–

0929, email jshumska@brtrc.com, fax

703/204–9447.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to members of the

public, who should register in advance

through the following web site: http://

www.offsets.brtrc.net. Although the

meeting schedule does not allow oral

presentations from the public, we

encourage written comments from the

public on the issues before the Council

and Commission. Please send comments

to Jangela Shumskas

(jshumska@brtrc.com, fax 703/203–

9447) prior to the meeting or within two

weeks following the meeting. The

meeting agenda will be posted on the

Council/Commission web site (http://

www.offsets.brtrc.net) during the week

of November 27.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer,

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to add a system of

records.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary

proposes to add a system of records

notice to its existing 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 without further notice on

January 2, 2001 unless comments are

received which result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to OSD

Privacy Act Coordinator, Records

Section, Directives and Records

Division, Washington Headquarter

Services, Correspondence and

Directives, 1155 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–1155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

David Bosworth at (703) 601–4722.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of the Secretary systems of records

notices 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

above.

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, 2000, to the

House Committee on Government

Reform and Oversight, 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

for Maintaining Records About

Individuals,’ dated February 8, 1996

(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).

Dated: November 22, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

DWHS P47

SYSTEM NAME:

OSD Military Personnel Files.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Military Personnel Division,

Personnel and Security Directorate,

Washington Headquarters Services,

1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–1155.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

All military personnel assigned or

attached to or on temporary duty with

the Office of the Secretary of Defense

(OSD).

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Files contain personnel information

that has been extracted from the

individual’s Official Military Personnel

Files (OMPF). File contains, but is not

limited to, name, grade, Social Security

number; service job title; expected date

of arrival for duty with OSD; expected

date of departure from OSD; home and

address of record; general and special

orders; and details pertaining to duties,

assignment, promotion, and training.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

10 U.S.C. 131, Office of the Secretary

of Defense and E.O. 9397 (SSN).

PURPOSE(S):

To administer and centrally manage

personnel functions of Department of

Defense military personnel prior to their

assignment and during their assignment

to OSD. Uses include, but are not