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staff to make a determination of the 

eligibility of the applicant and 

transaction for Ex-Im Bank assistance 

under its programs. 

Affected Public: This form affects 

entities involved in the export of U.S. 

goods and services. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 11. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hr. 

Annual Burden Hours: 11. 

Frequency of Reporting of Use: On 

occasion. 

Government Reviewing Time per 

Year: 11 hours. 

Average Wages per Hour: $42.50. 

Average Cost per Year: $468 

(time*wages). 

Benefits and Overhead: 20%. 

Total Government Cost: $598. 

Kalesha Malloy, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27521 Filed 11–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Radio Broadcasting Services; AM or 

FM Proposals To Change the 

Community of License 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The following applicants filed 

AM or FM proposals to change the 

community of license: CBS RADIO 

ANNAPOLIS LLC, Station WLZL, 

Facility ID 20983, BMPH– 

20131022ALD, From ANNAPOLIS, MD, 

To COLLEGE PARK, MD; FAMILY LIFE 

MINISTRIES, INC., Station WCIK, 

Facility ID 20631, BPH–20130924AJT, 

From BATH, NY, To AVOCA, NY; 

PRITCHARD BROADCASTING 

CORPORATION, Station WQKQ, 

Facility ID 7635, BPH–20130930BFH, 

From CARTHAGE, IL, To DALLAS 

CITY, IL; SMILE FM, Station WKKM, 

Facility ID 93344, BPED– 

20130814ADM, From SPEAKER 

TOWNSHIP, MI, To GRANT 

TOWNSHIP, MI; SOUTHERN 

ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC., 

Station WONA–FM, Facility ID 61281, 

BPH–20130620AAY, From WINONA, 

MS, To SHERMAN, MS; SOUTHERN 

WABASH COMMUNICATIONS OF 

MIDDLE TENNESSEE, INC., Station 

WBGB, Facility ID 172966, BPED– 

20130909AAI, From SCOTTSVILLE, 

KY, To PORTLAND, TN; SSR 

COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Station 

KIMW, Facility ID 191575, BMPH– 

20130913ACG, From HAYNESVILLE, 

LA, To HEFLIN, LA; THE MONTANA 

RADIO COMPANY, LLC, Station KKRK, 

Facility ID 189560, BPH–20130918ADF, 

From WHITEHALL, MT, To HELENA 

VALLEY SE., MT; THE MONTANA 

RADIO COMPANY, LLC, Station KIMO, 

Facility ID 83110, BPH–20130918ADH, 

From HELENA VALLEY SE., MT, To 

TOWNSEND, MT. 

DATES: The agency must receive 

comments on or before January 17, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 Twelfth Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tung Bui, 202–418–2700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full 

text of these applications is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the Commission’s 

Reference Center, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554 or electronically 

via the Media Bureau’s Consolidated 

Data Base System, http://

svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/

prod/cdbs_pa.htm.A copy of this 

application may also be purchased from 

the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 1– 

800–378–3160 or www.BCPIWEB.com. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

James D. Bradshaw, 

Deputy Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCMENT: 78 FR 68444 (November 

14, 2013) 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, November 19, 

2013 at 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

CHANGES IN THE MEETING: The meeting 

will begin at 11:00 a.m. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

Information the premature disclosure 

of which would be likely to have a 

considerable adverse effect on the 

implementation of a proposed 

Commission action. 

* * * * * 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Shelley E. Garr, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0011: Docket 2010– 

0083; Sequence 22] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Preaward Survey Forms (Standard 

Forms 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, 

and 1408) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension, with changes, to 

an existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement concerning 

preaward survey forms (Standard Forms 

1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, and 

1408). A notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 78 FR 38341, on 

June 26, 2013. One comment was 

received. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0011, Preaward Survey Forms, 

(Standard Forms 1403, 1404, 1405, 

1406, 1407, and 1408) by any of the 

following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB control number. 

Follow the instructions provided at the 

‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. Please 

include your name, company name (if 

any), and ‘‘Information Collection 9000– 

0011, Preaward Survey Forms, 

(Standard Forms 1403, 1404, 1405, 

1406, 1407, and 1408)’’ on your attached 

document. 

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• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Hada 

Flowers/IC 9000–0011. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0011, Preaward Survey Forms, 

(Standard Forms 1403, 1404, 1405, 

1406, 1407, and 1408), in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition 

Policy, GSA, 202–219–0202 or email 

Cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

To protect the Government’s interests 

and to ensure timely delivery of items 

of the requisite quality, contracting 

officers, prior to award, must make an 

affirmative determination that the 

prospective contractor is responsible, 

i.e., capable of performing the contract. 

Before making such a determination, the 

contracting officer must have in his or 

her possession or must obtain 

information sufficient to be satisfied 

that the prospective contractor: (i) Has 

adequate financial resources, or the 

ability to obtain such resources; (ii) is 

able to comply with the required 

delivery schedule; (iii) has a satisfactory 

record of performance; (iv) has a 

satisfactory record of integrity; and (v) is 

otherwise qualified and eligible to 

receive an award under appropriate 

laws and regulations. If such 

information is not in the contracting 

officer’s possession, it is obtained 

through a preaward survey conducted 

by the contract administration office 

responsible for the plant and/or the 

geographic area in which the plant is 

located. The necessary data is collected 

by contract administration personnel 

from available data or through plant 

visits, phone calls, and correspondence. 

This data is entered on Standard Forms 

1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, and 1408 

in detail commensurate with the dollar 

value and complexity of the 

procurement. These standard forms are 

not cumulative. The surveying activity 

completes only the applicable standard 

form(s) necessary to determine 

contractor responsibility in each case. 

B. Discussion and Analysis 

The analysis of the public comments 

is summarized as follows: 

1. Necessity of the information 

collection requirement. 

Comment: According to the 

respondent, agencies should be seeking 

to create savings by reducing or 

eliminating such information collection 

requirements. However, the respondent 

did not challenge the propriety of this 

underlying information collection 

requirement. 

Response: FAR 9.106–1 requires that 

preaward surveys be completed only 

when the information on hand or 

readily available to the contracting 

officer, including information from 

sources other than the offeror, is not 

sufficient to make a determination 

regarding responsibility. While not all of 

these requirements are necessary in all 

cases, some are required regularly, thus 

preventing their reduction or 

elimination without negatively 

impacting the ability of the Government 

to assess contractor responsibility and 

protect the Government’s interests in 

maintaining the integrity of the 

acquisition process. 

2. OMB approval to extend the 

approval of this information collection 

requirement. 

Comment: The respondent 

commented that the extension of the 

information collection would violate the 

fundamental purposes of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act because the analysis 

significantly underestimates the 

paperwork burden imposed by this 

requirement and has therefore not 

provided sufficient justification for the 

requested extension. The respondent 

further stated that the agency and OMB 

should assess the need to extend this 

information collection requirement in 

the context of assessing the total 

information collection burden. The 

respondent further commented that the 

‘‘collective burden of compliance’’ 

required of the Government acquisition 

community annually totals over 30 

million hours. According to the 

respondent, the collective burden 

greatly exceeds the agency’s estimates 

and outweighs any potential utility of 

the extension. 

Response: The criteria for extension of 

an information collection requirement 

must be based primarily on the need 

and use for the required information. It 

is essential for contractors to report 

requirements, regardless the number of 

responses. If the agencies have 

determined that the information is 

essential to protect the interests of the 

Government, then the extension should 

be approved. 

3. Accuracy of data estimates. 

Comment: The respondent questioned 

the estimated number of respondents 

(3,540), and how the estimated number 

of respondents was derived. In addition, 

the respondent apparently understood 

the renewal request to say that 

‘‘preaward surveys are never justified 

under this information collection.’’ 

Further, the respondent asked that 

‘‘OMB insist that the Agencies provide 

the actual number of responses received 

annually.’’ 

Response: The respondent’s comment 

that the information collection renewal 

request stated that preaward surveys are 

never justified fundamentally 

misunderstood the submission. While 

the conduct of a preaward survey is 

unnecessary unless other information 

sources are inadequate for a 

determination of the firm’s 

responsibility in accordance with the 

requirements of FAR subpart 9.1, when 

a preaward survey is conducted, it is the 

Government that bears the burden of the 

effort. The Government’s work in 

conducting a preaward survey is not the 

subject of this information collection, so 

it is not addressed in the supporting 

documents. That does not mean, 

however, that there is no such effort or 

that there are no preaward surveys. The 

information collection is focused solely 

on the time that a firm’s employees 

must take to complete one or more of 

the forms at issue. 

With regard to the estimate of 3,540 

respondents, that number was clearly 

stated to be an estimate, not an actual 

number. We are unable to provide an 

actual number, because that information 

is not available through the Federal 

Procurement Data System (FPDS), nor is 

it collected in any single location. 

However, the basis used for the 

estimate has been reconsidered due to 

the comment. Initially, we estimated 

that 30 percent of the contracts awarded 

in Fiscal Year 2012 (according to FPDS 

statistics) that were over the simplified 

acquisition threshold and that did not 

use FAR part 12 commercial acquisition 

procedures had a preaward survey 

conducted and therefore required the 

firm to complete at least one of the 

standard forms included in the 

information collection request. Upon 

reconsideration, it became obvious that 

a preaward survey would only be 

needed if the firm had not previously 

been a Government contractor. The 

revised estimate is that only 15 percent 

of such awards are first-time 

Government contract awards. This 

reduces the basis of the estimate from 

3,540 contracts to 1,771 contracts. 

4. Timing of request for extension. 

Comment: The respondent noted that 

this information collection is soliciting 

comments during an emergency 

extension period OMB granted in March 

2013. The respondent reiterated OMB’s 

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comment that the agencies should have 

in place an internal planning process so 

that completion of the public 

notification and comment period 

required by 5 CFR 1320 occurs prior to 

an information collection’s expiration 

date. Regular order allows the agencies 

and the public to have a meaningful and 

on-the-record dialogue on information 

collection extensions. 

Response: Although ideally it is 

preferable to complete the renewal 

process prior to expiration, an 

emergency extension may be necessary 

in order to allow the public the 

opportunity for input into the process. 

5. The collective burden of 

compliance. 

Comment: The respondent objects to 

the overall collective burden imposed 

by the Government on all respondents. 

Response: The Councils cannot 

effectively address the broad allegations 

with regard to the accuracy and utility 

of the entire collective burden imposed 

on all Federal acquisitions. The 

Councils can only effectively address 

each individual information collection 

requirement that is under consideration 

for OMB approval. The Councils 

constantly review information 

collection requirements imposed by 

FAR regulations for ways to reduce the 

burdens and still achieve the objectives 

of the regulations, whether based on 

policy or statute. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

A preaward survey would be needed 

only if the firm had not previously been 

a Government contractor and therefore 

had no record of past performance. The 

data from FPDS for FY 2012 showed a 

total of 11,805 contracts awarded 

Governmentwide that were over the 

$150,000 simplified acquisition 

threshold, and for which commercial 

acquisition procedures were not used. 

Initially, we estimated that preaward 

surveys were completed for 30 percent 

of the total or 3,540. After 

reconsideration, it became obvious that 

a preaward survey would only be 

needed if the firm had not previously 

been a Government contractor. The 

revised estimate is that only 15 percent 

of awards will potentially require a 

preaward survey. The estimate is 

reduced from 3,540 contracts to 1,771 

contracts. Of the six Standard Forms 

(1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, and 

1408), we estimated that Standard Form 

1403 is used most frequently because it 

is a general form and accounts for 30 

percent or 531 times, Standard Forms 

1404 and 1407 account for 15 percent or 

266 times, Standard Form 1408 

accounts for 20 percent or 354 times, 

and Standard Forms 1405 and 1406 

account 10 percent or 177 times. 

Standard Form 1403—Preaward Survey 

of Prospective Contractor (General) 

Respondents: 531. 

Responses Annually: 1. 

Total Responses: 531. 

Hours per Response: 24. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,744. 

Standard Form 1404—Preaward Survey 

of Prospective Contractor Technical 

Respondents: 266. 

Responses Annually: 1. 

Total Responses: 266. 

Hours per Response: 24. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,384. 

Standard Form 1405—Preaward Survey 

of Prospective Contractor Production 

Respondents: 177. 

Responses Annually: 1. 

Total Responses: 177. 

Hours per Response: 24. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,248. 

Standard Form 1406—Preaward Survey 

of Prospective Contractor Quality 

Assurance 

Respondents: 177. 

Responses Annually: 1. 

Total Responses: 177. 

Hours per Response: 24. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,248. 

Standard Form 1407—Preaward Survey 

of Prospective Contractor Financial 

Capability 

Respondents: 266. 

Responses Annually: 1. 

Total Responses: 266. 

Hours per Response: 24. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,384. 

Standard Form 1408—Preaward Survey 

of Prospective Contractor Accounting 

System 

Respondents: 354. 

Responses Annually: 1. 

Total Responses: 354. 

Hours per Response: 24. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,496. 

D. Public Comments 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the Federal 

Acquisition Regulations (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. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone 202–501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control Number 

9000–0011, Preaward Survey Forms 

(Standard Forms 1403, 1404, 1405, 

1406, 1407, and 1408), in all 

correspondence. 

Karlos Morgan, 

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy 

Division, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Collection of Information for Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 

(AHRQ) Consumer Assessment of 

Healthcare Providers and Systems 

(CAHPS) Health Plan Survey 

Comparative Database.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on August 14th, 2013 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. No 

substantive comments were received. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by 

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