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###### Department of Defense

###### Defense Acquisition Regulations System

          - [Docket Number DARS-2024-0017; OMB Control Number 0750-0012]

# 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 proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

# DATES:

Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 30, 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.                    

      ( print page 79570)    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Tucker Lucas, 571-372-7574, or                         *whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title and OMB Number:*                     Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 270, Defense Contracting Programs; Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses; OMB Control Number 0750-0012.                

*Type of Request:*                     New submission.                

*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:*                     16.                

*Responses per Respondent:*                     1.                

*Annual Responses:*                     16.                

*Average Burden per Response:*                     1 hour.                

*Annual Burden Hours:*                     16.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     This information collection is a result of a new DFARS requirement to implement the data collection required by section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (Pub. L. 117-81), as amended by section 872 of the NDAA for FY 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31). The DFARS implementation of this requirement includes a new contract clause, which requires contractors to provide data on the following: (1) the number of years the contractor has been wholly-owned by its employee stock ownership plan; (2) the contractor's challenges in attracting and retaining a talented workforce; (3) challenges the contractor experienced due to its corporate ownership structure that hinder its ability to contract with DoD in order to scale its technologies and capabilities; and (4) challenges the contractor experienced due to its corporate ownership structure in obtaining capital necessary to bridge funding gaps, for example, between prototype demonstration and full-scale development. The data will be used to develop and share best practices relating to the pilot program and to provide information to DoD leadership and the congressional defense committees.                

*DoD Clearance Officer:*                     Mr. Tucker Lucas. Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at                     *whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil.*

Jennifer D. Johnson,

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.

[FR Doc. 2024-22389 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]

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