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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79569-79570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22389]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

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

Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 270, Defense Contracting Programs; 
Pilot Program To Incentivize Contracting With Employee-Owned Businesses

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tucker Lucas, 571-372-7574, or [email protected].

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 [email protected].

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2024-22389 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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