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rdna_rac/rac_meetings.html for more 

information. 

Place: Hilton Washington/Rockville, 1750 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Time: September 14, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 

1:15 p.m. 

Agenda: The NIH Recombinant DNA 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will discuss 

selected human gene transfer protocols, 

including a study using a modified 

Bifidobacterium longum for targeting of 

chemotherapy for advanced cancer. The RAC 

will also hear a presentation of the results of 

a Phase 1/2 trial using a modified AAV1 

virus that expresses the sarcoplasmic 

reticulum Ca2∂–ATPase in subjects with 

advanced heart failure. Please view the 

meeting agenda at http://oba.od.nih.gov/ 

rdna_rac/rac_meetings.html for more 

information. 

Place: Hilton Washington/Rockville, 1750 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Contact Person: Chezelle George, Office of 

Biotechnology Activities, Office of Science 

Policy/OD, National Institutes of Health, 

6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 750, Bethesda, 

MD 20892, 301–496–9838, 

georgec@od.nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: http:// 

oba.od.nih.gov/rdna/rdna.html, where an 

agenda and any additional information for 

the meeting will be posted when available. 

OMB’s ‘‘Mandatory Information 

Requirements for Federal Assistance Program 

Announcements’’ (45 FR 39592, June 11, 

1980) requires a statement concerning the 

official government programs contained in 

the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

Normally NIH lists in its announcements the 

number and title of affected individual 

programs for the guidance of the public. 

Because the guidance in this notice covers 

virtually every NIH and Federal research 

program in which DNA recombinant 

molecule techniques could be used, it has 

been determined not to be cost effective or 

in the public interest to attempt to list these 

programs. Such a list would likely require 

several additional pages. In addition, NIH 

could not be certain that every Federal 

program would be included as many Federal 

agencies, as well as private organizations, 

both national and international, have elected 

to follow the NIH Guidelines. In lieu of the 

individual program listing, NIH invites 

readers to direct questions to the information 

address above about whether individual 

programs listed in the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance are affected. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research 

Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research 

Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, 

Loan Repayment Program for Research 

Generally; 93.39, Academic Research 

Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 

Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan 

Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate 

Scholarship Program for Individuals from 

Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: August 22, 2011. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22207 Filed 8–30–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Amended 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the Instrumentation and 

Systems Development Study Section, 

September 22, 2011, 8 a.m. to 

September 23, 2011, 5 p.m., Courtyard 

by Marriott, 5520 Wisconsin Avenue, 

Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 11, 2011, 76 FR 49779–49780. 

The meeting will be held September 

21, 2011, 7 p.m. to September 23, 2011, 

5 p.m. The meeting location remains the 

same. The meeting is closed to the 

public. 

Dated: August 22, 2011. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22204 Filed 8–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Post-Award Contract 

Information 

AGENCY: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; Extension without change. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, will submit the following 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until October 31, 2011. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to the Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS Attn.: Camara 

Francis, Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of the Chief 

Procurement Officer, Room 3114, 

Washington, DC 20528, 

Camara.Francis@hq.dhs.gov, 202–447– 

5904. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) Components and the Office of the 

Chief Procurement Officer collect 

information, when necessary in 

administering public contracts for 

supplies and services. The information 

is used to determine compliance with 

contract terms placed in the contract as 

authorized by the Federal Property and 

Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 

251 et seq.) and the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1). 

Source selection documentation, 

Government estimate of contract price, 

contract modifications, Small Business 

Administration Certificate of 

Competency, Justification and 

approvals, determination and finding 

are examples of the kinds of post-award 

contract information that is collected are 

identified in pertinent sections of FAR 

4.803, Contents of contract files. The 

complete FAR can be viewed on the 

Internet at http://www.arnet.gov. 

The information requested is used by 

the Government’s contracting officers 

and other acquisition personnel, 

including technical and legal staffs to 

determine contractor’s technical and 

management progress and controls of 

the firms holding public contracts to 

determine if the firms are making 

appropriate progress in work agreed to 

and are otherwise performing in the 

Government’s best interest. Payment of 

a firm’s invoices (or non-payment) and/ 

or corrective action may result from 

such reviews. If this information were 

not collected, the Government would 

jeopardize its operations by failing to 

exercise its responsibility for a major 

internal control in its contracts’ postaward phase. Many sources of the 

requested information use automated 

word processing systems, databases, 

spreadsheets, project management and 

other commercial software to facilitate 

preparation of material to be submitted, 

particularly in the submission of 

periodic (e.g., monthly) reports that 

describe contractor performance and 

progress of work . With 

Governmentwide implementation of eGovernment initiatives, it is 

commonplace within many of DHS’s 

Components for submissions to be 

electronic. 


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According to Federal Procurement 

Data System-Next Generation (FPDS– 

NG) the number of Post-Contract award 

information has increased each year 

over the past two years in annual 

respondent and burden hours. This 

increase is the result of a new estimate 

of awards, which contributes to the 

Post-Award information that is 

collected. This collection was 

previously approved by OMB on 

January 26, 2009. This collection will be 

submitted to OMB for review to request 

approval to extend the collection past 

the current expiration date of January 

31, 2011. There are no proposed 

changes to the information being 

collected, instructions, frequency of the 

collection or the use of the information 

being collected. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, DHS. 

Title: Post-Award Contract 

Information. 

OMB Number: 1600–0003. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Number of Respondents: 8,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 14 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 336,000. 

Dated: August 22, 2011. 

Richard Spires, 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22236 Filed 8–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Solicitation of Proposal 

Information for Award of Public 

Contracts 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Procurement 

Officer, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension without change of 

a currently approved collection. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of the Chief 

Procurement Officer, will submit the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 

35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until October 31, 2011. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to the Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS Attn.: Camara 

Francis, Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of the Chief 

Procurement Officer, Room 3114, 

Washington, DC 20528, 

Camara.Francis@hq.dhs.gov, 202–447– 

5904. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) and the Office of the Chief 

Procurement Officer (OCPO) collect 

information when inviting firms to 

submit bids, proposals, and offers for 

public contracts for supplies and 

services. The information collection is 

necessary for compliance with the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); 

48 CFR chapter 1, the Federal Property 

and Administrative Services Act 

(Division C of Title 41), under the Small 

Business Innovative Research (SBIR) 

and Small Business Technology 

Transfer (STTR) programs 15 U.S.C. 

628. 

For solicitations to contract made 

through a variety of means, whether 

conducted orally or in writing, 

contracting officers normally request 

information from prospective offerors 

such as pricing information, delivery 

schedule compliance, and whether the 

offeror has the resources (both human 

and financial) to accomplish 

requirements. Examples of the kinds of 

information collected can be found in 

the FAR at FAR 13.106–1, 13.106–3, 

13.302–1, –3, –5, subpart 13.5, subpart 

14.2, subpart 15.2, subpart 6.1, and 

subpart 35. 

Examples where collections of 

information occur in soliciting for 

supplies/services include the issuance 

of draft Requests for Proposal (RFP), 

Requests for Information (RFI), and 

Broad Agency Announcements (BAA). 

The Government generally issues an 

RFP using the uniform contract format 

(FAR 15.204–1) with the intent of 

awarding a contract to one or more 

prospective offerors. The RFP can 

require those interested in making an 

offer to provide information in the 

following areas: schedule (FAR 15.204– 

2); contract clauses (FAR 15.204–3); list 

of documents, exhibits and other 

attachments (FAR 15.204–4) or 

representations and instructions 

(15.204–5). 

FAR 15.201(e) authorizes agencies to 

issue RFIs when an agency ‘‘does not 

presently intend to award a contract, but 

wants to obtain price, delivery, other 

market information, or capabilities for 

planning purposes’’. RFIs solicit 

responses from the public. Similarly, 

FAR 35.106 authorizes Federal agencies 

to use BAAs to ‘‘fulfill their 

requirements for scientific study and 

experimentation directed toward 

advancing the state-of-the-art or 

increasing knowledge or understanding 

rather than focusing on a specific 

system or hardware solution.’’ 

The DHS Science and Technology 

(S&T) Directorate issues BAAs soliciting 

white papers and proposals from the 

public. DHS S&T evaluates white papers 

and proposals received from the public 

in response to a DHS S&T BAA using 

the evaluation criteria specified in the 

BAA through a peer or scientific review 

process in accordance with FAR 

35.016(d). White paper evaluation 

determines those research ideas that 

merit submission of a full proposal and 

proposal evaluation determines those 

proposals that merit selection for 

contract award. Unclassified white 

papers and proposals are typically 

collected via the DHS S&T BAA secure 

Web site, while classified white papers 

and proposals must be submitted via 

proper classified courier or proper 

classified mailing procedures as 

described in the National Industrial 

Security Program Operating Manual 

(NSPOM). 

Federal agencies with an annual 

extramural research and development 

(R&D) budget exceeding $100 million 

are required to participate in the SBIR 

Program. Similarly, Federal agencies 

with an extramural R&D budget 


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