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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: Submit comments on or before 

October 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0083, Qualification Requirements, 

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. Select the link 

‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds 

with ‘‘Information Collection 9000– 

0083, Qualification Requirements’’. 

Follow the instructions provided at the 

‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. Please 

include your name, company name (if 

any), and ‘‘Information Collection 9000– 

0083, Qualification Requirements’’ on 

your attached document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada 

Flowers/IC 9000–0083, Qualification 

Requirements. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0083, Qualification Requirements, 

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. 

Patricia Corrigan, Procurement Analyst, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition 

Policy, GSA, (202) 208–1963 or 

patricia.corrigan@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

FAR subpart 9.2 and the associated 

clause at FAR 52.209–1, implement the 

statutory requirements of 10 U.S.C. 2319 

and 41 U.S.C. 3311, which allows an 

agency to establish a qualification 

requirement for testing or other quality 

assurance demonstration that must be 

completed by an offeror before award of 

a contract. Under the qualification 

requirements, an end item, or a 

component thereof, may be required to 

be prequalified. The clause at FAR 

52.209–1, Qualification Requirements, 

requires offerors who have met the 

qualification requirements to identify 

the offeror’s name, the manufacturer’s 

name, source’s name, the item name, 

service identification, and test number 

(to the extent known). 

The contracting officer uses the 

information to determine eligibility for 

award when the clause at 52.209–1 is 

included in the solicitation. 

Alternatively, items not yet listed may 

be considered for award upon the 

submission of evidence of qualification 

with the offer. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

There is no Governmentwide data 

collection process or system, e.g., 

Federal Procurement Data System 

(FPDS) which identifies the number of 

solicitations issued that include 

qualification requirements. To date, no 

public comments or questions have 

been received regarding the burden 

estimates included in the currently 

approved clearance. However, a change 

is being made regarding the estimated 

number of responses annually from 100 

(in the currently approved burden) to a 

more appropriate estimated average of 5 

responses annually (i.e., the number of 

proposals received per solicitation 

issued). For purposes of this clearance, 

time required to read and prepare 

information remains at 15 minutes per 

submission assuming an offeror’s use of 

electronic information tracking and 

retrieval processes. 

Respondents: 2,207. 

Responses per Respondent: 5. 

Annual Responses: 11,035. 

Hours per Response: .25. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,758. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 

First Street NE., Washington, DC, 20417, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0083, 

Qualification Requirements, in all 

correspondences. 

Dated: August 17, 2012. 

William Clark, 

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy 

Division, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is published in 

accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463). The topic of the meeting on 

October 23–25, 2012 is to review new 

start research and development projects 

requesting Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program 

funds in excess of $1 million. This 

meeting is open to the public. Any 

interested person may attend, appear 

before, or file statements with the 

Scientific Advisory Board at the time 

and in the manner permitted by the 

Board. 

DATES: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 from 

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 24 

from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. and Thursday, 

October 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: George Mason Conference 

Room at Metro Offices, 4601 North 

Fairfax Drive, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA 

22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan Bunger, SERDP Office, 4800 

Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D08 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3600, by 

telephone at (571) 372–6384. 

Dated: August 21, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Department of Defense 

Military Family Readiness Council 

(MFRC) 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a), 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, notice 

is hereby given of a forthcoming 

meeting of the Department of Defense 

Military Family Readiness Council 

(MFRC). The purpose of the Council 

meeting is to review the military family 

programs which will be the focus for the 

Council for next year, and address 


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selected concerns of military family 

organizations. 

The meeting is open to the public, 

subject to the availability of space. 

Persons desiring to attend may contact 

Ms. Melody McDonald at 571–372–0880 

or email 

FamilyReadinessCouncil@osd.mil no 

later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 

September 12, 2012 to arrange for 

parking and escort into the conference 

room inside the Pentagon. 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Council. Persons desiring to submit 

a written statement to the Council must 

notify the point of contact listed in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later 

than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 

13, 2012. 

DATES: September 20, 2012, from 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Pentagon Conference Center 

B6 (escorts will be provided from the 

Pentagon Metro entrance). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Melody McDonald or Ms. Betsy Graham, 

Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of 

Defense (Military Community & Family 

Policy), 4800 Mark Center Drive 

Alexandria, VA 22350–2300, Room 

3G15. Telephones (571) 372–0880; (571) 

372–0881 and/or email: 

FamilyReadinessCouncil@osd.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

agenda. 

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Welcome & Administrative Remarks. 

Review and Comment on Council 

Action from December meeting. 

Priority Areas Briefings. 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Changes to Family Policy. 

Update on Efforts to Evaluate Family 

Programs. 

Closing Remarks. 

Note: Exact order may vary. 

Dated: August 22, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID: USAF–2012–0014] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Department of Defense/ 

Department of the Air Force/Air Force 

Office of Scientific Research (DoD/ 

USAF/AFOSR). 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of the Air Force announces a 

reinstatement of a public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by October 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to Air Force Office of 

Scientific Research, ATTN: AFOSR/ 

RSPP, 875 North Randolph Street, Suite 

325, Room 3112, Arlington, VA 22203– 

1768, or email NDSEG@afosr.af.mil or 

call AFOSR/RSPP, at 703–588–1779. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: DoD National Defense Science 

and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) 

Fellowships Program; National Defense 

Science and Engineering Graduate 

(NDSEG) Fellowship Application; OMB 

Number 0701–0154. 

Needs and Uses: Support of Science, 

Mathematics, and Engineering 

Education, 10 U.S.C. 2191, states that 

‘‘the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 

regulations providing for the award of 

fellowships to citizens and nationals of 

the United States who agree to pursue 

graduate degrees in science, engineering 

or other fields of study designated by 

the Secretary (of Defense) to be of 

priority interest to the DoD. Recipients 

shall be selected on the basis of a 

nationwide competition. The DoD is 

committed to increasing the number and 

quality of the nation’s scientists and 

engineers. Application information will 

be used for evaluation and selection of 

students to be awarded fellowships. 

Failure to respond renders the student 

ineligible for a fellowship. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 36,000 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 3,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 12 

hours. 

Frequency: Annually. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Respondents are students enrolled in 

doctoral programs in science and 

engineering desiring to complete their 

education. The on-line, electronic 

application provides information 

necessary for evaluation and selection of 

fellowships. 

The NDSEG fellowships allow 

recipients to pursue their graduate 

studies at whichever United States 

institution they choose to attend. The 

goal is to provide the United States with 

talented, doctorally trained American 

men and women who will lead state of 

the art research projects in disciplines 

having the greatest payoff to national 

defense requirements. Approximately 

190–200 3-year fellowships are 

anticipated to be awarded in the fields 

of Aeronautical and Astronautical 

Engineering, Biosciences, Chemical 

Engineering, Chemistry, Civil 

Engineering, Cognitive, Neural, and 

Behavioral Sciences, Computer and 

Computational Sciences, Electrical 

Engineering, Geosciences, Material 

Science and Engineering, Mathematics, 

Mechanical Engineering, Naval 

Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 

Oceanography, and Physics. 

Dated: August 22, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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