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6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)— 

including in particular competitively 

sensitive information such as costs, 

sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 

patterns, devices, manufacturing 

processes, or customer names. 

Josephine Liu, 

Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27458 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0317; Docket No. 

2024–0001; Sequence No. 12] 

Information Collection; Notarized 

Document Submittal for System for 

Award Management Registration 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an existing OMB clearance 

regarding a notarized document 

submittal for System for Award 

Management (SAM) Registration. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 21, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to https://www.regulations.gov. 

Submit comments via the Federal 

eRulemaking portal by searching for the 

OMB Control number 3090–0317. Select 

the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘Information 

Collection 3090–0317; Notarized 

Document Submittal for System for 

Award Management Registration’’. 

Follow the instructions on the screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘Information 

Collection 3090–0317; Notarized 

Document Submittal for System for 

Award Management Registration’’ on 

your attached document. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

3090–0317; Notarized Document 

Submittal for System for Award 

Management Registration, in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. Comments received generally 

will be posted without change to 

https://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Salomeh Ghorbani, Director, IAE 

Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement 

Division, at 703–605–3467 or IAE_

Admin@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 

4.11 prescribes policies and procedures 

for requiring contractor registration in 

the System for Award Management 

(SAM) database to: (1) Increase visibility 

of vendor sources (including their 

geographical locations) for specific 

supplies and services; and (2) establish 

a common source of vendor data for the 

Government. 

In the past, the GSA Office of 

Inspector General (OIG) conducted an 

investigation into fraudulent activities 

discovered within SAM. Certain bad 

actors have, through electronic means, 

used public information to impersonate 

legitimate entities and established new 

entity registrations for those entities in 

SAM. By establishing fraudulent entity 

registrations, bad actors submitted bids 

in certain U.S. Government 

procurement systems or shipped 

deficient or counterfeit goods to the U.S. 

Government. 

GSA established this information 

collection request (ICR) to collect 

additional information to support 

increased validation of entities 

registered and registering in the System 

for Award Management (SAM). This 

additional information is contained in a 

notarized letter in which an officer or 

other signatory authority of the entity 

formally appoints the Entity 

Administrator for the entity registering 

or recertifying in SAM. The original, 

signed letter is mailed to the Federal 

Service Desk for SAM prior to the 

registration’s activation or reregistration. 

The collection of the notarized letter 

information is essential to GSA’s 

acquisition mission to meet the needs of 

all Federal agencies, as well as the 

needs of the grant community. A key 

element of GSA’s mission is to provide 

efficient and effective acquisition 

solutions across the Federal 

Government. SAM is essential to the 

accomplishment of that mission. In 

addition to Federal contracts, Federal 

assistance programs also rely upon the 

integrity and security of the information 

in SAM. Without assurances that the 

information in SAM is protected and is 

at minimal risk of compromise, GSA 

would risk losing the confidence of the 

Federal acquisition and assistance 

communities which is serves. As a 

result, some entities may prefer not to 

do business with the Federal 

Government. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 686,400. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 686,400. 

Hours per Response: 2.25. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,544,400. 

The information collection allows 

GSA to request the notarized letter and 

apply this approach to new registrants 

(an average of 7,200 per month) and to 

existing SAM registrants (an average of 

50,000 re-register per month). 

Entities registered and registering in 

SAM are provided the template for the 

requirements of the notarized letter. It is 

estimated that the Entity Administrator 

will take on average 0.5 hour to create 

the letter and 0.25 hour to mail the hard 

copy letter. GSA proposes that an Entity 

Administrator equivalent to a GS–5, 

Step 5 Administrative Support person 

within the Government would perform 

these tasks. The estimated hourly rate of 

$24.70 (Base + Locality + Fringe) was 

used for the calculation. 

Based on historical data of the ratio of 

small entities to other than small 

entities registering in SAM, GSA 

approximates 32,200 of the 57,200 new 

and existing entities (re-registrants) will 

have in-house resources to notarize 

documents. GSA proposes that the 

entities with in-house notaries will 

typically be large businesses where the 

projected salary of the executive or 

officer responsible for signing the 

notarized letter is on average 

approximately $150 per hour. The 

projected time for signature and 

notarizing the letter internally is 0.5 

hour. 

The other remaining 25,000 new and 

existing entities (re-registrants) per 

month are estimated to be small entities 

where the projected salary of the 

executive or officer responsible signing 

the notarized letter is on average 

approximately $100 per hour. These 

entities will more than likely have to 

obtain notary services from an outside 

source. The projected time for signature 

and notarizing the letter externally is 1 

hour. The estimate includes a nominal 

fee ($5.00) usually charged by thirdparty notaries. 

C. Public Comments 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary, whether it will 

have practical utility; whether our 

estimate of the public burden of this 

collection of information is accurate, 


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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 Regulatory Secretariat Division by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 3090–0317, Notarized 

Document Submittal for System for 

Award Management Registration, in all 

correspondence. 

Lois Mandell, 

Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27428 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–WY–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0248; Docket No. 

2024–0001; Sequence No. 10] 

Submission for OMB Review; General 

Services Administration Acquisition 

Regulation; Electronic Data 

Interchange (EDI) Information 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, GSA invites the 

public to comment on a request to 

review and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement for a placement 

of orders clause, and an ordering 

information provision. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be sent within 30 days 

of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Vernita Misidor, Procurement Analyst, 

GSA Acquisition Policy Division, by 

phone at 202–357–9681 or by email at 

gsarpolicy@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

GSA has various mission 

responsibilities related to the 

acquisition and provision of the Federal 

Acquisition Service’s (FAS’s) Special 

Order Program items. These mission 

responsibilities generate requirements 

that are realized through the solicitation 

and award of various types of FAS 

contracts. 

As such, the General Services 

Administration Acquisition Regulation 

(GSAR) 516.506 specifically directs 

contracting officers to insert 552.216– 

72, Placement of Orders, and 552.216– 

73, Ordering Information, when the 

contract authorizes FAS and other 

activities to issue delivery or task 

orders. This clause and provision 

includes information reporting 

requirements for Offerors to receive 

electronic orders through computer-tocomputer Electronic Data Interchange 

(EDI). 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 18,590. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 18,590. 

Hours per Response: .50. 

Total Burden Hours: 9,295. 

C. Public Comments 

A 60-day notice published in the 

Federal Register at 89 FR 76831 on 

September 19, 2024. No comments were 

received. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the Regulatory Secretariat Division by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 3090–0248, Electronic Data 

Interchange (EDI) Information, in all 

correspondence. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive, Office of 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27397 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–61–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10902] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, and to allow 

a second opportunity for public 

comment on the notice. Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding the burden estimate or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including the necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, the accuracy of 

the estimated burden, ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, please access the CMS PRA 

website by copying and pasting the 

following web address into your web 

browser: https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. The term ‘‘collection of 

information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and 

includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 


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