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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection under the 

Homeland Security Acquisition 

Regulation (HSAR) is necessary in order 

to implement applicable parts of the 

FAR (48 CFR). The four forms under 

this collection of information request 

are used by offerors, contractors, and the 

general public to comply with 

requirements in contracts awarded by 

the Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). The four forms are DHS Form 

0700–01, Cumulative Claim and 

Reconciliation Statement; DHS Form 

0700–02, Contractor’s Assignment of 

Refund, Rebates, Credits and Other 

Amounts; DHS Form 0700–03, 

Contractor’s Release; and DHS Form 

0700–04, Employee Claim for Wage 

Restitution. These four forms will be 

used by contractors and/or contract 

employees during contract 

administration. 

The information will be used by DHS 

contracting officers to ensure 

compliance with terms and conditions 

of DHS contracts and to complete 

reports required by other Federal 

agencies such as the General Services 

Administration and the Department of 

Labor. If this information is not 

collected, the DHS could inadvertently 

violate statutory or regulatory 

requirements and the DHS’s interest 

concerning inventions and contractor’s 

claims would not be protected. 

There has been an increase in the 

estimated annual burden hours 

previously reported for this collection. 

An adjustment in annual burden is 

necessary at this time in the amount of 

902 actions and hours. The initial 

annual burden was based on a lower 

number of contract actions which 

related to the fact that DHS was a new 

agency with consolidated acquisition 

procedures, processes, and policies. 

Although, there is an increase in the 

estimated burdened hours, there is no 

change in 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, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

Title: Various Contract Related Forms 

That Will Be Included in the Homeland 

Security Acquisition Regulation. 

OMB Number: 1600–0002. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Number of Respondents: 9537. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 9537. 

Dated: April 16, 2014. 

Margaret H. Graves, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Regulation on Agency 

Protests 

AGENCY: Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension without Change, 

1600–0004. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of Chief Procurement 

Officer, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, 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 (Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until June 20, 2014. 

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 the Chief Procument 

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 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); 

48 CFR Chapter 1 provides general 

procedures on handling protests 

submitted by contractors to federal 

agencies. This regulation provides 

detailed guidance for contractors doing 

business with acquisition offices within 

the Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) to implement the FAR. FAR Part 

33.103, Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 

prescribe policies and procedures for 

filing protests and for processing 

contract disputes and appeals. 

DHS will not be asking for anything 

outside of what is already required in 

the FAR. Should anything outside the 

FAR arise, DHS will submit a request for 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval. The prior information 

collect request for OMB No. 1600–004 

was approved through May 31, 2014 by 

OMB in a Notice of OMB Action. 

The information being collected will 

be obtained from contractors as part of 

their submissions whenever they file a 

bid protest with the Department’s 

Components. The information will be 

used by DHS officials in deciding how 

the protest should be resolved. Failure 

to collect this information would result 

in delayed resolution of agency protests. 

According to Federal Procurement 

Data System (FPDS), the number of 

protest has increased each year over the 

past two years in annual respondent and 

burden hours. This increase in current 

protest activity is not the result of a 

deliberate program change, but from a 

new estimate of actions that are not 

controllable by the Federal government. 

Although, the number of protest has 

increased, there has not been any 

change in 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 


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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, Acquisition Policy and 

Legislation Office, DHS. 

Title: Regulation on Agency Protests. 

OMB Number: 1600–0004. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Number of Respondents: 95. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 190. 

Dated: April 16, 2014. 

Margaret H. Graves, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09011 Filed 4–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2014–0207] 

Information Collection Request to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an 

Information Collection Request (ICRs) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting 

approval of an extension to the 

following collection of information: 

1625–0073, Alteration of Unreasonably 

Obstructive Bridges. Our ICR describes 

the information we seek to collect from 

the public. Before submitting this ICR to 

OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting 

comments as described below. 

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast 

Guard on or before June 20, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number [USCG–2014–0207] to the 

Docket Management Facility (DMF) at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT). To avoid duplicate submissions, 

please use only one of the following 

means: 

(1) Online: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Mail: DMF (M–30), DOT, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

(4) Fax: 202–493–2251. To ensure 

your comments are received in a timely 

manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk 

Officer for the Coast Guard. 

The DMF maintains the public docket 

for this Notice. Comments and material 

received from the public, as well as 

documents mentioned in this Notice as 

being available in the docket, will 

become part of the docket and will be 

available for inspection or copying at 

Room W12–140 on the West Building 

Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. You may also 

find the docket on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Copies of the ICR(s) are available 

through the docket on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Additionally, copies are available from: 

Commandant (Cg–612), Attn Paperwork 

Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast 

Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. 

SE., Stop 7710, Washington, DC 20593– 

7710. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Anthony Smith, Office of Information 

Management, telephone 202–475–3532, 

or fax 202–372–8405, for questions on 

these documents. Contact Ms. Cheryl 

Collins, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, 202–366–9826, for 

questions on the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

This Notice relies on the authority of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An 

ICR is an application to OIRA seeking 

the approval, extension, or renewal of a 

Coast Guard collection of information 

(Collection). The ICR contains 

information describing the Collection’s 

purpose, the Collection’s likely burden 

on the affected public, an explanation of 

the necessity of the Collection, and 

other important information describing 

the Collection. There is one ICR for each 

Collection. 

The Coast Guard invites comments on 

whether these ICRs should be granted 

based on the Collections being 

necessary for the proper performance of 

Departmental functions. In particular, 

the Coast Guard would appreciate 

comments addressing: (1) The practical 

utility of the Collections; (2) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden of the 

Collections; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of 

information subject to the Collections; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the Collections on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. In response to 

your comments, we may revise these 

ICRs or decide not to seek approval of 

revisions of the Collections. We will 

consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

We encourage you to respond to this 

request by submitting comments and 

related materials. Comments must 

contain the OMB Control Number of the 

ICR and the docket number of this 

request, [USCG–2014–0207], and must 

be received by June 20, 2014. We will 

post all comments received, without 

change, to http://www.regulations.gov. 

They will include any personal 

information you provide. We have an 

agreement with DOT to use their DMF. 

Please see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ paragraph 

below. 

Submitting comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number [USCG– 

2014–0207], indicate the specific 

section of the document to which each 

comment applies, providing a reason for 

each comment. You may submit your 

comments and material online (via 

http://www.regulations.gov), by fax, 

mail, or hand delivery, but please use 

only one of these means. If you submit 

a comment online via 

www.regulations.gov, it will be 

considered received by the Coast Guard 

when you successfully transmit the 

comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or 

mail your comment, it will be 

considered as having been received by 

the Coast Guard when it is received at 

the DMF. We recommend you include 

your name, mailing address, an email 

address, or other contact information in 

the body of your document so that we 

can contact you if we have questions 

regarding your submission. 

You may submit your comments and 

material by electronic means, mail, fax, 

or delivery to the DMF at the address 

under ADDRESSES; but please submit 

them by only one means. To submit 

your comment online, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and type ‘‘USCG– 

2014–0207’’ in the ‘‘Search’’ box. If you 

submit your comments by mail or hand 

delivery, submit them in an unbound 

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. If you submit comments by mail 

and would like to know that they 

reached the Facility, please enclose a 


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