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[Federal Register: August 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 164)]
[Notices]               
[Page 52313-52314]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOD-2010-DARS-0115]

 
Submission for OMB review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of

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information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by 
September 24, 2010.
    Title, Associated Forms and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Appendix I, DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege 
Program; OMB Control Number 0704-0332.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 190.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.96.
    Annual Responses: 372.
    Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Record Keeping Hours: 589 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 961 hours.
    Needs and Uses: DoD needs this information to evaluate whether the 
purposes of the DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege Program have been met. The 
purposes of the Program are to (1) Provide incentives to major DoD 
contractors to assist protege firms in enhancing their capabilities to 
satisfy contract and subcontract requirements; (2) increase the overall 
participation of protege firms as subcontractors and suppliers; and (3) 
foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between 
protege firms and major DoD contractors. This Program implements 
section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1991 (Pub. L. 101-510) and section 811 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Pub. L. 106-65) (10 U.S.C. 2302 
note). Participation in the Program is voluntary.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Semiannually (mentor); Annually (protege).
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    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.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 
22209-2133.

    Dated: July 26, 2010.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-21106 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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