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Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Forms 5310 and 6088

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning Form

5310, Application for Determination

Upon Termination, and Form 6088,

Distributable Benefits from Employee

Pension Benefit Plans.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before March 14, 1997 to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Martha R. Brinson,

(202) 622–3869, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Form 5310, Application for

Determination Upon Termination, and

Form 6088, Distributable Benefits from

Employee Pension Benefit Plans.

OMB Number: 1545–0202.

Form Number: Forms 5310 and 6088.

Abstract: Employers who have

qualified deferred compensation plans

can take an income tax deduction for

contributions to their plans. Form 5310

is used to request an IRS determination

letter about the plan’s qualification

status (qualified or non-qualified) under

Internal Revenue Code section 401(a).

Form 6088 is used to show the amounts

of distributable benefits to participants

in the plan.

Current Actions: There are no changes

being made to the forms at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations

Estimated Number of Respondents:

30,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 34

hr., 35 min.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,037,700.

The following paragraph applies to all

of the collections of information covered

by this notice:

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a valid OMB control number.

Books or records relating to a collection

of information must be retained as long

as their contents may become material

in the administration of any internal

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and

tax return information are confidential,

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.

Request for Comments

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record. Comments are

invited on: (a) Whether the 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 collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: January 6, 1997.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

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[Project no. TIRNO–97–R–00018]

Proposed Establishment of a Federally

Funded Research and Development

Center

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) intends to sponsor a Federally

Funded Research and Development

Center (FFRDC) to provide system

engineering and technical assistance

along with strategic advice and

guidance. Also required will be

technical management capabilities to

facilitate the operation and

modernization of Tax Systems. The

FFRDC will be established under the

authority of 48 CFR Subpart 35.017. The

FFRDC shall provide technical advice

and assistance to the IRS and/or its

contractors in the areas of program and

project management. This will consist of

expert advice/guidance focused on

increasing the effectiveness and

efficiency of strategic information

management and technical activities.

The FFRDC will be available for IRS’s

Chief Information Officer (CIO) or the

CIO’s designees or Department of the

Treasury executive support. Examples

of this support may include, but are not

limited to the following:—Information

Systems (IS) input to business case

development—Business Process

Analysis—IS management and oversight

of IRS contractors—Evaluation of IRS

contractors’ performance and

development of performance

measures—Development of

recommendations regarding a prime

integration contractor—Evaluation of

IRS effectiveness—Ad hoc technical

advice—Acquisition Support as

neccessary. This procurement will not

involve a request for proposals.

However, expressions of interest and

qualification or capability statements

should be submitted by interested

entities who are capable of fulfilling this

requirement. The qualification or

capability statements received will be

used to select potentially qualified

entities, which may at a later date be

requested to submit additional

information and/or provide an oral

presentation as part of a final selection.

Please submit comments on this action

no later than January 28, 1997. This is

the first of three announcements issued

under the authority of 48 CAR 5.205 (b).

DATES: The IRS will appreciate receiving

qualification or capability statements at

your earliest convenience, however, this

information must be received within 15

days after the third (3rd) publication of

this announcement to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Responses to this notice

must be mailed to the Internal Revenue

Service, A/C Procurement, Office of End

Users Systems Branch, 6009 Oxon Hill

Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 7th floor/

Constellation Building M:P:I:E

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

request, a copy of a scope of work for

the intended FFRDC will be mailed to

any interested party or interested parties

can download the information from the

IRS Procurement Bulletin Board System

(PBBS). Please follow these instructions

to access the PBBS, dial the following

number (202) 799–0943. Your system

must be set at the following defaults:

Baud Rate of 9600, No Parity, 8 Data

Bits, 1 Stop Bit. The system will prompt

you for your name, business name and

address, the kind of system you are
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using, user ID and a password of your

choice. At the Main System Menu the

following will appear ‘‘Make your

selection (T,F,E, etc....):’’ Type ‘‘L’’ and

press the <ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘S’’ to

select a library and press the <ENTER>

Key. Type ‘‘RFP’’ and press the

<ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘F’’ and press the

<Enter> Key to list files. Press the

<ENTER> Key to view the list of files.

Type ‘‘C’’ to view the file list. Download

the file ‘‘FFRDC.DOC’’. The system

operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Send a written request, for a copy of the

statement of work, to the contracting

officer at the address specified above.

No oral communication will be

accepted. Qualification or Capability

Statement, should be submitted in

written form to the Contracting Officer

at the address specified above.

Responses to this notice should make

reference to Project no. TIRNO–97–R–

00018.

James A. Williams,

Acting, Assistant Commissioner

(Procurement).

[FR Doc. 97–777 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

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