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and two hours before closing) for ten

consecutive days. The following subject

areas will be covered in the survey:

customer relations, savings, cleanliness,

scheduling, atmosphere, quality of meat

and produce, managers’ and employees’

knowledge and helpfulness, and the

customer’s most valued benefit of

commissaries.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–12967 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Number: Defense

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS), Subcontracting

Policies and Procedures—DFARS Part

244; OMB Number 0704–0253.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 90.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 90.

Average Burden per Response: 16

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,400.

Needs and Uses: The collection of this

information is considered by the

administrative contracting officer before

making a decision on granting,

withholding, or withdrawing

purchasing system approval at the

conclusion of a contractor purchasing

system review. Withdrawal of

purchasing system approval would

necessitate Government consent to

individual subcontracts in accordance

with section 44.102 of the Federal

Acquisition Regulation. The information

collection includes the requirements of

DFARS 244.305–70, which requires the

administrative contracting officer, at the

completion of the in-plant portion of the

contractor purchasing system review, to

request the contractor to submit within

15 days, its plan for correcting

deficiencies or making improvements to

its purchasing system.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–12966 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0077]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request Entitled Quality

Assurance Requirements

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve an

extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Quality Assurance

Requirements. A request for public

comments was published at 63 FR

11424, March 9, 1998. No comments

were received.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before June 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Klein, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–3775.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0077,

Quality Assurance Requirements, in all

correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Supplies and services acquired under

Government contracts must conform to

the contract’s quality and quantity

requirements. FAR Part 46 prescribes

inspection, acceptance, warranty, and

other measures associated with quality

requirements. Standard clauses related

to inspection (a) require the contractor

to provide and maintain an inspection

system that is acceptable to the

Government; (b) give the Government

the right to make inspections and test

while work is in process; and (c) require

the contractor to keep complete, and

make available to the Government,

records of its inspection work.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .25 hours per response

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows:

Respondents, 950; responses per

respondent, 1; total annual responses,

950; preparation hours per response,

.25; and total response burden hours,

237.5 (238).

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

The annual recordkeeping burden is

estimated as follows: Recordkeepers,

58,060; hours per recordkeeper, .68; and

total recordkeeping burden hours,

39,481. The total annual burden is 238

+ 39,481 = 39,719.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS),

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0077, Quality Assurance

Requirements, in all correspondence.
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Dated: May 12, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98–12949 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Advisory Council on Education

Statistics, (ACES)

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the Advisory

Council on Education Statistics (ACES).

This notice of this meeting is required

under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend.

DATES: May 21–22, 1998.

TIMES: May 21, 1998—Full Council, 9:00

a.m.–10:45 a.m.; Management

Committee, 10:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m.;

Statistics Committee, 10:45 a.m.–4:40

p.m.; Strategy/Policy 10:45 a.m.–4:30

p.m.

May 22, 1998—Full Council 12 noon

to 3:00 p.m.; Statistics Committee, 8:30

a.m.–12:00 noon; Strategy/Policy

Committee, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon; and

Management Committee, 8:30 to 12

noon.

LOCATION: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520

North Capitol Street NW, Washington

D.C. 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Marenus, National Center for

Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey

Ave, NW, Room 400J, Washington, D.C.

20208–5530—(202) 219–1835.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Council on Education

Statistics (ACES) is established under

Section 406(c)(1) of the Education

Amendments of 1974, Pub. L. 93–380.

The Council is established to review

general policies for the operation of the

National Center for Education Statistics

(NCES) in the Office of Educational

Research and Improvement and is

responsible for advising on standards to

insure that statistics and analyses

disseminated by NCES are of high

quality and are not subject to political

influence. In addition, ACES is required

to advise the Commissioner of NCES

and the National Assessment Governing

Board on technical and statistical

matters related to the National

Assessment of Education Progress

(NAEP). The meeting of the Council is

open to the public.

The proposed agenda for the full

Council includes the following:

• A status report from the NCES

Commissioner on major Center

initiatives; and

• The presentation of Committee

reports.

Individual meetings of the three ACES

subcommittees will focus on specific

topics:

• The agenda for the Management

Committee includes discussion on the

results from the 1997 Customer Service

Survey, a report on the development of

partnerships with external

organizations, a discussion of ‘‘capacity

building’’ activities for NCES, and

discussion on NCES’s program planning

activities.

• The agenda for the Statistics

Committee includes a discussion of the

emerging issues in NCES’s licensing

policy, a discussion of the response

probability convention in assessment

scales, and a report on race/ethnicity

reporting issues.

• The agenda for the Strategy/Policy

Committee includes a discussion of

redesign issues in the Schools and

Staffing Survey, a discussion of a new

longitudinal cohort study and a briefing

on school crime data collections

options.

Records are kept of all Council

proceedings and are available for public

inspection at the Office of the Executive

Director, Advisory Council on

Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey

Avenue, NW, Room 400J, Washington,

D.C. 20208–7575.

Ricky Takai,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

Research and Improvement.

[FR Doc. 98–13023 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada Test

Site

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Nevada Test Site.

DATES: Wednesday, June 3, 1998: 5:30

p.m.—9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy,

Nevada Support Facility, Great Basin

Room, 232 Energy Way, North Las

Vegas, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Rohrer, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Environmental

Management, P.O. Box 98518, Las

Vegas, Nevada 89193–8513, phone:

702–295–0197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Board: The purpose of the Advisory

Board is to make recommendations to

DOE and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

5:30 p.m. Call to Order

5:40 p.m. Presentations

7:00 p.m. Public Comment/Questions

7:30 p.m. Break

7:45 p.m. Review Action Items

8:00 p.m. Approve Meeting Minutes

8:10 p.m. Committee Reports

8:45 p.m. Public Comment

9:00 p.m. Adjourn

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Kevin Rohrer, at the telephone

number listed above. Requests must be

received 5 days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provision will be made to

include the presentation in the agenda.

The Designated Federal Officer is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Kevin

Rohrer at the address listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on May 11, 1998.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–12999 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge

Reservation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.