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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

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) Part 232, Contract

Financing, and Related Clause at

DFARS 252.232–7007, Limitation of

Government’s Obligation; OMB Number

0704–0359.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 800.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 800.

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.

Annual Burden Hours: 800.

Needs and Uses: This requirement

provides for the collection of

information from contractors that are

awarded incrementally funded, fixedprice DoD contracts. The information

collection requires these contractors to

notify the Government when the work

under the contract will, within 90 days,

reach the point at which the amount

payable by the Government (including

any termination costs) approximates 85

percent of the funds currently allotted to

the contract.

This information will be used to

determine what course of action the

Government will take (e.g., allot

additional funds for continued

performance, terminate the contract, or

terminate certain contract line items).

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: June 4, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0045]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Bid Guarantees,

Performance and Payment Bonds, and

Alternative Payment Protections

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 (9000–0045).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Bid Guarantees,

Performance and Payment Bonds, and

Alternative Payment Protections. The

clearance currently expires on

September 30, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before August 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack

O’Neill, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA, (202) 501–3856.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden, to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

These regulations implement the

statutory requirements of the Miller Act

(40 U.S.C. 270a–270e), which requires

performance and payment bonds for any

construction contract exceeding

$100,000, unless it is impracticable to

require bonds for work performed in a

foreign country, or it is otherwise

authorized by law. In addition, the

regulations implement the note to 40

U.S.C. 270a, entitled ‘‘Alternatives to

Payment Bonds Provided by the Federal

Acquisition Regulation,’’ which requires

alternative payment protection for

construction contracts that exceed

$25,000 but do not exceed $100,000.

Although not required by statute, under

certain circumstances the FAR permits

the Government to require bonds on

other than construction contracts.

This information collection extension

will also incorporate information

collection requirements currently

approved under 9000–0119.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .42 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,

11,304; responses per respondent, 5;

total annual responses, 56,520;

preparation hours per response, .42; and

total response burden hours, 23,738.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0045, Bid, Performance, and

Payment Bonds, in all correspondence.

Dated: June 5, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per

Diem Rates

AGENCY: DoD, Per Diem, Travel and

Transportation Allowance Committee.

ACTION: Notice of revised non-foreign

overseas per diem rates.

SUMMARY: The Per Diem, Travel and

Transportation Allowance Committee is

publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem

Bulletin Number 200. This bulletin lists

revisions in the per diem rates

prescribed for U.S. Government
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employees for official travel in Alaska,

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Northern

Mariana Islands and Possessions of the

United States. AEA changes announced

in Bulletin Number 194 remain in effect.

Bulletin Number 200 is being published

in the Federal Register to assure that

travelers are paid per diem at the most

current rates.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

document gives notice of revisions in

per diem rates prescribed by the Per

Diem Travel and Transportation

Allowance Committee for non-foreign

areas outside the continental United

States. It supersedes Civilian Personnel

Per Diem Bulletin Number 199.

Distribution of Civilian Personnel Per

Diem Bulletins by mail was

discontinued. Per Diem Bulletins

published periodically in the Federal

Register now constitute the only

notification of revisions in per diem

rates to agencies and establishments

outside the Department of Defense. For

more information or questions about per

diem rates, please contact your local

travel office. The text of the Bulletin

follows:

Dated: June 5, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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