35202 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 124 / Monday, June 29, 1998 / Notices

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 6,862.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 6,862.

Average Burden per Response: 1.1

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 7,548.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement pertains to

contractor information provided to

Cooperative Agreement Holders. DFARS

Subpart 205.4 and the clause at DFARS

252.205–7000 require that defense

prime contractors awarded contracts

over $500,000 provide to cooperative

agreement holders, upon request, a list

of employees or offices that are

responsible for entering into

subcontracts under defense contracts.

The list must include the business

address, telephone number, and area of

responsibility of each employee or

office. The purpose of the cooperative

agreements is for the agreement holders

to provide procurement technical

assistance to business entities within a

specified geographic area. This guidance

implements 10 U.S.C. 2416.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent 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 22, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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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) Part 236,

Construction and Architect-Engineer

Contracts, and Related Clauses at

252.236; OMB Number 0704–0255.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 2,740.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 2,740.

Average Burden per Response: 100.96

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 276,625.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement pertains to

information collections applicable to

fixed-price construction contracts.

Government personnel use the

information generated by these

collections to (a) evaluate contractor

proposals for contract modifications, (b)

determine that a contractor has removed

obstructions to navigation, (c) review

contractor requests for payment for

mobilization and determine

reasonableness of costs allocated to

mobilization and demobilization, and

(d) determine eligibility for the 20

percent evaluation preference for U.S.

firms in the award of some overseas

construction contracts. This request

covers the following requirements

prescribed in DFARS 236.570,

applicable to fixed-price construction

contracts: (i) DFARS 252.236–7000

requries contractors to submit a price

breakdown with any proposal for a

contract modification; (2) DFARS

252.236–7002 requires contractors to

notify the contracting officer of

obstructions in navigable waterways; (3)

DFARS 252.236–7003 requires

contractors to provide supporting

documentation when submitting

requests for payment for mobilization

and preparatory work; (4) DFARS

252.236–7004 permits contracting

officers to require contractors to furnish

cost data justifying the percentage of the

cost split between mobilization and

demobilization, if the contracting officer

believes that the proposed percentages

do not bear a reasonable relation to the

cost of the work; and, (5) DFARS

252.233–7010 and DFARS 252.236–

7012 require offerors to identify their

status as a U.S. firm or, when contract

performance will be on Kwajalein Atoll,

status as a U.S. or Marshallese firm.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit.

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 23, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

National Imagery and Mapping Agency

(NIMA)

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on National Imagery and

Mapping Agency (NIMA) will meet in

closed session on June 23–24, 1998 at

the National Reconnaissance

Organization, 14675 Lee Road,

Chantilly, Virginia. In order for the Task

Force to obtain time sensitive classified

briefings, critical to the understanding

of the issues, this meeting is scheduled

on short notice.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At this meeting

the Task Force will review the

objectives and plans of the National

Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)

to meet the needs of the national and

military intelligence customers as they

enter the 21st Century.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1994)), it has been determined

that this DSB Task Force meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1) (1994), and that accordingly

this meeting will be closed to the

public.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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