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WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV (EIB 92–34) 

or by mail to Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20038 Attn: OMB– 

3048–0009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles and Form Number: EIB 92–34 

Application for Short-Term Letter of 

Credit Insurance Policy. 

OMB Number: 3048–0009. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Need and Use: The information 

collected will provide information 

needed to determine compliance and 

creditworthiness for transaction 

requests submitted to the Export Import 

Bank. 

Affected Public: This form affects 

entities involved in the export of U.S. 

goods and services. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 11. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 48 hours. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: As 

needed. 

Government Expenses 

Reviewing Time per Year: 11 hours. 

Average Wages per Hour: $42.50. 

Average Cost per Year: $468 

(time*wages). 

Benefits and Overhead: 20%. 

Total Government Cost: $561. 

Bassam Doughman, 

IT Specialist. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00887 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0018; Docket 2017– 

0053; Sequence No. 1] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Certification of Independent Price 

Determination, Contractor Code of 

Business Ethics and Compliance, and 

Preventing Personal Conflicts of 

Interest 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) 

will be submitting to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request for revision and an extension of 

existing OMB clearances concerning 

certification of independent price 

determination and parent company and 

identifying data. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB control number 

9000–0018. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0018, 

‘‘Certification of Independent Price 

Determination, Contractor Code of 

Business Ethics and Compliance, and 

Preventing Personal Conflicts of 

Interest.’’ Follow the instructions 

provided on the screen. Please include 

your name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0018, 

‘‘Certification of Independent Price 

Determination, Contractor Code of 

Business Ethics and Compliance, and 

Preventing Personal Conflicts of 

Interest’’ on your attached document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0018. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0018, in all correspondence 

related to this collection. Comments 

received generally will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, 

Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

GSA 202–219–0202 or cecelia.davis@

gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

This information collection 

requirement, OMB Control No. 9000– 

0018, currently titled ‘‘Certification of 

Independent Price Determination and 

Parent Company and Identifying Data,’’ 

is proposed to be retitled ‘‘Certification 

of Independent Price Determination, 

Contractor Code of Business Ethics and 

Compliance, and Preventing Personal 

Conflicts of Interest,’’ due to 

consolidation with two additional 

currently approved information 

collection requirements: OMB Control 

No. 9000–0164, Contractor Business 

Ethics Compliance Program and 

Disclosure Requirements; and OMB 

Control No. 9000–0183, Preventing 

Personal Conflicts of Interest for 

Contractor Employees Performing 

Acquisition Functions. 

DoD, GSA and NASA analyzed the FY 

2016 data from the Federal Procurement 

Data System (FPDS) to develop the 

estimated burden hours for this 

information collection. 

This information collection 

requirement pertains to information that 

an offeror contractor must submit in 

response to the requirements of the 

following provisions and clauses in FAR 

52.203: 

1. Certification of Independent Price 

Determination (FAR 52.203–2). This 

clause requires the offeror to certify that 

the prices in the offer have been arrived 

at independently. Agencies are required 

to report under 41 U.S.C. 3101 (formerly 

41 U.S.C. 252(b)(i)) and 10 U.S.C. 

2305(d) suspected violations of the 

antitrust laws (e.g., collusive bidding, 

identical bids, uniform estimating 

systems, etc.) to the Attorney General. 

As a first step in assuring that 

Government contracts are not awarded 

to firms violating such antitrust laws, 

offerors on Government contracts must 

complete the certificate of independent 

price determination. An offer will not be 

considered for award where the 

certificate has been deleted or modified. 

Deletions or modifications of the 

certificate and suspected false 

certificates are reported to the Attorney 

General (see FAR 3.103–2 Evaluating 

the Certification). 

The information collection is required 

each time an offeror responds to a 

solicitation for firm-fixed price contract 

or fixed-price economic price 

adjustment contract unless the 

acquisition is: (1) Made under the 

simplified acquisition threshold; (2) at 

the request for technical proposals 

under two-step sealed bidding 

procedures; or (3) for utility services for 

which rates are set by law or regulation. 

The FAR rule requires a Certificate of 

Independent Price Determination so that 

contractors certify that the prices in 

their offer have been arrived at 

independently, have not been or will 


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not be knowingly disclosed, and have 

not been submitted for the purpose of 

restricting competition. This clause does 

not apply to commercial items. 

2. Contractor Code of Business Ethics 

and Conduct (FAR 52.203–13). This 

clause implements Government policy 

and Public Law 110–252, Title VI (Close 

the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act). It 

requires contractors to notify the 

respective agency Office of Inspector 

General when the contractor has 

credible evidence that the contractor’s 

principal, employee, agent, or 

subcontractor committed a violation of 

certain Federal criminal laws, or a 

violation of the Civil False Claims Act. 

The objective of the notification 

requirement is to emphasize the critical 

importance of integrity in contracting 

and reduce the occurrence of improper 

or criminal conduct in connection with 

the award and performance of Federal 

contracts and subcontracts. Information 

obtained from the notification 

requirements will be provided to the 

agency Inspector General by the 

contractor. 

3. Preventing Personal Conflicts of 

Interest (FAR 52.203–16). In accordance 

with 41 U.S.C. 2303, this clause requires 

contractors and subcontractors to: (a) 

Identify and prevent personal conflicts 

of interest of their covered employees; 

and (b) prohibit covered employees who 

have access to non-public information 

by reason of performance on a 

Government contract from using such 

information for personal gain. 

Contractors are required to notify 

contracting officers whenever they 

become aware of any personal conflict 

of interest violations by a covered 

employee. The objective of the 

notification requirement is to emphasize 

the critical importance of integrity in 

contracting and reduce the occurrence 

of improper or criminal conduct in 

connection with the award and 

performance of Federal contracts and 

subcontracts. Information obtained from 

the notification requirements will be 

provided to the agency Inspector 

General by the contractor. In addition, 

contractors have the opportunity, in 

exceptional circumstances, to request 

mitigation or waiver of the personal 

conflict-of-interest standards. The 

information is used by the Government 

to evaluate the requested mitigation/ 

waiver. 

The information provided to and by 

contractors in accordance with the 

clause at FAR 52.203–16 is used by the 

contractor and the contracting officer to 

identify and mitigate personal conflicts 

of interest in compliance with 

Government policy to (a) identify and 

prevent personal conflicts of interest of 

covered employees; and (b) prohibit 

covered employees who have access to 

non-public information by reason of 

performance on a Government contract 

from using such information for 

personal gain (FAR 3.1102). A notice 

was published in the Federal Register at 

82 FR 40582 on August 25, 2017. No 

comments were received. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

1. Certification of Independent Price 

Determination (FAR 52.203–2). 

Respondents: 24,270. 

Responses annually: 30. 

Total annual responses: 721,200. 

Estimated hrs/response: .25. 

Estimated total burden/hrs: 180,300. 

2. Contractor Code of Business Ethics 

and Conduct (FAR 52.203–13). 

Respondents: 278. 

Responses per respondent: 1. 

Total annual responses: 278. 

Preparation hours per response: 60. 

Total response burden hours: 16,680. 

3. Preventing Personal Conflicts of 

Interest (FAR 52.203–16). 

Respondents: 120. 

Responses per respondent: 1. 

Total responses: 120. 

Burden hours per response: 30. 

Total response burden hours: 3,600. 

Recordkeeping burden: 

Number of recordkeepers: 8,598. 

Records per recordkeeper per year: 25. 

Total annual records: 214,950. 

Estimated hours per record: 2.0. 

Total recordkeeping burden hours: 

429,900. 

4. Total (counting recordkeepers with 

respondents) 

Recordkeepers and respondents: 

33,266. 

Responses: 721,598. 

Hours (reporting and recordkeeping): 

707,862. 

C. Public Comments 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– 

0018, Certification of Independent Price 

Determination, Contractor Code of 

Business Ethics and Compliance, and 

Preventing Personal Conflicts of 

Interest, in all correspondence. 

Dated: January 16, 2018. 

Lorin S. Curit, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Government-Wide Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 

of Government-Wide Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0064; Docket 2017– 

0053; Sequence 16] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Organization and Direction of Work 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement concerning 

organization and direction of work. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submit comments via the Federal 

eRulemaking portal by searching the 

OMB Control number 9000–0064. Select 

the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘Information 


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