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First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0024, Buy 

American Act Certificate, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: September 23, 2011. 

Laura Auletta, 

Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0001; Docket No. 

2011–0079; Sequence 8] 

Submission for OMB Review; Federal 

Acquisition Regulation; Standard Form 

28, Affidavit of Individual Surety 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for a extension 

to an existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

Secretariat (MVCB) 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 Standard Form 28, Affidavit 

of Individual Surety. A request for 

public comments was published in the 

Federal Register at 76 FR 22706, on 

April 22, 2011. Two comments were 

received. 

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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0001, Standard Form 28, Affidavit 

of Individual Surety, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

inputting ‘‘Information Collection 9000– 

0001, Standard Form 28, Affidavit of 

Individual Surety’’ under the heading 

‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ and selecting 

‘‘Search’’. Select the link ‘‘Submit a 

Comment’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0001, 

Standard Form 28, Affidavit of 

Individual Surety’’. Follow the 

instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a 

Comment’’ screen. Please include your 

name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0001, 

Standard Form 28, Affidavit of 

Individual Surety’’ on your attached 

document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada 

Flowers/IC 9000–0001, Standard Form 

28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0001, Standard Form 28, Affidavit 

of Individual Surety, in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cecelia Davis, Procurement Analyst, 

Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 219–0202 or 

Cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Affidavit of Individual Surety 

(Standard Form (SF) 28) is used by all 

executive agencies, including the 

Department of Defense, to obtain 

information from individuals wishing to 

serve as sureties to Government bonds. 

To qualify as a surety on a Government 

bond, the individual must show a net 

worth not less than the penal amount of 

the bond on the SF 28. It is an elective 

decision on the part of the maker to use 

individual sureties instead of other 

available sources of surety or sureties 

for Government bonds. 

The information on SF 28 is used to 

assist the contracting officer in 

determining the acceptability of 

individuals proposed as sureties. 

A notice published in the Federal 

Register at 76 FR 22706, April 22, 2011 

and two comments were received. Both 

commenters support the extension of 

this information collection. In addition 

to supporting the extension, both 

commenters suggested some revisions/ 

enhancements to the current Standard 

Form 28. These suggestions will be 

taken into consideration. 

The decrease in the total burden 

hours is a result of the change in the 

‘‘Response per Respondent’’ and ‘‘Hours 

per Response’’ categories. The 1.43, 

responses per respondent, has been 

lowered to 1. to adequately reflect this 

category. A respondent has to respond 

completely not partially when 

submitting this form. The ‘‘Hours per 

Response’’ category has been decreased 

to .3 (18 minutes) from .4 (24 minutes) 

to reflect the benefit of the electronic 

capability of fillable-fileable forms. 

Respondents no longer have to print, 

scan, and then electronically submit or 

print and then physically mail forms 

through the post office, they can now 

submit electronically. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 500. 

Hours Per Response: 0.3. 

Total Burden Hours: 150. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0001, Standard 

Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety, 

in all correspondence. 

Dated: September 21, 2011. 

Laura Auletta, 

Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Medicaid Program: Money Follows the 

Person Rebalancing Demonstration 

Program 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice creates an 

expansion to an existing award under 

the Money Follows the Person 


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Demonstration grant. The program 

supports the movement of Medicaid 

beneficiaries with disabling and chronic 

conditions from institutions into the 

community. The award expands already 

funded tasks related to quality technical 

assistance provided to State grantees. 

DATES: Effective Date: The program 

expansion is effective on the date of 

award (before September 30, 2011 

through April 15, 2013). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Yuskauskas, (410) 786–0268. 

Arun Natarajan, (410) 786–7455. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The need for additional funds is the 

result of an increase in the number of 

Money Follows the Person (MFP) State 

Grantees through the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act (Affordable 

Care Act) (Pub. L. 111–148, enacted on 

March 23, 2010). Fifteen additional 

States received new MFP funds in 

January, 2011 under the Affordable Care 

Act. The increase in the number of 

States and programs resulting from the 

Affordable Care Act place more demand 

on the need for technical assistance to 

States developing and implementing 

quality improvement strategies, 

particularly given the complexity and 

vulnerability of the populations being 

served in MFP and the Congress’ 

commitment to the Grant Program’s 

success. The expansion was not 

calculated in the original National 

Quality Enterprise (NQE) budget 

because at the time of the original 

award, the Affordable Care Act money 

was not included in CMS’ budget 

allocation. 

The additional resources are 

necessary to assure the success of the 

individual placements, specifically, by 

facilitating sufficient quality 

mechanisms to address the unique 

needs of the populations with disabling 

and chronic conditions. These are the 

most vulnerable populations and a lack 

of quality and oversight mechanisms in 

place, may place individuals at risk. 

II. Provisions of the Notice 

We solicited a proposal from 

Thomson Reuters Healthcare to expand 

the National Home and CommunityBased Services (HCBS) Quality 

Enterprise beyond the grant’s present 

scope. The expansion was created by 

section 2403 of the Affordable Care Act, 

which amended section 6071 of the 

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the 

Money Follows the Person Rebalancing 

Demonstration. The provision expanded 

previous legislation to support State and 

CMS efforts to improve quality in a 

‘‘rebalanced’’ long-term support system, 

and to demonstrate the ongoing benefits 

from and need for an effective HCBS QI 

Enterprise. The grant offered $1.2 

million over 2 years through a program 

expansion supplement. 

We requested that the Thomson 

Reuters Healthcare submit an 

abbreviated application addressing the 

expansion of the existing grant. The 

Grantee provided an updated quality 

technical assistance model and work 

plan focused on the following four 

major goals: 

• Development of a process 

demonstrating consistency between the 

Grantee and CMS, and across all 

Grantee staff and subcontractors for 

providing technical assistance (Project 

Management, 1.1). 

• The provision of technical 

assistance to states related to quality in 

home and community-based services 

programs (Technical Assistance, 2.1b). 

• The provision of technical 

assistance to CMS staff related to the 

oversight of quality in HCBS programs 

(Technical Assistance, 2.1c). 

• The ongoing development and 

maintenance of a national HCBS quality 

web-based technical assistance site and 

quality TA manuscripts (Technical 

Assistance, 2.1d and e). 

As part of the application, based on 

the four major goals listed above, the 

Grantee submitted a 3 page project 

narrative describing the activities, and 

an accompanying budget revision, 

related to Grant #1LICMS030329/01, 

entitled ‘‘The National HCBS Quality 

Enterprise: Assisting States to Achieve 

Enhanced Quality in a Rebalanced 

Environment’’. 

The documents included the 

following: 

• Cover Letter—The letter included 

the current project director’s name and 

a brief summary of the proposed project, 

submitted and signed by the authorized 

representative for this grant. 

• SF–424a (Budget Information—Non 

Construction Programs)—The applicant 

provided the total costs for the 

remainder of the project for $1.2 

million, with a break out of those costs 

in Section B ‘‘Budget Categories’’ of the 

SF–424a form. The costs proposed were 

for the additional costs only (not the 

cumulative total costs of the entire 

grant). 

• Detailed Budget Narrative—The 

applicant provided a detailed 

breakdown of the aggregate numbers for 

the budget recorded on the Standard 

Form 424a ‘‘Budget Information—Non 

Constructions Programs,’’ including 

allocations for each major set of 

activities or proposed tasks. The 

proposed budget justification clearly 

described each cost element in the 

related budget category. 

• Project Narrative—The project 

narrative (approximately 3 pages in 

length) provided a concise and complete 

description of the proposed project. It 

contained the information necessary for 

CMS to fully understand the additional 

work of the project. It covered all 

aspects of the project requirements (see 

criteria for writing the project 

narrative—four major goals). 

Authority: Section 6071 Deficit Reduction 

Act of 2005. 

Dated: September 20, 2011. 

Daniel F. Kane, 

Chief Grants Management Officer, Office of 

Acquisition and Grants Management, Centers 

for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: State Council on Developmental 

Disabilities Program Performance 

Report. 

OMB No.: 0980–0172. 

Description: A Developmental 

Disabilities Council Program 

Performance Report is required by 

federal statute. Each State 

Developmental Disabilities Council 

must submit an annual report for the 

preceding fiscal year of activities and 

accomplishments. Information provided 

in the Program Performance Report will 

be used (1) in the preparation of the 

biennial Report to the President, the 

Congress, and the National Council on 

Disabilities and (2) to provide a national 

perspective on program 

accomplishments and continuing 

challenges. This information will also 

be used to comply with requirements in 

the Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993. 

Respondents: State Governments. 


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