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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 

June 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments including 

suggestions for reducing this burden to 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 

4041, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhonda Cundiff, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA, (202) 501–0044. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The objective to consent to 

subcontract, as discussed in FAR Part 

44, is to evaluate the efficiency and 

effectiveness with which the contractor 

spends Government funds, and 

complies with Government policy when 

subcontracting. The consent package 

provides the administrative contracting 

officer a basis for granting, or 

withholding consent to subcontract. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Number of Respondents: 4,252. 

Responses per Respondent: 3.61. 

Total Responses: 15,349. 

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 

.87. 

Total Burden Hours: 13,353. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 

4041, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0149, 

Subcontract Consent, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: April 17, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–9458 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0026] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Change Order 

Accounting 

AGENCIES: 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 (9000–0026). 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 

Regulatory 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 change order 

accounting. This OMB clearance expires 

on May 31, 2009. 

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 

June 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 

Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Beverly Cromer, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA, (202) 501–1448. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

FAR clause 52.243–6, Change Order 

Accounting, requires that, whenever the 

estimated cost of a change or series of 

related changes exceed $100,000, the 

contracting officer may require the 

contractor to maintain separate accounts 

for each change or series of related 

changes. The account shall record all 

incurred segregable, direct costs (less 

allocable credits) of work, both changed 

and unchanged, allocable to the change. 

These accounts are to be maintained 

until the parties agree to an equitable 

adjustment for the changes or until the 

matter is conclusively disposed of under 

the disputes clause. This requirement is 

necessary in order to be able to account 

properly for costs associated with 

changes in supply and research and 

development contracts that are 

technically complex and incur 

numerous changes. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 8,750. 

Responses per Respondent: 18. 

Annual Responses: 157,500. 

Hours per Response: .084. 

Total Burden Hours: 13,230. 

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden 

Recordkeepers: 8,750. 

Hours per Recordkeeper: 1.5. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 

13,125. 

Total Burden Hours: 26,355. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 

4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 

(202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0026, Change Order 

Accounting, in all correspondence. 

Dated: April 17, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–9347 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0152] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Service 

Contracting 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

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