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###### Department of Defense

###### Office of the Secretary

# 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 244, Subcontracting Policies and Procedures; OMB Number 0704-0253.                

*Type of Request:*                     Extension.                

*Number of Respondents:*                     90.                

*Responses Per Respondent:*                     1.                

*Annual Responses:*                     90.                

*Average Burden Per Response:*                     16 hours.                

*Annual Burden Hours:*                     1,440.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     Administrative contracting officers use this information in making decisions to grant, withhold, or withdraw purchasing system approval at the conclusion of a contractor purchasing system review. Withdrawal of purchasing system approval would necessitate Government consent to individual subcontracts. This information collection includes the requirements of DFARS 244.305-70, Granting, Withholding, or Withdrawing Approval. DFARS 244.305-70 requires the administrative contracting officer, at the completing of the in-plant portion of a contractor to submit within 15 days its plan for correcting deficiencies or making improvements to its purchasing system.                

*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. David M. Pritzker.                

                    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Mr. Pritzker at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.                          ( print page 28734)    

*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: May 18, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 01-13134 Filed 5-23-01; 8:45 am]

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