33668 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0033]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Proposed Collection; Contractor’s

Signature Authority

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance (9000–0033).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

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 Contractor’s Signature

Authority. The clearance currently

expires on September 30, 2001.

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

August 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVP), 1800 F Street, NW.,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laura Smith, Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA, (202) 208–7279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Entities doing business with the

Government must identify those persons

who have the authority to bind the

principal. This information is needed to

ensure that Government contracts are

legal and binding. The information is

used by the contracting officer to ensure

that authorized persons sign contracts.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows:

Respondents: 4,800.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Total Responses: 4,800.

Hours Per Response: .017.

Total Burden Hours: 82.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0033, Contractor’s Signature

Authority, in all correspondence.

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

(DSB) Task Force on E-Commerce will

meet in closed session on September

25–26, 2001, and October 23, 2001, at

SAIC, Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, VA. This Task Force will

review the DoD’s current

implementation status of e-commerce

tools and make any appropriate

recommendations that might enhance

opportunities for cost reduction, capital

and manpower efficiency.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition, Technology &

Logistics on scientific and technical

matters as they affect the perceived

needs of the Department of Defense. At

these meetings, the Defense Science

Board Task Force will review and

evaluate the Department’s new

procurement approaches and its current

implementation status in light of the

fact that the Department has one of the

largest acquisition systems in the world

for both goods and services.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II), it has been determined that

these Defense Science Board meetings

concern matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c)(4), and that accordingly these

meetings will be closed to the public.

Dated: June 18, 2001.

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

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

(DSB) Summer Study will meet in

closed session August 13–24, 2001, at

the Beckman Center, Irvine, CA. At

these meetings, the Defense Science

Board will discuss interim findings and

recommendations resulting from two

ongoing Task Force activities: Defense

Science & Technology (S&T) and

Precision Targeting.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition, Technology &

Logistics on scientific and technical

matters as they affect the perceived

needs of the Department of Defense. At

these meetings, the Board will address

the issues involved in assuring that the

U.S. continues to gain access to and

develop technology from which to gain

military advantage. They will consider

future technologies that should be

developed and exploited for military

applications, particularly potential

technologies that provide the U.S.

military an asymmetric advantage in

conflict, in deployment, and at home;

the appropriate mix of in-house,

contractor, university and commercial

providers of basic and applied research

and of advanced development; how DoD

can leverage technology that is under

development and produced globally in

commercial industry, as well as that

which is being discovered and

demonstrated in the S&T programs

funded by both other U.S. agencies and

other nations; the situation of and the

contribution of the DoD laboratories in