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b. How does the Defense Sector 

compare to relevant commercial sectors 

when it comes to financial health? 

Please explain. 

c. How important is cash flow and 

why? In the context of publicly traded 

companies, how do cash flow-related 

metrics influence executive 

compensation? 

2. Financing 

a. For companies who perform work 

on DoD contracts as either a prime 

contractor or subcontractor, what, if 

any, obstacles have you encountered in 

obtaining financing? Please explain and 

also identify whether you are a large or 

small business. 

b. For companies who perform work 

both for DoD and in the commercial 

sector, what is your view on how 

financing compares between DoD and 

your commercial customers? Please 

explain. What about delivery terms? For 

example, DoD’s terms to prime 

contractors are 30 days. How does this 

compare to commercial terms? 

3. Prime Contractors (Regardless of Size 

Status) on Defense Contracts 

a. What is your size status (see 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

part 19) in the context of your defense 

work? 

b. What percentage of your suppliers 

receive contract financing (payments 

prior to delivery) from your firm? 

c. Is the answer different for large 

business suppliers than for small 

business suppliers? Does one group 

receive financing more often than the 

other? 

d. What are your criteria for 

determining which suppliers receive 

financing? 

e. How do your lower-tier suppliers 

know they are performing under a 

Government prime contract? 

f. If you have been or are receiving a 

higher progress payment rate due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic, have you 

accelerated payments to your suppliers 

since the COVID–19 pandemic? If so, by 

how much time have you accelerated 

payments to your suppliers? Please be 

specific. Did you provide financing 

(predelivery payments) to suppliers that 

were not receiving financing prior to the 

COVID–19 pandemic? 

g. If you did not receive a higher 

progress payment rate due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic, e.g., you do not 

receive progress payments on your 

defense contract, did you accelerate 

payments to your suppliers since the 

COVID–19 pandemic? If so, by how 

much time have you accelerated 

payments to your suppliers? Please be 

specific and address the extent to which 

you have accelerated payments. Did you 

provide financing (predelivery 

payments) to suppliers that were not 

receiving financing prior to the COVID– 

19 pandemic? 

4. Subcontractors or Suppliers 

(Regardless of Size Status) Under a 

Defense Contract 

a. When you are performing as a 

subcontractor or supplier under a 

defense prime contract, how do you 

know that the ultimate customer is the 

Federal Government? 

b. Do you know the prime contract 

number (between the prime and the 

Government)? If so, how? Do you know 

who the Federal Government 

contracting officer is, or how to contact 

them? Would you be willing to contact 

the contracting officer if you were 

experiencing issues getting paid? 

c. Have financing payments or 

payments upon delivery from your 

customer (contractor) been accelerated 

during the COVID–19 pandemic? What 

are your normal terms and how much 

time have payments been accelerated? 

Did you receive financing (predelivery 

payments) from your prime or highertier contractor that you did not receive 

prior to the COVID–19 pandemic? 

d. Are there any conditions (e.g., 

changes in terms) associated with 

receiving payments from your prime or 

higher-tier contractor in a more 

expedited manner? 

5. Small Businesses Performing on 

Defense Contracts 

a. If you are a small business 

performing as a prime contractor, what 

is your experience regarding receipt of 

timely payments from DoD? 

b. If you are a small business 

performing as a supplier or 

subcontractor, are you aware of whether 

the clause at Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) 252.232–7017, Accelerating 

Payments to Small Business 

Subcontractors—Prohibition on Fees 

and Consideration, is in the prime’s 

contract? Is the substance of this clause 

in your subcontract? 

c. What are your normal payment 

terms (e.g., amount of time) for 

financing and for delivery? 

d. Are you receiving accelerated 

payments from your prime contractor? 

By how many days are payments being 

accelerated? 

Authority: DoD Instruction 5000.35, 

Defense Acquisition Regulations (DAR) 

System. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13047 Filed 6–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2022–0007; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0250] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS); 

DFARS Part 242, Contract 

Administration and Related Clause in 

DFARS 252 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB, for clearance, the following 

proposed revision and extension of a 

collection of information under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by July 18, 2022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 242; Contract 

Administration and Related Clause in 

DFARS 252; OMB Control Number 

0704–0250. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 292. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 292. 

Average Burden per Response: 475 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 138,700. 

Reporting Frequency: On Occasion. 

Needs and Uses: The Government 

requires this information in order to 

perform its contract administration 

functions. The information required by 

DFARS contract clause 252.242–7004, 

Material Management and Accounting 

System, is used by contracting officers 

to determine if contractor material 

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conform to established DoD standards. 

DFARS clause 252.242–7004 requires a 

contractor to establish and maintain a 

material management and accounting 

system for applicable contracts, disclose 

significant changes in its system, 

provide results of system reviews, and 

respond to any determinations by the 

Government of significant deficiencies. 

Comments and recommendations on 

the proposed information collection 

should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, 

DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13127 Filed 6–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0086] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Migrant 

Student Information Exchange (MSIX) 

Minimum Data Elements (MDEs) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2022–SCC–0086. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Benjamin Starr, 

(202) 245–8116. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Migrant Student 

Information Exchange (MSIX) Minimum 

Data Elements (MDEs). 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0683. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 46. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 399,774. 

Abstract: The Migrant Information 

Exchange (MSIX) is a nationwide 

electronic records exchange mechanism 

mandated under Title I, Part C of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every 

Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The 

Migrant Education Program (MEP) is 

authorized under sections 1301–1309 in 

Title I, Part C of the ESEA. MSIX and 

the minimum data elements (MDEs) are 

authorized under section 1308(b) of the 

ESEA, as amended. As a condition of 

receiving a grant of funds under the 

MEP, each State Educational Agency 

(SEA) is required to collect, maintain, 

and submit minimum health and 

education-related data to MSIX within 

established time-frames. Regulations 

CFR 34 § 200.85 for the MSIX issued by 

the U.S. Department of Education (the 

Department) have been in effect as of 

June 9, 2016. MSIX is designed to 

facilitate timely school enrollment, 

grade and course placement, accrual of 

secondary course credits and 

participation in the MEP for migratory 

children. The regulations help the 

Department determine accurate 

migratory child counts and meet other 

MEP reporting requirements. 

The Department is requesting 

approval to for a revision of the 1810– 

0683 information collection that 

supports statutory requirements for data 

collection under Title I, Part C MEP. 

The Office of Migrant Education 

(OME) would like specific feedback on 

the following additions to the MSIX 

MDEs: 

(1) the addition of family contact 

MDEs, including phone numbers and 

email addresses; 

(2) the addition of new acceptable 

values beyond ‘‘Male’’ and ‘‘Female’’ for 

MDE #9 (Sex). 

Please see the ‘‘MSIX Minimum Data 

Elements’’ attachment for details on the 

MDE additions and changes. There have 

been edits made to MDE #s—1, 2, 5, 6, 

7, 9, 11, 20, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 42, 

44, 45, 47, 48, 52, 64, 72, and 74. New 

MDEs are #’s 77, 78, 79, 80, and 81. 

OME has received feedback to include 

the ‘‘Qualifying Activity’’ MDE. At this 

time, OME has decided not to include 

the ‘‘Qualifying Activity’’ MDE because 

the MDE by itself does not provide 

additional information regarding the 

child’s qualifying arrival date since it is 

connected to the worker, not the child, 

on the National Certificate of Eligibility 

(COE). OME is seeking specific feedback 

on the usefulness of this MDE for the 

States and why it should be included. 


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