60526 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 200 / Tuesday, October 18, 2005 / Notices 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee Meeting on August 9, 2005, 

which includes the domestic policy directive issued 

at the meeting, are available upon request to the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551. The minutes are published 

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s 

annual report. 

for mergers, branches, and certain other 

corporate activities. Financial 

institutions maintain and provide the 

information to the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 13, 2005. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–20833 Filed 10–17–05; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of 

September 20, 2005 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on September 20, 2005.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long-run objectives, the 

Committee in the immediate future 

seeks conditions in reserve markets 

consistent with increasing the Federal 

funds rate to an average of around 33⁄4

percent. 

The vote encompassed approval of the 

paragraph below for inclusion in the 

statement to be released shortly after the 

meeting: 

The Committee perceives that, with 

appropriate monetary policy action, the 

upside and downside risks to the attainment 

of both sustainable growth and price stability 

should be kept roughly equal. With 

underlying inflation expected to be 

contained, the Committee believes that 

policy accommodation can be removed at a 

pace that is likely to be measured. 

Nonetheless, the Committee will respond to 

changes in economic prospects as needed to 

fulfill its obligation to maintain price 

stability. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, October 12, 2005. 

Vincent R. Reinhart, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–20801 Filed 10–17–05; 8:45 am] 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0252] 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation; Information 

Collection; Preparation, Submission, 

and Negotiation of Subcontracting 

Plans 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition 

Officer, GSA. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding a renewal to an existing OMB 

clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services 

Administration has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

a renewal of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

regarding preparation, submission, and 

negotiation of subcontracting plans. A 

request for public comments was 

published at 70 FR 24042, May 6, 2005. 

No comments were received. 

This information collection will 

ensure that small and small 

disadvantaged business concerns are 

afforded the maximum practicable 

opportunity to participate as 

subcontractors in construction, repair, 

and alteration or lease contracts. 

Preparation, submission, and 

negotiation of subcontracting plans 

requires for all negotiated solicitations 

having an anticipated award value over 

$500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction), 

submission of a subcontracting plan 

with other than small business concerns 

when a negotiated acquisition meets all 

four of the following conditions. 

1. When the contracting officer 

anticipates receiving individual 

subcontracting plans (not commercial 

plans). 

2. When the award is based on tradeoffs among cost or price and technical 

and/or management factors under FAR 

15.101–1. 

3. The acquisition is not a commercial 

item acquisition. 

4. The acquisition offers more than 

minimal subcontracting opportunities. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary 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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

November 17, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Rhonda Cundiff, Procurement Analyst, 

Contract Policy Division, at telephone 

(202) 501–0044 or via e-mail to 

rhonda.cundiff@gsa.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to Ms. Jeanette Thornton, GSA 

Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10236, NEOB, 

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to 

the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General 

Services Administration, Room 4035, 

1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 

3090–0252, Preparation, Submission, 

and Negotiation of Subcontracting 

Plans, in all correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The GSAR provision at 552.219–72 

requires a contractor (except small 

business concerns) to submit a 

subcontracting plan when a negotiated 

acquisition including construction, 

repair, and alterations and lease 

contracts (except those solicitations 

using simplified procedures) meets all 

four of the following conditions. 

1. When the contracting officer 

anticipates receiving individual 

subcontracting plans (not commercial 

plans). 

2. When award is based on trade-offs 

among cost or price and technical and/ 

or management factors under FAR 

15.101–1. 

3. The acquisition is not a commercial 

item acquisition. 

4. The acquisition offers more than 

minimal subcontracting opportunities. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 1,020. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Hours Per Response: 12. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,240. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

documents from the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

208–7312. Please cite OMB Control No. 

3090–3090–0252, Preparation, 

Submission, and Negotiation of 

Subcontracting Plans, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: October 11, 2005. 

Gerald Zaffos, 

Director, Contract Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20760 Filed 10–17–05; 8:45 am] 

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