56338 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 3, 2007 / Notices 

1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meredith Murphy, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 208–6925. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Buy American Act requires that 

only domestic end products be acquired 

for public use unless specifically 

authorized by statute or regulation, 

provided that the cost of the domestic 

products is reasonable. 

The Buy American Act Certificate 

provides the contracting office with the 

information necessary to identify which 

products offered are domestic end 

products and which are of foreign 

origin. Components of unknown origin 

are considered to have been supplied 

from outside the United States. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 3,906. 

Responses Per Respondent: 15. 

Total Responses: 58,590. 

Hours Per Response: .109. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,361. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

documents from the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VIR), 

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0024, Buy American Act 

Certificate, in all correspondence. 

Dated: September 17, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–4873 Filed 10–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0022] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Duty-Free 

Entry 

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. 

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 duty-free entry. The 

clearance currently expires on February 

29, 2008. 

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 

December 3, 2007. 

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, FAR Secretariat (VIR), 

1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meredith Murphy, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 208–6925. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

United States laws impose duties on 

foreign supplies imported into the 

customs territory of the United States. 

Certain exemptions from these duties 

are available to Government agencies. 

These exemptions are used whenever 

the anticipated savings outweigh the 

administrative costs associated with 

processing required documentation. 

When a Government contractor 

purchases foreign supplies, it must 

notify the contracting officer to 

determine whether the supplies should 

be duty-free. In addition, all shipping 

documents and containers must specify 

certain information to assure the dutyfree entry of the supplies. 

The contracting officer analyzes the 

information submitted by the contractor 

to determine whether or not supplies 

should enter the country duty-free. The 

information, the contracting officer’s 

determination, and the U.S. Customs 

forms are placed in the contract file. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 1,330. 

Responses Per Respondent: 10. 

Total Responses: 13,300. 

Hours Per Response: .5. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,650. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

documents from the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VIR), 

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0022, Duty-Free Entry, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: September 17, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–4874 Filed 10–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense Office 

of Inspector General. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

appointment of the members of the 

Senior Executive Service (SES) 

Performance Review Board (PRB) for the 

Department of Defense Office of 

Inspector General (DoD OIG), as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The 

PRB provides fair and impartial review 

of SES performance appraisals and 

makes recommendations regarding 

performance ratings and performance 

awards to the Inspector General. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Phyllis Hughes, Director, Human 

Capital Advisory Services, 

Administration and Management, DoD 

OIG, 400 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, 

VA 22202, (703) 602–4516. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the 

following executives are appointed to 

the DoD OIG, PRB: 

Charles E. Coe, Jr., Assistant Inspector 

General for Information Technology 

Audits and Computer Crime 

Investigations, Department of 

Education. 

Andrew Patchan, Assistant Inspector 

General for Auditing, General 

Services Administration. 

Dennis S. Schindel, Acting Inspector 

General, Department of the Treasury. 


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