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###### Department of Defense

###### Office of the Secretary

          - [Docket No. DoD-2007-DARS-0113]

# 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).

# DATES:

Consideration will be given to all comments received by November 28, 2007.

*Title and OMB Number:*                         Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 244, Subcontracting Policies and Procedures; OMB Control 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 purchasing system review. Withdrawal of purchasing system approval would necessitate Government consent to individual subcontracts.                    

*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:*                         Ms. Hillary Jaffe.                    

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Ms. Jaffe at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method:
      -  Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.                          Follow the instructions for submitting comments.                    

*Instructions:*                         All submissions received must include the agency name, docket number and title for this                         **Federal Register**                         document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at                         *http://www.regulations.gov*                         as they are received without change, including any                               ( print page 61116)                            personal identifiers or contact information.                    

*DoD Clearance Officer:*                         Ms. Patricia Toppings.                    

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 22209-2133.

Dated: October 22, 2007.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 07-5339  Filed 10-26-07; 8:45 am]

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