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Contracting Action (Not Required by 

Regulation)’’. Follow the instructions 

provided on the screen. Please include 

your name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 3090–0163, 

Information Specific to a Contract or 

Contracting Action (Not Required by 

Regulation)’’, on your attached 

document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Flowers/IC 3090–0163, Information 

Specific to a Contract or Contracting 

Action (Not Required by Regulation). 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

3090–0163, Information Specific to a 

Contract or Contracting Action (Not 

Required by Regulation), in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew E. McFarland, Program 

Analyst, GSA Acquisition Policy 

Division, at telephone 202–690–9232 or 

email matthew.mcfarland@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The General Services Administration 

(GSA) has various mission 

responsibilities related to the 

acquisition and provision of supplies, 

transportation, information technology, 

telecommunications, real property 

management, and disposal of real and 

personal property. These mission 

responsibilities generate requirements 

that are realized through the solicitation 

and award of public contracts. In Fiscal 

Year 2013, these contracts had values 

ranging from under $100 to over 

$300,000,000. 

Most GSA procurement-related 

information collections are required by 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) or General Services 

Administration Acquisition Regulation 

(GSAR); each clause requiring such a 

collection must be individually 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). However, some 

solicitations require contractors to 

submit information specific to that 

contracting action, such as information 

needed to evaluate offers (e.g. specific 

instructions for technical and price 

proposals, references for past 

performance) or data used to administer 

resulting contracts (e.g. project 

management plans). 

This information collection is 

currently associated with GSA’s 

information collection requirements 

contained in solicitations issued in 

accordance with the Uniform Contract 

Format under FAR Part 14, Sealed 

Bidding (see GSAR 514.201–1); FAR 

Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation (see 

GSAR 515.204–1); and solicitations 

under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of 

Commercial Items, when issued in 

accordance with the policy and 

procedures of FAR Part 14 and FAR Part 

15 (see GSAR 512.301). This includes 

information collection requirements 

found in GSA Federal Supply Schedule 

(FSS) solicitations. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 267,021. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 267,021. 

Hours per Response: .40. 

Total Burden Hours: 66,800. 

C. Public Comments 

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; and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 3090–0163, 

Information Specific to a Contract or 

Contracting Action (Not Required by 

Regulation), in all correspondence. 

Dated: September 14, 2014. 

Jeffrey Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive, Office of 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–61–P 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Methodology Committee of the PatientCentered Outcomes Research Institute 

(PCORI); Nominations 

AGENCY: Government Accountability 

Office (GAO) 

ACTION: Call for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act gave the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States responsibility for appointing not 

more than 15 members to a 

Methodology Committee of the PatientCentered Outcomes Research Institute. 

In addition, the Directors of the Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality and 

the National Institutes of Health, or their 

designees, are members of the 

Methodology Committee. Methodology 

Committee members must meet the 

qualifications listed in Section 6301 of 

the Act. We are accepting nominations 

for one vacancy on the Committee. 

Expertise in health informatics, 

especially expertise in developing data 

networks or decision support for 

clinicians and patients, would be 

beneficial. Letters of nomination and 

resumes should be submitted by 

November 17, 2014 to ensure adequate 

opportunity for review and should be 

sent to either the email or mailing 

address listed below. 

ADDRESSES: 

Email: PCORIMethodology@gao.gov. 

Mail: U.S. GAO, Attn: PCORI 

Methodology Committee Appointments 

441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 

20548. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

GAO: Office of Public Affairs, (202) 

512–4800. 

[Sec. 6301, Pub. L. 111–148] 

Gene L. Dodaro, 

Comptroller General of the United States. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Designation of a Class of Employees 

for Addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees from the General Atomics 

facility in La Jolla, California, as an 

addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 

(SEC) under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On September 25, 

2014, the Secretary of HHS designated 

the following class of employees as an 

addition to the SEC: 

‘‘All Atomic Weapons Employees who 

worked for General Atomics at its facility in 


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La Jolla, California, during the period from 

January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1969, 

for a number of work days aggregating at least 

250 work days, occurring either solely under 

this employment or in combination with 

work days within the parameters established 

for one or more other classes of employees 

included in the Special Exposure Cohort.’’ 

This designation will become 

effective on October 25, 2014, unless 

Congress provides otherwise prior to the 

effective date. After this effective date, 

HHS will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reporting the addition 

of this class to the SEC or the result of 

any provision by Congress regarding the 

decision by HHS to add the class to the 

SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS 

C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, 

Telephone 1–877–222–7570. 

Information requests can also be 

submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Department of Agriculture 

Announcement of the Sixth 2015 

Dietary Guidelines Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services 

and Research, Education, and 

Economics, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health; Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), in collaboration with 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), is hereby giving notice that a 

meeting of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines 

Advisory Committee (DGAC) will be 

held and will be open to the public by 

Internet access only. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

November 7, 2014, from 10:00 a.m.–5:30 

p.m. E.S.T. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 

accessible to the public by webcast on 

the Internet only. There will be no in 

person attendance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 2015 

DGAC, Richard D. Olson, M.D., M.P.H.; 

Office of Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion, OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite LL100 Tower Building; 

Rockville, MD 20852: Telephone: (240) 

453–8280; Fax: (240) 453–8281; 

Alternate DFO, 2015 DGAC, Kellie 

(O’Connell) Casavale, Ph.D., R.D., 

Nutrition Advisor; Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, 

OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton Parkway, 

Suite LL100 Tower Building; Rockville, 

MD 20852: Telephone: (240) 453–8280; 

Fax: (240) 453–8281; Lead USDA CoExecutive Secretary, Colette I. Rihane, 

M.S., R.D., Director, Office of Nutrition 

Guidance and Analysis, Center for 

Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA; 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034; 

Alexandria, VA 22302; Telephone: (703) 

305–7600; Fax: (703) 305–3300; and/or 

USDA Co-Executive Secretary, Shanthy 

A. Bowman, Ph.D., Nutritionist, Food 

Surveys Research Group, Beltsville 

Human Nutrition Research Center, 

Agricultural Research Service, USDA; 

10300 Baltimore Avenue, BARC-West 

Bldg 005, Room 125; Beltsville, MD 

20705–2350; Telephone: (301) 504– 

0619. Additional information about the 

2015 DGAC and the agenda for this 

meeting will be made available on the 

Internet at www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

Section 301 of Public Law 101–445 (7 

U.S.C. 5341, the National Nutrition 

Monitoring and Related Research Act of 

1990, Title III) the Secretaries of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) and 

Agriculture (USDA) are directed to issue 

at least every five years a report titled 

Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The 

law instructs that this publication shall 

contain nutritional and dietary 

information and guidelines for the 

general public, shall be based on the 

preponderance of scientific and medical 

knowledge current at the time of 

publication, and shall be promoted by 

each federal agency in carrying out any 

federal food, nutrition, or health 

program. The Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans was issued voluntarily by 

HHS and USDA in 1980, 1985, and 

1990; the 1995 edition was the first 

statutorily mandated report, followed by 

subsequent editions at appropriate 

intervals. To assist with satisfying the 

mandate, a discretionary federal 

advisory committee is established every 

five years to provide independent, 

science-based advice and 

recommendations. The DGAC consists 

of a panel of experts who were selected 

from the public/private sector. 

Individuals who were selected to serve 

on the Committee have current 

scientific knowledge in the field of 

human nutrition and chronic disease. 

Appointed Committee Members: 

Fourteen members currently serve on 

the 2015 DGAC. They were appointed 

by the Secretaries of HHS and USDA in 

May 2013. Information on the DGAC 

membership is available at 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. 

Authority: The 2015 DGAC is 

authorized under 42 U.S.C. 217a, 

Section 222 of the Public Health Service 

Act, as amended. 

Committee’s Task: The work of the 

DGAC is solely advisory in nature and 

time-limited. The Committee is tasked 

with developing recommendations 

based on the preponderance of current 

scientific and medical knowledge using 

a systematic review approach. The 

DGAC will examine the current Dietary 

Guidelines for Americans, take into 

consideration new scientific evidence 

and current resource documents, and 

develop a report that is to be given to 

the Secretaries of HHS and USDA. The 

report will outline science-based 

recommendations and rationales which 

will serve as the basis for developing the 

eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines 

for Americans. It is planned for the 

Committee to hold approximately seven 

public meetings to review and discuss 

recommendations. This will be the sixth 

meeting of the 2015 DGAC. Meeting 

dates, times, locations, and other 

relevant information are announced at 

least 15 days in advance of each meeting 

via Federal Register notice. As 

stipulated in the charter, the Committee 

will be terminated after delivery of its 

final report to the Secretaries of HHS 

and USDA or two years from the date 

the charter was filed, whichever comes 

first. 

Purpose of the Meeting: In accordance 

with FACA and to promote 

transparency of the process, 

deliberations of the Committee will 

occur in a public forum. At this 

meeting, the Committee will continue 

its deliberations. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda 

will include (a) review of Committee 

work since the last public meeting and 

(b) plans for future Committee work. 

Meeting Registration: The meeting 

will be publicly accessible by webcast 

on the Internet. Registration is required 

and is expected to open on October 23, 

2014. To register, please go to 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov and click on 

the link for ‘‘Meeting Registration.’’ To 

register by phone, please call National 

Capitol Contracting, Shayla Edmonds at 

(703) 243–9696 by 5:00 p.m. E.S.T. 

November 3, 2014. Registration must 

include name, affiliation, and phone 


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