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practices for how Federal agencies 

collect, maintain, use, and disseminate 

personal information. Consistent with 

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

contractors that design, develop, 

maintain, or operate a system of records 

on individuals; require access to a 

system of records; or handle personally 

identifiable information, are required to 

be properly trained on the compliance 

requirements, applicable laws, and 

appropriate safeguards for the security 

and confidentiality of personally 

identifiable information. The training 

documentation shall be maintained by 

contractors and provided to the 

Government upon request. It is 

anticipated that the Government would 

request documentation only rarely. 

B. Analysis of Public Comments 

Two respondents submitted public 

comments on the estimated annual 

burden. Analysis of the public 

comments for the proposed rule on 

areas other than the estimated annual 

burden will be addressed with the 

issuance of the final rule. The analysis 

of public comments on the estimated 

annual burden is summarized as 

follows: 

Comments: Two respondents stated 

that the public’s Paperwork Reduction 

Act estimated annual reporting burden 

was understated. 

Response: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, addresses the 

Government’s collection of information 

and the public’s burden associated with 

any reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements of the information. The 

reporting burden will be minimal. 

Contractors will have to provide 

training documentation only rarely, i.e., 

when there is an indication of noncompliance with the privacy training 

requirements and it is necessary to 

review documentation in order for the 

Government to ensure effective 

contractor management and oversight. 

The recordkeeping requirements are 

minor, and are not subject to specific 

formatting or template requirements. 

Contractors will have to maintain 

evidence of completed privacy training. 

Notwithstanding the minimum 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, the estimated annual 

burden is increased. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

DoD, GSA, and NASA have increased 

the estimated annual burden from what 

was published in the Federal Register at 

76 FR 63896, on October 14, 2011, as 

part of a proposed rule under FAR Case 

2010–013, Privacy Training. The 

increase in the total burden is attributed 

to the clarification that the reporting 

requirement is applicable to 

commercial-item contracts. DoD, GSA, 

and NASA decided that exempting 

commercial-item contracts and 

subcontracts would exclude a 

significant portion of Government 

contracts that involve the design, 

development, operation, or maintenance 

of a system of records on individuals 

and would therefore diminish the 

effectiveness of the rule. 

Therefore, DoD, GSA, and NASA 

estimate the annual burden associated 

with this information collection as 

follows: 

Respondents: 21,025. 

Responses per Respondent: 5. 

Total Annual Responses: 105,125. 

Hours per Response: .25. 

Total Burden Hours: 26,281. 

Obtaining Copies Of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0182, Privacy 

Training, in all correspondence. 

Dated: November 7, 2014. 

Edward Loeb, 

Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0001; Docket No. 

2014–0055; Sequence No. 18] 

Submission for OMB Review; Affidavit 

of Individual Surety, Standard Form 28 

AGENCY: 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 Regulatory 

Secretariat Division (MVCB) 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 Standard Form 

(SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register at 79 FR 43050 on July 24, 

2014. Two comments were received. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0001 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB control number 

9000–0001. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0001, SF 

28, Affidavit of Individual Surety’’. 

Follow the instructions provided on the 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0001 SF 

28, Affidavit of Individual Surety’’ 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 9000–0001, SF 28, Affidavit 

of Individual Surety. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0001, 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: Ms. 

Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, 

Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, 202– 

219–0202 or email Cecelia.davis@

gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Affidavit of Individual Surety SF 

28 is used by all executive agencies, 

including the Department of Defense, to 

obtain information from individuals 

wishing to serve as sureties to 

Government bonds. To qualify as a 

surety on a Government bond, the 

individual must show a net worth not 

less than the penal amount of the bond 

on the SF 28. It is an elective decision 

on the part of the maker to use 

individual sureties instead of other 

available sources of surety or sureties 

for Government bonds. We are not 

aware if other formats exist for the 

collection of this information. 

The information on SF 28 is used to 

assist the contracting officer in 

determining the acceptability of 

individuals proposed as sureties. 

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B. Discussion and Analysis 

The analysis of the public comment is 

summarized as follows: 

Both commenters support the 

extension of this information collection. 

In addition to supporting the extension, 

both commenters suggested some 

revisions/enhancements to the current 

Standard Form 28. 

Comments: One commenter stated 

that SF 28 does not achieve its intended 

purpose in assisting contracting officers 

in determining whether individuals 

proposed as sureties are financially 

sound with the resources to support the 

obligations pledged for a Federal 

construction contract. The commenter 

states that the SF 28 has not prevented 

individual sureties from pledging the 

same assets for multiple bonds and 

recommends that the SF 28 be enhanced 

to ensure that the assets pledged to the 

Federal government can be accessed if 

needed. The Federal government should 

require any assets pledge other than real 

estate be placed in escrow only in a 

Federal insured financial institution and 

that a copy of the escrow agreement be 

filed with the SF 28 that shows the 

Federal government would have 

unrestricted access if needed. In 

addition, SF 28 should include 

questions relating to the criminal 

background, debarments and cease and 

desist orders from the state insurance 

departments. The SF 28 should also 

specify documentation to demonstrate 

the value of the assets, verify that it has 

been pledged to the United States and 

is free of tax liens or other 

encumbrances. 

The other commenter acknowledges 

that changes have been made in the past 

to strengthen the form but points out 

that the current SF 28 would benefit 

from greater specificity on the 

information required of individual 

sureties relating to the pledging of 

assets, especially information relating to 

assets other than real estate. Also, 

additional information should be 

provided on the SF 28 to assist 

contracting officers in their efforts to 

select an acceptable individual surety 

(such as disclosure of Federal tax liens 

against the individual surety and 

disclosure of personal insolvency 

proceedings). 

Response: As in the past, these 

suggestions will be taken into 

consideration and if deemed warranted 

a FAR case will be opened to revise the 

standard form. At that time, the 

estimated total annual public hour and 

cost burden will be adjusted if 

necessary. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

Based on a comprehensive 

reassessment performed, this 

information collection resulted in no 

change in the total burden hours from 

the previous information collection that 

was published in the Federal Register at 

76 FR 60050 on September 28, 2011. 

The previous assessment performed 

resulted in a change to the ‘‘Response 

per Respondent’’ and ‘‘Hours per 

Response’’ categories. The 1.43, 

responses per respondent, was lowered 

to 1. to adequately reflect this category. 

A respondent has to respond completely 

not partially when submitting this form. 

The ‘‘Hours per Response’’ category was 

decreased to .3 (18 minutes) from .4 (24 

minutes) to reflect the benefits of being 

able to submit the required information 

electronically, as respondents no longer 

have to print and physically mail forms. 

Respondents: 500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 500. 

Hours per Response: 0.3. 

Total Burden Hours: 150. 

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 NW., Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0001, SF 28, 

Affidavit of Individual Surety, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: November 7, 2014. 

Edward Loeb, 

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy 

Division, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0047; Docket No. 

2014–0055; Sequence 14] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission to OMB for Review; Place 

of Performance 

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 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB) 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 place of performance. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register at 79 FR 41286 on July 15, 

2014. There were two comments 

received. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0047, Place of Performance by any 

of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB Control number 

9000–0047. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0047, 

Place of Performance’’. Follow the 

instructions provided on the screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0047 Place of 

Performance’’ 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. 

Hada Flowers/IC 9000–0047, Place of 

Performance. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0047 Place of Performance, 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: Mr. 

Michael O. Jackson, Procurement 

Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division at 

202–208–4949 or email 

michaelo.jackson@gsa.gov. 

A. Purpose 

The information relative to the place 

of performance and owner of plant or 

facility, if other than the prospective 

contractor, is a basic requirement when 

contracting for supplies or services 

(including construction). A prospective 

contractor must affirmatively 

demonstrate its responsibility. Hence, 

the Government must be apprised of 

this information prior to award. The 

contracting officer must know the place 

of performance and the owner of the 

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