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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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plant or facility to (1) determine bidder 

responsibility; (2) determine price 

reasonableness; (3) conduct plant or 

source inspections; and (4) determine 

whether the prospective contractor is a 

manufacturer or a regular dealer. The 

information is used to determine the 

prospective contractor’s eligibility for 

awards and to assure proper preparation 

of the contract. Prospective contractors 

are only required to submit place of 

performance information on an 

exceptional basis; that is, whenever the 

place of performance for a specific 

solicitation is different from the address 

of the prospective contractor as 

indicated in the proposal. 

B. Discussion and Analysis 

One respondent submitted public 

comments on the extension of the 

previously approved information 

collection. The analysis of the public 

comments is summarized as follows: 

Comment: The respondent 

commented that ‘‘place of performance’’ 

information is competitive data. The 

respondent expressed concern that the 

manufacturer of its supplies would be 

revealed to competitors if the 

information was provided to the 

contracting officer. 

Response: The information relative to 

the place of performance and owner of 

plant or facility is instrumental in 

determining bidder responsibility, 

responsiveness, and price 

reasonableness. The information is used 

to determine the firm’s eligibility for 

awards and to assure proper preparation 

of the contract. 

Comment: The respondent stated that 

the ‘‘place of performance’’ field on the 

DD Form 1155 is mandatory throughout 

the Department of Defense (DoD) and 

recommended that it be required 

throughout the Federal government. 

Response: This comment is outside 

the parameters of this information 

collection. The DD Form 1155 was 

developed by DoD for use by DoD 

contracting activities. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

Time required to read, prepare, and 

record information is estimated at 2.73 

minutes per completion. The Federal 

Procurement Data System (FPDS) shows 

that for fiscal year 2013, there were 

2,090,428 new actions (including 

contracts and orders, excluding 

modifications) for manufacturing in the 

United States. The 2,090,428 actions 

will be used as the new basis for total 

annual responses. 

Respondents: 149,316. 

Responses per Respondent: 14. 

Total Responses: 2,090,428. 

Hours per Response: .0455. 

Total Burden Hours: 95,114. 

D. Public Comments 

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; 

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 NW., Washington, DC 

20405 telephone 202–501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0047, Place 

of Performance, in all correspondence. 

Dated: November 3, 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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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice CPL–2014–02; Docket No. 2014– 

0002; Sequence 35] 

GSA Labor-Management Relations 

Council Meeting 

AGENCY: General Services 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The GSA Labor-Management 

Relations Council (GLMRC) plans to 

meet on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 and 

Wednesday, December 3, 2014. The 

meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on both days and will be 

held in Room 1034 of the GSA National 

Capitol Region Building, 301 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20407. Interested 

parties should contact the GLMRC at 

glmrc@gsa.gov with any questions and 

to check for any meeting changes. 

The Council is an advisory body 

composed of representatives of the 

Federal employee unions representing 

General Services Administration (GSA) 

employees and senior GSA officials. The 

Council was established consistent with 

Executive Order 13522, entitled, 

‘‘Creating Labor-Management Forums to 

Improve Delivery of Government 

Services’’ which instructs Federal 

agencies to establish department or 

agency-level labor-management forums 

to help identify problems and propose 

solutions to better serve the public and 

Federal agency missions. 

The Council is co-chaired by GSA’s 

Chief Human Capitol Officer, together 

with two senior union officials from 

each of the two Federal employees’ 

unions representing GSA employees. 

At its meetings, the GLMRC works 

toward promoting cooperative and 

productive relationships between labor 

and management, providing employees 

through their union representatives with 

pre-decisional involvement in all 

workplace matters to the fullest extent 

practicable. As a part of this, the 

GLMRC advises the GSA administrator 

on innovative ways to improve delivery 

of services and products to the public 

while cutting costs and advancing 

employee interests. The meeting is 

expected to include discussion of the 

GLMRC’s priorities for the coming year, 

performance management policy, and 

workforce mobility and telework. 

The meetings are open to the public. 

In order to gain entry into the Federal 

building where the meeting is being 

held, public attendees who are Federal 

employees should bring their Federal 

employee identification cards, and 

members of the general public should 

bring their driver’s license or a 

government-issued photo identification 

card. The manner and time prescribed 

for public comment at the meeting is 

limited, with such comment taking 

place at the end of the meeting. 

Extended public comment may be 

submitted to the GLMRC at glmrc@

gsa.gov for its consideration prior to the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Temple L. Wilson, GLMRC Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), at the General 

Services Administration, OHRM, 1800 F 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20405; 

phone at 202–969–7110, or email at 

glmrc@gsa.gov. 

Dated: November 10, 2014. 

Temple L. Wilson, 

GSA Labor-Management Relations Council, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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