[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 4605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1724]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review

ACTION: Notice.

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    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).
    Title: DoD FAR Supplement, Part 210, ``Specifications, Standards, 
and Other Purchase Descriptions,'' and Part 252, ``Solicitation 
Provisions and Contract Clauses''
    Type of request: New collection.
    Number of respondents: 2,873.
    Responses per respondent: 1.
    Annual responses: 2,873.
    Average burden per response: 8 hours.
    Annual burden hours: 22,984.
    Needs and uses: The Department of Defense is committed to 
minimizing the use of military and federal specifications and 
standards; and seeking to use performance specifications and non-
Government standards to the maximum extent practicable to satisfy its 
requirements. The solicitation provisions at DFARS 252.210-7005, 
Alternatives to Specifications and Standards, and the contract clause 
at 252.210-7006, Alternatives and Updates to Specifications and 
Standards, encourage offerors and contractors to identify and propose 
alternatives to specifications and standards cited in DoD solicitations 
and contracts valued at $100,000 or more. The information collected 
hereby, will be used by DoD in its efforts to decrease reliance on 
military and federal specifications and standards.
    Affected public: Businesses or other for-profit, small businesses 
or organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB desk officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD clearance officer: Mr. William Pearce.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: January 19, 1995.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 95-1724 Filed 1-23-95; 8:45 am]
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