[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7939]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0010]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Progress Payments

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 (9000-0010).

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summary: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
Secretariat 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 Progress 
Payments. This OMB clearance currently expires on August 31, 1996.

dates: Comment Due Date: June 3, 1996.

addresses: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, or obtaining a copy of the justification, should be 
submitted to: General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 
18th & F Streets, NW, Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0010, Progress Payments, in all correspondence.

for further information contact: Mr. Jeremy F. Olson, Federal 
Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Certain Federal contracts provide for progress payments to be made 
to the contractor during performance of the contract. The requirement 
for certification and supporting information are necessary for the 
administration of statutory and regulatory limitation on the amount of 
progress payments under a contract. The submission of supporting cost 
schedules is an optional procedure that, when the contractor elects to 
have a group of individual orders treated as a single contract for 
progress payments purposes, is necessary for the administration of 
statutory and regulatory requirements concerning progress payments.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average .55 hours per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information.
    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 
27,000; responses per respondent, 32; total annual responses, 864,000; 
preparation hours per response, .55; and total response burden hours, 
475,200.

    Dated: March 26, 1996.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-7939 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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