[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17972]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0103]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Procurement 
Integrity

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 (9000-0103)

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 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 Procurement Integrity. 
This OMB clearance currently expires on October 31, 1996.

DATES: Comment Due Date: September 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of the 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. 9000-0103, Procurement Integrity, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter O'Such, Office of Federal 
Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-1759.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Public Law 100-679, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
Amendments of 1988, as amended by section 814 of Public Law 101-189, 
requires that contractors certify, prior to execution of each contract, 
modification or extension in excess of $10,000 with respect to conduct 
prohibited by the Act.
    The information obtained in the certification will be used by the 
contracting officer to ensure that prohibited conduct specified in the 
Act is identified and in determining the responsibility of the firm for 
contract award.

B.-Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 5 minutes 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, 
20,000; responses per respondent, 20; total annual responses, 400,000; 
preparation hours per response, 5 minutes; and total response burden 
hours, 43,333.

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

    The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows: 
Recordkeepers, 20,000; hours per recordkeeper, 30 minutes; and total 
recordkeeping burden hours, 10,000.

    Dated: July 9, 1996.
Sharon A. Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-17972 Filed 7-15-96; 8:45 am]
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