[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30194]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0111]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Organizational and 
Consultant Conflicts of Interest

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 (9000-0111).

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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 Organizational 
and Consultant Conflicts of Interest. This OMB clearance currently 
expires on January 31, 1997.

DATES: Comment Due Date: January 27, 1997.

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. 9000-0111, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of 
Interest, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Linfield, Federal Acquisition 
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-1757.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest is a regulation 
which establishes policies and procedures relating to Conflicts of 
Interest Standards for Government contractors who provide advisory and 
assistance services and persons who provide marketing consulting 
services to Government contractors. The regulation also promotes 
compliance with the standards. The regulation enables the Government to 
identify the number of marketing consultants employed by successful 
offerors for large dollar contracts. It also provides the Government 
with information to identify, evaluate, and resolve organizational 
conflicts of interest.
    The information gathered is used by the Government in determining 
the number of consultants employed by contractors as marketing 
consultants and to identify, evaluate, and resolve potential conflicts 
of interest under advisory and assistance service contracts. Without 
this information, identification of these individuals, and 
identification, evaluation, and resolution of conflicts of interest 
situations would not be possible.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 2 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, 
4,000; responses per respondent, 1.5; total annual responses, 6,000; 
preparation hours per response, 2; and total response burden hours, 
12,000.

    Dated: November 21, 1996.
Sharon A. Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-30194 Filed 11-25-96; 8:45 am]
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