[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60685-60686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30338]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0026]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Change Order 
Accounting

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 (9000-0026).

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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 Change Order 
Accounting. The OMB clearance currently expires on February 28, 1997.

DATES: Comment Due Date: January 28, 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. 9000-0024, Change Order Accounting, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Klein, Office of Federal 
Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-3775.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    FAR clause 52.243-6, Change Order Accounting, requires that, 
whenever the estimated cost of a change or series of related changes 
exceed $100,000, the contracting officer may require the contractor to 
maintain separate accounts for each change or series of related 
changes. The account shall record all incurred segregable, direct costs 
(less allocable credits) of work, both changed and unchanged, allocable 
to the change. These accounts are to be maintained until the parties 
agree to an equitable adjustment for the changes or until the

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matter is conclusively disposed of under the Disputes clause. This 
requirement is necessary in order to be able to account properly for 
costs associated with changes in supply and research and development 
contracts that are technically complex and incur numerous changes.

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, 
8,750; responses per respondent, 18; total annual responses, 157,500; 
preparation hours per response, .084; and total response burden hours, 
13,230.

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

    The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows: 
Recordkeepers, 8,750; hours per recordkeeper, 1.5; total recordkeeping 
burden hours, 13,125; and total burden hours, 26,355.

    Dated: November 22, 1996.
Sharon A. Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-30338 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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