[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19947]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB Under 
Delegated Authority

Background

    Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed 
information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB 
Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). The 
Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief, Financial Reports Section--Mary M. McLaughlin--Division of 
Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)
OMB Desk Officer--Alexander T. Hunt--Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-395-7860)
    Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for 
three years, without revision, of the following report:
    1. Report title: Request for Proposal (RFP); Request for Price 
Quotations (RFPQ)
Agency form number: n/a
OMB Control number: 7100-0180
Frequency: on occasion
Reporters: vendors and suppliers
Annual reporting hours: 7,610
Estimated average hours per response: 20.0 (RFP); 0.5 (RFPQ)
Number of respondents: 248 (RFP); 5,300 (RFPQ)
Small businesses are affected.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
required to obtain or retain a benefit (12 U.S.C. sections 243, 244, 
and 248) and is not given confidential treatment unless a respondent 
requests that portions of the information be kept confidential and the 
Board grants the request pursuant to the applicable exemptions provided 
by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. section 552).
    Abstract: The Federal Reserve Board uses the RFP and the RFPQ as 
needed to obtain competitive proposals and contracts from approved 
vendors of goods and services. Depending upon the goods and services 
for which the Federal Reserve Board is seeking competitive bids, the 
respondent is requested to provide either prices for providing the 
goods or services (RFPQ) or a document covering not only prices, but 
also the means of performing a particular service and a description of 
the qualification of the staff who will perform the service (RFP). The 
Board staff uses this information to analyze the proposals and to 
select the best offer.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 24, 1997.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-19947 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45AM]
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