[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44108-44109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21972]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement Subparts 227.71, Rights in Technical Data, and 227.72, 
Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation, and 
related clauses at 252.227; OMB Number 0704-0369.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 1,719,472.
    Responses Per Respondent: 6 (approximately).
    Annual Responses: 10,560,868.
    Average Burden Per Response: 32 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,566,939.
    Needs and Uses: This requirement provides for the collection of 
necessary

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information from contractors and subcontractors regarding restrictions 
on the Government's right to use or disclose technical data and 
computer software. The information is used to identify and protect such 
data or computer software from unauthorized release or disclosure; to 
facilitate public use of technical data and computer software developed 
at Government expense; and to enable contracting officers to determine 
whether the Government has otherwise paid to obtain rights in the 
technical data or computer software.
    Affected Public: Business or Other-For-Profit; Not-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-21972 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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