[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31605]


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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, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Section 211.273, Substitutions for 
Military or Federal Specifications and Standards, and related clause in 
DFARS 252.211-7005; OMB Number 0704-0398.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 257.
    Responses Per Respondent: 3.
    Annual Responses: 771.
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.
    Annual Burden Hours: 771.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection permits offerors to 
propose Single Process Initiative (SPI) processes in lieu of military 
or Federal specifications and standards cited in DoD solicitations for 
previously developed items. The information will be used by the 
Government to identify and verify Government acceptance of an SPI 
process as a valid replacement for a military or Federal specification 
or standard cited in a solicitation. Respondents are offerors 
responding to DoD solicitations for previously developed items that 
cite military or Federal specifications or standards when the offeror 
has a management or manufacturing process that has been previously 
accepted by DoD, under SPI, as a valid replacement for a military or 
Federal specification or standard.
    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: November 26, 1997.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-31605 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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