[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1407]


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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) Part 230, Cost Accounting Standards, and 
DD Form 1861, Contract Facilities Capital Cost of Money; DD Form 1861; 
OMB Number 0704-0267.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 25,609.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.6 (approximately).
    Annual Responses: 42,058.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 420,580.
    Needs and Uses: It is Department of Defense policy to encourage 
contractor investment in facilities, which may lead, under DoD 
contracts, to increased productivity and reduced costs through the use 
of modern manufacturing technology. To motivate aggressive capital 
investment, DoD rewards contractors by recognizing contract facilities 
capital cost of money (CFCCM) and facilities capital employed in 
establishing the price of certain negotiated defense contracts, when 
such contracts are priced on the basis of cost analysis. DD Form 1861, 
Contract Facilities Capital Cost of Money, is used to compute these two 
elements of price. The contracting officer may require information from 
the contractor to complete this form. The CFCCM amount is used to help 
establish a price objective in negotiated contracts. The facilities 
capital employed amount is carried forward to DD Form 1547, Record of 
Weighted Guidelines Method Application, for the purpose of developing 
profit objectives on defense contracts when the Weighted Guidelines 
method is used. DFARS 230.7004-2, DD Form 1861, indicates that: (1) 
Completion of the DD Form 1861 requires information not included on the 
Form CASB-CMF; and (2) the contracting officer could request 
information through a solicitation provision.
    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: January 15, 1998.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-1407 Filed 1-20-98; 8:45 am]
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