[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29573]


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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 provision of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Part 219, Small Business Programs, and the Clause at 
252.219-7003; OMB Number 0704-0386.
    Type of request: Extenstion.
    Number of respondents: 41.
    Responses per respondent: 1.
    Annual responses: 41.
    Average burden per response: 1 hour.
    Annual burden hours: 41.
    Needs and uses: This collection of information is necessary to 
implement the reporting requirements of the acquisition-related 
sections of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.) and 
applicable sections of the Armed Services Procurement Act (10 U.S.C. 
2302, et seq.). DFARS 219.704 and the clause at DFARS 252.219-7003, 
Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-owned Small Business 
Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts), require prime contractors to 
notify the administrative contracting officer of any substitutions of 
firms that are not small, small disadvantaged, or women-owned small 
businesses for the firms listed in those subcontracting plans that 
specifically identify small, small-disadvantaged, and women-owned small 
businesses. Notifications must be in writing and may be submitted in a 
contractor-specified format.
    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: October 30, 1998.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-29573 Filed 11-4-98; 8:45 am]
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