[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18663]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0010]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Progress 
Payments

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB 
clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved 
information collection requirement concerning Progress Payments. A 
request for public comments was published at 64 FR 26368, May 14, 1999. 
No comments were received.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before August 23, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, 
NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 
Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy F. Olson, Federal Acquisition 
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Certain Federal contracts provide for progress payments to be made 
to the contractor during performance of the contract. The requirement 
for certification and supporting information are necessary for the 
administration of statutory and regulatory limitation on the amount of 
progress payments under a contract. The submission of supporting cost 
schedules is an optional procedure that, when the contractor elects to 
have a group of individual orders treated as a single contract for 
progress payments purposes, is necessary for the administration of 
statutory and regulatory requirements concerning progress payments.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    The annual reporting burden estimates in the May 14, 1999, Federal 
Register notice were based on a proposed rule published in the Federal 
Register on February 10, 1999 (64 FR 6759) (FAR Case 98-400). The 
estimates in this notice are currently approved by OMB and will be 
reduced at the final rule stage of FAR Case 98-400.
    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average .55 hours per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information.
    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 
27,000; responses per respondent, 32; total annual responses, 864,000; 
preparation hours per response, .55; and total response burden hours, 
475,200.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

    Requester may obtain a copy of the justification from the General 
Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 208-7312. Please cite 
OMB Control No. 9000-0010, Progress Payment, in all correspondence.

    Dated: July 16, 1999.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 99-18663 Filed 7-21-99; 8:45 am]
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