[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 103 (Friday, May 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 34152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13286]


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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 (DFARS) Appendix I, DoD Pilot Mentor Protege Program 
Improvements; OMB Number 0704-0412.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 145.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 145.
    Average Burden per Response: 3 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 435 (145 reporting hours and 290 recordkeeping 
hours).
    Needs and Uses: The new information collection required by Appendix 
I, Policy and Procedures for the DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege Program, is 
required by section 811 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65). DoD will use the information to 
assess whether the purposes of the Pilot Mentor-Protege Program have 
been attained and to prepare the reports to Congress required by 
section 811 of Public Law 106-65. DFARS Appendix I requires a protege 
firm to report on its progress under a mentor-protege agreement by 
concurring with or rebutting its mentor firm's year-end report. The 
protege firm also must provide data on its employment, revenues, and 
participation in Dod contracts. The report is required annually during 
the protege firm's program participation term and for two fiscal years 
after the expiration of the program participation term.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Lewis W. Oleinick.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Oleinick at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD (Acquisition), 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: May 22, 2000.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense,
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