[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56662-56663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28151]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension Under Review by the 
Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to extend an 
information collection package for a period of three years, pursuant to 
Section 3507(h)(1) with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Industrial Relations 
collection package, OMB Control Number 1910-0600, collects information 
from DOE's Facilities Management Contractors (formerly known as 
Management and Operating [M&O] Contractors, and Management and 
Operating Type [M&O Type] Contractors) concerning the management and 
administration of their workforce. This information is used to exercise 
management oversight and cost control of our contracts and the 
application of statutory and contractual requirements. The collection 
of this data is critical to the Department. It is used to ensure that 
the contractors satisfy their contractual obligations; contract funds 
are expended as intended; and to detect and eliminate fraud, waste, and

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abuse. The data collected involves contractor equal employment 
opportunity and affirmative action program information.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations regarding this information 
collection package must be submitted to the OMB Desk Officer on or 
before December 10, 2001. If you wish to submit comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the time period allowed, please notify the 
OMB Desk Officer of your intent as soon as possible. The Desk Officer 
may be reached at 202/395-3087. In addition, please notify the DOE 
contact listed below.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), DOE Desk Officer, New 
Executive Office Building, 725 17th St., Washington, DC 20503. Persons 
submitting comments to OMB are requested to send a copy to Ms. Susan L. 
Frey, U. S. Department of Energy, Director, Records Management 
Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer (SO-312), Germantown, 
MD 20874-1290. Ms. Frey can be contacted by telephone (301/903-3666) or 
email ([email protected]). 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for copies of the 
Department's Paperwork Reduction Act Submission and other information 
please contact Susan L. Frey, at the above-mentioned address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (1) Title of the information collection 
package: Industrial Relations; (2) Current OMB control number: 1910-
0600; (3) Type of respondents: DOE Management and Operating Contractors 
(M&O) and Management and Operating type (M&O Type) Contractors; (4) 
Estimated number of respondents: 718; (5) Estimated number of Burden 
Hours: 10,138; (6) Number of categories of information or record 
keeping requirements: 19; and (7) Purpose: This information is required 
for management oversight of DOE M&O and M&O-Type Contracts/Contractors 
and to ensure that the programmatic and administrative management 
requirements of the contract are managed efficiently and effectively.

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) and Section 
3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-
13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 1, 2001.
Susan L. Frey,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Records and Business 
Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-28151 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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