[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24478-24479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11218]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0279]


Office of Inspector General; Online Survey of Vendors Using 
FedBizOpps

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of a new one-time collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration (GSA), 
Office of Inspector General (IG) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for an emergency approval of a 
new collection regarding the OIG's online vendor survey of FedBizOpps 
vendors. The survey is being submitted only to vendors who have 
indicated their desire to do business with the Federal Government by 
registering to receive email notifications of Federal procurement 
opportunities from FedBizOpps. Audit results will be reported to GSA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The purpose of the Office of Inspector General's online vendor 
survey of FedBizOpps vendors is to identify ways of improving the 
system's functionality, expanding business opportunities, streamlining 
solicitation posting processes, and to measure vendor ease of use with 
the features offered by FedBizOpps. Collecting this survey information 
is required to determine the utility and ease of use of the FedBizOpps 
portal for posting business opportunities on the http://www.fedbizopps.gov Web site, which replaced the Commerce Business Daily 
as the Governmentwide point of entry for publicly posting 
solicitations.
    FedBizOpps is to serve as the one-stop gateway to Federal open 
market procurement solicitations. Agency buyers post business 
opportunities directly to FedBizOpps and vendors search the 
Governmentwide postings for possible business opportunities looking at 
a printed list. Using FedBizOpps, vendors should be able to identify 
locations of Government solicitations electronically as soon as 
requests for contract proposals are released to the public. The most 
reliable source for determining FedBizOpps' effectiveness is the vendor 
community. This survey is essential to gather system functionality data 
that is required to evaluate the system's effectiveness.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 46,500.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Total Responses: 46,500.
    Hours Per Response: 4.9 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,978.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory and Federal Assistance

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Publications Division (MVA), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, Washington, 
DC 20405, telephone (202) 208-7312, or by faxing your request to (202) 
501-4067. Please cite 3090-0279, Online Survey of Vendors Using 
FedBizOpps Survey in all correspondence.

    Dated: April 17, 2003.
Michael W. Carleton,
Chief Information Officer (I).
[FR Doc. 03-11218 Filed 5-6-03; 8:45 am]
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