[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4357]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending the Department of 
Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to provide a standardized 
authorization and associated contract clause for use by DOE contractors 
when performing work for non-DOE entities. These requirements include a 
paperwork burden in the form of a summary listing of project 
information for each active Work for Others project, identifying (i) 
Sponsoring agency; (ii) Total estimated costs; (iii) Project title and 
description; (iv) Project point of contact; and, (v) Estimated start 
and completion dates. The requirements and procedures previously 
delineated in DOE Directives have been extensively reviewed and revised 
to ensure every effort to decrease overly prescriptive guidance 
previously contained in the DOE Order. Revised contractor program 
requirements previously found in DOE Order 481.1B are being relocated 
to the DEAR. The objective of this effort is to ensure that 
authorization to perform non-DOE funded work is performed in a 
consistent and uniform manner, while ensuring that the DOE's program 
continues to be compliant with applicable laws regulations and 
statutes. No change in the Department's Work for Others policy is being 
made.

DATES: Comments regarding the information collection package must be 
received on or before April 27, 2004. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, contact the person listed below 
as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Richard Langston, 
Procurement Policy Analyst, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
Policy, Office of Procurement and Assistance Management, ME-61/
Germantown Bldg, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, 
or by fax 202-586-0545, or e-mail, [email protected]
    Comments should also be addressed to Susan L. Frey, Director, 
Records Management Division, IM-11/Germantown Bldg., Office of Business 
and Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC 
20585-1290.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Richard Langston, Procurement Policy Analyst, Office of 
Procurement and Assistance Policy, Office of Procurement and Assistance 
Management, ME-61/Germantown Bldg, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-1290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains: (1) OMB Control No. 
NEW; (2) Package Title: Work for Others by DOE Management and Operating 
Contractors; (3) Type of Respondents: DOE Management and Operating 
Contractors; (4) Estimated Number of responses: 20; (5) Estimated Total 
Burden Hours: 100; (6) Purpose: This information is required by the 
Department to ensure that programmatic and administrative management 
requirements and resources are managed efficiently and effectively. The 
package contains 1 information and/or recordkeeping requirement, that 
is, the provision proposed to be placed at 48 CFR 970.5217-1, Work for 
Others.

    Statutory Authority: Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2004.
Susan L. Frey,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Business and 
Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-4357 Filed 2-26-04; 8:45 am]
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