[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42972-42973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16259]


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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).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 
18, 2004.
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement 
(DFARS) Section 211.273, Substitutions for Military or Federal 
Specifications and Standards, and Related Clause at DFARS 252.211-7005; 
OMB Number 0704-0398.
    Type of Request: Extension.
     Number of Respondents: 10.
    Responses Per Respondent: 2.
    Annual Responses: 20.
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.
    Annual Burden Hours: 20.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection permits offerors to 
propose Single Process Initiative (SPI) processes as alternatives to 
military or Federal specifications and standards cited in Department of 
Defense (DoD) solicitations for previously developed items. DoD uses 
the information to verify Government acceptance of an SPI process as a 
valid replacement for a military or Federal specification or standard. 
An offeror proposing to use an SPI process must: (1) identify the 
specific military or Federal specification or standard for which the 
SPI process has been accepted; (2) identify each facility at which the 
offeror proposes to use the SPI process in lieu of military or Federal 
specifications or standards cited in the solicitation; (3) identify the 
contract line items, subline items, components, or elements affected by 
the SPI process; and, (4) if the proposed SPI process has been accepted 
at the facility at which it is proposed for use, but is no yet listed 
at the SPI Internet site, submit documentation of the DoD acceptance of 
the SPI process.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jacqueline Zeiher.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Zeiher at the Office of Management

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and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, 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/ESCD/Information Management 
Division, 1225 South Clark Street, Suite 504, Arlington, VA 22202-4326.

    Dated: July 12, 2004.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-16259 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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