[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 37 (Friday, February 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3648]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection package to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package requests a three-year 
extension of its ``Procurement Reporting and Record Keeping Burdens,'' 
OMB Control Number 1910-4100. This information collection package 
collects data that is used by the Department to exercise management 
oversight and control over contractors including management and 
operating (M&O) contractors operating DOE's facilities and other 
contractors furnishing goods and services with regard to implementation 
of applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements and 
obligations. The information collection requires that contractors 
submit information pertaining to their Procurement activities such as 
acquisition of real property, facilities management, and subcontracting 
goals and reporting requirements. The collection is critical to ensure 
that the Government has sufficient information to judge the degree to 
which contractors are meeting requirements, that public funds are spent 
in an efficient and effective manner and that fraud, waste and abuse 
are avoided. The Department published a Notice and Request for Comment 
for this collection in the Federal Register on December 10, 2004 at 69 
FR 71807. No comments were received in response to the Notice.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
March 28, 2005. 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, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to 
make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be 
telephoned at 202-395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: DOE Desk Officer, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments should also be addressed to: Sharon A. Evelin, Director, 
IM-11/Germantown Bldg., U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Ave SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, and to: Richard L. Langston, 
Procurement Policy Analyst, ME-63 L'Enfant Plaza Building, 1000 
Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585-1615.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon A. Evelin and Richard L. 
Langston, at the addresses listed above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-4100.
    (2) Package Title: Procurement Reporting and Record Keeping 
Burdens.
    (3) Purpose: This information is required by the Department to 
ensure that DOE contracts including management and operation 
contractors operating DOE facilities are managed efficiently and 
effectively and to exercise management oversight of DOE contractors.
    (4) Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,616.
    (5) Estimated Total Burden Hours: 893,359.
    (6) Number of Collections: The package contains 41 information and/
or recordkeeping requirements.

    Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, 
Public Law 92-01.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 18, 2005.
Sharon A. Evelin,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-3648 Filed 2-24-05; 8:45 am]
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