[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19855]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Proposal

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), pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to propose an information collection 
package with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) concerning the 
Work Authorization System, as prescribed in DOE O 412. 1A, in order to 
authorize and control work performed by designated Management and 
Operating (M&O) contractors and other contractors as determined by the 
senior procurement executive, consistent with the budget execution and 
program evaluation requirements of the DOE Planning, Programming, 
Budget, and Evaluation process. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
the extended collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
December 26, 2006. 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: Jeffrey Martus, IM-11/
Germantown Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., 
SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290; or by fax at 301-903-9061 or by e-mail 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Jeffrey Martus at the address listed above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package contains:
    (1) OMB No.: None.
    (2) Package Title: Work Authorization System.
    (3) Type of Review: New.
    (4) Purpose: This information is required by the Department to 
ensure that programmatic and administrative management requirements and 
resources are managed efficiently and effectively.
    (5) Respondents: 33.
    (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 528 hours.

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

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 14, 2006.
Sharon A. Evelin,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-19855 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]
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