[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 13131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5931]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-00XX; Docket 2010-0002; Sequence 10]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; 
Submission for OMB Review; GSA Advantage![reg] and Electronic Commerce-
FACNET

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of a request for comments regarding a new OMB clearance.

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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 will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a new information collection requirement regarding 
GSA Advantage![reg] and Electronic Commerce-FACNET. A request for 
public comments was published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 4596, 
January 26, 2009. No comments were received.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary and whether it will have 
practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this 
collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions 
and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: April 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren Blankenship, Procurement 
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, at telephone (202) 501-1900 or via 
e-mail at [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to the GSA Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10236, NEOB, 
Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 
General Services Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-00XX, GSA 
Advantage![reg] and Electronic Commerce-FACNET, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) contractors must participate in the 
GSA Advantage![reg] system at 552.238-55. It is an online shopping 
service which, via the Electronic Commerce clause at 552.238-56, 
receives catalogs, invoices and text messages as well as sends purchase 
orders, application advice, and functional acknowledgements.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Number of Respondents: 16,634.
    Responses per Respondent: 3.5.
    Annual Responses: 58,219.
    Average Burden per Response: 2.
    Total Burden Hours: 116,438.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-00XX, GSA Advantage![reg] and Electronic Commerce-
FACNET, in all correspondence.

    Dated: March 5, 2010.
Al Matera,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-5931 Filed 3-17-10; 8:45 am]
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