[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1291]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. 2011-0006; Sequence 2]


Federal Procurement Data System Product Service Code Manual 
Update

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Products and Services Code 
(PSC) Manual, which provides codes to describe products, services, and 
research and development purchased by the government, is in the process 
of being updated; GSA, which maintains the PSC Manual, is in the 
process of updating the manual.

DATES: Effective date: January 24, 2011.
    Comment date: A draft of the PSC Manual will be posted at http://blog.citizen.apps.gov/GSA_PSC_Manual/. Comments on the draft PSC 
Manual must be posted at http://blog.citizen.apps.gov/GSA_PSC_Manual, 
``Comments'' section, between February 8, 2011 and March 9, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Pat Brooks at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Products and Services Code (PSC) Manual provides codes to 
describe products, services, and research and development purchased by 
the government. The codes are one of the data elements reported in the 
Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). GSA, which maintains the PSC 
Manual, is in the process of updating the manual. The changes will 
include updating the descriptions, adding or deleting codes as 
necessary, and adding environmental/sustainability attributes required 
for reporting to the Office of Management and Budget.
    A draft of the proposed PSC Manual will be posted in a GSA blog 
application, http://blog.citizen.apps.gov/GSA_PSC_Manual/ on February 
8, 2011. There will be a ``Comment'' section in the blog. A thirty (30) 
day comment period will be available.

    Dated: January 18, 2011.
Rodney Lantier,
Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy, 
Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-1291 Filed 1-21-11; 8:45 am]
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