[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28424-28425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11980]


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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled


Notice of Renewal of AbilityOne Nonprofit Agency Recordkeeping 
Requirements

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION: Notice of Recordkeeping Requirements Renewal.

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SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
Severely Disabled (The Committee) has submitted the collection of 
information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice solicits comments on that 
collection of information.

DATES: Submit your written comments on the information collection on or 
before July 11, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Mail your comments on the requirement to Louis Bartalot, 
Director of Compliance, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Jefferson 
Plaza 2, Suite 10800, Arlington, VA 22202-3259; fax (703) 603-0655; or 
e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louis Bartalot, Director of 
Compliance, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Jefferson Plaza 2, 
Suite 10800, Arlington, VA 22202-3259; phone (703) 603-2124; fax (703) 
603-0655; or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which implement provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), require that 
interested members of the public and affected agencies have an 
opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping 
activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). The Committee plans to submit a 
request to OMB to renew its approval of the collection of information 
for nonprofit agency responsibilities related to recordkeeping. The 
Committee is requesting a 3-year term of approval for this information 
collection activity.
    Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this 
collection of information is 3037-0005.
    The Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act of 1971 (41 U.S.C. 46-48c) is 
the authorizing legislation for the AbilityOne Program. The AbilityOne 
Program creates jobs and training opportunities for people who are 
blind or who have other severe disabilities. Its primary means of doing 
so is by requiring Government agencies to purchase selected products 
and services from nonprofit agencies employing such individuals. The 
AbilityOne Program is administered by the Committee. Two national, 
independent organizations, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and 
NISH, help state and private nonprofit agencies participate in the 
AbilityOne Program.
    The implementing regulations for the JWOD Act, which are located at 
41 CFR Chapter 51, detail the recordkeeping requirements imposed on 
nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program. Section 51-
2.4 of the regulations describes the criteria that the Committee must 
consider when adding a product or service to its Procurement List. One 
of these criteria is that a proposed addition must demonstrate a 
potential to generate employment for people who are blind or severely 
disabled. The Committee decided that evidence that employment will be 
generated for those individuals consists of recordkeeping that tracks 
direct labor and revenues for products or services sold through an 
AbilityOne Program contract. This recordkeeping can be done on each 
individual AbilityOne project or by product or service family.
    In addition, Section 51-4.3 of the regulations requires that 
nonprofit agencies keep records on direct labor hours performed by each 
worker and keep an individual record or file for each individual who is 
blind or severely disabled, documenting that individual's disability 
and capabilities for competitive employment. The records that nonprofit 
agencies must keep in accordance with Section 51-4.3 of the regulations 
constitute the bulk of the hour burden associated with this OMB control 
number.
    This information collection renewal request seeks approval for the 
Committee to continue to ensure compliance with recordkeeping

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requirements established by the authority of the JWOD Act and set forth 
in the Act's implementing regulations and to ensure that the Committee 
has the ability to confirm the suitability of products and services on 
its Procurement List. The recordkeeping requirements described in this 
document are the same as those currently imposed on nonprofit agencies 
participating in the AbilityOne Program.
    Title: Nonprofit Agency Responsibilities, 41 CFR 51-2.4 and 51-4.3.
    OMB Control Number: 3037-0005.
    Description of Collection: Recordkeeping.
    Description of Respondents: Nonprofit agencies participating in the 
AbilityOne Program.
    Annual Number of Respondents: About 625 nonprofit agencies will 
annually participate in recordkeeping.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: The recordkeeping burden is estimated to 
average 567 hours per respondent. Total annual burden is 354,375 hours.
    We invite comments concerning this renewal on: (1) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
our agency's functions, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of 
the collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents.

    Dated: May 5, 2011.
Patricia Briscoe,
Deputy Director Business Operations, Pricing and Information 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-11980 Filed 5-16-11; 8:45 am]
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