[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70210-70211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28446]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0741]


Agency Information Collection (VA Subcontracting Report for 
Service Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business and Veteran-owned Small 
Business Concerns) Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The 
PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and 
its expected cost and burden and includes the actual data collection 
instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 24, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov; or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-0741'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7492, fax (202) 632-7583 or email 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0741.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: VA Subcontracting Report for Service Disabled Veteran-owned 
Small Business and Veteran-owned Small Business Concerns, VA Form 
0896a.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0741.
    Type of Review: Extension of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 0896a will be used to collect information from 
subcontractors to compare information obtained from subcontracting 
plans submitted by prime contractors in order to determine the accuracy 
of the data reported by prime contractors.
    An agency 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

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control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on September 13, 2012, at page 56709-56710.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 646 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 2 Hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 323.

    Dated: November 19, 2012.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Robert C. McFetridge,
Director, Office of Regulations Policy and Management, Office of the 
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-28446 Filed 11-21-12; 8:45 am]
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