[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28879]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket No. DARS-2012-0042-0001]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for 
clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 
31, 2012.
    Title, Associated Forms and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 232, Contract Financing, and the 
clause at 252.232-7002, Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales 
Acquisitions; OMB Control Number 0704-0321.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 381.
    Responses per Respondent: Approximately 12.
    Annual Responses: 4,572.
    Average Burden per Response: Approximately 1.5 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 6,858 (includes 2,286 response hours plus 
4,572 recordkeeping hours).
    Needs and Uses: The Arms Export Control Act requires, in the 
absence of a special Presidential Finding, that the U.S. Government 
purchase military equipment for foreign governments using foreign funds 
and without any charge to U.S. appropriated funds. In order to comply 
with this requirement, the Government needs to know how much to charge 
each country as progress payments are made for foreign military sales 
(FMS) purchases. The Government can only obtain this information from 
the contractor preparing the progress payment request. The clause at 
252.232-7002, requires a contractor whose contract includes FMS 
requirements to submit a progress payment request with a supporting 
schedule that clearly distinguishes the contract's FMS requirements 
from U.S. contract requirements.
    The information generated by the progress payment submission 
requirements of DFARS part 232 is used by contracting officers to 
maintain an audit trail and permit verification of calculations. The 
Government also uses this information to determine how much to disburse 
to the contractor. Absent this information, the Government would be 
unable to pay the FMS portion of the progress payment request, thereby 
breaching its contractual duties, with subsequent damages payable to 
the contractor; the Disbursing Officer would commit a statutory 
violation in wrongfully disbursing U.S. funds contrary to the 
Congressional instructions for payments for FMS work; or the U.S. 
Government would violate its fiduciary duty to the foreign country 
whose funds are improperly disbursed for some other country's 
purchases.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for- profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number, and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other public submissions from members 
of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing 
on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received 
without change, including any personal identifiers or contact 
information provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please 
check http://www.regulations.gov approximately two to three days after 
submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of 
comments submitted by mail).
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Suite 02G09, 
Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

Manuel Quinones,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2012-28879 Filed 11-28-12; 8:45 am]
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