[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 22191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09240]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0010; Docket 2015-0055; Sequence 1]


Submission to OMB for Review; Federal Acquisition Regulation; 
Progress Payments (SF-1443)

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to 
an existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of a previously information collection requirement concerning 
progress payments. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 80 
FR 6970 on February 9, 2015. No comments were received.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0010, Progress Payments, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
Control number 9000-0010. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0010, Progress 
Payments''. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please 
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 
9000-0010, Progress Payments'' on your attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0010, Progress Payments.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0010, Progress Payments, in all correspondence related 
to this collection. All comments received will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Hopkins, Procurement Analyst, 
Federal Acquisition Policy Division, at 202-969-7226 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    Certain Federal contracts provide for progress payments to be made 
to the contractor during performance of the contract. Pursuant to FAR 
clause 52.232-16 ``Progress Payments,'' contractors are required to 
request progress payments on Standard Form 1443, ``Contractor's Request 
for Progress Payment,'' or an agency approved electronic equivalent. 
Additionally, contractors may be required to submit reports, 
certificates, financial statements, and other pertinent information, 
reasonably requested by the Contracting Officer. The contractual 
requirement for submission of reports, certificates, financial 
statements and other pertinent information is necessary for protection 
of the Government against financial loss through the making of progress 
payments.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 25,161.
    Responses per Respondent: 32.
    Annual Responses: 805,152.
    Hours per Response: .42.
    Total Burden Hours: 338,164.
    Time required to read and prepare information is estimated at 25.2 
minutes (less than one-half hour) per completion. This downward change 
is attributable to productivity gains (based on data from Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, 1990-2013) realized through technology. The 
anticipated number of respondents has been reduced (from 27,000 to 
25,161), as well, and is proportional to the lower number of Federal 
contracts overall.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the FAR, 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; and ways in which we can minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    D. Obtaining Copies Of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of 
the information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0010, Progress Payments, in all correspondence.

    Dated: April 16, 2015.
Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office 
of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-09240 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
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