[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46248-46249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18852]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Proposed Information Collection Activities To Be Submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB); Request for Comments; Annual 
Representations and Certification Form

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

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; 
request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled (Committee) is submitting to OMB for their review the 
collection of the Annual Representations and Certification Form as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The 
agency's 60-day notice informing the public of the intent to replace 
the existing annual certifications (Committee forms 403 and 404) with 
the Representations and Certifications form was published in the 
Federal Register of May 15, 2015, in FR Doc. 2015-11754, on page 27930.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments about the 
collection on or before August 31, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, ATTN: Ms. Jasmeet K. Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, by 
any of the following two methods within 30 days from the date of 
publication in the Federal Register: (1) FAX to: (202) 395-6974, ATTN: 
Ms. Jasmeet K. Seehra, OMB Desk Office; (2) Electronically by email to: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for copies of documents 
pertaining to the collection should be addressed to Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, ATTN: Louis 
Bartalot, Director of Compliance, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715, 
Arlington, VA 22202-4149 or emailed to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee has two annual certification 
forms, one for nonprofit agencies serving people who are blind 
(Committee Form 403, OMB Control Number 3037-0001) and one for 
nonprofit agencies primarily serving people who have other severe 
disabilities (Committee Form 404, OMB

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Control Number 3037-0002). The information included on the forms is 
required to ensure that nonprofit agencies that participate in the 
Committee's Program meet the requirements of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day 
Act (JWOD), 41 U.S.C. 8105-8506. The Committee intends to combine the 
two current forms in a revised and expanded format, so that the 
Committee can continue to verify the appropriateness of nonprofit 
agencies that would like to participate in the AbilityOne Program.
    In response to the agency's 60-day notice published in the Federal 
Register of May 15, 2015, in FR Doc. 2015-11754, on page 27930 
(informing the public of the intent to revise and expand the current 
forms), a comment was received with concerns of the ability of board 
members to be able to certify the information being on the form, 
objecting to the use of the term competitive placements, objecting to 
the reference to 2 CFR part 230, and the accuracy of the burden 
estimate.
    Title: Annual Representations and Certifications For AbilityOne 
Qualified Nonprofit Agency.
    OMB Control Number: 3037-0013.
    Form Number: Reps and Certs.
    Description of Respondents: Nonprofit agencies serving people who 
are blind or significantly disabled that participate in the AbilityOne 
Program.
    Annual Number of Respondents: About 570 nonprofit agencies serving 
people who are blind or significantly disabled will annually 
participate in the AbilityOne Program.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: Burden is estimated to average 8 hours 
per respondent. Total annual burden is 4,560 hours. Note: this burden 
estimate is only for the reporting of information; a separate burden 
estimate exists for the recordkeeping requirement.

Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-18852 Filed 8-3-15; 8:45 am]
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