[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46583-46584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19224]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0286; Docket 2015-0001; Sequence 14]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; 
Submission for OMB Review; GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program

AGENCIES: Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

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, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a 
previously approved information collection concerning the GSA Mentor-
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program, in the General Services Administration 
Acquisition Manual (GSAM). A notice was published in the Federal 
Register at 80 FR 27310 on May 13, 2015. One comment was received.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 4, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0286, GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program 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. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a 
Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 3090-0286, GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
Program'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-0286, GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
Program.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0286, GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program, 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: Ms. Christina Mullins, Procurement 
Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, 202-969-
4066 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program is designed to 
encourage GSA prime contractors to assist small businesses, small 
disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, veteran-owned 
small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and 
HUBZone small businesses in enhancing their capabilities to perform GSA 
contracts and subcontracts, foster the establishment of long-term 
business relationships between these small business entities and GSA 
prime contractors, and increase the overall number of small business 
entities that receive GSA contract and subcontract awards.

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B. Discussion and Analysis

    One comment was received from the Center for Equal Opportunity. The 
comment suggests that the GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program use 
neither preferences nor classifications on the basis of race, 
ethnicity, or sex. The program does not distinguish firms on the basis 
of race or ethnicity. Women-owned small business firms may be 
distinguished as this is a small business category recognized by 
statute through the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. Chapter 14a). This 
notice regards the information collection related to administering the 
GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program. Any changes to the program 
itself would be handled separately through the rulemaking process.
    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.

C. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 254.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,016.
    Hours per Response: 3.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,048.
    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. 3090-0286, GSA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 30, 2015.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy & Senior Procurement Executive.
[FR Doc. 2015-19224 Filed 8-4-15; 8:45 am]
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