[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 81549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32776]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0184; Docket 2015-0055, Sequence 33]


Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the 
United States

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

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension of an 
information collection requirement for 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 an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
concerning Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside 
the United States.

DATES: Submit comments on or before February 29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0184, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the 
United States, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for 
Information Collection 9000-0184, Contractors Performing Private 
Security Functions Outside the United States. Select the link ``Comment 
Now'' that corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0184, 
Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United 
States''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' 
screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 9000-0184, Contractors Performing Private 
Security Functions Outside the United States'' on your attached 
document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), ATTN: Ms. Flowers, 1800 F Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20405.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0184, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions 
Outside the United States in all correspondence related to this case. 
Comments received generally will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your 
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to 
three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for 
posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael O. Jackson, Procurement 
Analyst, Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, at 202-208-4949 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Section 862 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, as amended by section 853 of the NDAA for FY 
2009 and sections 831 and 832 of the NDAA for FY 2011, together with 
the required Governmentwide implementing regulations (32 CFR part 159, 
published at 76 FR 49650 on August 11, 2011), as amended, adds 
requirements and limitations for contractors performing private 
security functions in areas of combat operations, or other military 
operations as designated by the Secretary of Defense, upon agreement of 
the Secretaries of Defense and State.
    These requirements are that contractors performing in areas such as 
Iraq and Afghanistan ensure that their personnel performing private 
security functions comply with 32 CFR part 159, including (1) 
accounting for Government-acquired and contractor-furnished property 
and (2) reporting incidents in which a weapon is discharged, personnel 
are attacked or killed or property is destroyed, or active, lethal 
countermeasures are employed.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 920.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Total Response: 4,600.
    Hours per Response: 0.167.
    Total Burden Hours: 768.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited upon; Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (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.
    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. 9000-0184, Contractors Performing Private Security 
Functions Outside the United States, in all correspondence.

William Clark,
Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-32776 Filed 12-29-15; 8:45 am]
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