[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 57 (Monday, March 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15193-15194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05986]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2016-0040; OMB Control Number 0704-0232]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by April 
26, 2017.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations 
Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 215.4, Contract Pricing, and Related Clauses 
at DFARS 252.215; OMB Control Number 0704-0232.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents: 302.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.4 (approximately).
    Annual Responses: 427.
    Average Burden per Response: 40.7 hours (approximately).
    Annual Burden Hours: 17,400.
    Needs and Uses: DFARS clause 252.215-7002, Cost Estimating Systems 
Requirements, includes the following information collection 
requirements, which are necessary to evaluate and monitor contractor 
cost estimating systems; however, the need for information collection 
decreases as contractor estimating systems improve and gain contracting 
officer approval:
    (a) Paragraph (d)(1) requires the contractor to establish an 
adequate estimating system, disclose such estimating systems to the 
ACO, in writing;
    (b) Paragraph (d)(3)(ii) requires the contractor to disclose 
significant changes to the cost estimating system to the ACO on a 
timely basis;
    (c) Paragraph (e)(2) requires the contractor to respond within 30 
days to the contracting officer's written initial determination that 
identifies significant deficiencies in the contractor's estimating 
system; and
    (d) Paragraph (f) requires the contractor to respond within 45 days 
to the contracting officer's final determination of significant 
deficiencies, and either correct the significant deficiencies or submit 
an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to 
eliminate the deficiencies.
    DoD contracting officers use this information to determine if the 
contractor has an adequate system for generating cost estimates, which 
forecasts costs based on appropriate source information available at 
the time, and has the ability to monitor the correction of significant 
deficiencies.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain 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 the 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: Mr. Frederick C. Licari.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Licari at: Information Collections Program, WHS/
ESD Office of Information Management, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 3rd 
Floor, East Tower,

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Suite 03F09 Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

Jennifer L. Hawes,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2017-05986 Filed 3-24-17; 8:45 am]
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