[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 235 (Friday, December 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63163-63164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26525]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0197; Docket No. 2018-0003; Sequence No. 19]


Submission for OMB Review; Use of Products and Services of 
Kaspersky Lab

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

ACTION: Notice.

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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 an existing OMB emergency clearance notice regarding the 
use of products and services of Kaspersky Labs.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 7, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following 
methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for the OMB 
Control number 9000-0197. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0197; Use of Products 
and Services of Kaspersky Lab''. Follow the instructions on the screen. 
Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information 
Collection 9000-0197; Use of Products and Services of Kaspersky Lab.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405-
0001. ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0197; Use of Products and Services of 
Kaspersky Lab.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0197; Use of Products and Services of Kaspersky Lab, in 
all correspondence related to this collection. 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: Ms. Camara Francis, Procurement 
Analyst, at telephone 202-550-0935, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA) 
provides that an agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information, and no person is required to respond to, nor 
be subject to, a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of 
information, unless that collection has obtained Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) approval and displays a currently valid OMB Control 
Number.
    This information collection requirement supports implementation of 
Section 1634 of Division A of the National Defense Authorization Act 
(NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91). This section of the NDAA 
prohibits Government use of any hardware, software, or services 
developed or provided, in whole or in part, by Kaspersky Lab or its 
related entities. This requirement is implemented in the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) through the clause at FAR 52.204-23, 
Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services 
Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities.
    This clearance covers the information contractors must submit to 
comply with the requirements of FAR 52.204-23,

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which requires contractors to report covered products identified during 
performance of a contract.
    DoD, GSA, and NASA request approval of this information collection 
in order to implement the law. The information will be used by agency 
personnel to identify and remove prohibited hardware, software, or 
services from Government use.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    The public reporting burden for this collection of information 
consists of reports of identified covered articles during contract 
performance as required by 52.204-23. Reports are estimated to average 
1.5 hour per response, including the time for reviewing definitions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and completing and reviewing the report.
    Number of Respondents: 4,882.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Total Responses: 24,410.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 1.5.
    Total Burden Hours: 36,615.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 
29116 on June 22, 2018. No comments were received.
    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. 9000-0197, Use of Products and Services of Kaspersky Lab, 
in all correspondence.

    Dated: November 30, 2018.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
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