[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53727-53728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21887]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0129; Docket No. 2019-0003; Sequence No. 26]


Submission for OMB Review; Cost Accounting Standards 
Administration

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 has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision 
and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding Cost Accounting Standards administration.

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 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 or at 
[email protected]. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or 
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov 
and follow the instructions on the site.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Lois Mandell/IC 9000-0129, Cost Accounting Standards 
Administration.
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite Information Collection 
9000-

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0129, Cost Accounting Standards Administration. 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: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)

    9000-0129, Cost Accounting Standards Administration.

B. Need and Uses

    This clearance covers the information that contractors must submit 
to comply with the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) under the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR). FAR clause 52.230-6, Administration of 
Cost Accounting Standards, requires contractors performing CAS-covered 
contracts to submit notifications and descriptions of certain cost 
accounting practice changes, including revisions to their Disclosure 
Statements, if applicable.
    The threshold for CAS applicability is required by 41 U.S.C. 
1502(b)(1)(B) to be the same as the threshold for requesting certified 
cost or pricing data at FAR 15.403-4(a)(1). The burden was calculated 
with data from the Federal Procurement Data System for Fiscal Year 2016 
through 2018 using the increased threshold for requesting certified 
cost or pricing data of $2 million as proposed by FAR Case 2018-005, 
Modifications to Cost or Pricing Data Reporting Requirements (84 FR 
52428), per section 811 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 599.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,797.
    Total Burden Hours: 314,475.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 84 FR 
37875, on August 2, 2019. No comments were received.
    Obtaining Copies: 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-
0129, Cost Accounting Standards Administration, in all correspondence.

    Dated: October 2, 2019.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-21887 Filed 10-7-19; 8:45 am]
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