Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3690-3691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28347]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0290; Docket No. 2019-0001; Sequence No. 15]


Information Collection; System for Award Management Registration 
Requirements for Financial Assistance Recipients

AGENCY: Office of Systems Management, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an 
existing OMB information collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal 
of the currently approved information collection requirement regarding 
the pre-award registration requirements for Prime Grant Recipients. The 
title of the approved information collection is System for Award 
Management Registration Requirements for Prime Grant Recipients (OMB 
Control Number 3090-0290). The updated information collection title is 
based on the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) proposed expansion 
of SAM registration requirements to include all entities that receive 
financial assistance.

DATES: Submit comments on or before March 23, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by ``Information Collection 3090-
0290, System for Award Management Registration Requirements for 
Financial Assistance Recipients'' 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 3090-0290. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-0290, System for Award 
Management Registration Requirements for Financial Assistance 
Recipients''. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please 
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 
3090-0290, System for Award Management Registration Requirements for 
Financial Assistance Recipients'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 3090-0290.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0290, System for Award Management Registration 
Requirements for Financial Assistance Recipients, in all correspondence 
related to this collection. Comments received generally will be posted 
without change to regulations.gov, including any personal and/or 
business confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your 
comment(s), please check 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. Nancy Goode, Program Manager, IAE 
Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Division, at telephone number 703-
605-2175; or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    This information collection requires information necessary for 
prime applicants and recipients, excepting individuals, of Federal 
financial assistance to register in the System for Award Management 
(SAM) and maintain an active SAM registration with current information 
at all times during which they have an active Federal award or an 
application or plan under consideration by an agency pursuant to 2CFR 
Subtitle A, Chapter I, and Part 25 (75 FR 5672). This facilitates prime 
awardee reporting of sub-award and executive compensation data pursuant 
to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Pub. L. 
109-282, as amended by section 6202(a) of Pub. L. 110-252). This 
information collection requires that all prime financial assistance 
awardees, subject to reporting under the Transparency Act register and 
maintain their registration in SAM.
    This information collection is being amended to meet a statutory 
requirement of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of FY 
2013. The NADA of 2013 requires that the Federal Awardee Performance 
and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)(currently located in SAM) 
include information on a non-Federal entity's parent, subsidiary, or 
successor entities. Applicants will need to provide information in SAM 
on their immediate and highest level owner as well as predecessors that 
have been awarded a Federal contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
within the last three years. Additionally, the information collection 
is being amended to increase transparency regarding Federal spending 
and to support implementation of the Digital Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA ACT).
    OMB proposes to expand the requirement to register in SAM beyond 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, to entities that receive 
financial assistance such as loans, insurance, and direct 
appropriations. This information collection requirement is included in 
OMB's proposed revision to guidance in 2CFR Subtitle A, Chapter I, and 
Parts 25, 170, and 200.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 172,084.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total annual responses: 172,084.
    Hours per Response: 2.5.
    Total Burden Hours: 430,210.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the System for Award Management Registration Requirements 
for Financial Assistance Recipients, 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. 3090-0290, System for Award Management Registration 
Requirements for Financial Assistance Recipients, in all 
correspondence.


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    Dated: December 27,2019.
David A. Shive,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-28347 Filed 1-21-20; 8:45 am]
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