[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 52352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18618]



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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

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


Submission for OMB Review; System for Award Management 
Registration Requirements for Financial Assistance Recipients

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal 
of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding 
the pre-award registration requirements for Prime Grant Recipients. 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 September 24, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

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 NDAA 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 (published in 
the Federal Register at 85 FR 49506 on August 13, 2020) is included in 
OMB's proposed revision to guidance in 2 CFR 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

    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 85 FR 3690 on 
January 22, 2020. 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) at 
[email protected]. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0290, System for 
Award Management Registration Requirements for Financial Assistance 
Recipients, in all correspondence.

Beth Anne Killoran,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-18618 Filed 8-24-20; 8:45 am]
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