[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 235 (Monday, December 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78852-78853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26817]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0300; Docket No. 2020-0001; Sequence No. 9]


Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration 
Acquisition Regulation; Implementation of Information Technology 
Security Provision

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 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 
Implementation of Information Technology Security Provision.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 6, 2021.

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. Johnnie McDowell, Program Analyst, 
Office of Acquisition Policy, at (202) 718-6112, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    GSA's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) issued ``CIO 
IT Security Procedural Guide 09-48, GSA IT Security Procedural Guide: 
Security and Privacy Acquisition Requirements,'' to provide IT security 
standards, policies and reporting requirements. The GSA OCIO also 
issued ``CIO 12-2018, GSA IT Policy Requirements Guide'' requiring 
contracting officers and the contracting officer's representatives to 
coordinate with GSA Information Technology approving officials or their 
delegate for review of contractor submissions which may impact GSA's 
internal information systems. These streamlined policies into two 
centralized policies will reduce contractors' time to comply with GSA's 
IT policies and increase the security of GSA's internal information 
systems. These policies include the requirement for contractors to 
submit an IT Security Plan to the contracting officer and contracting 
officer's representative that describes the processes and procedures 
that will be followed to ensure appropriate security of IT resources 
that are developed, processed, or used under the contract. The clause 
will also require that contractors submit written proof of IT security 
authorization six months after contract award, and verify that the IT 
Security Plan remains valid annually.

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B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 91.
    Responses Per Respondent: 2.
    Total Annual Responses: 182.
    Hours per Response: 5.
    Total Burden Hours: 910.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 85 FR 55678 on 
September 9, 2020. There were no comments.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat 
Division, by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please 
cite OMB Control No. 3090-0300, Implementation of Information 
Technology Security Provision, in all correspondence.

Jeffrey Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-26817 Filed 12-4-20; 8:45 am]
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