[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4076-4077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00867]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0293;Docket No. 2021-0001; Sequence No. 1]


Information Collection; Reporting and Use of Information 
Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Office of Technology Strategy/Office of Government-Wide Policy, 
General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to 
an existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of the currently approved information collection requirement 
concerning the reporting and use of information concerning integrity 
and performance of recipients of grants and cooperative agreements.

DATES: Submit comments on or before March 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0293; Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Integrity and 
Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements to 
http://www.regulations.gov.
    Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the 
OMB control number 3090-0293. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use 
of Information Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements. Follow the instructions provided on 
the screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information 
Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements'' on your attached document. If your comment 
cannot be submitted using regulations.gov, call or email the points of 
contact in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document 
for alternate instructions.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information Concerning 
Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements, 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 business days after 
submission to verify posting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Goode, Integrated Award 
Environment, GSA, 703-605-2175, or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    This information collection requirement, OMB Control No. 3090-0293, 
currently titled ``Reporting and Use of Information Concerning 
Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements'' is necessary in order to comply with section 872 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act of 2009, Public Law 
110-417, as amended by Public Law 111-212, hereafter referred to as 
``the Act.'' The Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act of 
2009 (Pub. L. 110-417) was enacted on October 14, 2008. Section 872 of 
this Act required the development and maintenance of an information 
system that contains specific information on the integrity and 
performance of covered Federal agency contractors and grantees.
    The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System 
(FAPIIS) was developed to address these requirements. FAPIIS provides 
users access to integrity and performance information from the FAPIIS 
reporting module in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting 
System (CPARS), proceedings information from the Entity Management 
section of the System for Award Management (SAM) database, and 
suspension/debarment information

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from the Performance Information section of SAM.
    As stated in 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, the Federal 
awarding agency is required to review information available through any 
OMB-designated repositories of government-wide eligibility 
qualification or financial integrity information, as appropriate.
    The Federal awarding agency is required to review the non-public 
segment of the OMB-designated integrity and performance system 
accessible through SAM (currently the FAPIIS), prior to making a 
Federal award where the Federal share is expected to exceed the 
simplified acquisition threshold (currently $250,000), defined in 41 
U.S.C. 134, over the period of performance.
    For non-federal entities (NFEs), if the total value of the NFEs 
currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement 
contracts from all Federal awarding agencies exceeds $10,000,000 for 
any period of time during the period of performance of the Federal 
award, then the NFE must disclose semiannually, and maintain the 
currency of information reported to the SAM that is made available in 
the designated integrity and performance system (currently the FAPIIS) 
about civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings, as described in 
the award terms and conditions, for the most recent five year period.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Proceedings Screening Question #1

    Respondents: 13,683.
    Respnoses per Respondent: 1.
    Total annual responses: 13,683.
    Hours per response: .1.
    Total response burden hours: 1,368.

Proceedings Screening Question #2

    Respondents: 1,663.
    Responsed per Respondent: 1.
    Total annual responses: 1,663.
    Hours per response: .1.
    Total response burden hours: 166.

Proceedings Details

    Respondents: 24.
    Responses per respondent: 2.
    Total annual responses: 48.
    Hours per response: .5.
    Total response burden hours: 24.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: 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: 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. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of 
Information Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements, in all correspondence.

Beth Anne Killoran,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-00867 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]
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