[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 27148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09790]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX; Docket No. 2022-0001; Sequence No. 7]


Information Collection; General Services Administration 
Regulation; Construction Payrolls and Basic Records

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a new request for an 
OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new 
information collection requirement.

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records Clause to: https://www.regulations.gov.
    Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for 
``Information Collection 3090-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records 
Clause''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds with 
``Information Collection 3090-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records 
Clause''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' 
screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 3090-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records Clause'' 
on your attached document. If your comment cannot be submitted using 
https://www.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-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records Clause, in all 
correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally 
will be posted without change to https://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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Johnnie McDowell, Procurement 
Analyst, General Services Administration, at telephone 202-718-6112 or 
via email at [email protected]. for clarification of content.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause 52.222-8 Payrolls 
and Basic Records requires United States construction contracts in 
excess of $2,000 to submit weekly for each week in which any contract 
work is performed a copy of all payrolls to the Contracting Officer. 
The clause allows contractors to submit the required weekly payroll 
information using the DOL WH-347 form or any other form desired. GSA is 
proposing to deviate from the FAR clause to require these construction 
contractors to use the GSA Electronic Payroll Template and its portal 
to submit the required weekly payroll data. The proposed revision will 
increase the efficiency of the weekly payroll certification process for 
the contractor, GSA and the contractor's employee through the use of a 
standardized automated process. The current manual process for 
reviewing weekly certified payroll data requires an enormous amount of 
labor hours and has a large probability of human error i.e. non-
identification or delayed identification of errors in pay for covered 
workers. Delays in identifying payroll errors are costly to the 
contractor who will need to pay retroactive wage adjustments and the 
employee will have suffered reduced economic purchase power due to the 
error in wages.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    GSA bases the following burden estimates for certified payrolls on 
SAM.gov reports for Fiscal Year 2021. The report indicated 182 
construction contractors for GSA projects were subject to the Davis-
Bacon or Related Act. GSA's automation of the data collection process 
will not increase the existing data collection burden from the DOL Wage 
and Hour Division (WHD) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Information Control No. 1235-0008, Davis-Bacon Certified Payroll or 
1235-0018, Records to be kept by Employers--Fair Labor Standards Act.
    Respondents: 182 (170 prime contractors plus 12 subcontractors).
    Responses per Respondent: 52 (1 for each week of the year).
    Total Annual Responses: 9,464 (182 respondents x 52 responses).
    Hours per Response: 33 minutes (weighted average of 56 minutes (DOL 
estimated time to input information plus 1 minute recordkeeping for 
initial entry) + 31 minutes (estimated time to certify payroll in new 
system plus 1 minute recordkeeping)).
    Total Burden Hours: 5,205 ((9,464 annual responses x 33 minutes)/60 
minutes).

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary, 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 Regulatory Secretariat 
Division by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please 
cite OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX, Payrolls and Basic Records Clause, in 
all correspondence.

Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-09790 Filed 5-5-22; 8:45 am]
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