[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52941-52942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18615]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2022-OS-0108]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE), Department of 
Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, CAPE 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the

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agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
Regulatory Directorate, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 24, Suite 
08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to OSD CAPE, 1800 
Defense Pentagon, Room BE798, Washington, DC 20301-1800, Kelly Hazel, 
or call (703)-614-5397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Cost and Software Data 
Report; Forms DD-1921, DD-1921-1, DD-1921-2, DD-1921-3, DD-1921-5, DD-
2794; OMB Control Number 0704-CSDR.
    Needs and Uses: Cost and Software Data Report (CSDR) data 
collection is the primary means that DoD uses to collect actual cost 
and related business data on acquisition programs over 100 million 
dollars. Program Managers use the CSDR system to report data on 
contractor development, production and sustainment costs and resource 
usage incurred in performing DoD programs. The CSDR is also used to 
ensure the reporting requirements and structures are properly defined 
for cost, software, and technical data reporting.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
Institutions.
Contractor Work Breakdown Structure
    Annual Burden Hours: 30,552.
    Number of Respondents: 228.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.
    Annual Responses: 912.
    Average Burden per Response: 33.5 hours.
Cost Data Summary Report DD-1921
    Annual Burden Hours: 17,753.1.
    Number of Respondents: 228.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.4.
    Annual Responses: 1,003.
    Average Burden per Response: 17.7 hours.
Functional Cost and Hours Report DD-1921-1
    Annual Burden Hours: 44,198.
    Number of Respondents: 228.
    Responses per Respondent: 3.6.
    Annual Responses: 820.
    Average Burden per Response: 53.9 hours.
Progress Curve Report DD-1921-2
    Annual Burden Hours: 56,088.
    Number of Respondents: 228.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 228.
    Average Burden per Response: 246 hours.
Contractor Business Data Report DD-1921-3
    Annual Burden Hours: 16,330.
    Number of Respondents: 115.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 115.
    Average Burden per Response: 142 hours.
Sustainment Functional Cost-Hour Report DD-1921-5
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,676.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Responses per Respondent: 2.2.
    Annual Responses: 88.
    Average Burden per Response: 64.5 hours.
Cost and Software Data Reporting DD-2794
    Annual Burden Hours: 23,712.
    Number of Respondents: 228.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 228.
    Average Burden per Response: 104 hours.
    Frequency: Annually.
    CAPE is statutorily required by Title 10, United Stated Code in 
Section 2334(g), to ``develop policies, procedures, guidance and a 
collection method to ensure that quality acquisition cost data are 
collected to facilitate cost estimation and comparison across 
acquisition programs.'' Section 2334(g) also contains a 100-million-
dollar threshold statutory requirement for providing cost data from 
each acquisition program that exceeds this amount.

    Dated: August 24, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-18615 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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