[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53532-53533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16901]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: 23-084]


Information Collection: NASA Small Business Mentor 
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Reinstatement of expired information collection.

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SUMMARY: NASA is proposing to amend the NASA Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (NFS) to reflect updates to NASA's Mentor 
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program (MPP) including: the requirement of Small 
Business Specialists' concurrence on the signed letter of endorsement; 
requirements associated with credit received towards subcontracting 
goals; the change of the MPP reporting requirement from semi-annually 
to annually; identified the NASA Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program 
Office; and clerical, semantic improvements. NASA also proposes to 
amend the NFS language to reflect the annual negotiation of its small 
business percentage goals. Lastly, the NFS will be amended to emphasize 
collaboration amongst representatives from the Office of Small Business 
Programs, Office of Procurement, and Program Offices to reduce barriers 
to entry and to opportunities for all small business concerns and 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions.

DATES: Comments are due by September 7, 2023.

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 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Bill Edwards-Bodmer, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA 
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JF0000, Washington, DC 20546, 757-864-
7998, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Abstract

    NASA is proposing to revise the NFS to add new text that: requires 
concurrence of the Small Business Specialist on the signed letter of 
endorsement for the MPP; adds requirements associated with credit 
received towards subcontracting goals; changes the reporting 
requirement from semi-annually to annually; and makes clerical and 
other semantic improvements. This proposed rule contains information 
collection requirements requiring the approval of the Office of 
Management and Budget

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(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). As part 
of this proposed rule, NASA is also requesting comments on the 
reinstatement with change of a collection, OMB 2700-0078, NASA Mentor-
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program Small Business and Small Disadvantaged 
Business Concerns Report.
    NASA, in coordination with its Office of Small Business Programs, 
initiated this proposed rule and is proposing to reinstate this 
collection to decrease the collection requirement from semi- annual to 
annual. NASA conducts semi- annual Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
performance reviews, which are more effective in tracking milestones 
over the life of the agreement than the submission of semi- annual 
reports. This change will reduce the reporting requirement on small 
businesses from semi-annual to annual and still capture necessary 
information from the semi-annual performance reviews.

7. Methods of Collection

    NASA uses electronic methods to collect information from collection 
respondents.

8. Data

    Title: NASA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program.
    OMB Number: 2700-0078.
    Type of review: Reinstatement.
    Affected Public: Small businesses.
    Estimated Annual Number of Activities: 1.
    Estimated Number of Respondents per Activity: 10.
    Annual Responses: 10.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hrs.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15.

9. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques 
or the use of other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.

William Edwards-Bodmer,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16901 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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