[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64911-64912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20386]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0290; Docket No. 2023-0001; Sequence No. 4]


Information Collection; System for Award Management Registration 
Requirements for Financial Assistance Recipients

AGENCY: Office of Systems Management, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
the Regulatory Secretariat Division invites the public to comment on an 
extension to an existing information collection requirement regarding 
the pre-award registration requirements for Prime Financial Assistance 
Recipients.

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection ``3090-
0290, System for Award Management Registration Requirements for 
Financial Assistance Recipients'' via http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching OMB 
control number 3090-0290. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with Information Collection ``3090-0290, System for Award 
Management Registration Requirements for Financial Assistance 
Recipients''. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please 
include your name, company name (if any), and Information Collection 
``3090-0290, System for Award Management Registration Requirements for 
Financial Assistance Recipients'' on your attached document.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection ``3090-0290, System for Award Management Registration 
Requirements for Financial Assistance Recipients'', 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 
three days after submission to verify posting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Salomeh Ghorbani, Director, IAE 
Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Division, at telephone number 703-
605-3467 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    This information collection requires applicants and recipients of 
Federal financial assistance, unless the applicant is an individual or 
Federal awarding agency that is excepted from those requirements, to 
register in SAM and maintain an active SAM registration with current 
information at all times during which they have an active Federal award 
or an application or plan under consideration by an agency pursuant to 
2 CFR subtitle A, chapter I, and part 25 (75 FR 55673 as amended at 79 
FR 75879). This facilitates prime awardee reporting of sub-award and 
executive compensation data pursuant to the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act (Pub. L. 109-282, as amended by 
section 6202(a) of Pub. L. 110-252). This information collection 
requires that all prime financial assistance awardees, subject to 
reporting under the Transparency Act, register and maintain their 
registration in SAM.gov.
    This information collection was amended to meet a statutory 
requirement of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of FY 
2013. The NDAA of 2013 requires that the Federal Awardee Performance 
and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) (currently located at 
SAM.gov) include information on a non-Federal entity's parent, 
subsidiary, or successor entities. Additionally, the information 
collection was amended to increase transparency regarding Federal 
spending and to support implementation of the Digital Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA ACT).
    OMB expanded the requirement to register in SAM beyond grants, 
cooperative agreements, and contracts, to entities that receive 
financial assistance such as loans, insurance, and direct 
appropriations. This information collection requirement (published in 
the Federal Register at 85 FR 49506 on August 13, 2020) is included in 
OMB's revision to guidance in 2 CFR subtitle A, chapter I, and parts 
25, 170, and 200, effective June 12, 2023.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 211,959.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total annual responses: 211,959.
    Hours per Response: 2.5.
    Total Burden Hours: 529,898.

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

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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 General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) at 
[email protected]. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0290, System for 
Award Management Registration Requirements for Financial Assistance 
Recipients, in all correspondence.

Lesley Briante,
Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-20386 Filed 9-19-23; 8:45 am]
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