[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 13700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03734]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2023-0039; OMB Control Number 0704-0341]


Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement; Part 239, Acquisition of Information Technology

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to 
OMB for clearance the following proposed revision and extension of a 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 
25, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://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.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tucker Lucas, 571-372-7574, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Part 239, Acquisition of Information Technology, and 
associated clause at DFARS 252.239-7000; OMB Control Number 0704-0341.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 1,880.
    Responses per Respondent: Approximately 8.6.
    Annual Responses: 16,172.
    Average Burden per Response: Approximately 0.5 hour.
    Annual Burden Hours: 8,086.
    Needs and Uses: This requirement provides for the collection of 
information from contractors regarding security of information 
technology. Contracting officers and other DoD personnel use the 
information to ensure that information technology is protected. The 
clause at DFARS 252.239-7000, Protection Against Compromising 
Emanations, requires that the contractor provide, upon request of the 
contracting officer, documentation that information technology used or 
provided under the contract meets appropriate information assurance 
requirements.
    The requirement at DFARS 239.7408, which requires the contracting 
officer to obtain a detailed special construction proposal from a 
common carrier that submits a proposal or quotation that has special 
construction requirements related to the performance of basic 
telecommunications services, is being removed from this collection. 
Approximately three offerors are required to submit a special 
construction proposal each year, which does not require OMB approval 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act because it does not meet the 
threshold of ten or more members of the public being affected within 
any 12-month period.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Tucker Lucas. Requests for copies of the 
information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at [email protected].

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2024-03734 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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