[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60886-60887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16574]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2024-0015; OMB Control Number 0704-0479]


Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement; Earned Value Management System

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 proposal for collection of information 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 
28, 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 234 and

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Related Clause at DFARS 252.234-7002, Earned Value; OMB Control Number 
0704-0479.
    Type of Request: 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: 10.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 10.
    Average Burden per Response: 676 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 6,760.
    Needs and Uses: The contract clause at DFARS 252.242-7005, 
Contractor Business Systems, requires contractors to respond to written 
determinations of significant deficiencies in the contractor's business 
systems as defined in the clause. The information contractors are 
required to submit in response to findings of significant deficiencies 
in their accounting system, estimating system, material management and 
accounting system and purchasing system has previously been approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget under separate clearance requests. 
This information collection specifically addresses information required 
by DFARS clause 252.234-7002, Earned Value Management System, for 
contractors to respond to determinations of significant deficiencies in 
a contractor's Earned Value Management System (EVMS). The requirements 
apply to entities that are contractually required to maintain an EVMS. 
DoD needs this information to document actions to correct significant 
deficiencies in a contractor's EVMS. DoD contracting officers use the 
information to mitigate the risk of unallowable and unreasonable costs 
being charged on government contracts.
    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. 2024-16574 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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