81 FR 20639 - Submission for OMB Review; Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA Form 850

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 68 (April 8, 2016)

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a previously approved information collection requirement, with changes, expanding the coverage of the information collection of the Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA Form 850. GSA requires OMB approval for this collection to make determinations on granting unescorted physical access to GSA-controlled facilities and/or logical access to GSA-controlled information systems. The approval is critical for GSA to continue following contractor onboarding processes required for working on GSA contracts. An updated System of Record Notice (SORN) was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 47139, on August 12, 2014. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 75864 on December 4, 2015. No comments were received.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20639-20640]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08146]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0283; Docket 2015-0001; Sequence 16]


Submission for OMB Review; Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA 
Form 850

AGENCY: Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Division, 
Office of Security, Office of Mission Assurance (OMA), General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a 
previously approved information collection requirement, with changes, 
expanding the coverage of the information collection of the Contractor 
Information Worksheet; GSA Form 850.
    GSA requires OMB approval for this collection to make 
determinations on granting unescorted physical access to GSA-controlled 
facilities and/or logical access to GSA-controlled information systems. 
The approval is critical for GSA to continue following contractor 
onboarding processes required for working on GSA contracts. An updated 
System of Record Notice (SORN) was published in the Federal Register at 
79 FR 47139, on August 12, 2014. A notice was published in the Federal 
Register at 80 FR 75864 on December 4, 2015. No comments were received.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: May 9, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following 
methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds 
with ``Information Collection 3090-0283, Contractor Information 
Worksheet; GSA Form 850''. Follow the instructions provided at the 
``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if 
any), and ``Information Collection 3090-0283, Contractor Information 
Worksheet; GSA Form 850'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-0283, Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA 
Form 850.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0283, Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA Form 850, 
in all correspondence related to this collection. Comments received 
generally will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, 
including any personal and/or business confidential information 
provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check 
www.regulations.gov, approximately two to three days after submission 
to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of comments 
submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phil Ahn, Deputy Director, OMA 
Identity Credential and Access Management Division, GSA, telephone 202-
501-2447 or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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A. Purpose

    The U.S. Government conducts criminal checks to establish that 
applicants or incumbents working for the Government under contract may 
have unescorted access to federally controlled facilities. GSA uses the 
Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA Form 850, and digitally captured 
fingerprints to conduct a FBI National Criminal Information Check 
(NCIC) for each contractor's physical access determination to GSA-
controlled facilities and/or logical access to GSA-controlled 
information systems. Manual fingerprint card SF-87 is used for 
exception cases such as contractor's significant geographical distance 
from fingerprint enrollment sites.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidance M-05-24 for 
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12, authorizes Federal 
departments and agencies to ensure that contractors have limited/
controlled access to facilities and information systems. GSA Directive 
CIO P 2181.1 Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, Personal 
Identity Verification and Credentialing (available at http://www.gsa.gov/hspd12), states that GSA contractors must undergo a minimum 
of an FBI National Criminal Information Check (NCIC) to receive 
unescorted physical access to GSA-controlled facilities and/or logical 
access to GSA-controlled information systems.
    Contractors' Social Security Number is needed to keep records 
accurate, because other people may have the same name and birth date. 
Executive Order 9397, Numbering System for Federal Accounts Relating to 
Individual Persons, also allows Federal agencies to use this number to 
help identify individuals in agency records.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 25,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 25,000.
    Hours per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,250.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary and whether it will have 
practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this 
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.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0283, Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA Form 850 
in all correspondence. The form can be downloaded from the GSA Forms 
Library at http://www.gsa.gov/forms. Type GSA 850 in the form search 
field.

    Dated: March 31, 2016.
David A. Shive,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-08146 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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