83 FR 42501 - Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Contract Administration, Quality Assurance (GSA Forms 1678 and 308)

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 163 (August 22, 2018)

Page Range		42501-42502
FR Document		2018-18120

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding contract administration and quality assurance.

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0027; Docket No. 2018-0001; Sequence No. 2]


Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration 
Acquisition Regulation; Contract Administration, Quality Assurance (GSA 
Forms 1678 and 308)

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 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 
General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding contract administration and quality assurance.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: September 21, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kevin Funk, Program Analyst, 
General Services Acquisition Policy Division, at 202-357-5805 or via 
email to kevin.funk@gsa.gov.

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 3090-0027. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-0027, Contract 
Administration and Quality Assurance (GSA Forms 1678 and 308)''. Follow 
the instructions on the screen.

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Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information 
Collection 3090-0027, Contract Administration and Quality Assurance 
(GSA Forms 1678 and 308)'', on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20406. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 3090-0027, Contract Administration and Quality 
Assurance (GSA Forms 1678 and 308).
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0027, Contract Administration and Quality Assurance 
(GSA Forms 1678 and 308), 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 two-to-three business days after 
submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of 
comments submitted by mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Under certain contracts, because of reliance on contractor 
inspection in lieu of Government inspection, GSA's Federal Acquisition 
Service requires documentation from its contractors to effectively 
monitor contractor performance and ensure that it will be able to take 
timely action should that performance be deficient.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Response Time (Hours)--GSA Form 1678: 1,875.
    Response Time (Hours)--GSA Form 308: 200.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,075.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 22064 on 
May 11, 2018. No comments were received. 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; and 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 20406, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0027, Contract Administration, Quality Assurance (GSA 
Forms 1678 and 308), in all correspondence.

    Dated: August 17, 2018.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy.
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Responses per Respondent: 1. October 1, 2018, through September 30, Notices published periodically in the
Annual Responses: 18,590. 2019. Federal Register now constitute the
Hours per Response: .25. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For only notification of revisions in CONUS
Total Burden Hours: 4,648. clarification of content, contact Ms. Jill per diem reimbursement rates to
Denning, Program Analyst, Office of agencies other than the changes posted
C. Public Comments
Government-wide Policy, Office of on the GSA website.
A notice was published in the Federal Dated: August 14, 2018.
Asset and Transportation Management,
Register at 83 FR 24310 on May 25,
at 202–208–7642, or by email at Jessica Salmoiraghi,
2018. No comments were received.
travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please cite Notice Associate Administrator, Office of
Public comments are particularly
of GSA Per Diem Bulletin FTR 19–01. Government-wide Policy.
invited on: Whether this collection of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2018–18040 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am]
information is necessary and whether it
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will have practical utility; whether our Background: The CONUS per diem
estimate of the public burden of this reimbursement rates prescribed in
collection of information is accurate and Bulletin 19–01 may be found at
GENERAL SERVICES
based on valid assumptions and www.gsa.gov/perdiem. GSA bases the
ADMINISTRATION
methodology; and ways to enhance the maximum lodging allowance rates on
quality, utility, and clarity of the the average daily rate that the lodging [OMB Control No. 3090–0027; Docket No.
information to be collected. industry reports to an independent 2018–0001; Sequence No. 2]
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: organization. If a maximum lodging
Requesters may obtain a copy of the allowance rate and/or a meals and Submission for OMB Review; General
information collection documents from incidental expenses (M&IE) per diem Services Administration Acquisition
the General Services Administration, reimbursement rate is insufficient to Regulation; Contract Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), meet necessary expenses in any given Quality Assurance (GSA Forms 1678
1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC location, Federal executive agencies can and 308)
20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please request that GSA review that location. AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy,
cite OMB Control No. 3090–0248, Please review questions six and seven of General Services Administration (GSA).
Solicitation Provisions and Contract GSA’s per diem Frequently Asked ACTION: Notice of request for comments
Clauses, Placement of Orders Clause, Questions page at www.gsa.gov/perdiem regarding an extension to an existing
and Ordering Information Clause, in all for more information on the special OMB clearance.
correspondence. review process. In addition, the Federal
Dated: August 17, 2018. Travel Regulation (FTR) allows for SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
actual expense reimbursement as Paperwork Reduction Act, the General
Jeffrey A. Koses,
provided in §§ 301–11.300 through 301– Services Administration will be
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of submitting to the Office of Management
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government- 11.306.
wide Policy. For FY 2019, one new non-standard and Budget (OMB) a request to review
area (NSA) location was added for Cobb and approve an extension of a
[FR Doc. 2018–18121 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am]
County, Georgia. Hancock and Knox previously approved information
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Counties in Maine were combined into collection requirement regarding
one NSA. The standard CONUS lodging contract administration and quality
allowance rate will increase from $93 to assurance.
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION $94. The M&IE reimbursement rate tiers DATES: Submit comments on or before:
were revised for FY 2019; they were last September 21, 2018.
[Notice–MA–2018–07; Docket No. 2018–
revised in FY2016. The revised standard FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
0002; Sequence No.16]
CONUS M&IE rate is now $55, and the Kevin Funk, Program Analyst, General
Maximum Per Diem Reimbursement M&IE NSA tiers are revised from $54– Services Acquisition Policy Division, at
Rates for the Continental United States $74 to $56–$76. 202–357–5805 or via email to
(CONUS) GSA issues and publishes the CONUS kevin.funk@gsa.gov.
per diem rates, formerly published in ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Appendix A to 41 CFR Chapter 301, this burden estimate or any other aspect
Policy (OGP), General Services solely on the internet at www.gsa.gov/ of this collection of information,
Administration (GSA). perdiem. GSA also has removed and including suggestions for reducing this
ACTION: Notice of GSA Per Diem now solely publishes the M&IE burden to: Office of Information and
Bulletin FTR 19–01, Fiscal Year (FY) deduction table from Appendix B to 41 Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
2019 Continental United States CFR Chapter 301, which is used when Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236,
(CONUS) per diem reimbursement rates. employees are required to deduct meals NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.
from their M&IE reimbursement Additionally submit a copy to GSA by
SUMMARY: The General Services pursuant to FTR § 301–11.18, at any of the following methods:
Administration’s (GSA) Fiscal Year (FY) www.gsa.gov/mie. This process, • Regulations.gov: http://
2019 per diem reimbursement rates implemented in 2003, for per diem www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
review has resulted in lodging and meal reimbursement rates and in 2015 via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
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allowance changes for certain locations (internet publication) and 2018 (removal searching the OMB Control number
within CONUS to provide for from the FTR) for the M&IE deduction 3090–0027. Select the link ‘‘Comment
reimbursement of Federal employees’ table, ensures more timely changes in Now’’ that corresponds with
subsistence expenses while on official per diem reimbursement rates ‘‘Information Collection 3090–0027,
travel. established by GSA for Federal Contract Administration and Quality
DATES: Applicability Date: This notice employees on official travel within Assurance (GSA Forms 1678 and 308)’’.
applies to travel performed on or after CONUS. Follow the instructions on the screen.

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Please include your name, company 20406, telephone 202–501–4755. Please Please note: Submit all comments
name (if any), and ‘‘Information cite OMB Control No. 3090–0027, through the Federal eRulemaking portal
Collection 3090–0027, Contract Contract Administration, Quality (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
Administration and Quality Assurance Assurance (GSA Forms 1678 and 308), address listed above.
(GSA Forms 1678 and 308)’’, on your in all correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
attached document. Dated: August 17, 2018. request more information on the
• Mail: General Services proposed project or to obtain a copy of
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat the information collection plan and
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, instruments, contact Jeffery M. Zirger,
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-
Washington, DC 20406. ATTN: Ms. wide Policy. Information Collection Review Office,
Mandell/IC 3090–0027, Contract Centers for Disease Control and
[FR Doc. 2018–18120 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am]
Administration and Quality Assurance Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS–
BILLING CODE 6820–61–P
(GSA Forms 1678 and 308). D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
Instructions: Please submit comments 404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
only and cite Information Collection
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
3090–0027, Contract Administration DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
and Quality Assurance (GSA Forms HUMAN SERVICES
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
1678 and 308), in all correspondence
Centers for Disease Control and must obtain approval from the Office of
related to this collection. Comments
Prevention Management and Budget (OMB) for each
received generally will be posted
collection of information they conduct
without change to regulations.gov,
[60Day–18–1102; Docket No. CDC–2018– or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
including any personal and/or business 0049] requires Federal agencies to provide a
confidential information provided. To
60-day notice in the Federal Register
confirm receipt of your comment(s), Proposed Data Collection Submitted concerning each proposed collection of
please check regulations.gov, for Public Comment and information, including each new
approximately two-to-three business Recommendations proposed collection, each proposed
days after submission to verify posting
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and extension of existing collection of
(except allow 30 days for posting of
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health information, and each reinstatement of
comments submitted by mail).
and Human Services (HHS). previously approved information
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
collection before submitting the
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
A. Purpose collection to the OMB for approval. To
Under certain contracts, because of SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease comply with this requirement, we are
reliance on contractor inspection in lieu Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of publishing this notice of a proposed
of Government inspection, GSA’s its continuing effort to reduce public data collection as described below.
Federal Acquisition Service requires burden and maximize the utility of The OMB is particularly interested in
documentation from its contractors to government information, invites the comments that will help:
effectively monitor contractor general public and other Federal 1. Evaluate whether the proposed
performance and ensure that it will be agencies the opportunity to comment on collection of information is necessary
able to take timely action should that a proposed and/or continuing for the proper performance of the
performance be deficient. information collection, as required by functions of the agency, including
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. whether the information will have
B. Annual Reporting Burden This notice invites comment on a practical utility;
Response Time (Hours)—GSA Form proposed information collection project 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
1678: 1,875. titled Information Collection for agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Response Time (Hours)—GSA Form Tuberculosis Data from Panel proposed collection of information,
308: 200. Physicians, which collects TB data including the validity of the
Total Burden Hours: 2,075. gathered during overseas immigration methodology and assumptions used;
medical exams. 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
C. Public Comments clarity of the information to be
DATES: CDC must receive written
A 60-day notice published in the collected; and
comments on or before October 22,
Federal Register at 83 FR 22064 on May 4. Minimize the burden of the
2018.
11, 2018. No comments were received. collection of information on those who
Public comments are particularly ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, are to respond, including through the
invited on: Whether this collection of identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– use of appropriate automated,
information is necessary and whether it 0049 by any of the following methods: electronic, mechanical, or other
will have practical utility; whether our • Federal eRulemaking Portal: technological collection techniques or
estimate of the public burden of this Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions other forms of information technology,
collection of information is accurate and for submitting comments. e.g., permitting electronic submissions
based on valid assumptions and • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information of responses.
methodology; and ways to enhance the Collection Review Office, Centers for 5. Assess information collection costs.
quality, utility, and clarity of the Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
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Clifton Road, NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Proposed Project
information to be collected.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Georgia 30329. Information Collection for
Requesters may obtain a copy of the Instructions: All submissions received Tuberculosis Data from Panel
information collection documents from must include the agency name and Physicians—Revision—National Center
the General Services Administration, Docket Number. CDC will post, without for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), change, all relevant comments to Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC Regulations.gov. Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance.
Dates		Submit comments on or before: September 21, 2018.
Contact		Mr. Kevin Funk, Program Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, at 202-357-5805 or via email to [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 42501