83_FR_8287 83 FR 8249 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

83 FR 8249 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 38 (February 26, 2018)

Page Range8249-8250
FR Document2018-03850

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 38 (Monday, February 26, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8249-8250]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03850]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2017-0021; OMB Control Number 0704-0214]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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 March 
28, 2018.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title, Associated Forms and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 217, Special Contracting Methods, 
and related clauses at 252.217; OMB Control Number 0704-0214.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for- profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 5,859.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Annual Responses: 29,295.
    Average Burden per Response: 8.
    Annual Burden Hours: 234,360.

Summary of Information Collection

    DFARS 217.7004, Exchange of Personal Property. Paragraph (a) of 
this section requires that solicitations which contemplate exchange 
(trade-in) of personal property and application of the exchange 
allowance to the acquisition of similar property (see 40 U.S.C. 481), 
shall include a request for offerors to state prices for the new items 
being acquired both with and without any exchange (trade-in allowance).
    DFARS 217.7404-3, Undefinitized Contract Actions. Paragraph (b) of 
this section requires contractors to submit a ``qualifying proposal'' 
in accordance with the definitization schedule provided in the 
contract. A qualifying proposal is defined in DFARS 217.7401(c) as a 
proposal containing sufficient information for the DoD to do complete 
and meaningful analyses and audits of the information in the proposal, 
and any other information that the contracting officer has determined 
DoD needs to review in connection with the contract.
    DFARS 217.7505, Acquisition of Replenishment Parts. Paragraph (d) 
of this section permits contracting officers to include in sole-source 
solicitations that include acquisition of replenishment parts, a 
provision requiring that the offeror supply with its proposal, price 
and quantity data on any Government orders for the replenishment part 
issued within the most recent 12 months (see 10 U.S.C. 2452 note, Spare 
Parts and Replacement Equipment, Publication of Regulations).
    DFARS 252.217-7012, Liability and Insurance. Paragraph (d)(3) of 
this clause requires the contractor to show evidence of casualty, 
accident, and liability insurance under a master agreement for vessel 
repair and alteration.
    DFARS 252.217-7012. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of the require the 
contractor to notify the contracting officer of any property loss or 
damage for which the Government is liable and to submit to the 
contracting officer a request, with supporting documentation, for 
reimbursement of the cost of replacement or repair.
    DFARS 252.217-7026, Identification of Sources of Supply. This 
provision requires the apparently successful offeror to identify its 
sources of supply. The Government is required under 10 U.S.C. 2384 to 
obtain certain information on the actual manufacturer or sources of 
supplies it acquire.
    DFARS 252.217-7028, Over and Above Work. Paragraphs (c) and (e) of 
this clause require the contractor to submit to the contracting officer 
a work request and proposal for ``over and above work'' or work 
discovered during the course of performing overhaul, maintenance, and 
repair efforts that is within the general scope of the contract, not 
covered by the line item(s) for the basic work under the contract, and 
necessary in order to satisfactorily complete the contract.

Jennifer L. Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2018-03850 Filed 2-23-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                                            Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 38 / Monday, February 26, 2018 / Notices                                                  8249

                                                 Dated: February 15, 2018.                             Designated Federal Officer (ADFO) (Mr.                Secretary of Defense, may serve on the
                                               Mick Mulvaney,                                          Keating), Arlington National Cemetery,                Committee or authorized subcommittee
                                               Acting Director, Bureau of Consumer                     Arlington, VA 22211.                                  for more than two consecutive terms of
                                               Financial Protection.                                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.                  service. The Secretary of the Army shall
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–03788 Filed 2–23–18; 8:45 am]             Timothy P. Keating, Alternate                         designate the Committee Chair from the
                                               BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P                                  Designated Federal Officer, by email at               total Advisory Committee membership.
                                                                                                       timothy.p.keating.civ@mail.mil or by                  The Committee meets at the call of the
                                                                                                       telephone 877–907–8585.                               DFO, in consultation with the
                                               DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        Committee Chair. It is estimated that the
                                                                                                       Advisory Committee on Arlington                       Committee meets four times per year.
                                               Department of the Army                                  National Cemetery was established                        c. Appointment. The operations of the
                                                                                                       pursuant to Title 10, United States Code              Committee and the appointment of
                                               Advisory Committee on Arlington                                                                               members are subject to the Federal
                                               National Cemetery; Solicitation for                     Section 4723. The selection, service and
                                                                                                       appointment of members of the                         Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
                                               New Members                                                                                                   463, as amended) and departmental
                                                                                                       Committee are publicized in the
                                               AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.                    Committee Charter, available on the                   implementing regulations, including
                                               ACTION: Notice and request for resumes                  Arlington National Cemetery website                   Department of Defense Instruction
                                               from highly qualified individuals to be                 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/                     5105.04, Department of Defense Federal
                                               considered for Advisory Committee                       About/Advisory-Committee-on-                          Advisory Committee Management
                                               membership.                                             Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter.                  Program, available at http://
                                                                                                       The substance of the provisions of the                www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/
                                               SUMMARY:   The Advisory Committee on                    Charter is as follows:                                510504p.pdf. Appointed members who
                                               Arlington National Cemetery is an                          a. Selection. The Committee Charter                are not full-time or permanent part-time
                                               independent Federal advisory                            provides that the Committee shall be                  Federal officers or employees shall be
                                               committee chartered to provide the                      comprised of no more than nine                        appointed as experts and consultants
                                               Secretary of Defense, through the                       members, all of whom are preeminent                   under the authority of Title 5, United
                                               Secretary of the Army, independent                      authorities in their respective fields of             States Code Section 3109 and shall
                                               advice and recommendations on                           interest or expertise. Of these, no more              serve as special government employees.
                                               Arlington National Cemetery, including,                 than seven members are nominated by                   Committee members appointed as
                                               but not limited to cemetery                             the Secretary of the Army.                            special government employees shall
                                               administration, the erection of                            By direction of the Secretary of the               serve without compensation except that
                                               memorials at the cemetery, and master                   Army, all resumes submitted in                        travel and per diem expenses associated
                                               planning for the cemetery. The                          response to this notice will be presented             with official Committee activities are
                                               Secretary of the Army may act on the                    to and reviewed by a panel of three                   reimbursable.
                                               Committee’s advice and                                  senior Army leaders. Potential nominees                  Additional information about the
                                               recommendations. The Committee is                       shall be prioritized after review and                 Committee is available on the internet
                                               comprised of no more than nine (9)                      consideration of their resumes for:                   at: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/
                                               members. Subject to the approval of the                 demonstrated technical/professional                   About/Advisory-Committee-on-
                                               Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of                  expertise; preeminence in a field(s) of               Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter.
                                               the Army appoints no more than seven                    interest or expertise; potential                      Brenda S. Bowen,
                                               (7) of these members. The purpose of                    contribution to membership balance in
                                               this notice is to solicit resumes from a                                                                      Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
                                                                                                       terms of the points of view represented               [FR Doc. 2018–03829 Filed 2–23–18; 8:45 am]
                                               wide range of highly qualified                          and the functions to be performed;
                                               individuals desiring appointment to the                 potential organizational and financial
                                                                                                                                                             BILLING CODE 5001–03–P
                                               Committee. Appointment as a members                     conflicts of interest; commitment to our
                                               of the Committee and its sub-                           Nation’s veterans and their families; and
                                               committees may be made for terms of                                                                           DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                                                                                       published points of view relevant to the
                                               service ranging from one to four years.                 objectives of the Committee. The panel                Defense Acquisition Regulations
                                               All nominees by the Secretary of the                    will provide the DFO with a prioritized               System
                                               Army for Secretary of Defense for                       list of potential nominees for
                                               approval must be preeminent                                                                                   [Docket Number DARS–2017–0021; OMB
                                                                                                       consideration by the Executive Director,
                                               authorities in their respective fields of                                                                     Control Number 0704–0214]
                                                                                                       Army National Military Cemeteries for
                                               interest or expertise. This notice solicits             an initial recommendation to the
                                               submissions of resumes from interested                                                                        Submission for OMB Review;
                                                                                                       Secretary of the Army. The Executive                  Comment Request
                                               and highly qualified individuals to fill                Director, Army National Military
                                               Committee membership vacancies that                     Cemeteries, the Secretary of the Army,                AGENCY: Defense Acquisition
                                               may occur through September 30, 2018.                   and the Secretary of Defense are not                  Regulations System, Department of
                                               DATES: All nominations must be                          limited or bound by the                               Defense (DoD).
                                               received no later than May 1, 2018.                     recommendations of the Army senior                    ACTION: Notice.
                                               ADDRESSES: Individuals interested in                    leader panel. Sources in addition to this
                                               being considered for appointment may                    Federal Register notice may be utilized               SUMMARY:  The Defense Acquisition
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                                               submit a resume and contact                             in the solicitation and selection of                  Regulations System has submitted to
                                               information (address and phone                          individuals for consideration.                        OMB for clearance, the following
                                               number) to the Department of the Army                      b. Service. The Secretary of Defense               proposal for collection of information
                                               through the Committee’s Designated                      may approve the appointment of a                      under the provisions of the Paperwork
                                               Federal Officer at the following address:               Committee member for a one-to-four                    Reduction Act.
                                               Advisory Committee on Arlington                         year term of service; however, no                     DATES: Consideration will be given to all
                                               National Cemetery, ATTN: Alternate                      member, unless authorized by the                      comments received by March 28, 2018.


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                                               8250                         Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 38 / Monday, February 26, 2018 / Notices

                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              notify the contracting officer of any                 utility, and clarity of the information to
                                                 Title, Associated Forms and OMB                       property loss or damage for which the                 be collected; and ways to minimize the
                                               Number: Defense Federal Acquisition                     Government is liable and to submit to                 burden of the information collection on
                                               Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part                      the contracting officer a request, with               respondents, including the use of
                                               217, Special Contracting Methods, and                   supporting documentation, for                         automated collection techniques or
                                               related clauses at 252.217; OMB Control                 reimbursement of the cost of                          other forms of information technology.
                                               Number 0704–0214.                                       replacement or repair.                                The Office of Management and Budget
                                                 Affected Public: Businesses or other                    DFARS 252.217–7026, Identification                  (OMB) has approved this information
                                               for-profit and not-for- profit institutions.            of Sources of Supply. This provision                  collection requirement for use through
                                                 Respondent’s Obligation: Required to                  requires the apparently successful                    September 30, 2018. DoD proposes that
                                               obtain or retain benefits.                              offeror to identify its sources of supply.            OMB extend its approval for three
                                                 Type of Request: Revision of a                        The Government is required under 10                   additional years.
                                               currently approved collection.                          U.S.C. 2384 to obtain certain                         DATES: DoD will consider all comments
                                                 Reporting Frequency: On occasion.                     information on the actual manufacturer                received by April 27, 2018.
                                                 Number of Respondents: 5,859.                         or sources of supplies it acquire.
                                                 Responses per Respondent: 5.                                                                                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
                                                                                                         DFARS 252.217–7028, Over and
                                                 Annual Responses: 29,295.                             Above Work. Paragraphs (c) and (e) of                 identified by OMB Control Number
                                                 Average Burden per Response: 8.                       this clause require the contractor to                 0704–0397, using any of the following
                                                 Annual Burden Hours: 234,360.                         submit to the contracting officer a work              methods:
                                                                                                       request and proposal for ‘‘over and                      Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                               Summary of Information Collection                                                                             www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                                                                       above work’’ or work discovered during
                                                  DFARS 217.7004, Exchange of                          the course of performing overhaul,                    instructions for submitting comments.
                                               Personal Property. Paragraph (a) of this                maintenance, and repair efforts that is                  Æ Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include
                                               section requires that solicitations which               within the general scope of the contract,             OMB Control Number 0704–0397 in the
                                               contemplate exchange (trade-in) of                      not covered by the line item(s) for the               subject line of the message.
                                               personal property and application of the                basic work under the contract, and                       Æ Fax: 571–372–6094.
                                               exchange allowance to the acquisition of                necessary in order to satisfactorily                     Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition
                                               similar property (see 40 U.S.C. 481),                   complete the contract.                                Regulations System, Attn: Mr. Mark
                                               shall include a request for offerors to                                                                       Gomersall, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS),
                                               state prices for the new items being                    Jennifer L. Hawes,                                    3060 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B941,
                                               acquired both with and without any                      Regulatory Control Officer, Defense                   Washington, DC 20301–3060.
                                               exchange (trade-in allowance).                          Acquisition Regulations System.                          Comments received generally will be
                                                  DFARS 217.7404–3, Undefinitized                      [FR Doc. 2018–03850 Filed 2–23–18; 8:45 am]           posted without change to http://
                                               Contract Actions. Paragraph (b) of this                 BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                www.regulations.gov, including any
                                               section requires contractors to submit a                                                                      personal information provided.
                                               ‘‘qualifying proposal’’ in accordance                                                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                               with the definitization schedule                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 Mark Gomersall, 571–372–6099. The
                                               provided in the contract. A qualifying                                                                        information collection requirements
                                                                                                       Defense Acquisition Regulations                       addressed in this notice are available
                                               proposal is defined in DFARS
                                                                                                       System                                                electronically on the internet at: http://
                                               217.7401(c) as a proposal containing
                                               sufficient information for the DoD to do                [Docket Number DARS–2018–0006; OMB                    www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/
                                               complete and meaningful analyses and                    Control Number 0704–0397]                             index.htm. Paper copies are available
                                               audits of the information in the                                                                              from Mr. Mark Gomersall,
                                               proposal, and any other information that                Information Collection Requirement;                   OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), Room
                                               the contracting officer has determined                  Defense Federal Acquisition                           3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon,
                                               DoD needs to review in connection with                  Regulation Supplement; Requests for                   Washington, DC 20301–3060.
                                               the contract.                                           Equitable Adjustment
                                                                                                                                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  DFARS 217.7505, Acquisition of                       AGENCY:  Defense Acquisition                            Title, Associated Form, and OMB
                                               Replenishment Parts. Paragraph (d) of                   Regulations System, Department of                     Number: Defense Federal Acquisition
                                               this section permits contracting officers               Defense (DoD).                                        Regulation Supplement (DFARS),
                                               to include in sole-source solicitations                 ACTION: Notice and request for                        Contract Modifications and related
                                               that include acquisition of                             comments regarding a proposed                         clause at DFARS 252.243–7002; OMB
                                               replenishment parts, a provision                        extension of an approved information                  Control Number 0704–0397.
                                               requiring that the offeror supply with its              collection requirement.                                 Needs and Uses: The information
                                               proposal, price and quantity data on any                                                                      collection required by the clause at
                                               Government orders for the                               SUMMARY:   In compliance with the                     DFARS 252.243–7002, Requests for
                                               replenishment part issued within the                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD                  Equitable Adjustment, implements 10
                                               most recent 12 months (see 10 U.S.C.                    announces the proposed extension of a                 U.S.C. 2410(a). DoD contracting officers
                                               2452 note, Spare Parts and Replacement                  public information collection                         and auditors use this information to
                                               Equipment, Publication of Regulations).                 requirement and seeks public comment                  evaluate contractor requests for
                                                  DFARS 252.217–7012, Liability and                    on the provisions thereof. DoD invites                equitable adjustments to contracts.
                                               Insurance. Paragraph (d)(3) of this                     comments on: Whether the proposed                       Affected Public: Businesses and other
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                                               clause requires the contractor to show                  collection of information is necessary                for-profit entities.
                                               evidence of casualty, accident, and                     for the proper performance of the                       Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
                                               liability insurance under a master                      functions of DoD, including whether the               obtain or retain benefits.
                                               agreement for vessel repair and                         information will have practical utility;                Type of Request: Revision of a
                                               alteration.                                             the accuracy of the estimate of the                   currently approved collection.
                                                  DFARS 252.217–7012. Paragraphs (f)                   burden of the proposed information                      Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
                                               and (g) of the require the contractor to                collection; ways to enhance the quality,                Number of Respondents: 88.


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesConsideration will be given to all comments received by March 28, 2018.
FR Citation83 FR 8249 

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