Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Payments

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0070]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Payments

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration

(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to

an existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently

approved information collection requirement concerning Payments. The

clearance currently expires on May 31, 1999.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing

this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102,

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0070, Payments,

in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy F. Olson, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Firms performing under Federal contracts must provide adequate

documentation to support requests for payment under these contracts.

The documentation may range from a simple invoice to detailed cost

data. The information is usually submitted once, at the end of the

contract period or upon delivery of the supplies, but could be

submitted more often depending on the payment schedule established

under the contract (see FAR 52.232-1 through 52.232-11). The

information is used to determine the proper amount of payments to

Federal contractors.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is

estimated to average 1 minute for small purchases and fixed-price

contracts, and 30 minutes for T&M and Labor Hour contracts per

response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and

completing and reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,

80,000; responses per respondent, 120; total annual responses,

9,600,000; preparation hours per response, .025; and total response

burden hours, 240,000.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone

(202) 208-7312. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0070, Payments, in all

correspondence.

Dated: February 19, 1999.

Edward C. Loeb,

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 99-4530 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]

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