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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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before:
February 23, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Jocelyn Johnson, Office of Citizen
Services and Communications, at
telephone (202) 208–0043, or via e-mail
to jocelyn.johnson@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 the Regulatory Secretariat
(VPR), General Services Administration,
Room 4041, 1800 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB
Control No. 3090–0277, Market
Research Collection for the Office of
Citizen Services and Communications,
in all correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Purpose
The purpose of this information
collection is to inform GSA on how to
best provide service and relevance to
the American public via GSA’s Web site
https://www.gsa.gov. The information
collected from an online survey, focus
groups, and Web site usability testing
will be used to refine the https://
www.gsa.gov Web site. The questions to
be asked are non-invasive and do not
address or probe sensitive issues. It is
important for the GSA to gain
information from the many diffuse
groups it serves; therefore, the GSA will
be questioning individuals and
households, and businesses and other
for-profit groups.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 190.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Hours Per Response: 72.6 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 230.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F
Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington,
DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 3090–0277,
Market Research Collection for the
Office of Citizen Services and
Communications, in all correspondence.
Dated: December 17, 2008.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Multiple Award Schedule Advisory
Panel; Notification of Public Advisory
Panel Meetings
AGENCY: U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA) Multiple Award
Schedule Advisory Panel (MAS Panel),
a Federal Advisory Committee, will
hold public meetings on the following
dates: Friday, January 30, 2009 and
Monday February 2, 2009. GSA utilizes
the MAS program to establish long-term
Governmentwide contracts with
responsible firms to provide Federal,
State, and local government customers
with access to a wide variety of
commercial supplies (products) and
services.
The MAS Panel was established to
develop advice and recommendations
on MAS program pricing policies,
provisions, and procedures in the
context of current commercial pricing
practices. The Panel will be developing
recommendations for MAS program
pricing provisions for the acquisition of
(1) professional services; (2) products;
(3) total solutions which consist of
professional services and products; and
(4) non professional services. In
developing the recommendations, the
Panel will, at a minimum, address these
5 questions for each of the 4 types of
acquisitions envisioned above: (1)
Where does competition take place?; (2)
If competition takes place primarily at
the task/delivery order level, does a fair
and reasonable price determination at
the MAS contract level really matter?;
(3) If the Panel consensus is that
competition is at the task order level,
are the methods that GSA uses to
determine fair and reasonable prices
and maintain the price/discount
relationship with the basis of award
customer(s) adequate?; (4) If the current
policy is not adequate, what are the
recommendations to improve the
policy/guidance; and (5) If fair and
reasonable price determination at the
MAS contract level is not beneficial and
the fair and reasonable price
determination is to be determined only
at the task/delivery order level, then
what is the GSA role?
To that end, the Panel would like to
hear from the many stakeholders of the
MAS program. The MAS program
stakeholders include, but are not limited
to, ordering agency contracting officers,
GSA contracting officers, schedule
contract holders, Congress, program
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managers, the General Accountability
Office, and Federal agency Inspector
General Offices. The panel is
particularly interested in stakeholder
views as to how the issues discussed
above may relate differently to the
purchase of goods, services, or goods
and services that are configured to
propose an integrated solution to an
agency’s needs. Written comments may
be submitted at any time in accordance
with the guidance below.
The meeting will be held at U.S.
General Services Administration,
Federal Acquisition Service, 2200
Crystal Drive, Room L1301, Arlington,
VA 22202. The location is within
walking distance of the Crystal City
metro stop. The meeting start time is
9:00 a.m., and will adjourn no later than
5:00 p.m.
For presentations before the Panel, the
following guidance is provided:
Oral comments: The Panel will no
longer entertain oral presentations.
Written Comments: Written comments
must be received ten (10) business days
prior to the meeting date so that the
comments may be provided to the Panel
for their consideration prior to the
meeting. Comments should be supplied
to Ms. Brooks at the address/contact
information noted below in the
following format: one hard copy with
original signature and one electronic
copy via email in Microsoft Word.
Subsequent meeting dates, locations,
and times will be published at least 15
days prior to the meeting date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information on the Panel meetings,
agendas, and other information can be
obtained at www.gsa.gov/
masadvisorypanel or you may contact
Ms. Pat Brooks, Designated Federal
Officer, Multiple Award Schedule
Advisory Panel, U.S. General Services
Administration, 2011 Crystal Drive,
Suite 911, Arlington, VA 22205;
telephone 703 605–3406, Fax 703 605–
3454; or via email at
mas.advisorypanel@gsa.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS: All
meeting materials, including meeting
agendas, handouts, public comments,
and meeting minutes will be posted on
the MAS Panel website at www.gsa.gov/
masadvisorypanel or www.gsa.gov/
masap.
MEETING ACCESS: Individuals
requiring special accommodations at
any of these meetings should contact
Ms. Brooks at least ten (10) business
days prior to the meeting date so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
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Dated: December 17, 2008.
David A. Drabkin,
Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of
the Chief Acquisition Officer, General
Services Administration.
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ADMINISTRATION
AGENCY: Office of Small Business
Utilization, GSA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The General Services
Administration (GSA) is announcing a
public meeting of the GSA Small
Business Advisory Committee,
Subcommittee on Service-Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (the
Subcommittee).
DATES: The meeting will take place
January 13, 2009. The meeting will
begin at 1 p.m. and conclude no later
than 4 p.m. that day. The Subcommittee
will accept oral public comments at this
meeting and has reserved a total of
thirty minutes for this purpose.
Members of the public wishing to
reserve speaking time must contact the
DFO in writing at: sbac@gsa.gov or by
fax at (202) 501–2590, no later than one
week prior to the meeting. Individuals
interested in attending the meeting
should contact the DFO prior to the
meeting date to expedite security
procedures for building admittance.
ADDRESSES: GSA Building, 1800 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lucy Jenkins or Aaron Collmann, Room
6029, GSA Building, 1800 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20405 (202) 501–1021
or e-mail at sbac@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92–
463). The purpose of this meeting is to
generate topics for future discussion and
to hear from interested members of the
public on proposals to improve GSA’s
SDVOSB contracting performance.
Topics for this meeting will include
but are not limited to welcoming the
members to the subcommittee, the
members annual ethics briefing and
discussion of GSA’s Veteran Outreach
Program (21 Gun Salute) and
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Dated: December 18, 2008.
Michael J. Rigas,
Associate Administrator, Office of Small
Business Utilization, General Services
Administration.
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improvements to the program.
Information on the full Small Business
Advisory Committee can be found
online at https://www.gsa.gov/sbac.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation of Nominations for
Membership on the National Vaccine
Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Public Health and Science.
ACTION: Notice.
AUTHORITY: 42 U.S.C. 300aa–5, Section
2105 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act,
as amended. The Committee is governed by
the provisions of Public Law 92–463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets
forth standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
SUMMARY: The National Vaccine
Program Office (NVPO), a program
office within the Office of Public Health
and Science, Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), is soliciting
nominations of qualified candidates to
be considered for appointment as
members to the National Vaccine
Advisory Committee (NVAC). The
activities of this Committee are
governed by the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). Management
support for the activities of this
Committee is the responsibility of the
NVPO.
Consistent with the National Vaccine
Plan, the Committee advises and makes
recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary for Health in his capacity as
the Director of the National Vaccine
Program, on matters related to the
Program’s responsibilities. Specifically,
the Committee studies and recommends
ways to encourage the availability of an
adequate supply of safe and effective
vaccination products in the United
States; recommends research priorities
and other measures to enhance the
safety and efficacy of vaccines. The
Committee also advises the Assistant
Secretary for Health in the
implementation of Sections 2102 and
2103 of the PHS Act; and identifies
annually the most important areas of
government and non-government
cooperation that should be considered
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in implementing Sections 2102 and
2103 of the PHS Act.
DATES: All nominations for membership
on the Committee must be received no
later than 5 p.m. EDT on February 2,
2009, at the address listed below.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be
mailed or delivered to: Bruce Gellin,
M.D., M.P.H., Executive Secretary,
NVAC, Office of Public Health and
Science, Department of Health and
Human Services, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 443–H, Hubert H.
Humphrey Building; Washington, DC
20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Andrea Krull, Public Health Advisor,
National Vaccine Program Office,
Department of Health and Human
Services, 200 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 443–H, Hubert H. Humphrey
Building, Washington, DC 20201; (202)
690–5566; nvpo@hhs.gov.
A copy of the Committee charter
which includes the Committee’s
structure and functions as well as a list
of the current membership can be
obtained by contacting Ms. Krull or by
accessing the NVAC Web site at: https://
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Committee
Function, Qualifications, and
Information Required: As part of an
ongoing effort to enhance deliberations
and discussions with the public on
vaccine and immunization policy,
nominations are being sought for
interested individuals to serve on the
Committee. Individuals selected for
appointment to the Committee will
serve as voting members. The NVAC
consists of 17 voting members. The
Committee is composed of 15 public
members, including the Chair, and two
representative members. Public
members shall be selected from
individuals who are engaged in vaccine
research or the manufacture of vaccines,
or who are physicians, members of
parent organizations concerned with
immunizations, representatives of state
or local health agencies or public health
organizations. Representative members
shall be selected from the vaccine
manufacturing industry who are
engaged in vaccine research or the
manufacture of vaccines. Individuals
selected for appointment to the
Committee can be invited to serve terms
of up to four years.
All NVAC members are authorized to
receive the prescribed per diem
allowance and reimbursement for travel
expenses that are incurred to attend
meetings and conduct authorized
Committee-related business, in
accordance with Standard Government
Travel Regulations. Individuals who are
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel; Notification of Public
Advisory Panel Meetings
AGENCY: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award
Schedule Advisory Panel (MAS Panel), a Federal Advisory Committee, will
hold public meetings on the following dates: Friday, January 30, 2009
and Monday February 2, 2009. GSA utilizes the MAS program to establish
long-term Governmentwide contracts with responsible firms to provide
Federal, State, and local government customers with access to a wide
variety of commercial supplies (products) and services.
The MAS Panel was established to develop advice and recommendations
on MAS program pricing policies, provisions, and procedures in the
context of current commercial pricing practices. The Panel will be
developing recommendations for MAS program pricing provisions for the
acquisition of (1) professional services; (2) products; (3) total
solutions which consist of professional services and products; and (4)
non professional services. In developing the recommendations, the Panel
will, at a minimum, address these 5 questions for each of the 4 types
of acquisitions envisioned above: (1) Where does competition take
place?; (2) If competition takes place primarily at the task/delivery
order level, does a fair and reasonable price determination at the MAS
contract level really matter?; (3) If the Panel consensus is that
competition is at the task order level, are the methods that GSA uses
to determine fair and reasonable prices and maintain the price/discount
relationship with the basis of award customer(s) adequate?; (4) If the
current policy is not adequate, what are the recommendations to improve
the policy/guidance; and (5) If fair and reasonable price determination
at the MAS contract level is not beneficial and the fair and reasonable
price determination is to be determined only at the task/delivery order
level, then what is the GSA role?
To that end, the Panel would like to hear from the many
stakeholders of the MAS program. The MAS program stakeholders include,
but are not limited to, ordering agency contracting officers, GSA
contracting officers, schedule contract holders, Congress, program
managers, the General Accountability Office, and Federal agency
Inspector General Offices. The panel is particularly interested in
stakeholder views as to how the issues discussed above may relate
differently to the purchase of goods, services, or goods and services
that are configured to propose an integrated solution to an agency's
needs. Written comments may be submitted at any time in accordance with
the guidance below.
The meeting will be held at U.S. General Services Administration,
Federal Acquisition Service, 2200 Crystal Drive, Room L1301, Arlington,
VA 22202. The location is within walking distance of the Crystal City
metro stop. The meeting start time is 9:00 a.m., and will adjourn no
later than 5:00 p.m.
For presentations before the Panel, the following guidance is
provided:
Oral comments: The Panel will no longer entertain oral
presentations.
Written Comments: Written comments must be received ten (10)
business days prior to the meeting date so that the comments may be
provided to the Panel for their consideration prior to the meeting.
Comments should be supplied to Ms. Brooks at the address/contact
information noted below in the following format: one hard copy with
original signature and one electronic copy via email in Microsoft Word.
Subsequent meeting dates, locations, and times will be published at
least 15 days prior to the meeting date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information on the Panel meetings,
agendas, and other information can be obtained at www.gsa.gov/
masadvisorypanel or you may contact Ms. Pat Brooks, Designated Federal
Officer, Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel, U.S. General Services
Administration, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 911, Arlington, VA 22205;
telephone 703 605-3406, Fax 703 605-3454; or via email at
mas.advisorypanel@gsa.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS: All meeting materials, including meeting
agendas, handouts, public comments, and meeting minutes will be posted
on the MAS Panel website at www.gsa.gov/masadvisorypanel or
www.gsa.gov/masap.
MEETING ACCESS: Individuals requiring special accommodations at any
of these meetings should contact Ms. Brooks at least ten (10) business
days prior to the meeting date so that appropriate arrangements can be
made.
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Dated: December 17, 2008.
David A. Drabkin,
Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of the Chief Acquisition
Officer, General Services Administration.
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