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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
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47 CFR Part 64
48 CFR Part 1852
RIN 2700–AD70
[CG Docket No. 10–51; FCC 11–54]
Award Fee for Service and End-Item
Contracts
Structure and Practices of the Video
Relay Service Program
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) is correcting a final
rule that appeared in the Federal
Register of September 26, 2011. The
document announces the effective date
of rules containing information
collection requirements approved by the
Office of Management and Budget that
were adopted by the FCC to prevent
fraud, waste, and abuse in the Video
Relay Service (VRS) industry.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective September 26, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability
Rights Office, at (202) 559–5158, or
email Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov.
This
document makes the following
corrections to the final rule published
September 26, 2011, 76 FR 59269:
On page 59270, column 2, correct
paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) Data Filed with the Fund
Administrator to Support Payment
Claims. TRS providers shall provide the
following data associated with each TRS
call for which a TRS provider seeks
compensation in its filing with the Fund
Administrator: (1) The call record ID
sequence; (2) CA ID number; (3) session
start and end times; (4) conversation
start and end times; (5) incoming
telephone number and IP address (if call
originates with an IP-based device) at
the time of call; (6) outbound telephone
number and IP address (if call
terminates with an IP-based device) at
the time of call; (7) total conversation
minutes; (8) total session minutes; (9)
the call center (by assigned center ID
number) that handles the call; and (10)
the URL address through which the call
was initiated.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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NASA has adopted, without
change, a final rule amending the NASA
FAR Supplement (NFS) to update the
Award Fee for Service Contracts clause
(NFS 1852.216–76) to clarify that the
amount of award fee held in reserve, if
any, shall not exceed $100,000 for the
contract, and add similar language to
the Award Fee for End-Item Contracts
clause (NFS 1852.216–77) to allow the
contracting officer to withhold fee
payments, at a not-to-exceed amount of
$100,000 for the contract, in reserve to
protect the Government’s interests
relative to an orderly and timely
closeout of the contract.
DATES: Effective: April 26, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Roets, NASA, Office of Procurement,
Contract Management Division, Room
5G86; (202) 358–4483; email:
william.roets-1@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Final rule; correction.
A. Background
A proposed rule was published on
September 15, 2011 (76 FR 57014)
updating NFS clause 52.216–76 to
clarify that the amount of withheld
award fee shall not exceed $100,000 for
the contract revising paragraph (d) of
this clause. As currently written, the
clause specified a not-to-exceed amount
of 15 percent of the contract’s potential
award fee, and on large multi-million
dollar procurements, this reserve could
total millions of dollars which would be
excessive for the intended purpose of
this reserve. By capping this reserve at
$100,000, NASA will set the appropriate
maximum dollar amount for this
potential reserve and will align this
clause with similar language in FAR
clauses 52.216–8, Fixed-Fee, and
52.216–10, Incentive Fee. Similar
language relative to withholding a
reserve amount of fee, not to exceed
$100,000, to protect the Government’s
interests relative to an orderly and
timely closeout of the contract, is also
being added to the Award Fee for End
Item Contracts clause (NFS 1852.216–
77). NASA received no comments on
the proposed rule and has adopted the
proposed rule as a final rule without
change.
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B. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and
13563 direct agencies to assess all costs
and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health, and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the
importance of quantifying both costs
and benefits, of reducing costs, of
harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This is not a significant
regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under section 6(b) of
E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and
Review, dated September 30, 1993. This
rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C.
804.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
NASA certifies that this final rule will
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities
within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, at 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.,
because it merely updates, for
clarification purposes, the maximum
amount of award fee that can be
withheld on a contract which will
provide a benefit to all entities both
large and small. In addition, award fee
contracts are largely the province of
large businesses with large dollar
contracts and the changes promulgated
in this final rule do not directly affect
the current processes of Federal
contractors. No comments from small
entities were submitted in reference to
the Regulatory Flexibility Act request
under the proposed rule.
D. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub.
L., 104–13) does not apply because this
final rule does not contain any
information collection requirements that
require the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget under 44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 1852
Government procurement.
Sheryl Goddard,
Acting Assistant Administrator for
Procurement.
Accordingly, 48 CFR part 1852 is
amended as follows:
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR
part 1852 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2455(a), 2473(c)(1).
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 10-51; FCC 11-54]
Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is correcting a
final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of September 26, 2011.
The document announces the effective date of rules containing
information collection requirements approved by the Office of
Management and Budget that were adopted by the FCC to prevent fraud,
waste, and abuse in the Video Relay Service (VRS) industry.
DATES: Effective September 26, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office, at (202) 559-
5158, or email Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document makes the following
corrections to the final rule published September 26, 2011, 76 FR
59269:
On page 59270, column 2, correct paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) Data Filed with the Fund Administrator to Support Payment
Claims. TRS providers shall provide the following data associated with
each TRS call for which a TRS provider seeks compensation in its filing
with the Fund Administrator: (1) The call record ID sequence; (2) CA ID
number; (3) session start and end times; (4) conversation start and end
times; (5) incoming telephone number and IP address (if call originates
with an IP-based device) at the time of call; (6) outbound telephone
number and IP address (if call terminates with an IP-based device) at
the time of call; (7) total conversation minutes; (8) total session
minutes; (9) the call center (by assigned center ID number) that
handles the call; and (10) the URL address through which the call was
initiated.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7245 Filed 3-26-12; 8:45 am]
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