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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
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[Docket Number DARS–2013–0010]
Information Collection Requirement;
Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS); DoD
´ ´
Pilot Mentor-Protege Program
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments regarding a proposed
AGENCY:
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extension of an approved information
collection requirement.
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), DoD announces the
proposed extension of a public
information collection requirement and
seeks public comment on the provisions
thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of DoD,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) has approved this information
collection for use through August 31,
2013. DoD proposes that OMB extend its
approval for use for three additional
years beyond the current expiration
date.
DoD will consider all comments
received by May 31, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OMB Control Number
0704–0332, using any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: dfars@osd.mil. Include OMB
Control Number 0704–0441 in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: 571–372–6094.
Mail: Defense Acquisition Regulations
System, Attn: Ms. Lee Renna,
OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3060
Defense Pentagon, Room 3B855,
Washington, DC 20301–3060.
Comments received generally will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Lee Renna, 571–372–6095. The
information collection requirements
addressed in this notice are available on
the World Wide Web at: https://
www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/
current/. Paper copies are
available from Ms. Lee Renna,
OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3060
Defense Pentagon, Room 3B855,
Washington, DC 20301–3060.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title, Associated Form, and OMB
Number: Defense Federal Acquisition
DATES:
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Regulation Supplement (DFARS),
Appendix I, DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege
Program; OMB Control Number 0704–
0332.
Needs and Uses: DoD needs this
information to evaluate whether the
purposes of the DoD Pilot MentorProtege Program have been met. The
purposes of the Program are to (1)
provide incentives to major DoD
contractors to assist protege firms in
enhancing their capabilities to satisfy
contract and subcontract requirements;
(2) increase the overall participation of
protege firms as subcontractors and
suppliers; and (3) foster the
establishment of long-term business
relationships between protege firms and
major DoD contractors. This Program
implements Section 831 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1991 (Pub. L. 101–510) and Section
811 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
(Public Law 106–65) (10 U.S.C. 2302
note). Participation in the Program is
voluntary.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit and not-for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 115.
Responses per Respondent: 1.96.
Annual responses: 225.
Average Burden per Response:
Approximately 1 hour.
Annual Burden Hours for Responses:
225.
Total Recordkeeping Hours: 357.
Annual Burden Hours: 582.
Frequency: Semiannually (mentor);
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Annually (protege).
Summary of Information Collection
DFARS Appendix I–112.2(a)–(d)
requires mentor firms to report on the
progress made under active mentorprotege agreements semiannually for the
periods ending March 31st and
September 30th. The September 30th
report must address the entire fiscal
year. Reports must include—
(1) Data on performance under the
mentor-protege agreement, including
dollars obligated, expenditures, credit
taken under the Program, applicable
subcontract awards under DoD
contracts, developmental assistance
provided, impact of the agreement, and
progress of the agreement; and
(2) For each contract where
developmental assistance was credited
toward an SDB subcontracting goal, a
copy of the Individual Subcontracting
Report (ISR) or SF 294, and/or the
Summary Subcontracting Report (SSR)
or SF 295, with a statement
identifying—
(i) The amount of dollars credited to
the applicable subcontracting goal as a
result of developmental assistance
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provided to protege firms under the
Program; and
(ii) The number and dollar value of
subcontracts awarded to the protege
firm(s), broken out per protege.
DFARS Appendix I–112.2(e) requires
the protege firm to annually provide
data by October 31st on the progress
made by the protege firm in
employment, revenues, and
participation in DoD contracts during
each fiscal year of the Program
participation term and each of the two
fiscal years following the expiration of
the Program participation term. During
the Program participation term, the
firms may provide this data as part of
the mentor report required by I–112.2(a)
for the period ending September 30th.
Kortnee Stewart,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations
System.
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Applications for New Awards; Minority
Science and Engineering Improvement
Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Overview Information:
Minority Science and Engineering
Improvement Program (MSEIP) .
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.120A.
Applications Available: April 1,
2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 31, 2013.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 30, 2013.
DATES:
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The MSEIP is
designed to effect long-range
improvement in science and
engineering education at predominantly
minority institutions and to increase the
flow of underrepresented ethnic
minorities, particularly minority
women, into scientific and
technological careers.
Priorities: This notice contains one
competitive preference priority and two
invitational priorities. The competitive
preference priority is from the notice of
final supplemental priorities and
definitions for discretionary grant
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programs, published in the Federal
Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR
78486), and corrected on May 12, 2011
(76 FR 27637).
Competitive Preference Priority: For
FY 2013 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of
unfunded applicants from this
competition, this priority is a
competitive preference priority. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we will award an
additional two points to an application
that meets this competitive preference
priority.
This priority is:
Competitive Preference Priority:
Increasing Postsecondary Success.
Projects that are designed to address
the following priority area:
Increasing the number and proportion
of high-need students (as defined in this
notice) who persist in and complete
college or other postsecondary
education and training.
Note: Applicants seeking to address the
competitive priority must do so in the
context of meeting all other program
requirements, including those provisions
requiring a focus on science and engineering
education in the grants funded under this
program. Applicants should also consider
how all elements of their proposed project
contribute to the priority.
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2013
and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, these
priorities are invitational priorities.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not
give an application that meets these
invitational priorities a competitive or
absolute preference over other
applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1: Institutionalize
Practices that have Evidence of Success.
Building institutional capacity to effect
long-range improvement in science and
engineering education through projects
that are supported by strong or moderate
evidence of effectiveness (as defined in
this notice).
Invitational Priority 2: Improve STEM
Education in the First Two Years of
College.
This invitational priority invites
applications to eliminate systemic
problems and impediments that result
in high failure and dropout rates within
the introductory years of science and
engineering programs. We invite
applications for projects that are
designed to improve student success
and retention in the first two years with
actions, including, but not limited to,
one or more of the following:
(a) Providing greater exposure to
science and engineering real-world
problems in the first two years through
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actions such as the appropriate
sequencing of courses.
(b) Introducing recent innovations
and discoveries in the first two years to
make science and engineering education
relevant. The students should
experience real developments such as
those led by nanotechnology, cell
biology, and ICT (Information and
Communication Technologies).
(c) Widespread integration of research
courses into the introductory STEM
curricula. Expand the use of scientific
research and engineering design courses
in the first two years.
(d) Increasing opportunities for
student research and design in faculty
research laboratories.
(e) Developing new curricula that
integrate scientific theory with realworld applications in scientific
problem-solving and engineering
design, in the context of global
environmental, energy, and economic
problems.
(f) Adopting pedagogy for integrative
teaching.
(g) Establishing programs to train
faculty in evidence-based teaching
practices, and catalyzing widespread
adoption of empirically validated
teaching practices.
(h) Seeking institutional and
accreditation support for changes in
curricular, pedagogical, and graduation
requirements that are necessary to
improve the first two years of STEM
coursework.
Definitions: The following definitions
are from the notice of final
supplemental priorities and definitions
for discretionary grant programs
published in the Federal Register on
December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486), and
corrected on May 12, 2011 (76 FR
27637), and apply to the priorities in
this notice:
Carefully matched comparison group
design means a type of quasiexperimental study (as defined in this
notice) that attempts to approximate an
experimental study (as defined in this
notice). More specifically, it is a design
in which project participants are
matched with non-participants based on
key characteristics that are thought to be
related to the outcome. These
characteristics include, but are not
limited to:
(1) Prior test scores and other
measures of academic achievement
(preferably, the same measures that the
study will use to evaluate outcomes for
the two groups);
(2) Demographic characteristics, such
as age, disability, gender, English
proficiency, ethnicity, poverty level,
parents’ educational attainment, and
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket Number DARS-2013-0010]
Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS); DoD Pilot Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute]
Program
AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments regarding a proposed extension
of an approved information collection requirement.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), DoD announces the
proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and
seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments
on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of DoD, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information
collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved this information collection
for use through August 31, 2013. DoD proposes that OMB extend its
approval for use for three additional years beyond the current
expiration date.
DATES: DoD will consider all comments received by May 31, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OMB Control Number
0704-0332, using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: dfars@osd.mil. Include OMB Control Number 0704-0441 in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-372-6094.
Mail: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Attn: Ms. Lee Renna,
OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3060 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B855, Washington, DC
20301-3060.
Comments received generally will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lee Renna, 571-372-6095. The
information collection requirements addressed in this notice are
available on the World Wide Web at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/. Paper copies are available from Ms. Lee
Renna, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3060 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B855,
Washington, DC 20301-3060.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Appendix I, DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege
Program; OMB Control Number 0704-0332.
Needs and Uses: DoD needs this information to evaluate whether the
purposes of the DoD Pilot Mentor-Protege Program have been met. The
purposes of the Program are to (1) provide incentives to major DoD
contractors to assist protege firms in enhancing their capabilities to
satisfy contract and subcontract requirements; (2) increase the overall
participation of protege firms as subcontractors and suppliers; and (3)
foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between
protege firms and major DoD contractors. This Program implements
Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1991 (Pub. L. 101-510) and Section 811 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65) (10 U.S.C.
2302 note). Participation in the Program is voluntary.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 115.
Responses per Respondent: 1.96.
Annual responses: 225.
Average Burden per Response: Approximately 1 hour.
Annual Burden Hours for Responses: 225.
Total Recordkeeping Hours: 357.
Annual Burden Hours: 582.
Frequency: Semiannually (mentor); Annually (prot[eacute]g[eacute]).
Summary of Information Collection
DFARS Appendix I-112.2(a)-(d) requires mentor firms to report on
the progress made under active mentor-protege agreements semiannually
for the periods ending March 31st and September 30th. The September
30th report must address the entire fiscal year. Reports must include--
(1) Data on performance under the mentor-protege agreement,
including dollars obligated, expenditures, credit taken under the
Program, applicable subcontract awards under DoD contracts,
developmental assistance provided, impact of the agreement, and
progress of the agreement; and
(2) For each contract where developmental assistance was credited
toward an SDB subcontracting goal, a copy of the Individual
Subcontracting Report (ISR) or SF 294, and/or the Summary
Subcontracting Report (SSR) or SF 295, with a statement identifying--
(i) The amount of dollars credited to the applicable subcontracting
goal as a result of developmental assistance
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provided to protege firms under the Program; and
(ii) The number and dollar value of subcontracts awarded to the
protege firm(s), broken out per protege.
DFARS Appendix I-112.2(e) requires the protege firm to annually
provide data by October 31st on the progress made by the protege firm
in employment, revenues, and participation in DoD contracts during each
fiscal year of the Program participation term and each of the two
fiscal years following the expiration of the Program participation
term. During the Program participation term, the firms may provide this
data as part of the mentor report required by I-112.2(a) for the period
ending September 30th.
Kortnee Stewart,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
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