Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, 6906-6907 [2014-02402]
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Ms.
Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst,
Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202–
219–0202 or email Cecelia.davis@
gsa.gov.
subcontractor or supplier under the
Federal construction contract is
contained in Section 806(a) (3) of Public
Law 102–190, as amended by Sections
2091 and 8105 of Public Law 103–355.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
B. Analysis of Public Comments
A. Purpose
A notice was published in the Federal
Register at 78 FR 56896 on September
16, 2013. One respondent submitted
public comments on the extension of
the previously approved information
collection. The analysis of public
comments is summarized as follows:
Comment: The respondent agrees that
subcontractors and prospective
subcontractors should have access to
copies of the payment bonds and has
advocated for this process. By having
access to the bonds, the subcontractors
and prospective subcontractors have the
advantage of having insight on the
prime contractor. At this time, the
commenter does not have a
recommendation for an alternative
method for making this data available.
However, the respondent recommends
that alternatives be explored with
associations involved and representing
the surety industry.
Response: Because the respondent’s
suggestions neither question nor affect
the information collection estimates
included in this request for extension,
the request for approval to extend this
information collection will be submitted
without change. However, the
recommendation will be researched,
and, as determined appropriate, revised
as a separate action.
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Activity; Comment Request
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Part 28 of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation contains guidance related to
obtaining financial protection against
damages under Government contracts
(e.g., use of bonds, bid guarantees,
insurance etc.). Part 52 contains the
texts of solicitation provisions and
contract clauses. These regulations
implement a statutory requirement for
information to be provided by Federal
contractors relating to payment bonds
furnished under construction contracts
which are subject to 40 U.S.C. chapter
31, subchapter III, Bonds. This
collection requirement is mandated by
Section 806 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992
and 1993 (Pub. L. 102–190), as amended
by Section 2091 of the Federal
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
(Pub. L. 103–335). The clause at FAR
52.228–12, Prospective Subcontractor
Requests for Bonds, implements Section
806(a)(3) of Public Law 102–190, as
amended, which specifies that, upon the
request of a prospective subcontractor or
supplier offering to furnish labor or
material for the performance of a
construction contract for which a
payment bond has been furnished to the
United States pursuant to 40 U.S.C.
chapter 31, subchapter III, Bonds, the
contractor shall promptly provide a
copy of such payment bond to the
requestor.
In conjunction with performance
bonds, payment bonds are used in
Government construction contracts to
secure fulfillment of the contractor’s
obligations under the contract and to
assure that the contractor makes all
payments, as required by law, to
persons furnishing labor or material in
performance of the contract. This
regulation provides prospective
subcontractors and suppliers a copy of
the payment bond furnished by the
contractor to the Government for the
performance of a Federal construction
contract subject to 40 U.S.C. chapter 31,
subchapter III, Bonds. It is expected that
prospective subcontractors and
suppliers will use this information to
determine whether to contract with that
particular prime contractor. This
information has been and will continue
to be available from the Government.
The requirement for contractors to
provide a copy of the payment bond
upon request to any prospective
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C. Annual Reporting Burden
No changes are being made to the
burden.
Respondents: 14,628.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Responses: 14,628.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 3,657.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
1800 F Street NW., 2nd Floor,
Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202–
501–4755. Please cite OMB Control
Number 9000–0135, Prospective
Subcontractor Requests for Bonds, in all
correspondence.
Dated: January 30, 2014.
Karlos Morgan,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy
Division, Office of Government-wide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition
Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Projects
Title: Multistate Financial Institution
Data Match with Federally Assisted
State Transmitted Levy (FIDM/FASTLevy).
OMB No.: 0970–0196.
Description: To satisfy any current
support obligation and arrearage of an
obligor who owes past-due support,
state child support enforcement
agencies are required to attach and seize
assets of the obligor held in financial
institutions. To locate an obligor’s
account, state child support
enforcement agencies are required to
enter into data matching agreements
with financial institutions doing
business in their state. The results of the
data matches are used to secure
information leading to the enforcement
of the support obligation. The federal
Office of Child Support Enforcement
(OCSE) assists states fulfilling the data
matching requirements with multistate
financial institutions by facilitating
matching through the centralized
Federal Parent Locator Service.
To further assist states in meeting this
statutory obligation, the OCSE
developed the Federally Assisted State
Transmitted (FAST) Levy application,
an application within the Federal Parent
Locator Service, providing a secure and
automated method of collecting and
disseminating electronic levy notices
between state child support
enforcement agencies and multistate
financial institutions to help the child
support agencies more efficiently secure
financial assets.
The FIDM/FAST-Levy information
collection activities are authorized by:
42 U.S.C. 652(l) which authorizes OCSE,
through the Federal Parent Locator
Service, to aid state child support
agencies and financial institutions doing
business in two or more States in
reaching agreements regarding the
receipt from financial institutions, and
the transfer to the state child support
agencies, of information pertaining to
the location of accounts held by obligors
who owe past-due support; 42 U.S.C.
666 (a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii) which require
state child support agencies in cases in
which there is an arrearage to establish
procedures to secure assets to satisfy
any current support obligation and the
arrearage by attaching and seizing assets
of the obligor held in financial
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institutions; (2) 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17),
which requires state child support
agencies to establish procedures under
which the state child support agencies
shall enter into agreements with
financial institutions doing business in
the State to develop and operate, in
coordination with financial institutions,
and the Federal Parent Locator Service
(in the case of financial institutions
doing business in two or more States),
a data match system, using automated
data exchanges to the maximum extent
feasible, in which a financial institution
is required to quarterly provide
information pertaining to a noncustodial
parent owing past-due support who
maintains an account at the institution;
and (ii) in response to a notice of lien
or levy, encumber or surrender, assets
held; (3) 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which
requires OCSE to provide technical
assistance to state child support
enforcement agencies to help them
establish effective systems for collecting
child and spousal support; and (4) 45
CFR 303.7(a)(5), which requires state
child support agencies to transmit
requests for information and provide
requested information electronically to
the greatest extent possible.
Respondents: Multistate Financial
Institutions and State Child Support
Agencies
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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Financial Data Match Result File .....................................................................
Election Form ...................................................................................................
FAST-Levy Response Withhold Record Specifications: Multistate Financial
Institutions ....................................................................................................
FAST-Levy Request Withhold Record Specifications: State Child Support
Enforcement Agencies .................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,212.88.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
Email address: infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Instrument
4
1
.33
0.5
341.88
61
5
1
317.5
1,587.5
7
1
317.5
2,222.5
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Federal Case Registry (FCR).
OMB No. 0970–0421.
Description: Section 454A(e)(1) of the
Social Security Act requires that states
create a State Case Registry (SCR) within
their statewide automated child support
systems, to include information on IV–
D cases and non-IV–D orders
established or modified in the state on
or after October 1, 1998. Section
454A(e)(5) requires states to regularly
update their cases in the SCR.
The Federal Case Registry (FCR)
informs states which other state(s) has
information on cases or participants of
interest to them. Section 454(A)(f)(1)
requires states to furnish to the FCR the
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Total burden
hours
259
122
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
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Average
burden hours
per response
minimum amount of information on
child support cases (including updates
to those cases) recorded in the SCR that
is necessary to operate the FCR. The
information alerts states to other states
that have registered the same individual
and automatically provides states with
address, employment, and
unemployment information to locate
these parents and their employers to
either establish or enforce a child
support order.
The activities associated with the
Federal Case Registry information
collection are authorized by (1) 42 U.S.C
§ 654a(e)which requires that state child
support agencies establish, update,
maintain, and monitor an automated
State case registry containing records
pertaining to cases enforced by the child
support agencies and order information
pertaining to all cases, including cases
not enforced by the child support
agencies, using standardized data
elements and including payment
records; and (2) 42 U.S.C. § 654a(f)(1),
which requires states to furnish certain
State Case Registry information to the
Federal Case Registry of Child Support
Orders, an automated registry
established within the Federal Parent
Locator Service, to assist state child
support enforcement agencies and for
other purposes.
Respondents: State Child Support
Agencies and Courts
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Multistate Financial Institution Data Match with Federally
Assisted State Transmitted Levy (FIDM/FAST-Levy).
OMB No.: 0970-0196.
Description: To satisfy any current support obligation and
arrearage of an obligor who owes past-due support, state child support
enforcement agencies are required to attach and seize assets of the
obligor held in financial institutions. To locate an obligor's account,
state child support enforcement agencies are required to enter into
data matching agreements with financial institutions doing business in
their state. The results of the data matches are used to secure
information leading to the enforcement of the support obligation. The
federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) assists states
fulfilling the data matching requirements with multistate financial
institutions by facilitating matching through the centralized Federal
Parent Locator Service.
To further assist states in meeting this statutory obligation, the
OCSE developed the Federally Assisted State Transmitted (FAST) Levy
application, an application within the Federal Parent Locator Service,
providing a secure and automated method of collecting and disseminating
electronic levy notices between state child support enforcement
agencies and multistate financial institutions to help the child
support agencies more efficiently secure financial assets.
The FIDM/FAST-Levy information collection activities are authorized
by: 42 U.S.C. 652(l) which authorizes OCSE, through the Federal Parent
Locator Service, to aid state child support agencies and financial
institutions doing business in two or more States in reaching
agreements regarding the receipt from financial institutions, and the
transfer to the state child support agencies, of information pertaining
to the location of accounts held by obligors who owe past-due support;
42 U.S.C. 666 (a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii) which require state child
support agencies in cases in which there is an arrearage to establish
procedures to secure assets to satisfy any current support obligation
and the arrearage by attaching and seizing assets of the obligor held
in financial
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institutions; (2) 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17), which requires state child
support agencies to establish procedures under which the state child
support agencies shall enter into agreements with financial
institutions doing business in the State to develop and operate, in
coordination with financial institutions, and the Federal Parent
Locator Service (in the case of financial institutions doing business
in two or more States), a data match system, using automated data
exchanges to the maximum extent feasible, in which a financial
institution is required to quarterly provide information pertaining to
a noncustodial parent owing past-due support who maintains an account
at the institution; and (ii) in response to a notice of lien or levy,
encumber or surrender, assets held; (3) 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which
requires OCSE to provide technical assistance to state child support
enforcement agencies to help them establish effective systems for
collecting child and spousal support; and (4) 45 CFR 303.7(a)(5), which
requires state child support agencies to transmit requests for
information and provide requested information electronically to the
greatest extent possible.
Respondents: Multistate Financial Institutions and State Child
Support Agencies
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Financial Data Match Result File................ 259 4 .33 341.88
Election Form................................... 122 1 0.5 61
FAST-Levy Response Withhold Record 5 1 317.5 1,587.5
Specifications: Multistate Financial
Institutions...................................
FAST-Levy Request Withhold Record 7 1 317.5 2,222.5
Specifications: State Child Support Enforcement
Agencies.......................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,212.88.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02402 Filed 2-4-14; 8:45 am]
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