Information Collection; Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 38028-38029 [2014-15637]

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• General Services Administration

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38028-38029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15637]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0293;Docket No. 2014-0001; Sequence 2]


Information Collection; Reporting and Use of Information 
Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Office of Technology Strategy/Office of Government-wide Policy, 
General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to 
an existing OMB information collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve an extension of the currently approved information 
collection requirement regarding the Reporting and Use of Information 
Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0293, Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Integrity and 
Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements by any 
of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number 3090-0293. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use 
of Information Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements.'' Follow the instructions provided 
on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information

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Concerning Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-0293.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information Concerning 
Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements, in all correspondence related to this collection. All 
comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judith R. Zawatsky, Director 
Outreach and Stakeholder Management, telephone 703-859-3826, email 
judith.zawatsky@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    This information collection is necessary in order to comply with 
section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act of 
2009, Public Law 110-417, as amended by Public Law 111-212, hereafter 
referred to as ``the Act.'' The Act requires GSA to establish and 
maintain a database of information regarding the integrity and 
performance of certain entities awarded Federal grants and contracts 
and use of the information by Federal officials making awards. OMB 
proposed implementing guidance for grants and cooperative agreements on 
February 18, 2010 (75 FR 7316). That guidance is in the process of 
being finalized. The proposed guidance requires appropriate Federal 
officials to report on terminations of awards due to material failure 
to comply with award terms and conditions; administrative agreements 
with entities to resolve suspension or debarment proceedings; and 
findings that entities were not qualified to receive awards. Through a 
new award term, each recipient would provide information about certain 
civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings that reached final 
disposition within the most recent five-year period and were connected 
with the award or performance of a Federal or State award. As section 
872 requires, an entity also would be able to submit comments to the 
data system about any information that the system contains about the 
entity.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Initial response:
    Respondents: 11,500.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 11,500.
    Hours Per Response: .1.
    Total Response Burden Hours: 1,150.
    Additional response:
    Respondents: 1,600.
    Responses Per Respondent: 2.
    Total Annual Responses: 3,200.
    Hours Per Response: .5.
    Total Response Burden Hours: 1,600.
    Recordkeeping Hours: 160,000.
    Total number of responses: 13,100.
    Total Burden Hours: 162,750.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Integrity 
and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 
whether it 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; and ways in 
which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    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., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0293, Reporting and Use of Information Concerning 
Integrity and Performance of Recipients of Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements, in all correspondence.

    Dated: June 20, 2014.
Sonny Hashmi,
Chief Information Officer, Office of the Deputy CIO.
[FR Doc. 2014-15637 Filed 7-2-14; 8:45 am]
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