Information Collection; Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, 38894-38895 [2014-16081]

Download as PDF 38894 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 131 / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / Notices AGENCY: an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding prohibition on acquisition of products produced by forced or indentured child labor. DATES: Submit comments on or before: September 8, 2014. ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000–0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, 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 9000–0155. Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that corresponds with ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor’’. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor’’ on your attached document. • Fax: 202–501–4067. • Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Hada Flowers/IC 9000–0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor. Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection 9000–0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, 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: Mr. Michael O. Jackson, Procurement Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202–208–4949 or email michaelo.jackson@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve A. Purpose This information collection complies with Executive Order 13126, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor. Executive Order 13126 requires that this prohibition be enforced within the federal acquisition system by means of: (1) A provision that requires the contractor to certify to the contracting officer that the contractor or, in the case of an incorporated contractor, a Preparation hours per response ................................... Subtotal response hours .......... Total CAGE response burden hours ..................................... .5 510. 794 The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows to respond to ownership provision 52.204–YY requirements: Respondents ............................. Average responses per respondent ............................... Total annual responses ........... Preparation hours per response ................................... Total response burden hours .............................. 413,808 1 413,808 .5 206,904 The combined total of the CAGE hours and the ownership provision hours are 207,698 response burden hours. 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. 9000–0185, Commercial and Government Entity Code in all correspondence. Dated: July 2, 2014. Karlos Morgan, Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Government-Wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-Wide Policy. [FR Doc. 2014–16084 Filed 7–8–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000–0155; Docket 2014– 0055; Sequence 12] sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Information Collection; Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance. SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:08 Jul 08, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 responsible official of the contractor has made a good faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under the contract and that, on the basis of those efforts, the contractor is unaware of any such use of child labor; and (2) A provision that obligates the contractor to cooperate fully in providing reasonable access to the contractor’s records, documents, persons, or premises if reasonably requested by authorized officials of the contracting agency, the Department of the Treasury, or the Department of Justice, for the purpose of determining whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under the contract. The information collection requirements of the Executive Order are evidenced via the certification requirements delineated at FAR 22.1505, 52.212–3, 52.222–18, and 52.222–19. To eliminate some of the administrative burden on offerors who must submit the same information to various contracting offices, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) decided to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require offerors to submit representations and certifications electronically via the Business Partner Network (BPN), unless certain exceptions apply. Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) was the specific application on the BPN to replace the paper based Representations and Certifications process. The change to the FAR was accomplished by FAR Case 2002–024. The BPN and ORCA systems have now been incorporated into the System for Award Management, also known as SAM. B. Annual Reporting Burden To date, there are 355,531 active registrants in SAM. Those registrants are required to complete the Representations and Certifications section of SAM. Of the 355,531 active registrants in SAM, 949 registrants identified their business concern as one that may supply an end product that is on the list of products requiring contractor certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, identified by their country of origin. The 949 registrants will be used as the basis for the number of respondents. This number represents an increase from what was published in the Federal Register at 76 FR 42709 on July 19, E:\FR\FM\09JYN1.SGM 09JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 131 / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / Notices 2011. No public comments were received in prior years that have challenged the validity of the Government’s estimate. Respondents: 949. Responses per Respondent: 1. Hours per Response: 0.325. Total Burden Hours: 308. 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. 9000– 0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all correspondence. Dated: July 2, 2014. Karlos Morgan, Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Government-Wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-Wide Policy. [FR Doc. 2014–16081 Filed 7–8–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 30-Day Public Comment Request; Communications Testing for Comprehensive Communication Campaign for HITECH ACT Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments. AGENCY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for extending the use of the approved information collection assigned OMB control number 0955– 0005, which expires on July 31, 2014. Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, ONC seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR. DATES: Comments must be submitted by August 8, 2014. sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:08 Jul 08, 2014 Jkt 232001 Written comments may be submitted to Information.CollectionClearance@ hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, please contact Penelope Hughes at Penelope.Hughes@hhs.gov or (202) 205.8658. ADDRESSES: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: ‘‘Communications Testing for Comprehensive Communication Campaign for HITECH ACT.’’ Abstract: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) serves as the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s principal advisor on the development, application, and use of health information technology (health IT). ONC is requesting an approval by OMB on an extension, to a previously approved generic clearance titled Communications Testing for Comprehensive Communication Campaign for HITECH ACT, 0955–0005, for collecting information through a variety of research methods for the purpose of developing and testing communications involving health information technology and health information privacy. ONC responsibilities include promoting the development of a nationwide health IT infrastructure that allows for electronic use and exchange of information and fostering the public understanding of health information technology, including educating the public about health information privacy. In order to fulfill these responsibilities, information from the public at large is necessary to determine what education is needed and what types of communication techniques will be most effective. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of health information technology, an extension of the original generic data collection is being requested to ensure that these education and communication efforts keep pace with technological advancements and the changing health information technology ecosystem. This information will be used to assess the need for communications on specific topics and to assist in the development and modification of communication messages. The data will help in tailoring print, broadcast, and electronic media communications and other materials for them to have powerful and desired impacts on target audiences. The data will not be used for the purposes of making policy or regulatory decisions. The agency received no comments in response to the 60-day notice for the extension request published in the PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 38895 Federal Register of April 3, 2014 (79 FR 18690). Below we provide the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s projected average estimates for the next three years: 1 Current Actions: New collection of information. Type of Review: Extension. Affected Public: Likely respondents include consumers as well as physicians, nurses and other health care providers. Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 6. Respondents: 1,900. Annual Responses: 11,400. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 15. Burden Hours: 2850. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number. Darius Taylor, Information Collections Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2014–16022 Filed 7–8–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–45–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ‘‘EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge’’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS. Award Approving Official: Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The goal of the EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge is to seek practices that have used clinical decision support (CDS) to implement the most clinically successful examples of an evidencebased blood pressure treatment protocol, gather details about these tools SUMMARY: 1 The 60-day notice included the following estimate of the aggregate burden hours for this generic clearance federal-wide: Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 6. Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 1,900. Annual Responses: 11,400. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 12. Burden Hours: 2,300. E:\FR\FM\09JYN1.SGM 09JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38894-38895]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0155; Docket 2014-0055; Sequence 12]


Information Collection; Prohibition on Acquisition of Products 
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve an extension of a previously approved information 
collection requirement regarding prohibition on acquisition of products 
produced by forced or indentured child labor.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: September 8, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or 
Indentured Child Labor, 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 9000-0155. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition on 
Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor''. 
Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please include your 
name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0155, 
Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured 
Child Labor'' on your attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of 
Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced 
by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, 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: Mr. Michael O. Jackson, Procurement 
Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202-208-4949 or email 
michaelo.jackson@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    This information collection complies with Executive Order 13126, 
Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured 
Child Labor. Executive Order 13126 requires that this prohibition be 
enforced within the federal acquisition system by means of: (1) A 
provision that requires the contractor to certify to the contracting 
officer that the contractor or, in the case of an incorporated 
contractor, a responsible official of the contractor has made a good 
faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was 
used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under the 
contract and that, on the basis of those efforts, the contractor is 
unaware of any such use of child labor; and (2) A provision that 
obligates the contractor to cooperate fully in providing reasonable 
access to the contractor's records, documents, persons, or premises if 
reasonably requested by authorized officials of the contracting agency, 
the Department of the Treasury, or the Department of Justice, for the 
purpose of determining whether forced or indentured child labor was 
used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under the 
contract.
    The information collection requirements of the Executive Order are 
evidenced via the certification requirements delineated at FAR 22.1505, 
52.212-3, 52.222-18, and 52.222-19.
    To eliminate some of the administrative burden on offerors who must 
submit the same information to various contracting offices, the 
Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition 
Regulations Council (Councils) decided to amend the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR) to require offerors to submit representations and 
certifications electronically via the Business Partner Network (BPN), 
unless certain exceptions apply. Online Representations and 
Certifications Application (ORCA) was the specific application on the 
BPN to replace the paper based Representations and Certifications 
process. The change to the FAR was accomplished by FAR Case 2002-024. 
The BPN and ORCA systems have now been incorporated into the System for 
Award Management, also known as SAM.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    To date, there are 355,531 active registrants in SAM. Those 
registrants are required to complete the Representations and 
Certifications section of SAM. Of the 355,531 active registrants in 
SAM, 949 registrants identified their business concern as one that may 
supply an end product that is on the list of products requiring 
contractor certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, 
identified by their country of origin. The 949 registrants will be used 
as the basis for the number of respondents. This number represents an 
increase from what was published in the Federal Register at 76 FR 42709 
on July 19,

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2011. No public comments were received in prior years that have 
challenged the validity of the Government's estimate.
    Respondents: 949.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Hours per Response: 0.325.
    Total Burden Hours: 308.
    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. 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition 
of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 2, 2014.
Karlos Morgan,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of 
Government-Wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, 
Office of Government-Wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-16081 Filed 7-8-14; 8:45 am]
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