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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket DARS–2018–0003; OMB Control
Number 0704–0397]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Defense Acquisition
Regulations System has submitted to
OMB for clearance, the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by June 4, 2018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title, Associated Forms, and OMB
Number: Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS),
Contract Modifications and related
clause at DFARS 252.243–7002; OMB
Control Number 0704–0397.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit entities.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 88.
Responses per Respondent: 1.1,
approximately.
Annual Responses: 94.
Average Burden per Response: 14.2
hours, approximately.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,334.
Needs and Uses: The clause at DFARS
252.243–7002, Requests for Equitable
Adjustment, is prescribed at DFARS
243.205–71 for use in solicitations and
contracts, including solicitations and
contracts using FAR part 12 procedures
for the acquisition of commercial items
that are estimated to exceed the
simplified acquisition threshold. The
clause requires contractors to certify
that requests for equitable adjustment
that exceed the simplified acquisition
threshold are made in good faith and
that the supporting data are accurate
and complete. The clause also requires
contractors to fully disclose all facts
relevant to the requests for adjustment.
DoD contracting officers and auditors
use this information to evaluate
contractor requests for equitable
adjustments to contracts.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra.
Comments and recommendations on
the proposed information collection
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should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra,
DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please identify the
proposed information collection by DoD
Desk Officer and the Docket ID number
and title of the information collection
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick
C. Licari.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Mr. Licari at: WHS/ESD
Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center
Drive, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Suite
03F09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket Number DARS–2018–0034; OMB
Control Number 0704–0231]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
30-Day emergency information
collection notice.
ACTION:
The Defense Acquisition
Regulations System has submitted to
OMB for clearance, the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by June 4, 2018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) Part 237, Service
Contracting, associated DFARS Clauses
at DFARS 252.237, DD Form 2062,
Record of Preparation and Disposition
of Remains (DoD Mortuary Facility), and
DD Form 2063, Record of Preparation
and Disposition of Remains (Within
CONUS); OMB Control Number 0704–
0231.
Type of Request: Emergency.
Number of Respondents: 2,737.
Responses per Respondent: 1.5,
approximately.
Annual Responses: 4,019.
Average Burden per Response: 1.5,
approximately.
Annual Burden Hours: 6,051.
SUMMARY:
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Needs and Uses: This information
collection is used for the following
purposes—
DFARS 237.270 prescribes the use of
the provision at DFARS 252.237–7000,
Notice of Special Standards, in
solicitations for the acquisition of audit
services. The provision, at paragraph (c),
requires the apparently successful
offeror to submit evidence that it is
properly licensed in the state or
political jurisdiction it operates its
professional practice.
DFARS 237.7003 prescribes the use of
the clause 252.237–7011, Preparation
History. The clause and the DD Form
2062, Record of Preparation and
Disposition of Remains (DoD Mortuary
Facility), and the DD Form 2063, Record
of Preparation and Disposition of
Remains (Within CONUS) are used to
verify that the deceased’s remains have
been properly cared by the mortuary
contractor.
DFARS 237.7603(b) prescribes the use
of the provision at 252.237–7024, Notice
of Continuation of Essential Contractor
Services, in solicitations that require the
acquisition of services to support a
mission essential function. The
provision requires the offeror to submit
a written plan demonstrating its
capability to continue to provide the
contractually required services to
support a DoD component’s mission
essential functions in an emergency.
The written plan, submitted
concurrently with the proposal or offer,
allows the contracting officer to assess
the offeror’s capability to continue
providing contractually required
services to support the DoD
component’s mission essential functions
in an emergency.
DFARS 237.7603(a) prescribes the use
of the clause at DFARS 252.237–7023,
Continuation of Essential Contractor
Services, in solicitations and contracts
for services in support of mission
essential functions. The clause requires
the contractor to maintain and update
its written plan as necessary to ensure
that it can continue to provide services
to support the DoD component’s
mission essential functions in an
emergency. The contracting officer
provides approval of the updates to the
contractor’s plan, to ensure that the
contractor can continue to provide
services in support of the DoD
component’s required mission essential
functions in an emergency.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit and not-for profit institutions.
Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra.
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Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to
Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room
10236, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number, and title for the Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other public
submissions from members of the public
is to make these submissions available
for public viewing on the internet at
https://www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information provided. To confirm
receipt of your comment(s), please
check https://www.regulations.gov
approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting (except
allow 30 days for posting of comments
submitted by mail).
DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick
C. Licari.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Mr. Licari at: Information
Collections Program, WHS/ESD Office
of Information Management, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, 3rd Floor, East Tower,
Suite 03F09, Alexandria, VA 22350–
3100.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018—
Emergency Assistance to Institutions
of Higher Education Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
is issuing a notice inviting preapplications and applications for the
fiscal year (FY) 2018 Emergency
Assistance to Institutions of Higher
Education Program, Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number
84.938T. We will make the preapplications available upon publication
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of this notice, and we will make the
applications available after review of the
pre-applications. We intend to make the
applications available 60 days after
publication of this notice.
DATES:
Applications Available: May 3, 2018.
Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications: June 4, 2018.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The addresses pertinent to
this program—including the addresses
for obtaining and submitting an
application or pre-application—can be
found under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beatriz Ceja, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 260–04, Washington, DC 20202–
6200. Telephone: (202) 453–6239.
Email: Beatriz.Ceja@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: Under the
Emergency Assistance to Institutions of
Higher Education Program (EAI Program
or EAI), we will award grants to eligible
institutions of higher education (IHEs)
for emergency assistance in areas
directly affected by a covered disaster or
emergency: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma,
and Maria, and the wildfires in calendar
year 2017 for which the President
declared a major disaster or emergency
under section 401 or 501 of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5170 and 5191) (covered disaster or
emergency). Under the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2018 (Budget Act) the
funds available under the EAI Program
are for programs authorized under
subpart 3 of part A and part C of title
IV and part B of title VII of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as
amended (20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et seq.; 20
U.S.C. 1138 et seq.), but the funds may
be used for activities beyond those
supported by those specific programs. In
accordance with the Budget Act, we will
award grants to eligible IHEs for
emergency assistance for any purpose
authorized under the HEA. We will
prioritize, to the extent possible,
projects that support students who are
homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless as a result of displacement,
and IHEs that have sustained extensive
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damage, by a covered disaster or
emergency.
Exemption From Rulemaking: This
program is exempt from the rulemaking
requirements in section 437 of the
General Education Provisions Act
(GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553
of the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553). Division B,
Subdivision 1, Title VIII, ‘‘Hurricane
Education Recovery’’ paragraph (6), of
Public Law 115–123, the ‘‘Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2018.’’ 132 Stat. 98.
Program Authority: Bipartisan Budget
Act of 2018, Public Law 115–123.
Note: The Budget Act provides that funds
provided through the EAI Program must be
for certain programs established under the
HEA (the Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant, Federal Work-Study, and
the Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education programs), but use
of the funds is not limited to the activities
authorized under those programs. Funds
provided through these grants may be used
for student financial assistance, faculty and
staff salaries, equipment, student supplies
and instruments, or any purpose authorized
under the HEA.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 97, 98, and
99. (b) The Office of Management and
Budget Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and
Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR
part 180, as adopted and amended as
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3485. (c) The Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as
adopted and amended as regulations of
the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$100,000,000.
Estimated Maximum Award:
$20,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$650,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 150.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Grantees must expend
funds within 24 months of the award
date.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions
that (1) meet the definition of
‘‘institution of higher education’’ in
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[Notices]
[Pages 19549-19550]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-09360]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket Number DARS-2018-0034; OMB Control Number 0704-0231]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
ACTION: 30-Day emergency information collection notice.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to
OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 4,
2018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) Part 237, Service Contracting, associated DFARS
Clauses at DFARS 252.237, DD Form 2062, Record of Preparation and
Disposition of Remains (DoD Mortuary Facility), and DD Form 2063,
Record of Preparation and Disposition of Remains (Within CONUS); OMB
Control Number 0704-0231.
Type of Request: Emergency.
Number of Respondents: 2,737.
Responses per Respondent: 1.5, approximately.
Annual Responses: 4,019.
Average Burden per Response: 1.5, approximately.
Annual Burden Hours: 6,051.
Needs and Uses: This information collection is used for the
following purposes--
DFARS 237.270 prescribes the use of the provision at DFARS 252.237-
7000, Notice of Special Standards, in solicitations for the acquisition
of audit services. The provision, at paragraph (c), requires the
apparently successful offeror to submit evidence that it is properly
licensed in the state or political jurisdiction it operates its
professional practice.
DFARS 237.7003 prescribes the use of the clause 252.237-7011,
Preparation History. The clause and the DD Form 2062, Record of
Preparation and Disposition of Remains (DoD Mortuary Facility), and the
DD Form 2063, Record of Preparation and Disposition of Remains (Within
CONUS) are used to verify that the deceased's remains have been
properly cared by the mortuary contractor.
DFARS 237.7603(b) prescribes the use of the provision at 252.237-
7024, Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services, in
solicitations that require the acquisition of services to support a
mission essential function. The provision requires the offeror to
submit a written plan demonstrating its capability to continue to
provide the contractually required services to support a DoD
component's mission essential functions in an emergency. The written
plan, submitted concurrently with the proposal or offer, allows the
contracting officer to assess the offeror's capability to continue
providing contractually required services to support the DoD
component's mission essential functions in an emergency.
DFARS 237.7603(a) prescribes the use of the clause at DFARS
252.237-7023, Continuation of Essential Contractor Services, in
solicitations and contracts for services in support of mission
essential functions. The clause requires the contractor to maintain and
update its written plan as necessary to ensure that it can continue to
provide services to support the DoD component's mission essential
functions in an emergency. The contracting officer provides approval of
the updates to the contractor's plan, to ensure that the contractor can
continue to provide services in support of the DoD component's required
mission essential functions in an emergency.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit and not-for profit
institutions.
Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
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Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information
collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number, and title for the Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other public submissions from members
of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing
on the internet at https://www.regulations.gov as they are received
without change, including any personal identifiers or contact
information provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please
check https://www.regulations.gov approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of
comments submitted by mail).
DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick C. Licari.
Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal
should be sent to Mr. Licari at: Information Collections Program, WHS/
ESD Office of Information Management, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 3rd
Floor, East Tower, Suite 03F09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
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