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personal identifiers or contact
information.
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obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
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Directorate, Public Health Assessment
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Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Heart of Recovery—Military
Caregiver Needs Assessment; OMB
Control Number 0702–0143.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirement is necessary to
support the formation of the United
States Army Office of the Surgeon
General Military Caregivers Program:
Heart of Recovery.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Annual Burden Hours: 2,500.
Number of Respondents: 5,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 5,000.
Average Burden per Response: 30
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
This needs assessment seeks to
identify the type(s) of support provided
by caregivers; determine the level of
burden experience by providing
caregiver support; identify the health
status of the caregiver population;
determine services needed to provide
caregiver support; and assess the need
for caregiver support training.
Respondents are military and/or civilian
caregivers who provide unpaid care and
assistance for, or manage the care of,
someone who is an active-duty military
member, Army National Guard, Army
Reserve, or veteran that has been
diagnosed with a service connected
illness, injury, or impairment for which
they require outside support. Data will
be collected initially through an
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individual interviews conducted either
in-person or telephonically. ‘‘Outside
support’’ may include help with tasks
such as personal care, bathing, dressing,
feeding, giving medicines or treatments,
help with memory tasks for those
identified with brain trauma, assistance
in coping with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
transportation to doctors’ appointments,
or arranging for services. Caregivers are
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patient receiving care to be eligible for
this study. Care and assistance are
considered unpaid if they provide care
or assistance without the receipt (or
expectation of) financial compensation.
Compiling, analyzing, and
understanding the responses of the
various perspectives of patient care is
necessary to set a baseline of care and
identify core competencies, services,
and support required for providers,
patients and family members providing,
accepting, or supporting injured Army
members.
Dated: March 12, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket No. DARS–2021–0005]
Acquisition of Items for Which Federal
Prison Industries Has a Significant
Market Share
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System; Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
DoD is publishing the
updated annual list of product
categories for which the Federal Prison
Industries’ share of the DoD market is
greater than five percent.
DATES: April 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
Snyder, telephone 703–614–0719.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 19, 2009, a final rule was
published in the Federal Register at 74
FR 59914, which amended the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6 to
implement section 827 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110–181). Section
827 changed DoD competition
requirements for purchases from Federal
Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by requiring
DoD to publish an annual list of product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
DoD market was greater than five
percent, based on the most recent fiscal
year data available. Product categories
on the current list, and the products
within each identified product category,
must be procured using competitive or
fair opportunity procedures in
accordance with DFARS 208.602–70.
SUMMARY:
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The Principal Director, Defense
Pricing and Contracting (DPC), issued a
memorandum dated March 2, 2021, that
provided the current list of product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
DoD market is greater than five percent
based on fiscal year 2020 data from the
Federal Procurement Data System. The
product categories to be competed
effective April 1, 2021, are the
following:
• 7110 (Office Furniture)
• 7125 (Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and
Shelving)
• 7210 (Household Furnishings)
• 8405 (Outerwear, Men’s)
• 8415 (Clothing, Special Purpose)
• 8420 (Underwear and Nightwear,
Men’s)
The DPC memorandum with the
current list of product categories for
which FPI has a significant market share
is posted at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/
dpap/cpic/cp/specific_policy_
areas.html#federal_prison.
The statute, as implemented, also
requires DoD to—
(1) Include FPI in the solicitation
process for these items. A timely offer
from FPI must be considered and award
procedures must be followed in
accordance with existing policy at
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v);
(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions,
in accordance with FAR subpart 8.6, for
items from product categories for which
FPI does not have a significant market
share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to
conduct market research and make a
written comparability determination, at
the discretion of the contracting officer.
Competitive (or fair opportunity)
procedures are appropriate if the FPI
product is not comparable in terms of
price, quality, or time of delivery; and
(3) Modify the published list if DoD
subsequently determines that new data
requires adding or omitting a product
category from the list.
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2021–OS–0010]
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Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering, Department
of Defense (DoD).
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket No. DARS-2021-0005]
Acquisition of Items for Which Federal Prison Industries Has a
Significant Market Share
AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: DoD is publishing the updated annual list of product
categories for which the Federal Prison Industries' share of the DoD
market is greater than five percent.
DATES: April 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Snyder, telephone 703-614-0719.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 19, 2009, a final rule was
published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 59914, which amended the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6
to implement section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110-181). Section 827 changed DoD competition
requirements for purchases from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI)
by requiring DoD to publish an annual list of product categories for
which FPI's share of the DoD market was greater than five percent,
based on the most recent fiscal year data available. Product categories
on the current list, and the products within each identified product
category, must be procured using competitive or fair opportunity
procedures in accordance with DFARS 208.602-70.
The Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC),
issued a memorandum dated March 2, 2021, that provided the current list
of product categories for which FPI's share of the DoD market is
greater than five percent based on fiscal year 2020 data from the
Federal Procurement Data System. The product categories to be competed
effective April 1, 2021, are the following:
7110 (Office Furniture)
7125 (Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and Shelving)
7210 (Household Furnishings)
8405 (Outerwear, Men's)
8415 (Clothing, Special Purpose)
8420 (Underwear and Nightwear, Men's)
The DPC memorandum with the current list of product categories for
which FPI has a significant market share is posted at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/specific_policy_areas.html#federal_prison.
The statute, as implemented, also requires DoD to--
(1) Include FPI in the solicitation process for these items. A
timely offer from FPI must be considered and award procedures must be
followed in accordance with existing policy at Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) 8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v);
(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions, in accordance with FAR
subpart 8.6, for items from product categories for which FPI does not
have a significant market share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to conduct
market research and make a written comparability determination, at the
discretion of the contracting officer. Competitive (or fair
opportunity) procedures are appropriate if the FPI product is not
comparable in terms of price, quality, or time of delivery; and
(3) Modify the published list if DoD subsequently determines that
new data requires adding or omitting a product category from the list.
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
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