Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal Programs, 12423 [2023-03920]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 2023 / Notices
U.S. International Trade Commission,
shall designate the presiding
Administrative Law Judge.
Responses to the complaint and the
notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in
accordance with section 210.13 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as
amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19,
2020), such responses will be
considered by the Commission if
received not later than 20 days after the
date of service by the complainants of
the complaint and the notice of
investigation. Extensions of time for
submitting responses to the complaint
and the notice of investigation will not
be granted unless good cause therefor is
shown.
Failure of a respondent to file a timely
response to each allegation in the
complaint and in this notice may be
deemed to constitute a waiver of the
right to appear and contest the
allegations of the complaint and this
notice, and to authorize the
administrative law judge and the
Commission, without further notice to
the respondent, to find the facts to be as
alleged in the complaint and this notice
and to enter an initial determination
and a final determination containing
such findings, and may result in the
issuance of an exclusion order or a cease
and desist order or both directed against
the respondent.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: February 21, 2023.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023–03904 Filed 2–24–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Federal Programs
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of
OMB Circular No. A–94.
AGENCY:
The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) revised Circular No.
A–94 in 1992. With that action, OMB
specified certain discount rates to be
updated annually when the interest rate
and inflation assumptions used to
prepare the Budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
updated discount rates are found in
Appendix C of the Circular and are to
be used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
20:06 Feb 24, 2023
Jkt 259001
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. These
rates do not apply to regulatory analysis.
The revised Circular can be accessed
at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2023/02/AppendixC.pdf.
The revised discount rates will
be in effect through December 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamie Taber, Office of Economic Policy,
Office of Management and Budget, 202–
395–2515, a94@omb.eop.gov.
DATES:
Zachary Liscow,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office
of Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2023–03920 Filed 2–24–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3110–01–P
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: 23–010]
New Conflict of Interest and Conflict of
Commitment Policy for Recipients of
NASA Financial Assistance Awards
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comment; extension of comment period.
AGENCY:
To address undue foreign
influence in NASA-supported research
and ensure responsible stewardship of
taxpayer dollars, NASA has developed a
new conflict of interest (COI) and
conflict of commitment (COC)
disclosure policy and an associated term
and condition applicable to entities
implementing NASA financial
assistance awards that will be
implemented in NASA’s Grant and
Cooperative Agreement Manual
(GCAM). Therefore, the Agency is
soliciting public comment on this new
policy. This notice extends the public
comment due date.
DATES: The comment period for the
notice published January 30, 2023, at 88
FR 5930, is extended. Comments should
be received on or before March 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Please address comments to
Christopher Murguia, Senior Analyst,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Headquarters, 300 E
Street SW, Rm. 5L32, Washington, DC
20546; telephone 202–909–5918; or
email christopher.e.murguia@nasa.gov.
We encourage respondents to submit
comments via email to ensure timely
receipt. We cannot guarantee that
mailed comments will be received
before the comment closing date. Please
include ‘‘COI/COC Policy’’ in the
subject line of email messages.
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00117
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
12423
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Murguia, email:
christopher.e.murguia@nasa.gov;
telephone 202–909–5918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
response to U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO)
recommendations in the report GAO–
21–130, Federal Research: Agencies
Need to Enhance Policies to Address
Foreign Influence, NASA is taking steps
to address undue foreign influence in
research and ensure responsible
stewardship of taxpayer dollars. NASA
is implementing new policy that
requires financial assistance award
recipients to (1) maintain written and
enforced policies that require covered
individuals to disclose COI and COC to
the recipient entity; (2) eliminate or,
where appropriate, manage or reduce
the disclosed conflict; and (3) disclose
to NASA any conflict that cannot be
eliminated, managed, or reduced.
NASA’s policy also describes how the
Agency will address disclosures and the
enforcement actions the Agency may
take if a covered individual knowingly
fails to disclose required information.
The policy is accompanied by a term
and condition requiring award
recipients to comply with the COI and
COC disclosure requirements that will
be placed into all NASA financial
assistance awards after the policy is
implemented.
Specifically, the policy will be
implemented as a revision to the GCAM
section 3.3, Conflicts of Interest Policy,
and the term and condition will be
implemented as an addition to NASA’s
standard grant and cooperative
agreement terms and conditions
template located in the GCAM,
Appendix D, Award Terms and
Conditions. The full text of the policy
and term and condition is provided
below and the GCAM can be accessed
at https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/
files/atoms/files/grant_and_
cooperative_agreement_manual_-_oct._
2022_0.pdf.
The GCAM, section 3.3, Conflicts of
Interest Policy, will be revised in its
entirety as follows:
1. For the purposes of section 3.3, the
following definitions apply:
a. The term ‘‘conflict of interest,’’ or
‘‘COI,’’ means a situation in which an
individual, or the individual’s spouse or
dependent children, has a significant
financial interest or financial
relationship, whether with a domestic
or foreign entity, that could directly and
significantly affect the design, conduct,
reporting, or funding of research or
other award-related activities. Examples
of potential COI include, but are not
E:\FR\FM\27FEN1.SGM
27FEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 12423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03920]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal
Programs
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of OMB Circular No. A-94.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised Circular No.
A-94 in 1992. With that action, OMB specified certain discount rates to
be updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions
used to prepare the Budget of the United States Government were
changed. These updated discount rates are found in Appendix C of the
Circular and are to be used for cost-effectiveness analysis, including
lease-purchase analysis, as specified in the revised Circular. These
rates do not apply to regulatory analysis.
The revised Circular can be accessed at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Appendix-C.pdf.
DATES: The revised discount rates will be in effect through December
2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Taber, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and Budget, 202-395-2515, [email protected].
Zachary Liscow,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office of Management and
Budget.
[FR Doc. 2023-03920 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3110-01-P
