Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 809.507-1 and VAAR Provision 852.209-70, 84403 [2023-26578]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 5, 2023 / Notices administration in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and the SSVF grant agreement. For purposes of this NOFA, VA goals and requirements also include the provision of supportive services designed to rapidly re-house or prevent homelessness among people in the following target populations who also meet all requirements for being part of a very low-income Veteran family occupying permanent housing: 1. Veteran families earning less than 30% of area median income as most recently published by HUD for programs under section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) (https:// www.huduser.org). 2. Veterans with at least one dependent family member. 3. Veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation New Dawn. 4. Veteran families located in a community, as defined by HUD’s CoC, or a county not currently served by a SSVF grantee. 5. Veteran families located in a community, as defined by HUD’s CoC, where the current level of SSVF services is not sufficient to meet demand of Category 2 and 3 (currently homeless) Veteran families. 6. Veteran families located in a rural area. 7. Veteran families located on Indian Tribal Property. B. Payments of Supportive Services Grant Funds: Grantees will receive payments electronically through the HHS Payment Management System. Grantees will have the ability to request payments as frequently as they choose subject to the following limitations: 1. During the first quarter of the grantee’s supportive services annualized grant award period, the grantee’s cumulative requests for supportive services grant funds may not exceed 35% of the total supportive services grant award without written approval by VA. 2. By the end of the second quarter of the grantee’s supportive services annualized grant award period, the grantee’s cumulative requests for supportive services grant funds may not exceed 60% of the total supportive services grant award without written approval by VA. 3. By the end of the third quarter of the grantee’s supportive services annualized grant award period, the grantee’s cumulative requests for supportive services grant funds may not exceed 80% of the total supportive services grant award without written approval by VA. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:35 Dec 04, 2023 Jkt 262001 4. By the end of the fourth quarter of the grantee’s supportive services annualized grant award period, the grantee’s cumulative requests for supportive services grant funds may not exceed 100% of the total supportive services grant award. Signing Authority Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed this document on November 29, 2023, and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jeffrey M. Martin, Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2023–26650 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS [OMB Control No. 2900–0418] Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 809.507–1 and VAAR Provision 852.209–70 Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Service, Office of Procurement Policy, Systems and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and Logistics (OAL), Department of Veterans Affairs. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument. DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice by clicking on the following link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’, then search the list for the information collection by Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0418.’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 84403 and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0418’’ in any correspondence. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21. Title: Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 809.507–1 and VAAR Provision 852.209–70. OMB Control Number: 2900–0418. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: Performance of VA mission requires the use of contractors. VAAR provision 852.209–70, Organizational Conflicts of Interest is to implement section 8141 of the 1989 Department of Defense Appropriation Act, Public Law 100–463, 102 Stat. 2270–47 (1988). VAAR 809.507–1, Solicitation provisions, and VAAR provision 852.209–70, Organizational Conflicts of Interest, requires offerors on solicitations for management support and consulting services to advise, as part of the firm’s offer, whether or not award of the contract to the firm might involve a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, and, if so, to disclose all relevant facts regarding the conflict or potential conflict. The information is used by the contracting officer to determine whether or not to award a contract to the firm or, if a contract is to be awarded despite a potential conflict, whether or not additional contract terms and conditions are necessary to mitigate the conflict. 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 OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published at 88 FR 62429 on September 11, 2023 pages 62429 and 62430. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. Estimated Annual Burden: 102 hours. Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 60 minutes. Frequency of Response: 1 per each solicitation. Estimated Number of Respondents: 102. By direction of the Secretary. Maribel Aponte, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2023–26578 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P E:\FR\FM\05DEN1.SGM 05DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 84403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26578]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0418]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans 
Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 809.507-1 and VAAR Provision 
852.209-70

AGENCY: Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Service, Office of 
Procurement Policy, Systems and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and 
Logistics (OAL), Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Office of Acquisition and Logistics, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice by clicking on the following link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'', then search the list for the information collection by 
Title or ``OMB Control No. 2900-0418.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266-4688 or email [email protected]. 
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0418'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-21.
    Title: Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 809.507-1 and 
VAAR Provision 852.209-70.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0418.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Performance of VA mission requires the use of 
contractors. VAAR provision 852.209-70, Organizational Conflicts of 
Interest is to implement section 8141 of the 1989 Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, Public Law 100-463, 102 Stat. 2270-47 (1988). VAAR 
809.507-1, Solicitation provisions, and VAAR provision 852.209-70, 
Organizational Conflicts of Interest, requires offerors on 
solicitations for management support and consulting services to advise, 
as part of the firm's offer, whether or not award of the contract to 
the firm might involve a conflict of interest or potential conflict of 
interest, and, if so, to disclose all relevant facts regarding the 
conflict or potential conflict. The information is used by the 
contracting officer to determine whether or not to award a contract to 
the firm or, if a contract is to be awarded despite a potential 
conflict, whether or not additional contract terms and conditions are 
necessary to mitigate the conflict.
    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 OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at 88 FR 62429 on September 11, 2023 pages 
62429 and 62430.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 102 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 60 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: 1 per each solicitation.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 102.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-26578 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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