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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 37 / Thursday, February 24, 2011 / Notices

Dated: February 17, 2011.
Jennifer S. Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011–4174 Filed 2–23–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases; Amended Notice
of Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in
the meeting of the National Advisory
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council,
September 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to
September 19, 2011, 5 p.m., National
Institutes of Health, Natcher Building,
45 Center Drive, Conference Rooms E1/
E2, Bethesda, MD, 20892 which was
published in the Federal Register on
February 7, 2011, 76 FR 6627.
The afternoon meeting of the
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Subcommittee will be open to the
public from 1 p.m. to adjournment. It
was erroneously published as a closed
meeting.
Dated: February 17, 2011.
Jennifer S. Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011–4173 Filed 2–23–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Regulation on Agency
Protests
Office of Chief Procurement
Officer, Acquisition Policy and
Legislation Office, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for
comments; Extension without Change,
1600–0004.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security, Office of Chief Procurement
Officer, Acquisition Policy and
Legislation Office, DHS will submit the
following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). DHS previously
published this information collection
request (ICR) in the Federal Register on
November 15, 2010 at 75 FR 219, for a
60-day public comment period. No

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comments were received by DHS. DHS
would also like to correct the Total
Burden Cost (capital/startup): $4,104.00
that was indicated in the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice. The cost that
was indicated is the estimated
annualized cost to the respondents for
the hour burden for collecting the
information, using the appropriate wage
categories. The purpose of this notice is
to allow additional 30-days for public
comments and to correct the cost from
$4,104.00 to zero.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until March 28, 2011.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to OMB Desk Officer, Department of
Homeland Security and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to 202–395–5806.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
additional information is required
contact: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Office of Chief
Procurement Officer, Acquisition Policy
and Legislation Office, DHS Attn.:
Camara Francis, Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer, Room 3114,
Washington, DC 20528,
[email protected], 202–447–
5904.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR);

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48 CFR Chapter 1 provides general
procedures on handling protests
submitted by contractors to Federal
agencies. This regulation provides
detailed guidance for contractors doing
business with acquisition offices within
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to implement the FAR. FAR Part
33.103, Protests, Disputes, and Appeals
prescribe policies and procedures for
filing protests and for processing
contract disputes and appeals. DHS will
not be asking for anything outside of
what is already required in the FAR.
Should anything outside the FAR arise,
DHS will submit a request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. The information being
collected will be obtained from
contractors as part of their submissions
whenever they file a bid protest with the
Department’s Components. The
information will be used by DHS
officials in deciding how the protest
should be resolved. Failure to collect
this information would result in delayed
resolution of agency protests.
According to FPDS, the number of
protest has increased each year over the
past two years in annual respondent and
burden hours. This increase in current
protest activity is not the result of a
deliberate program change, but from a
new estimate of actions that are not
controllable by the Federal government.
Although, the number of protest has
increased, there has not been any
change in the information being
collected.
Analysis
Agency: Office of Chief Procurement
Officer, Acquisition Policy and
Legislation Office, DHS.
Title: Regulation on Agency Protests.
OMB Number: 1600–0004.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 75.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 150.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.00.
Dated: February 14, 2011.
Richard Spires,
Chief Information Officer.
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