This collection is approved based on the revised materials provided by the Agency.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2014
204,726
0
23,358
409,452
0
23,358
0
0
0
System for Award Management (SAM) currently collects, validates, stores, and disseminates data in support of agency acquisition and financial assistance missions. SAM validates entity registration information and electronically shares the secure and encrypted data with Federal agency finance offices to facilitate paperless payments through electronic funds transfer. Additionally, SAM shares the data with Federal Government procurement, grant, and electronic business systems.
This is a revision of a currently approved public information collection based on actual prime grant awards made in FY12 as reported by the awarding agency on USAspending.gov to unique DUNS numbers. Each of the unique DUNS numbers would have had to be registered in SAM in order for the agency to report the grant award. 2 CFR Subtitle A, Chapter I, and Part 25 mandates that the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (now migrated into the System for Award Management) serve as the repository for standard information about applicants and recipients. The burden is relative to the number of applicants for Federal grants and assistance, which was for FY12, 204,726 entities, while when calculated for the original burden there were only 23,358 respondents in the system. The increase in burden is due to the increased compliance with the CFR requirement to register in the centralized and integrated System as well as the increase in number of entities applying for the grants and assistance available through the Federal government.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.