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.