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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 2014 / Notices

Dated: September 30, 2014.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2014–0050]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Regulation on Agency
Protests
Office of Chief Procurement
Officer, Acquisition Policy and
Legislation Office, DHS.
ACTION: 60-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, 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).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until December 5,
2014. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
2014–0050, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: [email protected]. Please
include docket number DHS–2014–0050
in the subject line of the message.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR);
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 prior information

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collection request for OMB No. 1600–
004 was approved through May 31, 2014
by OMB in a Notice of OMB Action.
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 Federal Procurement
Data System (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 protests has
increased, there has not been any
change in the information being
collected.
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.
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: 95.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 190.
Dated: September 24, 2014.
Margaret H. Graves,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2014–0049]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Various Contract Related
Forms That Will Be Included in the
Homeland Security Acquisition
Regulation, DHS Form 0700–01, DHS
Form 0700–02, DHS Form 0700–03,
DHS FORM 0700–04
Office of Chief Procurement
Officer, Acquisition Policy and
Legislation Office, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for
comments; Extension without Change,
1600–0002.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security, Office of Chief Procurement
Officer, Acquisition Policy and
Legislation Office, 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).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until December 5,
2014. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
2014–0049, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: [email protected] Please
include docket number DHS–2014–0049
in the subject line of the message.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection under the HSAR
is necessary in order to implement
applicable parts of the FAR (48 CFR).
The four forms under this collection of
information request are used by offerors,
contractors, and the general public to
comply with requirements in contracts
awarded by the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). The four
forms are DHS Form 0700–01,
Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation
Statement; DHS Form 0700–02,
Contractor’s Assignment of Refund,
Rebates, Credits and Other Amounts;
DHS Form 0700–03, Contractor’s
Release; and DHS Form 0700–04,
Employee Claim for Wage Restitution.
These four forms will be used by
contractors and/or contract employees
during contract administration.
The information will be used by DHS
contracting officers to ensure
compliance with terms and conditions
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