The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) contains a requirement for certain information to be provided by contractors to enable the Government to make payments under the contract by electronic funds transfer (EFT).
The decrease of responses from 140,000 to 3,761 and the associated decrease in estimated burden hours from 70,000 hours to 1,881 hours, is an adjustment due to the assumptions made for the estimate and recognizing that a portion of the burden is already covered by another OMB Control Number, 9000-0159, System for Award Management Registration (SAM).
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.