NASA-HQ Response to The Boeing Company

All NASA-HQ responses are answered in the below statements asked by
NASA on the Public Register in black that addresses Section 3 of The
Boeing Company Response – NASA Property in the Custodian of
Contractors

NASA Stated Purpose of Requested Review: Reduction in paperwork and
respondent burden associated with information collection.

NASA requested comments on the following:
1. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
property performance of the functions of NASA, including whether the
information collected has practical utility.
NASA-HQ Response: The objective of the proposed collection of
information is critical to the government because the purpose is to
ascertain the ability of the awardees property management system to
protect, preserve, account for, and control government-owned property in
their custody. The proposed collection of information included various tests
and analyses of the awardees internal management controls for property
management, inventory procedures, reports, disposition activities and
other areas as deemed necessary to perform the analysis. The information
is currently being requested and answered by NASA awardees since NASA
been managing awards without a formal NASA Form (NF) which is called a
Property Management Survey Analysis (PMSA). The NF-1019 ensures all
NASA Centers are sending the same information to all organizations with
NASA Awards that have property. This NF answers the errors being received
on the annual NF1018 in Section 20 (a and b); now the NASA awardees are
no longer missing data from their annual property submissions.

2. The accuracy of NASA’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost)
of the proposed collection of information.
NASA-HQ Response: According to NASA’s Contract Property Program risk
matrix, the same information is currently being requested and answered by
NASA awardees since NASA been managing awards without a formal NASA
Form (NF). This NF answers the errors being received on the annual NF1018
in Section 20 (a and b); now the NASA awardees are no longer missing data
from their annual property submissions. The proposed collection of
information is considered to be part of the NASA awardees’ overall
management systems and, as such, the cost of reporting the proposed
collection of information is included in the overhead or as General
Administrative expenses charged indirectly to NASA awards.

3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected.
NASA-HQ Response: According to NASA’s Contract Property Program risk
matrix, the same information is currently being requested and answered by
NASA awardees since NASA been managing awards without a formal NASA
Form (NF). This NF answers the errors being received on the annual NF1018
in Section 20 (a and b); now the NASA awardees are no longer missing data
from their annual property submissions. The proposed collection of
information is considered to be part of the NASA awardees’ overall
management systems and, as such, the cost of reporting the proposed
collection of information is included in the overhead or as General
Administrative expenses charged indirectly to NASA awards. NASA is not
requiring any organization with NASA awards to establish a separate
property management system from which they are currently using to
account for and manage NASA property.

4. Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including automated collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
NASA-HQ Response: The automatic import feature is something that would
be looked into in the future. According to NASA’s Contract Property
Program risk matrix, the same information is currently being requested and
answered by NASA awardees since NASA been managing awards without a
formal NASA Form (NF). The proposed collection of information is
considered to be part of the NASA awardees’ overall management systems
and, as such, the cost of reporting the proposed collection of information is
included in the overhead or as General Administrative expenses charged
indirectly to NASA awards. The information is currently being requested and
answered by NASA awardees since NASA been managing awards without a
formal NASA Form (NF) which is called a Property Management Survey
Analysis (PMSA). The NF-1019 ensures all NASA Centers are sending the
same information to all organizations with NASA Awards that have
property.