Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: May 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 93)]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Number: Substitutions for Military or Federal Specifications and Standards, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Section 211.273, and related Clause in DFARS 272.211-7005; OMB Number 0704-0398.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 257.

Responses per Respondent: 3.

Annual Responses: 771.

Average Burden per Response: 1.

Annual Burden Hours: 771.

Needs and Uses: This information collection permits offerors to propose Single Process Initiative (SPI) processes as alternatives to military or Federal specifications and standards cited in DoD solicitations for previously developed items. DoD uses the information to verify Government acceptance of an SPI process as valid replacement for a military or Federal specification or standard.

Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. David M. Pritzker.

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Mr. Pritzker at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer

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for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

Dated: May 4, 2001. Patricia L. Toppings, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

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