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

[Federal Register: July 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 142)]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection package to the OMB for renewal under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package covers collections of information concerning the public and the management and administration of DOE's Government- owned/contractor-operated facilities (GOCOs), offsite contractors, and grantees. The information is used by Departmental management to exercise management oversight with respect to the implementation of applicable statutory and contractual requirements and obligations. The collection of this information is critical to ensure that the Government has sufficient information to judge the degree to which contractors and grantees meet contractual requirements; that public funds are being spent in the manner intended; and that fraud, waste, and abuse are immediately detected and eliminated.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the information collection package should be submitted to the OMB Desk Officer at the following address no later than August 24, 1998. DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to do so as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-3084. (Also notify the DOE contact listed in this notice.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin M. Smith, Office of Procurement and Assistance Policy (HR-51), Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The package contains the following information: (1) title of the information collection package; (2) current OMB control number; (3) type of respondents; (4) estimated number of responses annually; (5) estimated annual total burden hours, including recordkeeping hours, required to provide the information; (6) purpose; and (7) number of collections.

Package Title: Procurement.

Current OMB No.: 1910-4100.

Type of Respondents: DOE management and operating contractors, offsite contractors, grantees, and the public.

Estimated Number of Responses: 4,331.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,234,692.

Purpose: This information is required by the Department to ensure that programmatic and administrative management requirements and resources are managed efficiently and effectively and to exercise management oversight of DOE contractors and grantees. The package contains 27 information and/or recordkeeping requirements.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 1998. Gwendolyn S. Cowan, Acting Director, Office of Procurement and Assistance Policy.

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