01-26630. Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION:

Notice of agency report forms under OMB review.

SUMMARY:

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The information obtained through this collection is used by NASA management and contracting offices to assess progress toward meeting statutory goals for small businesses/small disadvantaged businesses.

DATES:

All comments should be submitted on or before November 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES:

All comments should be addressed to Mr. Paul Brundage, Code HK, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Nancy Kaplan, NASA Reports Officer, [phone].

Title: Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns and Related Contract Provisions, NASA FAR Supplement Part 18-19, SF 295.

OMB Number: 2700-0073.

Type of review: Extension.

Need and Uses: NASA requires reporting of small disadvantaged business subcontract awards in order to meet its Congressionally mandated goals.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 225.

Responses Per Respondent: 2.

Annual Responses: 450.

Hours Per Request: 12.

Annual Burden Hours: 5,400.

Frequency of Report: Semi-annually.

David B. Nelson,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Administrator.