[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60685-60686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30338]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0026]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Change Order
Accounting
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to
an existing OMB clearance (9000-0026).
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently
approved information collection requirement concerning Change Order
Accounting. The OMB clearance currently expires on February 28, 1997.
DATES: Comment Due Date: January 28, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, or obtaining a copy of the justification, should be
submitted to: General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS),
18th & F Streets, NW., Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0024, Change Order Accounting, in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Klein, Office of Federal
Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-3775.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
FAR clause 52.243-6, Change Order Accounting, requires that,
whenever the estimated cost of a change or series of related changes
exceed $100,000, the contracting officer may require the contractor to
maintain separate accounts for each change or series of related
changes. The account shall record all incurred segregable, direct costs
(less allocable credits) of work, both changed and unchanged, allocable
to the change. These accounts are to be maintained until the parties
agree to an equitable adjustment for the changes or until the
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matter is conclusively disposed of under the Disputes clause. This
requirement is necessary in order to be able to account properly for
costs associated with changes in supply and research and development
contracts that are technically complex and incur numerous changes.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
8,750; responses per respondent, 18; total annual responses, 157,500;
preparation hours per response, .084; and total response burden hours,
13,230.
C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden
The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows:
Recordkeepers, 8,750; hours per recordkeeper, 1.5; total recordkeeping
burden hours, 13,125; and total burden hours, 26,355.
Dated: November 22, 1996.
Sharon A. Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-30338 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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