05-23432. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Zero Burden Information Collection Reports

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, GSA.

ACTION:

Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an existing OMB clearance.

SUMMARY:

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding zero burden information collection reports. A request for public comments was published at 70 FR 24043, May 6, 2005. No comments were received.

Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

DATES:

Submit comments on or before: December 29, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Nelson, Procurement Analyst, Contract Policy Division, at telephone [phone] or via e-mail to [e-mail].

ADDRESSES:

Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Ms. Jeanette Thornton, GSA Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0250, Zero Burden Information Collection Reports, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

This information requirement consists of reports that do not impose collection burdens upon the public. These collections require information which is already available to the public at large or that is routinely exchanged by firms during the normal course of business. A general control number for these collections decreases the amount of paperwork generated by the approval process.

GSA has published rules in the Federal Register that fall under information collection 3090-0250. The rule that prescribed clause 552.238-70 “Identification of Electronic Office Equipment Providing Accessibility for the Handicapped” was published at 56 FR 29442, June 27, 1991, titled “Implementation of Public Law 99-506”, with an effective date of July 8, 1991; and Clause 552.238-74 “Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting” published at 68 FR 41286, July 11, 2003.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

None.

OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone [phone]. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0250, Zero Burden Information Collection Reports, in all correspondence.

Dated: November 21, 2005.

Gerald Zaffos,

Director, Contract Policy Division.