[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 18804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9084]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0077]
Clearance Request for Quality Assurance Requirements
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB clearance
(9000-0077).
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
(44 U.S.C. 3501), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve an extension of a currently approved information
collection requirement concerning Quality Assurance Requirements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-
4755.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Supplies and services acquired under Government contracts must
conform to the contract's quality and quantity requirements. FAR Part
46 prescribes inspection, acceptance, warranty, and other measures
associated with quality requirements. Standard clauses related to
inspection (a) require the contractor to provide and maintain an
inspection system that is acceptable to the Government; (b) give the
Government the right to make inspections and test while work is in
process; and (c) require the contractor to keep complete, and make
available to the Government, records of its inspection work.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average .25 hours 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. Send comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW, Room 4037,
Washington, DC 20405, and to the FAR Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
960; responses per respondent, 1; total annual responses, 950;
preparation hours per response, .25; and total response burden hours,
237.5 (238).
C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden
The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows:
Recordkeepers, 58,060; hours per recordkeeper, .68; and total
recordkeeping burden hours, 39,481. The total annual burden is
238+39,481=39,719.
Obtaining copies of proposals: Requester may obtain copies of OMB
applications or justifications from the General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405,
telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0077,
Quality Assurance Requirements, in all correspondence.
Dated: April 6, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-9084 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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