Comment on FR Doc # 2010-12404

Below are OBS comments that were provided by Michael Loera, Manager, Headquarters Acquisition Department, Office of Business Services, NNSA Service Center, (505) 845-4302: 904.702 Applicability, Paragraph (b), and clause 952.223–75 do not specify that the clause is to be flowed down into subcontract(s). Yet, the Background section of the Federal Register Notice indicate that the Department is concerned about "medical records on contractors and subcontractors." Thus, as written, if the clause 952.223–75 is not a mandatory flow-down to the subcontracts, then the Department may not still have adequate access to the information (at the subcontractor level) that is seeks. 904.702 Applicability. (b) Contracts containing the Integration of Environment, Safety and Health into Work Planning and Execution clause at 952.223–71, or the Radiation Protection and Nuclear Criticality clause at 952.223–72 must also include the Preservation of Individual Occupational Radiation Exposure Records clause at 952.223–75, and the Access to and Ownership of Records clause at 970.5204–3, which will necessitate retention of records in accordance with DOE Records Disposition Schedules contained in applicable DOE Directives, rather than those found at FAR Subpart 4.7. 952.223–75 Preservation of individual occupational radiation exposure records. * * * * * Individual occupational radiation exposure records generated in the performance of work under this contract shall be maintained by the contractor and related contractor record systems shall be operated as DOE Privacy Act Systems of Records, in accordance with the NARA-approved DOE Records Disposition Schedules contained in applicable DOE Directives.