The approval extends to information collections (required by the DAR system) contained in solicitations issued before April 1984 or in contracts made as a result of solicitations issued prior to April 1984 In some limited cases, the Department may have prepared a solicitation under existing DAR regulations, but not issued it prior to April 1, 1984. This approval may be applied to those cases, provided the solicitation is issued before April 30, 1984 and the cognizant contracting activity verifies that it was prepared before April 1, 1984. If the solicitation prepared before April 1, 1984 cannot be issued prior to April 30, 1984, this approval may be used up to July 1, 1984 provided the appropriate senior official (designated in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 96-511)) verifies that the solicitation was prepared prior to April 1, 1984 and the Department forwards a brief description of all such cases to this office by August 31, 1984.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/1987
03/31/1987
03/31/1984
13,000,000
0
26,000,000
187,940,000
0
412,000,000
0
0
0
INFORMATION COLLECTION, USE OF CONTRACT FORMS AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DOD CONTRACTING PROCESS AND PROVIDE CONTRACTUAL AND MANAGEMENT DATA TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES, AS WELL AS INFORMATION TO KEY DOD COMPONENTS AND CONGRESSIONA ACTIVITIES.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.