Notice2022-09790
Information Collection; General Services Administration Regulation; Construction Payrolls and Basic Records
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Published
May 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
General Services Administration
Abstract
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new information collection requirement.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 27148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09790]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX; Docket No. 2022-0001; Sequence No. 7]
Information Collection; General Services Administration
Regulation; Construction Payrolls and Basic Records
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a new request for an
OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new
information collection requirement.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 5, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records Clause to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for
``Information Collection 3090-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records
Clause''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds with
``Information Collection 3090-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records
Clause''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment''
screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``Information Collection 3090-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records Clause''
on your attached document. If your comment cannot be submitted using
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, call or email the points of contact in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 3090-XXXX; Payrolls and Basic Records Clause, in all
correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally
will be posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including
any personal and/or business confidential information provided. To
confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>,
approximately two-to- three days after submission to verify posting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Johnnie McDowell, Procurement
Analyst, General Services Administration, at telephone 202-718-6112 or
via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c3b2f3d2e2c3330353f251c3b2f3d723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670014061517080b0e041e2700140649000811">[email protected]</span></a>. for clarification of content.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause 52.222-8 Payrolls
and Basic Records requires United States construction contracts in
excess of $2,000 to submit weekly for each week in which any contract
work is performed a copy of all payrolls to the Contracting Officer.
The clause allows contractors to submit the required weekly payroll
information using the DOL WH-347 form or any other form desired. GSA is
proposing to deviate from the FAR clause to require these construction
contractors to use the GSA Electronic Payroll Template and its portal
to submit the required weekly payroll data. The proposed revision will
increase the efficiency of the weekly payroll certification process for
the contractor, GSA and the contractor's employee through the use of a
standardized automated process. The current manual process for
reviewing weekly certified payroll data requires an enormous amount of
labor hours and has a large probability of human error i.e. non-
identification or delayed identification of errors in pay for covered
workers. Delays in identifying payroll errors are costly to the
contractor who will need to pay retroactive wage adjustments and the
employee will have suffered reduced economic purchase power due to the
error in wages.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
GSA bases the following burden estimates for certified payrolls on
<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> reports for Fiscal Year 2021. The report indicated 182
construction contractors for GSA projects were subject to the Davis-
Bacon or Related Act. GSA's automation of the data collection process
will not increase the existing data collection burden from the DOL Wage
and Hour Division (WHD) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Information Control No. 1235-0008, Davis-Bacon Certified Payroll or
1235-0018, Records to be kept by Employers--Fair Labor Standards Act.
Respondents: 182 (170 prime contractors plus 12 subcontractors).
Responses per Respondent: 52 (1 for each week of the year).
Total Annual Responses: 9,464 (182 respondents x 52 responses).
Hours per Response: 33 minutes (weighted average of 56 minutes (DOL
estimated time to input information plus 1 minute recordkeeping for
initial entry) + 31 minutes (estimated time to certify payroll in new
system plus 1 minute recordkeeping)).
Total Burden Hours: 5,205 ((9,464 annual responses x 33 minutes)/60
minutes).
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary, 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; and ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the Regulatory Secretariat
Division by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#61263220330406320402210612004f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="52150113003735013731123521337c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
cite OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX, Payrolls and Basic Records Clause, in
all correspondence.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-09790 Filed 5-5-22; 8:45 am]
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