Notice2022-17050
Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration Regulation; Construction Payrolls and Basic Records
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Published
August 9, 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 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48481-48482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17050]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX; Docket No. 2022-0001; Sequence No. 7]
Submission for OMB Review; 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 September 8, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function.
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#f592869487859a999c968cb5928694db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f79084968587989b9e948eb7908496d9909881">[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
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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 new
prime 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 new 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. Discussion and Analysis
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 27148 on
May 6, 2022. One comment was received. No change was made to the
information collection requirements or supporting statement as a result
of the public comments, because it was not applicable to the policy.
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#367165776453516553557651455718515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1f6e2f0e3d4d6e2d4d2f1d6c2d09fd6dec7">[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. 2022-17050 Filed 8-8-22; 8:45 am]
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