Notice2023-04039
Submission for OMB Review; Examination of Records by Comptroller General and Contract Audit
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Published
February 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Defense DepartmentGeneral Services AdministrationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Abstract
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding examination of records by Comptroller General and contract audit.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12683-12684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04039]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0034; Docket No. 2022-0053; Sequence No. 24]
Submission for OMB Review; Examination of Records by Comptroller
General and Contract Audit
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement
regarding examination of records by Comptroller General and contract
audit.
DATES: Submit comments on or before March 30, 2023.
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.
Additionally, submit a copy to GSA through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the instructions on the site. This
website provides the ability to type short comments directly into the
comment field or attach a file for lengthier comments.
Instructions: All items submitted must cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0034, Examination of Records by Comptroller General and Contract Audit.
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. If there are
difficulties submitting comments, contact the GSA Regulatory
Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#01465240536466526462416672602f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c5b4f5d4e797b4f797f5c7b6f7d327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
at telephone 202-969-7207, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9be1fef5faf2fffab5fffef7fcfafff4dbfce8fab5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93e9f6fdf2faf7f2bdf7f6fff4f2f7fcd3f4e0f2bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)
9000-0034, Examination of Records by Comptroller General and
Contract Audit.
B. Need and Uses
This clearance covers the information that contractors must submit
to comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
requirements:
FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement
Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Products and Commercial
Services. Paragraph (d) of this clause requires contractors to make
available at its offices at all reasonable times the records,
materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction
by the Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized
representative. As used in this clause, records include books,
documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data,
regardless of type and regardless of form.
FAR 52.214-26, Audit and Records--Sealed Bidding. This clause
requires contractors required to submit certified cost or pricing data
in connection with the pricing of a modification under a contract to
make all records available to the contracting officer, or its
authorized representative, including computations and projections
related to the proposal for the modification; the discussions conducted
on the proposal(s), including those related to negotiating; pricing of
the modification; or performance of the modification. This clause
requires contractors to make all records available to the Comptroller
General of the United States, or an authorized representative, in the
case of pricing a modification. This clause allows the Comptroller
General to interview any current employee regarding such transactions.
FAR 52.215-2, Audit and Records--Negotiation. This clause requires
contractors to maintain records for cost-reimbursement, incentive,
time-and-materials, labor-hour, or price redeterminable contracts, or
any combination of these, for contracting officers, or an authorized
representative, to examine and audit all records and other evidence
sufficient to reflect properly all costs claimed to have been incurred
or anticipated to be incurred directly or indirectly in performance of
a contract. The right of examination includes inspection at all
reasonable times of contractor's plants, or parts of them, engaged in
performing the
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pertinent contract. Contractors required to submit certified cost or
pricing data in connection with a pricing action under a contract must
make all records available to the contracting officer, or its
authorized representative, including computations and projections
related to the proposal for the contract, subcontract, or modification;
the discussions conducted on the proposal(s), including those related
to negotiating; pricing of the contract, subcontract, or modification;
or performance of the contract, subcontract or modification. Also, this
clause requires contractors to make all records available to the
Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized
representative, to examine any of the contractor's directly pertinent
records involving transactions under the pertinent contract or
subcontract. This clause allows the Comptroller General to interview
any current employee regarding such transactions.
The information must be retained so that audits necessary for
contract surveillance, verification of contract pricing, and
reimbursement of contractor costs can be performed. This information
collection does not require contractors to create or maintain any
record that the contractor does not maintain in its ordinary course of
business.
C. Annual Burden
Respondents: 19,033.
Total Annual Responses: 93,578.
Total Burden Hours: 93,578.
D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 87 FR
77613, on December 19, 2022. No comments were received.
Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information
collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by
calling 202-501-4755 or emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86c1d5c7d4e3e1d5e3e5c6e1f5e7a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="763125372413112513153611051758111900">[email protected]</span></a>. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0034, Examination of Records by Comptroller General
and Contract Audit, in all correspondence.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-04039 Filed 2-27-23; 8:45 am]
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