Notice2023-16901
Information Collection: NASA Small Business Mentor Protégé Program
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Published
August 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Abstract
NASA is proposing to amend the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NFS) to reflect updates to NASA's Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program (MPP) including: the requirement of Small Business Specialists' concurrence on the signed letter of endorsement; requirements associated with credit received towards subcontracting goals; the change of the MPP reporting requirement from semi-annually to annually; identified the NASA Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program Office; and clerical, semantic improvements. NASA also proposes to amend the NFS language to reflect the annual negotiation of its small business percentage goals. Lastly, the NFS will be amended to emphasize collaboration amongst representatives from the Office of Small Business Programs, Office of Procurement, and Program Offices to reduce barriers to entry and to opportunities for all small business concerns and Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53532-53533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16901]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: 23-084]
Information Collection: NASA Small Business Mentor
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Reinstatement of expired information collection.
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SUMMARY: NASA is proposing to amend the NASA Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (NFS) to reflect updates to NASA's Mentor
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program (MPP) including: the requirement of Small
Business Specialists' concurrence on the signed letter of endorsement;
requirements associated with credit received towards subcontracting
goals; the change of the MPP reporting requirement from semi-annually
to annually; identified the NASA Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program
Office; and clerical, semantic improvements. NASA also proposes to
amend the NFS language to reflect the annual negotiation of its small
business percentage goals. Lastly, the NFS will be amended to emphasize
collaboration amongst representatives from the Office of Small Business
Programs, Office of Procurement, and Program Offices to reduce barriers
to entry and to opportunities for all small business concerns and
Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions.
DATES: Comments are due by September 7, 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 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Bill Edwards-Bodmer, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JF0000, Washington, DC 20546, 757-864-
7998, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#75175b1011021407110658171a11181007351b1406145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0a2eea5a4b7a1b2a4b3eda2afa4ada5b280aea1b3a1eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Abstract
NASA is proposing to revise the NFS to add new text that: requires
concurrence of the Small Business Specialist on the signed letter of
endorsement for the MPP; adds requirements associated with credit
received towards subcontracting goals; changes the reporting
requirement from semi-annually to annually; and makes clerical and
other semantic improvements. This proposed rule contains information
collection requirements requiring the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget
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(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). As part
of this proposed rule, NASA is also requesting comments on the
reinstatement with change of a collection, OMB 2700-0078, NASA Mentor-
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program Small Business and Small Disadvantaged
Business Concerns Report.
NASA, in coordination with its Office of Small Business Programs,
initiated this proposed rule and is proposing to reinstate this
collection to decrease the collection requirement from semi- annual to
annual. NASA conducts semi- annual Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute]
performance reviews, which are more effective in tracking milestones
over the life of the agreement than the submission of semi- annual
reports. This change will reduce the reporting requirement on small
businesses from semi-annual to annual and still capture necessary
information from the semi-annual performance reviews.
7. Methods of Collection
NASA uses electronic methods to collect information from collection
respondents.
8. Data
Title: NASA Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program.
OMB Number: 2700-0078.
Type of review: Reinstatement.
Affected Public: Small businesses.
Estimated Annual Number of Activities: 1.
Estimated Number of Respondents per Activity: 10.
Annual Responses: 10.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hrs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15.
9. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques
or the use of other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.
William Edwards-Bodmer,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16901 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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