Notice2026-18609
Submission for OMB Review; System for Award Management Annual Certification of Compliance With Executive Order 14400, Urgent National Action To Save College Sports
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Published
September 11, 2026
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 regarding a new collection of annual certification of compliance with the rules of Executive Order 14400 from registered Higher Education Institutions in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 57891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18609]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX; Docket No. 2026-0265; Sequence No. 1]
Submission for OMB Review; System for Award Management Annual
Certification of Compliance With Executive Order 14400, Urgent National
Action To Save College Sports
AGENCY: Integrated Award Environment, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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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 regarding a new collection of annual
certification of compliance with the rules of Executive Order 14400
from registered Higher Education Institutions in the System for Award
Management (<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>).
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 13, 2026.
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: IAE Program Office at
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Executive Order 14400, Urgent National Action to Save College
Sports, directs the Administrator of General Services to propose a
regular collection of information to evaluate compliance with the rules
covered in the E.O. to aid contract and grantmaking agencies'
compliance with the E.O. starting August 1, 2026.
The System for Award Management (SAM or <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>) serves as the
primary registration and award management database for the U.S. Federal
Government. SAM currently collects, validates, stores, and disseminates
data in support of agency acquisition and financial assistance
missions. SAM validates entity registration information and
electronically shares the secure and encrypted data with Federal agency
personnel to facilitate their award making and payments. Additionally,
SAM shares its data with Federal Government procurement, financial
assistance, and electronic business systems.
Both current and potential Colleges and Universities are required
to register in SAM pursuant to Title 2 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to
receive specified Federal awards. Entities complete a registration
process to provide basic information relevant to procurement and
Federal financial assistance transactions. These entities may also
report various information applicable to the federal award process in
<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>.
Registered entities identified as Higher Education Institutions
during the SAM entity registration and meeting the $20M (adjusted for
inflation) threshold for intercollegiate athletics activities revenue
will certify their compliance annually with the terms within E.O.
14400. This certification information will be available for Federal
officials for contract and grantmaking activities and compliance
verification.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 11,720.
Responses per Respondent: 1-5 (1 for screening responses and 4 for
certification responses).
Total Annual Responses: 14,620 (11,720 screening responses and 725
certification responses).
Hours per Response: 0.25 for screening response and 0.5 for
certification response.
Total Burden Hours: $181,584.50 ($161,589.50 for screening response
and $19,995.50 for certification response).
C. Public Comments
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 91 FR 36143 on
June 16, 2026. One Comment was received covering several different
topics.
Comment: A general concern that the certification could influence
eligibility determinations, payment processing, grant and contract
actions, and compliance reviews, and that it could be an opaque
enforcement mechanism.
Response: This information collection covers the collection of
certification information in <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> to centralize collection and aid
contracting and grantmaking agencies compliance with section 4(a) of
E.O. 14400. Eligibility, award determination, and payment are awarding
agency functions and not within scope of this information collection.
Comment: A comment that the information collection burden should
include burden associated with institutional review, legal analysis,
data gathering, and internal approvals in a university institution.
Response: The estimated hours in this information collection covers
the administrative time for registrants to review, prepare, and
complete or update the SAM registration. Costs for legal analysis are
pre-existing obligations related to compliance with existing laws and
regulations and are not new burdens created by this administrative ICR.
Comment: Clarify how the $20M in athletics revenue should be
calculated.
Response: Calculation of the $20M in athletics revenue should be
calculated based on the guidance in E.O. 14400 Section 3.
Comment: Clarification on which agencies or officials may access
certification data and for what purposes.
Response: <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> data is available for all federal agencies to
access and utilize as needed for their agency mission.
Comment: Clarification on whether certification data may be used to
delay, suspend, terminate, deny, or condition federal awards.
Response: Agency use of <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> data is outside the scope of this
information collection and would be governed by the awarding agency's
policy and processes.
Comment: Clarification on whether institutions will receive notice,
an opportunity to correct errors, and an appeal or review pathway
before adverse action is taken.
Response: Issuance of suspension and debarment or other adverse
actions are outside scope of this information collection and are
governed by existing law and regulation.
Comment: Recommendation that <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> preserves version history and
audit logs, submission timestamps, corrections, and resubmitted
records.
Response: <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> as a matter or practice maintains record
versions, audit logs, time stamps, and other relevant record data to
validate the record submission and its associated audit
characteristics.
Comment: Recommendation that <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> preserves documentation of
agency reliance on certification data.
Response: Agency utilization of <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> or other sources as part of
contract or grant award making is maintained within agency files and
not within <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>.
Richard Speidel,
Deputy Chief Data Officer, General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-18609 Filed 9-10-26; 8:45 am]
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