The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (Board), is today announcing an extension of time to submit public comments regarding the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) (73 FR 51261, September 2, 2008) on the harmonization of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) 412 and 413 with the Pension Protection Act

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

By virtue of the authority vested in the President by section 2(a) of Public Law 87603 (76 Stat. 593; 42 U.S.C. 2652), and delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by the President through Executive Order No. 11541 of July 1, 1970, the rates referenced below are hereby established. These rates are for use in

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) invites the general public and Federal agencies to comment on the renewal without change of four (4) standard forms: SF269, Financial Status Report (Long Form); SF269A, Financial Status Report (Short Form); SF272, Federal Cash

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is establishing a standard set of data elements for a governmentwide summary report of inventions and the Interagency Edison extramural invention reporting system (iEdison) as the host site for collecting this information.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing guidance on drugfree workplace requirements for financial assistance. The guidance conforms with the common rule that 31 Federal agencies published on November 26, 2003 and therefore makes no substantive change to Federal policies and procedures in this area. The agencies issued that common

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on its Draft 2008 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulation. The full Draft Report is available at http:// www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/regpolreports_congress.html, and is divided into four chapters. Chapter I examines the benefits and costs of major Federal regulations issued in fiscal year 2007 and summarizes the benefits and costs of major regulations issued between September 1997 and 2007. It also discusses regulatory impacts on State, local, and tribal governments, small business, wages, and economic growth. Chapter II examines trends in regulation since OMB began to compile benefit and cost estimates records in 1981. Chapter III provides an update on implementation of the Information Quality Act, and Chapter IV summarizes agency compliance wit

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

In accordance with the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3520), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is publishing a ``list of the compliance assistance resources available to small businesses'' and a list of the points of contacts in agencies ``to act as a liaison between the agency and small business concerns'' with

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Cost Accounting Standards Board, invites public comments concerning an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the harmonization of Cost Accounting Standards 412 and 413 with the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Federal Procurement Policy Office

Title: Federal Financial Report (FFR).

OMB No.: New Collection.

Description: The Office of Management and Budget is consolidating and replacing four existing financial reporting forms (SF269, SF269A, SF272, and SF272A) with a single Federal Financial Report (FFR). The purpose of the FFR is to give recipients of grants and cooperative

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act, Public Law 105270, requires agencies to develop inventories each year of activities performed by their employees that are not inherently governmentali.e., inventories of commercial activities. The FAIR Act further requires OMB to review the inventories in consultation with the agencies and

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act, Public Law 105270, requires agencies to develop inventories each year of activities performed by their employees that are not inherently governmentali.e., inventories of commercial activities. The FAIR Act further requires OMB to review the inventories in consultation with the agencies and

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that an information collection request was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for processing under 5 CFR 1320.10. The first notice of this information

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

OMB proposes to issue guidance to agencies to establish requirements for federal financial assistance applicants, recipients, and subrecipients that are necessary for the implementation of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109282, hereafter referred to as ``the Transparency Act'' or ``the Act''). An agency

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Veterans Affairs Department

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a memorandum authorizing each Federal agency to add a field for the applicant's Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to application forms for types of Federal financial assistance that are subject to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Veterans Affairs Department

This notice announces the availability of the 2008 Circular A- 133 Compliance Supplement. The notice also offered interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 2008 Circular A133 Compliance Supplement. The 2008 Supplement adds seven programs, including three programs added to an existing cluster. It has also been updated for program changes

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

Under the authority of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 1104(d)) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3504(e)), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on the Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee's (SOCPC) recommendations presented in this notice for revising the

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Veterans Affairs Department

The Cost Accounting Standards Board (the Board), Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has adopted a final rule to amend Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 412, ``Cost Accounting Standard for composition and measurement of pension cost,'' and CAS 415, ``Accounting for the cost of deferred compensation.'' These amendments address issues concerning the

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Federal Procurement Policy Office

The Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board has adopted, without change, a final rule to add a clause for inclusion in CAScovered contracts and subcontracts awarded to foreign concerns. The Board is taking this action to provide a standard clause for use by Government and contractor personnel in applying the CAS requirements to contracts and

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Federal Procurement Policy Office

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is publishing the attached memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies concerning the determination of the maximum benchmark compensation amount that will be allowable under government contracts during contractors' fiscal year 2008$612,196. This determination is required under Section 39

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Federal Procurement Policy Office

OMB is updating the civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor used to compute the estimated cost of government performance in publicprivate competitions conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A76. The civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor is comprised of four separate elements: (1) Insurance and

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The open forum on the FY 2007 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) pilot previously scheduled for April 14, 2008 will now be held at the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) on April 10, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those interested in participating should respond to the questions listed below by Email to either Regina Kearney at

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

Under 44 U.S.C. 3504(e), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is issuing a new Statistical Policy Directive for the release and dissemination of statistical products produced by Federal statistical agencies. On August 1, 2007, OMB published a Notice of solicitation of comments on a draft of this directive in the Federal Register (72 FR 42266,

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : U.S. Customs and Border Protection

By virtue of the authority vested in the President by Section 2(a) of Pub. B. 87603 (76 Stat. 593; 42 U.S.C. 2652), and delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget by the President through Executive Order No. 11541 of July 1, 1970, the rates referenced below are hereby established. These rates are for use in connection with

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Management and Budget Office

The Cost Accounting Standards Board (the Board), Office of Federal Procurement Policy, invites public comments on a staff discussion paper (SDP) addressing potential revisions to Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 403, ``Allocation of Home Office Expenses to Segments.'' This SDP addresses whether the current thresholds that require use of the three

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Federal Procurement Policy Office

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board, is providing public notification of the decision to discontinue its review of the exemption for contracts that are executed and performed outside the United States, its territories, and possessions.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Federal Procurement Policy Office