Federal Register: October 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 208)

DOCID: FR Doc 04-24075

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

General Services Administration

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an existing OMB clearance.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Contract Financing

DATES: Submit comments on or before: December 27, 2004.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding contract financing.

Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

SUMMARY:

Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

A. Purpose

GSAR clause 552.23279 requires building services contractors to submit a release of claims before final payment is made. GSA Form 1142, Release of Claims, is the vehicle for this release and standardizes information that
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eliminates the necessity for contractors to prepare their own release of claims.
B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 2000

Responses Per Respondent: 1

Hours Per Response: .1

Total Burden Hours: 200

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Jerry Olson, Office of the Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, at telephone (202) 2083810 or via email to
jerry.olson@gsa.gov
.