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Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington,
DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0088,
Travel Costs, in all correspondence.
Dated: June 25, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
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Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000–0077, Quality
Assurance Requirements, in all
correspondence.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Jeritta Parnell, Procurement Analyst,
Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202)
501–4082.

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION

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A. Purpose
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0077]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Information Collection; Quality
Assurance Requirements
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding the reinstatement of a
previously existing OMB clearance.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
Regulatory Secretariat will be
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review
and approve an extension of a currently
approved information collection
requirement concerning Quality
Assurance Requirements.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary; 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; and ways in
which we can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through the use of
appropriate technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
September 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden, to: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041,

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Supplies and services acquired under
Government contracts must conform to
the contract’s quality and quantity
requirements. FAR Part 46 prescribes
inspection, acceptance, warranty, and
other measures associated with quality
requirements. Standard clauses related
to inspection require the contractor to
provide and maintain an inspection
system that is acceptable to the
Government; give the Government the
right to make inspections and test while
work is in process; and require the
contractor to keep complete, and make
available to the Government, records of
its inspection work.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 850.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Responses: 850.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden hours: 213.
C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden
Recordkeepers: 52,254.
Hours per Recordkeeper: .68.
Total Burden Hours: 35,533.
Total Annual Burden: 213 + 35,533 =
35,746.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F
Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington,
DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0077,
Quality Assurance Requirements, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 23, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0027]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Information Collection; Value
Engineering Requirements
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding the reinstatement of a
previously existing OMB clearance.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
Regulatory Secretariat will be
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review
and approve an extension of a currently
approved information collection
requirement concerning Value
Engineering Requirements.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary; 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; and ways in
which we can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through the use of
appropriate technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
September 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden, to: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041,
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000–0027, Value
Engineering Requirements, in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Jeritta Parnell, Procurement Analyst,
Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202)
501–4082.

A. Purpose
Value engineering is the technique by
which contractors (1) voluntarily

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suggest methods for performing more
economically and share in any resulting
savings or (2) are required to establish
a program to identify and submit to the
Government methods for performing
more economically. These
recommendations are submitted to the
Government as value engineering
change proposals (VECP’s) and they
must include specific information. This
information is needed to enable the
Government to evaluate the VECP and,
if accepted, to arrange for an equitable
sharing plan.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 400.
Responses per Respondent: 4.
Annual Responses: 1,600.
Hours per Response: 30.
Total Burden Hours: 48,000.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F
Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington,
DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0027,
Value Engineering Requirements, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 23, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0095]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Information Collection; Commerce
Patent Regulations
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding the reinstatement of a
previously existing OMB clearance.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Secretariat will be submitting to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve
a reinstatement of a previously
approved information collection

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requirement concerning Commerce
Patent Regulations.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary; 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; and ways in
which we can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through the use of
appropriate technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
September 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden, to: General Services
Administration (GSA), Regulatory
Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW.,
Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0095,
Commerce Patent Regulations, in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ernest Woodson, Procurement Analyst,
Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202)
501–3775.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
As a result of the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) publishing a
final rule in the Federal Register
implementing Public Law 98–620 (52
FR 8552, March 18, 1987), a revision to
FAR subpart 27.3 to implement the
Commerce regulation was published in
the Federal Register as an interim rule
on June 12, 1989 (54 FR 25060). The
final rule was published without change
on June 21, 1990.
A Government contractor must report
all subject inventions to the contracting
officer, submit a disclosure of the
invention, and identify any publication,
or sale, or public use of the invention
(52.227–11(c), 52.227–12(c), and
52.227–13(e)(2)). Contractors are
required to submit periodic or interim
and final reports listing subject
inventions (27.303(b)(2)(i) and (ii)). In
order to ensure that subject inventions
are reported, the contractor is required
to establish and maintain effective
procedures for identifying and
disclosing subject inventions (52.227–
11, Alternate IV; 52.227–13(e)(1)). In
addition, the contractor must require his
employees, by written agreements, to
disclose subject inventions (52.227–

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11(f)(2); 52.227–12(e)(2); 52.227–
13(e)(4)). The contractor also has an
obligation to utilize the subject
invention, and agree to report, upon
request, the utilization or efforts to
utilize the subject invention (27.302(e);
52.227–11(f); 52.227–12(f)).
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 1,200.
Responses per Respondent: 9.75.
Total Responses: 11,700.
Hours per Response: 3.9.
Total Burden Hours: 45,630.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F
Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington,
DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0095,
Commerce Patent Regulations, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 23, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Findings of Scientific Misconduct
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
and the Assistant Secretary for Health
have taken final action in the following
case:
Juan Luis R. Contreras, M.D.,
University of Alabama at Birmingham:
Based on a finding of scientific
misconduct made by the University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on
January 24, 2008, a report of the UAB
Investigation Committee, dated
November 21, 2007, and analysis
conducted by ORI during its oversight
review, and further discussion between
UAB and ORI to clarify UAB’s
investigative findings and decision with
respect to the requirements of 42 CFR
Parts 50 and 93, the U.S. Public Health
Service (PHS) found that Dr. Juan Luis
R. Contreras, Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgery—
Transplantation, UAB, engaged in
scientific misconduct in research
supported by National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
National Institutes of Health (NIH),
grants R01 AI22293, R01 AI39793, and

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