Firms requesting payment under Federal
contracts must provide information to support the request. The
amount of information required varies with the contract type,
contract financing, and the supplies or services being
acquired.
It is determined that an upward
adjustment is warranted at this time based upon consideration of
the information provided in the public comment. The respondent
stated the estimate of 120 responses per respondent is understated,
and proposed that the number of responses for many respondents,
particularly large government contractors, exceeds 1,000 responses
per year. No adjustments were made to the number of respondents
based on this comment, as it is believed the 120 responses per
respondent is a valid estimate as an average for all respondents.
Additionally, the respondent stated that the estimate of .025 hours
of burden per response is unrealistically low given the level of
documentation required to support requests for payment, especially
on certain contracts, and proposed that contractors will expend an
amount of effort more than 100 times the estimate of .025 hours.
Based on consideration of this information, the estimated burden
per response is increased to .25 hours, ten times the estimate of
.025 hours per response. We believe an average of 15 minutes per
responses is a valid, especially given the technological advances
in gathering and submission of the information under this
collection. The information collection requirement has been revised
to reflect an overall increase in the total public burden
hours.
$0
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Edward Chambers
2025013221
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.