In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2018
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2015
3,192
0
2,436
77,406
0
60,900
39,900
0
29,232
Government surveillance of contractor
performance is required to give reasonable assurance that efficient
methods and effective cost controls are being used for various
cost-reimbursable and fixed-rate contracts. Per 48 CFR 1552.211
regulations, the Agency on a monthly basis requires contractors to
provide the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) with a
report detailing: a) what was accomplished on the contract for that
period, b) expenditures for the same period of time, and c) what is
expected to be accomplished on the contract for the next month.
Responses to the information collection are mandatory for
contractors and are required for the contractors to receive monthly
payments.
US Code:
40 USC 486 et seq. Name of Law: Public Buildings, Property, and
Works
There is an increase of 16,506
hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB. Collection activity hourly rates are
estimated to have increased since the last clearance received in
2011, by a cumulative inflation escalation rate of 4.6 percent. The
increase in contract number is due in part to shorter-value and
shorter-length contracts being awarded due to budget uncertainty;
e.g., continuing funding resolutions, sequestration budget
cuts.
$405,512
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Thomas valentino 202 564-4522
valentino.thomas@epa.gov
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.