DFC-001A Justification for Non-Substantive Changes

DFC-001A

OMB 3015-0004

JUSTIFICATION FOR NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES

1. Justification for Requested Changes

Office of Inspector General paragraph: Per a request from DFC’s Office of Inspector General, DFC is adding an explanatory paragraph regarding the role of the Inspector General to the front page of every official DFC form.

Replace DUNS Number Question with SAM.gov Question: In April 2022, the Unique Entity ID (UEI) required for entities that do business with the U.S. government is changing from being a number issued by Dun & Bradstreet (the “DUNS (UEI)”) to a number issued by the System for Award Management (the “SAM (UEI)”). Therefore, DFC needs to inquire whether applicants have registered at SAM.gov rather than whether they have obtained a DUNS Number.

Require Zip Code + 4 Format for Applicant Addresses Located in the United States: DFC already requires that applicants provide a Postal Code/Zip Code as part of the address that they enter in the form. To comply with DATA Act requirements, DFC needs to program the Postal Code/Zip Code field so that addresses located in the United States will require the Zip Code + 4 format.

Allow Applicants to Make Anti-Lobbying Certifications in the Application form: All DFC applicants who have the potential to receive support based on federally appropriated funds (i.e. applicants for any DFC product except political risk insurance) are required to provide certain certifications in accordance with federal lobbying regulations. At present, DFC applicants already provide these certifications as a separate document. It would be more efficient for them to provide the certifications as part of the application form.

2. There is no change to the estimated burden associated with these changes.

3. There is no change to the estimated annualized cost to the Federal government associated with these changes.

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