[Federal Register: November 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 221)]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-00XX]
Information Collection Standard Form, Tangible Personal Property
Report (SF-XXXX)
AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a new information
collection.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the GSA, Office of Governmentwide Policy will
submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review
and approve a new information collection requirement concerning
reporting tangible personal property.
In support of OMB's continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, GSA invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed new
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning forms that will be used
to collect information related to tangible personal property when
required by a Federal financial assistance award. To view the form, go
to OMB's main Web page at http://www.OMB.gov and click on the ``Grants
Management'' and ``Forms'' links. OMB specifically requests comments
on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Comment Due Date: January 15, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Nelson, Chair, Post-Award
Workgroup; telephone 202-482-4538; fax 301-713-0806; e-mail
Michael.Nelson@noaa.gov; mailing address 1305 East-West Highway, Room
7142, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General
Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-00XX, Tangible Personal
Property Report, in all correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
GSA, on behalf of the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative,
proposes to issue a new standard form, the Tangible Personal Property
Report (SF-XXXX). The SF-XXXX includes a cover page, an Annual Report
attachment, a Final Report attachment, a Disposition/Request Report
attachment and a Supplemental Sheet to provide detailed item
information. The purpose of this new form is to provide a standard form
for assistance recipients to use when they are required to provide a
Federal agency with information related to federally owned property, or
equipment and supplies (tangible personal property) acquired with
assistance award funds. The form does not create any new reporting
requirements. It does establish a standard annual reporting date of
September 30 to be used if an award does not specify an annual
reporting date. The standard form will replace any agency unique forms
currently in use to allow uniformity of collection and to support
future electronic submission of information.
Background
Public Law 106-107 requires OMB to direct, coordinate, and assist
Executive Branch departments and agencies in establishing an
interagency process to streamline and simplify Federal financial
assistance procedures for non-Federal entities. The law also requires
executive agencies to develop, submit to Congress, and implement a plan
for that streamlining and simplification. Twenty-six Executive Branch
agencies jointly submitted a plan to the Congress in May 2001. The plan
described the interagency process through which the agencies would
review current policies and practices and seek to streamline and
simplify them. The process involved interagency work groups under the
auspices of the U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council, Grants Policy
Committee. The plan also identified substantive areas in which the
interagency work groups had begun their review. Those areas are part of
the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative.
This proposed form is an undertaking of the interagency Post-Award
Workgroup that supports the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative.
Additional information on the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative,
which focuses on implementing the Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107), is set forth in
the Federal Register published on September 13, 2006 (71 FR 54098). An
overview of the SF-XXXX and five other report forms being developed
under the Initiative was provided during a webcast of the Grants Policy
Committee of the U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council held on March 8,
2007 (72 FR 7090, February 14, 2007).
Under the standards for management and disposition of federally-
owned property, equipment and supplies (tangible personal property) in
2 CFR part 215, the ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants
and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and
Other Non-Profit Organizations,'' and the ``Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and Agreements with State and Local
Governments,'' codified by Federal agencies at 53 FR 8048, March 11,
1988, recipients may be required to provide Federal agencies with
information concerning property in their custody annually, at award
closeout or when the property is no longer needed. During the public
consultation process mandated by Public Law 106-107, recipients
suggested the need for clarification of these requirements and the
establishment of a standard form to help them submit appropriate
property information when required. The Tangible Personal Property
Report (SF-XXXX) must be used in connection with requirements listed in
the table below and Federal awarding agency guidelines:
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A recipient must . .
For . . . . When . . . Under . . .
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Federally owned property..... Submit an inventory Annually, with information accurate 2 CFR 215.33(a)(1);
listing. as of 30 September, unless the A-102, ----
award specifies a different date. .32(f)(2).
Request Federal It wants to use the property on 2 CFR 215.34(d).
agency authorization. other activities not sponsored by
the Federal Government.
Notify the Federal Immediately upon finding property is 2 CFR 215.33(f)(4).
awarding agency. lost, damaged, or stolen.
Request disposition The property is no longer needed.... 2 CFR 215.33(a)(1);
instructions. A-102, ----
.32(f)(3).
..................... Upon completion of the award........ 2 CFR 215.33(a)(1)
and 2 CFR
215.71(f);
A-102, ----
.50(b)(5).
Grantee-acquired equipment in Obtain the approval Acquiring replacement equipment, 2 CFR 215.34(e); A-
which the Federal Government of the Federal before: (1) Using the current 102, ----.32(c)(4).
retains an interest. awarding agency. equipment as trade-in; or (2)
selling it and using the proceeds
to offset the costs of the
replacement equipment.
Compensate the Equipment has a per unit fair market 2 CFR 215.34(g); A-
original Federal value of greater than $5,000 and 102, ----.32(e)(2).
awarding agency or the grantee no longer needs the
its successor. equipment for Federally supported
activities and retains the
equipment for other uses.
Request disposition It no longer needs the equipment for 2 CFR 215.34(g).
instructions. any purpose.
Sell the equipment Equipment has a per unit fair market 2 CFR 215.34(g)(1);
and reimburse the value of greater than $5,000 and A-102, ----
Federal awarding the recipient no longer needs the .32(e)(2).
agency for the equipment for any purpose and
Federal share. requested disposition instructions,
and either was instructed to sell
the equipment or received no
instructions within 120 days.
Account for the Upon completion of the award, when 2 CFR 215.71(f) and
equipment. the awarding agency has reserved 2 CFR
the right to transfer title to the 215.34(g)(4)(ii).
Federal Government or a third party.
Supplies..................... Compensate the It has a residual inventory of 2 CFR 215.35(a); A-
Federal Government unused supplies exceeding $5,000 in 102, ----.33(b).
for its share. aggregate value at the end of a
project or program that is not
needed for other Federally
supported activities.
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B. Annual Reporting Burden
This report will be used to collect information related to tangible
personal property (equipment and supplies) when required by a Federal
financial assistance award. Since this form will primarily be used for
reporting under grants, and GSA does not award grants, we are providing
a burden estimate for one respondent.
Respondents: Federal agencies and their assistance recipients.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2.75.
Estimated Cost: There is no expected cost to the respondents or to
GSA.
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Tangible Personal Property Report (SF- 1 1 0.166666667 0.166666667
XXXX)..................................
Annual Report: Attachment to SF-XXXX.... 1 1 0.75 0.75
Final Report: Attachment to SF-XXXX..... 1 1 0.75 0.75
Disposition Request/report: Attachment 1 1 0.75 0.75
to SF-XXXX.............................
Tangible Personal Property Report 1 1 0.333333333 0.333333333
Supplemental Sheet (SF-XXXX-S).........
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Total............................... ................ ................ ................ 2.75
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Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room
4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755, or by faxing your
request to (202) 501-4067. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-00XX,
Tangible Personal Property Report, in all correspondence.
Dated: November 9, 2007.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
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