[Federal Register: September 25, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[FAR Case 2009-009; Docket 2009-0011; Sequence 2]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2009-009, American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act)-- Reporting
Requirements
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice--Centralized Reporting Tool at FederalReporting.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (the Councils) are issuing this notice
to provide information to Federal contractors who have contracts
funded, in whole or in part, by the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (``Recovery Act''), and include the FAR clause 52.204-11.
This notice is being provided to offer assistance to Federal
contractors in understanding the FederalReporting.gov centralized
reporting tool.
DATES: Effective Date: September 25, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact
Mr. Ernest Woodson, Procurement Analyst, at (202) 501-3775. Please cite
Notice--Centralized Reporting Tool at Federalreporting.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
On March 31, 2009, the Councils published an interim rule, FAR case
2009-009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery
Act)--Reporting Requirements (74 FR 14639). The rule implements section
1512 of Public Law 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (the ``Recovery Act''), which requires Federal contractors that
receive awards (or modifications to existing awards) funded, in whole
or in part, by the Recovery Act to report cumulatively each calendar
quarter on the use of the funds. Federal contractors will report using
a centralized reporting tool at FederalReporting.gov. The reporting
tool was anticipated to be available for the reporting period ending
June 30, 2009, with reports due July 10, 2009. However, the reporting
tool was not available and a notice was posted to FederalReporting.gov
advising Federal contractors to maintain their data for the quarter
ending June 30, 2009 for the cumulative report due October 10, 2009.
The reporting tool is anticipated to be available at
FederalReporting.gov on October 1, 2009.
On August 25, 2009, a Federal Register notice (74 FR 42877) was
published to notify Federal contractors that the Recovery
Accountability and Transparency Board (``Board'') had announced the
availability of registration at FederalReporting.gov. To comply with
the reporting required by 52.204-11, Federal contractors must first
register at FederalReporting.gov. Early registration is encouraged. The
registration process requires authorization by the Federal contractors'
Government Business or Electronic Business Points of Contact listed in
their Central Contractor Registration (CCR) record for the DUNS number
indicated by the FederalReporting.gov registrant. Federal contractors,
who have not already registered at FederalReporting.gov, should do so
now. For more information on the registration and authorization
process, go to the ``Downloads'' tab at FederalReporting.gov and select
the ``User Registration Guide'' and ``Recipient Point of Contact
Guide'' from the Documentation section. A User Guide for the reporting
tool will be posted to FederalReporting.gov shortly and will also
contain registration instructions.
Contractors are advised to review the ``Recipient Reporting Data
Model'' also provided under the ``Downloads'' tab. This document
includes the data elements that will be required for reporting. The FAR
Council is not responsible for developing FederalReporting.gov but
understands that the system is being initially developed to focus on
core functionality and will not pre-populate data elements. Therefore,
additional data elements not included in the list in FAR clause 52.204-
11, primarily administrative information required by the Federal
Funding and Accountability Act (FFATA), must be entered. These
additional data elements include: agency information (awarding agency
and Government contracting office); contractor information (name,
address, DUNS number, and congressional district); and, award
information (program source (treasury account symbol (TAS)) associated
with the award. Further, contractors must select ``Federally awarded
contract'' from a list of award types. Federal contractors will have
much of this data on hand, or it will be readily available in the
contract document.
Until posted at FederalReporting.gov, information to assist Federal
contractors in preparing for reporting, including a series of
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on reporting for Federal contractors,
has been posted to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/recovery_default/.
These FAQs will familiarize Federal contractors with the new system,
available guides, key dates and activities, and the reporting process.
The FAQs also provide additional information on data elements, such as
examples on how to calculate full-time-equivalent in order to report
jobs created and retained.
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Because some information may not be available in the contract
document, such as the TAS, the FAQs provide instruction on how to
easily locate this information in the Recovery Act Report updated daily
at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=https://www.fpds.gov.
The current interim rule will remain in effect. The FAR Council
anticipates that the first reporting cycle will provide valuable
experience and information necessary to inform the Council's decision
on how best to proceed with the FAR rule. Federal contractors will be
notified of the FAR Council's plan through the Federal Register.
An emergency information collection request adding the additional
data elements and extending OMB-9000-0166 has been approved by the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Information Collections
for OMB-9000-0167, 9000-0168, and 9000-0169 have been extended. See
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and select ``DOD/GSA/NASA
(FAR)'' as agency.
Dated: September 23, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. E9-23329 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]
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