# General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation: Modifications (Multiple Award Schedules); Information Collection
**AGENCY:**
Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration (GSA).
**ACTION:**
Request for public comments on an information collection requirement for a new OMB clearance.
**SUMMARY:**
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an information collection requirement regarding General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clause Modifications (Multiple Award Schedule).
**DATES:**
Submit comments on or before: February 15, 2013.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ms. Dana Munson, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, (202) 357-9652 or email *[email protected]* for clarification of content. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat at 202-501-4755. Please cite information collection 3090-00XX.
**ADDRESSES:**
Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-00XX, Modifications, by any of the following methods:
• *Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov.* Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB control number. Select the link “Submit a Comment” that corresponds with “Information Collection 3090-00XX, Modifications”. Follow the instructions provided at the “Submit a Comment” screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and “Information Collection 3090- 00XX, Modifications” on your attached document.
• *Mail:* General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada Flowers/IC 3090-00XX, Modifications.
*Instructions:* Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection 3090-00XX, Modifications, in all correspondence related to this collection. All comments received will be posted without change to *http://www.regulations.gov,* including any personal and/or business confidential information provided.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Public comments are invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; (2) whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; and (3) to identify ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.
**A. Purpose**
GSA is proposing to amend the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to add clause 552.243-72; Modifications (Multiple Award Schedules). Under the modifications clause, vendors may request a contract modification by submitting a request to the Contracting Officer for approval. At a minimum, every request shall describe the proposed change(s) and provide the rationale for the requested change(s).
**B. Annual Reporting Burden**
*Respondents:* 20,500.
*Responses per Respondent:* 3.
*Total Responses:* 61,500.
*Hours per Response:* 5.
*Total Burden Hours:* 307,000.
**Obtaining Copies of Proposals**
Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417; telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX, “Modifications” in all correspondence.
Dated: December 10, 2012.
Joseph A. Neurauter,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Senior Procurement Executive.