# Submission for OMB Review; Advance Payments
**AGENCY:**
Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding advanced payments.
**DATES:**
*Submit comments on or before:* June 27, 2019.
**ADDRESSES:**
Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-0073 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 9000-0073, Advance Payments”. Follow the instructions provided at the “Submit a Comment” screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and “Information Collection 9000-0073, Advance Payments” on your attached document.
• *Mail:* General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0073, Advance Payments.
*Instructions:* Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection 9000-0073, Advance Payments, in all correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change to *http://www.regulations.gov,* including any personal and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check *www.regulations.gov,* approximately two to three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Mr. Kevin Funk, Procurement Analyst, at telephone 202-357-5805, or via email at *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**A. OMB Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)**
9000-0073, Advance Payments.
**B. Needs and Uses**
Advance payments may be authorized under Federal contracts and subcontracts. Advance payments are the least preferred method of contract financing and require special determinations by the agency head or designee. Specific financial information about the contractor is required before such payments can be authorized (see FAR 32.4 and 52.232-12). The information is used to determine if advance payments should be provided to the contractor.
**C. Annual Reporting Burden**
*Respondents:* 73.
*Responses per Respondent:* 12.
*Annual Responses:* 876.
*Hours per Response:* 1.42.
*Total Burden Hours:* 1,244.
**D. Public Comments**
A 60 day notice was published in the *Federal Register* at 84 FR 8332, on March 7, 2019. No comments were received.
*Obtaining Copies:* Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, at 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0073, Advance Payments, in all correspondence.
Dated: May 21, 2019.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.