# Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 270, Defense Contracting Programs; Pilot Program To Incentivize Contracting With Employee-Owned Businesses
**AGENCY:**
Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
**DATES:**
Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 30, 2024.
**ADDRESSES:**
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to *https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: *https://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Tucker Lucas, 571-372-7574, or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Title and OMB Number:* Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 270, Defense Contracting Programs; Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses; OMB Control Number 0750-0012.
*Type of Request:* New submission.
*Affected Public:* Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
*Respondent's Obligation:* Required to obtain or retain benefits.
*Frequency:* On Occasion.
*Number of Respondents:* 16.
*Responses per Respondent:* 1.
*Annual Responses:* 16.
*Average Burden per Response:* 1 hour.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 16.
*Needs and Uses:* This information collection is a result of a new DFARS requirement to implement the data collection required by section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (Pub. L. 117-81), as amended by section 872 of the NDAA for FY 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31). The DFARS implementation of this requirement includes a new contract clause, which requires contractors to provide data on the following: (1) the number of years the contractor has been wholly-owned by its employee stock ownership plan; (2) the contractor's challenges in attracting and retaining a talented workforce; (3) challenges the contractor experienced due to its corporate ownership structure that hinder its ability to contract with DoD in order to scale its technologies and capabilities; and (4) challenges the contractor experienced due to its corporate ownership structure in obtaining capital necessary to bridge funding gaps, for example, between prototype demonstration and full-scale development. The data will be used to develop and share best practices relating to the pilot program and to provide information to DoD leadership and the congressional defense committees.
*DoD Clearance Officer:* Mr. Tucker Lucas. Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at *[email protected].*
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.