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OMB Control No: 1600-0004	ICR Reference No: 201407-1600-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201102-1600-003
Agency/Subagency: DHS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Regulation on Agency Protests
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 07/18/2014
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/25/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/11/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2015	6 Months From Approved
Responses	95	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	190	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 48 CFR Chapter 1, provides general procedures for handling protests submitted by contractors to federal agencies. FAR Part 33 "Protests, Disputes, and Appeals prescirbes policies and procedures for filing protests and for processing contract disputes and appeals.

Emergency Justfication: If DHS is not allowed to collect this information is there will be no information available for the agency (DHS) to review and determine if the protest is valid. This could mean that a business has a valid protest but because DHS may not collect the required information from the protestor to make that determination and take necessary action to correct or resolve (e.g., the protest could be that a solicitation is unnecessarily restrictive; the protest could be that the protestor believes his/her proposal was not fairly evaluated; etc.). Failure to collect this information would result in DHS being unable to evaluate the protestor’s allegations/concerns and take necessary corrective action (e.g., loosen the requirements in a restrictive solicitation to enable full and open competition; review the award decision to ensure the offeror’s proposal was fairly and properly evaluated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the solicitation).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 41 USC 401 Name of Law: The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Regulation on Agency Protests

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	95	20	75
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	190	40	150
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: According to the DHS Operational Status Review (an internal agency report), the number of protests has increased each year over the past two years in annual respondent and burden hours. This increase in current protest activity is not the result of a deliberate program change, but from a new estimate of actions that are not controllable by the Federal Government. Although the number of protest has increased, there has not been any change in the information being collected.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Kathy Strouss 202 447-5273 kathy.strouss@dhs.gov

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