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Federal Register notice 2026-20176, published 2026-10-01. Comments close 2026-11-02.

The Federal Register published Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services on 2026-10-01. The document is a Notice from Defense Department and Defense Acquisition Regulations System, filed as 2026-20176 under Docket Number DARS-2026-0331 and OMB Control Number 0750-0002 and published at 91 FR 62503-62504.

Official 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.

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Number of Respondents: 3,446. Responses per Respondent: 50, approximately. Annual Responses: 172,320. Average Burden per Response: 0.36 hour, approximately. Annual Burden Hours: 62,085. Needs and Uses: The collection of information is necessary to protect against foreign interference with DoD telecommunications, which could jeopardize our military communications, the lives of our warfighters, and our national security. The collection of information is essential to the mission of the agencies to ensure DoD does not purchase prohibited equipment, systems, and services, and can respond appropriately if any such purchases are not identified until after delivery or use. This requirement supports implementation of section 1656(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. Section 1656 prohibits DoD from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service to carry out the nuclear deterrence mission and homeland defense mission that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as a part of any system. This requirement is implemented in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) through the solicitation provision at 252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services--Representation, and the contract clause at 252.204-2018, Prohibition on Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services. This clearance covers the following requirements:

- DFARS 252.204-7017 requires that if an offeror provides an affirmative representation under the solicitation provision at 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services--Representation, that offeror is required to represent whether it will or will not provide under the contract covered defense telecommunications equipment or services.

- DFARS 252.204-7018 requires contractors to report covered telecommunications equipment, systems, and services identified during performance of a contract. DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald T. Lucas. Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at [email protected].

Kimberly R. Ziegler, Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System. [FR Doc. 2026-20176 Filed 9-30-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6001-FR-P

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  1. 2026-20176, Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services (Federal Register) — Notice, published 2026-10-01. (checked 2026-10-22)
  2. Raw text of 2026-20176 (Federal Register) — Full text used for the verbatim excerpt. (checked 2026-10-22)

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