Availability: GPO Geographic Relevance: National Content: This publication compiled by the Office of the General Counsel is comprised of an index of advice memoranda, regional directors' dismissal letters, and appeals memoranda and dispositions. The publication is published quarterly, and a compilation is produced periodically. Agency Contact: (202) 632-4950. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 104500-001 NMB Case Processing Information. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 22-0100-0-1-505. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; House Committee on Appropriations: LaborHealth, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Human Resources; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Authority: Railway Labor Act, as amended (P.L. 73-442). Availability: The output is publicly available primarily through GPO. Purpose: The National Mediation Board, which was created in 1934, administers mechanisms provided by the Railway Labor Act for the adjustment of employee and labor-management disputes within the railroad and airline industries. Such responsibilities principally include the facilitation of collective bargaining through mediation, the investigation of questions of employee representation, and activities relating to emergency disputes procedures and arbitration. The National Railroad Adjustment Board and other boards of adjustment adjudicate individual and group grievances arising under collective bargaining agreements. The information deals with this caseload on an annual basis. Input: The data contained in this source are derived from the filing applications and closeouts received by the parties requesting the services of the National Mediation Board as well as from agreements reached through mediation or the parties' efforts. Content: The caseload record consists of the annual number of cases closed by this Agency in performing its responsibilities. These data reveal the number of mediation disputes, representation disputes, and arbitration and emergency boards resolved in the year as well as data on wage and rule agreements, interpretations, and applications of agreements. A report of the National Railroad Adjustment Board on a fiscal year basis is also included. Output: The frequency of output is on an annual basis (fiscal) and includes caseload data for mediation, representation, interpretations, and grievances. The source is printed as a soft back pamphlet. Agency Contact: (202) 523-5995. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 104600-001 Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Selected Nonprofit Institutions. OMB Funding Title/Code: Research and Related Activities / 490100-0-1-251. Program: Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; House Committee on Science and Technology; Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Availability: GPO Purpose: Section 3(a)(7) of the National Science Foundation Act, as amended, requires the Foundation to maintain a program for the determination of the total amount of money expended for scientific research, including money allocated for the construction of the facilities wherein such research is conducted, received by each educational institution and appropriate nonprofit organization in the United States, by grant, contract, or other arrangement from agencies of the Federal Government. Input: The 14 Federal agencies with the largest academic support programs are requested to provide information on all universities and colleges in the United States, all independent nonprofit research institutes receiving more that $100,000, and all federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC's) managed by universities or nonprofit institutions. Data are submitted by the following Federal agencies: Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Commerce, the Interior, Labor, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Health, Education, and Welfare; the National Science Foundation; Agency for International Development; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Environmental Protection Agency; Energy Research and Development Administration; and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Content: Data reflect actual obligations made during the fiscal year ending the previous June 30, regardless of when funds were authorized or received by a department or agency and regardless of when such funds are to be spent by a recipient. All universities and colleges in the United States and its territories are included, as well as all FFRDC's administered by universities or by nonprofit institutions. Coverage of nonprofit research institutes is limited to those with substantial intramural research and development programs ($300,000 or more total or $100,000 or more from any single agency). Agency Contact: (202) 634-4673. 104600-003 Information Resources Center. OMB Funding Title/Code: Research and Related Activities / 490100-0-1-251. Program: Applied Science and Research Applications Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; House Committee on Science and Technology; Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Geographic Relevance: National Purpose: The Information Resources Center provides for the continuous and orderly collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of the reports and other substantive documentation resulting from research projects supported by the Applied Science and Research Applications (ASRA) Program, formerly RANN (Research Applied to National Needs). The Information Resources Center is primarily intended to serve those who can apply the reported research results to the solution or amelioration of national problems. Input: Documentation is provided by the grantees and contractors funded by the ASRA Program. Most of the information is in the form of technical reports, but published books, journal articles, proceedings, and research papers are also included. Content: The documented research results submitted to the program cover all of the applied research areas currently or previously included within the scope of the ASRA Program. To date, over 5,000 documents have been submitted to the Information Resources Center on research projects concerned with the environment, resources, productivity, technology assessment and utilization, and energy. Agency Contact: (202) 634-4262. 104600-004 Publications of the National Science Foundation. OMB Funding Title/Code: Research and Related Activities / 490100-0-1-251; Science Education Activities / 49-0106-0-1-251; Scientific Activities (Special Foreign Currency Program) / 49-01020-1-251. Program: Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering; Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences; U.S. Antarctic Program; Biological, Behavioral and Social Sciences; Applied Science and Research Applications; Scientific, Technological and International Affairs; Science Education Programs; Special Foreign Currency Program Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; House Committee on Science and Technology; Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Availability: Agency Contact; GPO Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: This pamphlet provides a listing of National Science Foundation (NSF) publications that may be obtained from the Government Printing Office or NSF. Input: Information is provided by all NSF offices and directorates. Content: Publications of the National Science Foundation are divided into four categories: 1) annual reports, publications of the National Science Board, descriptive brochures, and announcements; 2) science resource studies, including studies of funds, personnel, and education; 3) special studies; and 4) periodicals. Lists of publications related to science, education programs and science education announcements are also included. Each entry includes the title, NSF number, and price. Agency Contact: (202) 632-7390. 104600-005 National Science Foundation Guide to Programs. OMB Funding Title/Code: Research and Related Activities / 490100-0-1-251; Science Education Activities / 49-0106-0-1-251; Scientific Activities (Special Foreign Currency Program) / 49-01020-1-251. Program: Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering; Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences; U.S. Antarctic Program; Biological, Behavioral and Social Sciences; Applied Science and Research Applications; Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs; Science Education Programs; Special Foreign Currency Program Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Purpose: The Guide to Programs provides summary information about National Science Foundation (NSF) programs for the coming fiscal year. It is intended as a source of general guidance for institutions and individuals interested in participating in these programs. Input: Program data is provided by the following NSF directorates: 1) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering; 2) Directorate for Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences; 3) Directorate for Biological, Behavioral and Social Sciences; 4) Directorate for Applied Science and Research Applications (Formerly Research Applied to National Needs); 5) Directorate for Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs; and 6) Directorate for Science Education. Content: Program listings describe the principal characteristics and basic purpose of each activity, eligibility requirements, closing dates (where applicable), and the address from which more detailed information, brochures, or ap plication forms may be obtained. Criteria for the selection of research projects are described. Agency Contact: (202) 632-7390. 104600-006 Federal Environmental Data: A Directory of Selected Sources. OMB Funding Title/Code: Research and Related Activities/490100-0-1-251. Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; House Committee on Science and Technology; Senate Committee on Appropriations: HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507). Availability: NTIS Geographic Relevance: National Purpose: This directory, which describes major environmental data bases maintained by U.S. Government agencies, is designed to assist individuals and organizations outside the Federal establishment in locating and utilizing the extensive environmental data resources that are available. Input: The information for this directory was collected through research conducted by Capital Systems Groups, Inc. personnel under a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, with assistance from agency personnel. Content: The data bases included in this directory represent organized collections of scientific data, technical data, and bibliographic and directory information related to environmental assessment, impact, and protection. Most of the data bases included are maintained by one of the following five Federal agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and Energy Research and Development Administration (now part of the Department of Energy). The data bases are organized by the source agency. The section for each agency is prefaced by a brief, general description of the agency's major environmental data holdings, followed by individual profiles of the information sources. Each source profile includes the source name, source agency, objective, general description, size, update frequency, time reference, cost, turnabout time, product, and person to contact. Data bases were selected for inclusion on the basis of judgments concerning the usefulness of the data, its relevance to the environmental community, and its availability to the public. Agency Contact: (202) 655-4000. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 104800-001 Investment Financing Handbook. November 1977; 16 pp. Robert Jordan OMB Funding Title/Code: Overseas Private Investment Corporation / 71-4030-0-3-151. Program: Operating Costs, Finance Program Availability: Agency Contact Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Investment Financing Handbook provides information on financial services available to prospective international investors. The major objective of the finance program is to assist U.S. lenders and business enterprises in searching out and financing worthwhile projects in developing countries. Input: Information for this handbook was drawn from enabling legislation and internal operating procedures. Content: The major programs provided by OPIC to assist prospective investors are the investment guaranty program, the direct investment fund, and the pre-investment assistance program. This handbook describes each of these finance programs, project eligibility and investment criteria, financing techniques, loan terms, relationships with other financing institutions, feasibility study programs, and how to apply for assistance through these programs. Agency Contact: (202) 632-8963. 104800-002 Investment Insurance Handbook. November 1977; 19 pp. Robert Jordan OMB Funding Title/Code: Overseas Private Investment Corporation/71-4030-0-3-151. Program: Operating Costs, Insurance Program Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operations Subcommittee; House Committee on International Relations; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operations Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Authority: Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-175). Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1974 (P.L. 93390). Availability: Agency Contact Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Investment Insurance Handbook provides information on insurance services available to prospective international investors. OPIC investment insurance programs provide coverage to eligible investors in qualified projects in less developed friendly countries or areas against loss due to specific political risks. Input: The information included in this handbook was drawn from enabling legislation and internal operating procedures. Content: This handbook provides a general introduction to the OPIC investment insurance program and provides specific information with regard to eligible investors; areas where covered investments may be made; the nature of coverage, including co-insurance, coverage for inability to convert currency, coverage for expropriation, and coverage for war or insurrections; levels and costs of coverage; contractors' coverage; special programs for mineral and energy projects; other eligibility criteria; preferences in terms of size of firms; and application procedures. Agency Contact: (202) 632-8963. 104800-003 OPIC Country List. January 1, 1978 Robert Jordan OMB Funding Title/Code: Overseas Private Investment Corporation/71-4030-0-3-151. Program: Operating Costs, Insurance Program Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operations Subcommittee; House Committee on International Relations; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operations Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Authority: Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-175). Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1974 (P.L. 93390). Availability: Agency contact Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: This leaflet provides information on the availability of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) investment insurance and finance programs in about 90 friendly less-developed countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. These OPIC programs provide qualified U.S. investors with political risk insurance and financial assistance to support their investments in these countries; this list provides a quick reference to such programs for prospective investors. Input: The information presented in this leaflet was drawn from enabling legislation. Content: This brochure lists each of the countries with which an agreement for the operation of OPIC programs is in force or under negotiation and provides information on the status and range of program availability at the time of publication. Information on the availability of the following types of investment insurance coverage is included: incovertibility of local currency earnings and return of capital; expropriation; and war, revolution, and insurrection. Information is also provided on the availability of the following types of finance programs: loan guaranties, direct loans, and pre-investment assistance. Brief descriptions of the programs are also included. (SC). Output: The library takes part in interlibrary loan. Agency Contact: (202) 632-8963. 104800-004 Special Incentive Program for U.S. Construction and Services Overseas. April 1977; 5 pp. Robert Jordan OMB Funding Title/Code: Overseas Private Investment Corporation/71-4030-0-3-151. Program: Operating Costs, Insurance Program Availability: Agency Contact Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: This brochure provides a brief outline of the insurance protection offered by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to U.S. construction and service contractors contemplating work in developing countries. The OPIC policy includes compensation for construction equipment plant and materials damaged by war, revolution, or insurrection; protection against expropriation; and, in some cases, provision of coverage for nonpayment of arbitral awards and refusal to arbitrate disputed claims. Input: The information presented in this brochure was drawn from enabling legislation and internal operating procedures. Content: The brochure provides an introduction to, and brief description of, the special incentives program for U.S. construction and services investments in developing countries. Specific aspects of the program which are discussed include foreign governmental approval, term of policy, premiums, indemnification, how to apply for a policy, binder procedures, review by OPIC of the contract provisions, and issuance of policies. Agency Contact: (202) 632-8963. 104800-005 OPIC Library. OMB Funding Title/Code: Overseas Private Investment Corporation/71-4030-0-3-151. Program: Insurance, Guaranty, and Loan Program Availability: The library's services are available to the public. Purpose: The chief purpose of the OPIC Library is to support the work of OPIC by providing library services to the staff. Input: The library acquires, organizes, and maintains printed materials and microforms in the subject areas of interest to OPIC. It provides information and reference services and circulates current issues of periodicals to the staff. It handles all interlibrary loan requests from the staff and prepares and circulates a newsletter and subject bibliographies. The library acts as the centralized order section to handle book purchases and periodical subscriptions. Content: The library collection consists of books, pamphlets, Government and World Bank documents and reports, annual reports of corporations, newspapers, and legislative histories of public laws pertaining to OPIC. Some of the subjects covered are banks and banking, international finance, international law, foreign investment, statistics, commerce, trade, and economics, with particular emphasis on the developing countries of the world. Output: The library takes part in interlibrary loan. Agency Contact: (202) 632-8962. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 105100-001 Railroad Retirement Board Annual Report for Fiscal Year. OMB Funding Title/Code: Limitation on Salaries and Expenses / 60-8011-0-7-601. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Human Resources. Authority: Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-445). Purpose: This report is required pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(b)6 of the Railroad Retirement Act, enacted October 16, 1974, and Section 12(1) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, enacted June 25, 1938. Input: Input is obtained from three major Railroad Retirement Board Operation systems: 1) Railroad Employers Creditable Compensation Recording System, including the Annual Form BA-6, Certificate of service months and compensation, and various referral files; 2) Railroad Retirement, Disability and Survivor Benefit Payment System (including medicare), including data from the daily check issue file, tax credit file, supplemental annuity file, financial reports, and various referral files; and 3) Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Benefit Payment System, including the daily unemployment and sickness benefit payment file from which Treasury issues checks to beneficiaries, financial reports, and various referral files. Content: The report includes a summary of the Railroad Retirement Board's fiscal year operations under the Railroad Retirement Act, medicare, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act; railroad employment and payrolls; legislative and administrative developments; legal rulings; and an actuarial valuation triennially. Information received from output of these operations is processed by the Bureau of Data Processing and Accounts (tape file information) and by the Bureau of Research (hardcopy files). This processing produces the information included in the publication. Agency Contact: (312) 751-4770. 105100-002 Statistical Supplement to Annual Report of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board. June 1977; 140 pp. Abraham Benjamin OMB Funding Title/Code: Limitation on Salaries and Expenses / 60-8011-0-7-601. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Human Resources. Authority: Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-445). Geographic Relevance: International; National; State Purpose: This report is a statistical supplement to the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board's Annual Report required under Section 7(b)6 of the Railroad Retirement Act, enacted October 16, 1974, and Section 12(1) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, enacted June 25, 1938. Input: Input is obtained from three major Railroad Retirement Board Operation systems: 1) Railroad Employers Creditable Compensation Recording System, including Annual Form BA-6, Certificate of service months and compensation, and various referral files; 2) Railroad Retirement, Disability and Survivor Benefit Payment System (including Medicare), including the daily check issue file, tax credit file, supplemental annuity file, financial reports, and various referral files; and 3) Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Benefit Payment System, including the daily unemployment and sickness benefit payment file from which Treasury issues checks to beneficiaries, financial reports, and various referral files. Content: Information received from output of these operations is processed by the Bureau of Data Processing and Accounts (tape file information) and by the Bureau of Research (hardcopy files). This processing produces the information included in the publication. The tables in this volume include data on the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance programs for fiscal year 1978, calendar year 1977, and, in some tables, for earlier years. They are presented in four sections: financial statistics; retirement and survivor benefit statistics; unemployment and sickness benefit statistics; and employment, compensation, and coverage statistics. Agency Contact: (312) 751-4770. 105100-003 Railroad Retirement Board Justification of Budget Estimates, Fiscal Year 1980. January 1978; 17 pp. John S. Suker OMB Funding Title/Code: Payments to Railroad Retirement Trust Funds / 60-0109-0-1-601; Regional Rail Transportation Protective Account / 60-0110-0-1-604; Limitation on Salaries and Expenses / 60-8011-0-7-601; Railroad Retirement Account. Program: Payments for Windfall Benefits; Payment of Benefits; Maintenance of Beneficiary Rolls; Medicare; Administration; Retirement, Disability, and Survivor Benefit Payments Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Human Resources. Authority: Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-445). Regional Geographic Relevance: National Purpose: The purpose of the document is to describe and justify the budget estimates of the Railroad Retirement Board to the Congress. The document is required by the House Committee on Appropriations. It covers all programs of the agency for the past, current, and next fiscal year. Input: Input is received from the various internal organizations of the agency and is compiled by the Bureau of Budget and Fiscal Operations. Input data cover beneficiaries of the agency's programs, benefit payments made and forecast, and administrative costs of operating the agency's programs by program and object of expense. Content: The major areas covered by this report are the budget authority, outlays, and personnel associated with the operation and administration of the agency's programs. Data cover the past, current, and next fiscal year of operations. Records are available for the history of the agency. Data are updated each year and furnished in the month of January. Agency Contact: (312) 751-4590. 105100-004 Service and Taxable Compensation of Railroad Employees: Statistical Tables, 1977. February 1977; 75 pp. Abraham Benjamin OMB Funding Title/Code: Limitation on Salaries and Expenses / 60-8011-0-7-601. Program: Maintenance of Beneficiary Rolls; Medicare; Administration Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Human Resources. Authority: Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-445). Geographic Relevance: International; National Purpose: The purpose of this publication is to provide the railroad industry with statistical information with regard to railroad employees' service and compensation. Input: Input is obtained from the Railroad Employer Creditable Compensation Recording System (Annual Report Form BA-6, Certificate of service months and compensation). Output of this system is processed by the Bureau of Data Processing and Accounts (tape files) and the Bureau of Research. Tabulations generated from this processing are used in the publication. Content: This report consists of statistical tables presenting railroad employment and compensation data by year, selected information on all railroad employees, selected information on railroad employees by occupational group, and selected data on railroad employees by occupation. Agency Contact: (312) 751-4770. 105100-005 The Railroad Retirement Board Quarterly Review. OMB Funding Title/Code: Limitation on Salaries and Expenses / 60-8011-0-7-601. Program: All Programs Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Senate Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Authority: Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-445). Availability: Agency Contact Geographic Relevance: International; National; State Purpose: The purpose of this Quarterly Review is to provide the railroad industry with information on railroad employment, payroll, beneficiaries, benefit payments, and financial operations under the Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Acts on a quarterly basis. Input: Input is obtained from three major Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Operation systems: 1) Railroad Employers Creditable Compensation Recording System, including the Annual Form BA-6, certificate of service months and compensation, and various referral files; 2) Railroad Retirement, Disability, and Survivor Benefit Payment System (including Medicare), including the daily check issue file, tax credit file, supplemental annuity file, financial reports, and various referral files; and 3) Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Benefit Payment System, including the daily unemployment and sickness benefit payment file from which Treasury issues checks to beneficiaries, financial reports, and various referral files. Content: Information received from output of these operations is processed by the Bureau of Data Processing and Accounts (tape file information) and by the Bureau of Research (hardcopy files). This processing produces the information included in the publication. This periodical consists of special feature articles on Railroad Retirement or Unemployment Insurance programs, notes on current RRB activities or staff changes, and data on quarterly operations. Agency Contact: (312) 751-4770. RENEGOTIATION BOARD 105200-001 Contractor Data Banks. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 66-0100-0-1-054. Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Appropriations: Purpose: Renegotiation is the process of determining what part. if any, of the profits realized from defense and space contracts and subcontracts is excessive. Excessive profits are determined by the application of certain statutory factors. Contracts are not renegotiated individually. Rather, renegotiation is conducted with respect to the receipts or accruals of the contractor under all renegotiable contracts and subcontracts in the entire fiscal year. Contractors whose renegotiable receipts or accruals in a fiscal year exceed the statutory minimum ('floor') are required to file a Standard Form of Contractor's Report. Input: Data are derived from the Standard Industrial Classification Code Data Bank, Common Control Data Bank, Historical Master File Data Bank, and Statutory 'Hot Date' File Data Bank. Content: For those companies subject to the Renegotiation Act of 1951, as amended, the following data banks are maintained by the Board: 1) Standard Industrial Classification Code Data Bank which provides information on a company in relation to other similar companies in the same industrial field; 2) Common Control Data Bank which ascertains which companies are related to others in parent subsidiary arrangements in order to determine whether companies under common control of other companies are properly complying with filing requirements; 3) Historical Master File Data Bank which provides a historical record of a company's filings over a 10-year period; and 4) which is either the 1-year deadline by which time the Board must commence renegotiation action after receiving an RB-1, contractor filing or the two-year deadline by which time renegotiation must be completed. Agency Contact: (202) 254-8266. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 105300-001 The Work of the Securities and Exchange Commission. OMB Funding Title/Code: Salaries and Expenses / 50-0100-0-1-376. Congressional Recipient: House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; House Committee on Appropriations: State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Appropriations: State, Justice, Commerce, The Judiciary Subcommittee; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |