28.  Simplify Administrative Burden

Comment: The rule should simplify the administrative burden for the accounting for payment withholdings against numerous invoices.

Response: The interim rule provides the contracting officer with the sole discretion to withhold payments from one or more contracts containing the clause at 252.242-7005, Contractor Business Systems. The administrative burden for the accounting for payment withholdings against numerous invoices is thus simplified by not mandating that payment withholdings be applied against all of a contractor's available contracts.