Proposed Collection; Comment Request for an Unmodified OGE Form 201 Ethics Act Access Form, 59185-59186 [E9-27569]
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. E9–27599 Filed 11–13–09; 11:15
am]
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
FDIC Advisory Committee on
Economic Inclusion (ComE–IN); Notice
of Meeting
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice
is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC
Advisory Committee on Economic
Inclusion, which will be held in
Washington, DC. The Advisory
Committee will provide advice and
recommendations on initiatives to
expand access to banking services by
underserved populations.
DATES: Wednesday, December 2, 2009,
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the FDIC Board Room on the sixth floor
of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for further information
concerning the meeting may be directed
to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Committee
Management Officer of the FDIC, at
(202) 898–7043.
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Agenda: The agenda will be focused
on the results of the FDIC National
Unbanked and Underbanked Household
Survey, a discussion regarding scaling
small dollar loans across the financial
mainstream, and the strategic focus for
the committee. The agenda may be
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TTY) at least two days before the
meeting to make necessary
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. E9–27498 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency
Meeting
Pursuant to the provisions of the
‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5
U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that
at 10:35 a.m. on Thursday, November
12, 2009, the Board of Directors of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
met in closed session to consider
matters related to the Corporation’s
supervision and resolution activities.
In calling the meeting, the Board
determined, on motion of Director John
E. Bowman (Acting Director, Office of
Thrift Supervision), seconded by
Director Thomas J. Curry (Appointive),
concurred in by Vice Chairman Martin
J. Gruenberg, Director John C. Dugan
(Comptroller of the Currency), and
Chairman Sheila C. Bair, that
Corporation business required its
consideration of the matters which were
to be the subject of this meeting on less
than seven days’ notice to the public;
that no earlier notice of the meeting was
practicable; that the public interest did
not require consideration of the matters
in a meeting open to public observation;
and that the matters could be
considered in a closed meeting by
authority of subsections (c)(2), (c)(4),
(c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and
(c)(10) of the ‘‘Government in the
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Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2),
(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B),
and (c)(10)).
The meeting was held in the Board
Room of the FDIC Building located at
550—17th Street, NW., Washington, DC.
Dated: November 12, 2009.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–27699 Filed 11–13–09; 4:15 pm]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Sunshine Act Meeting
Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
TIME AND DATE: 11:30 a.m., Monday,
November 23, 2009.
PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal
Reserve Board Building, 20th and C
Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Personnel actions (appointments,
promotions, assignments,
reassignments, and salary actions)
involving individual Federal Reserve
System employees.
2. Any items carried forward from a
previously announced meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave
Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office
of Board Members at 202–452–2955.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may
call 202–452–3206 beginning at
approximately 5 p.m. two business days
before the meeting for a recorded
announcement of bank and bank
holding company applications
scheduled for the meeting; or you may
contact the Board’s Web site at https://
www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic
announcement that not only lists
applications, but also indicates
procedural and other information about
the meeting.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, November 13, 2009.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E9–27739 Filed 11–13–09; 4:15 pm]
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for an Unmodified OGE Form
201 Ethics Act Access Form
AGENCY:
Office of Government Ethics
(OGE).
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Notice.
SUMMARY: After this first round notice
and public comment period, OGE plans
to submit an unmodified OGE Form 201
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval of a
three-year extension under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The OGE
Form 201 is used by persons for
requesting access to executive branch
public financial disclosure reports and
other covered records. OGE is proposing
no changes to the form at this time.
DATES: Written comments by the
agencies and the public on this
proposed extension are invited and
should be received by January 19, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
to OGE by any of the following methods:
• E-Mail: usoge@oge.gov. For E-mail
messages, the subject line should
include the following reference: ‘‘OGE
Form 201 Paperwork Comment.’’
• Fax: 202–482–9237.
• Mail, Hand Delivery or Courier:
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500,
1201 New York Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005–3917, Attention:
Paul D. Ledvina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
D. Ledvina, Records Officer, Office of
Government Ethics; telephone: 202–
482–9247; TTY: 800–877–8339; Fax:
202–482–9237; E-mail:
pledvina@oge.gov. An electronic copy of
the OGE Form 201 is available in the
Forms Library section of OGE’s Web site
at https://www.usoge.gov. A paper copy
may also be obtained, without charge,
by contacting Mr. Ledvina.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Government Ethics is the supervising
ethics office for the executive branch of
the Federal Government under section
109(18)(D) of the Ethics in Government
Act (the Ethics Act), 5 U.S.C. appendix,
§ 109(18)(D). OGE is planning to submit,
after this notice and comment period, an
unmodified OGE Form 201 ‘‘Request to
Inspect or Receive Copies of SF 278
Executive Branch Personnel Public
Financial Disclosure Reports or Other
Covered Records’’ for review and threeyear extension of approval by OMB
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Prior to the
expiration of this proposed three-year
extension, OGE may propose, and
submit to OMB for approval, a modified
OGE 201 form that provides requesters
with an option to submit the form
electronically.
The OGE Form 201 (OMB control #
3209–0002) collects information from,
and provides certain information to,
persons who seek access to SF 278
reports and other covered records. The
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form reflects the requirements of the
Ethics Act and OGE’s implementing
regulations that must be met by a person
before access can be granted. These
requirements relate to information about
the identity of the requester, as well as
any other person on whose behalf a
record is sought, and a notification of
prohibited uses of SF 278 reports. See
section 105(b) and (c) of the Ethics Act,
5 U.S.C. appendix, § 105(b) and (c), and
5 CFR 2634.603(c) and (f) of OGE’s
executive branchwide regulations
thereunder.
Executive branch departments and
agencies are encouraged to utilize the
OGE Form 201. Agencies can, if they so
choose, continue to use or develop their
own forms as long as those forms
contain all the information required by
the Ethics Act and OGE regulations, and
include the appropriate Privacy Act and
paperwork notices with any attendant
clearances being obtained by the
agencies.
Reporting Burden
OGE estimates that an average of 450
OGE Form 201s will be filed throughout
the executive branch each year by
members of the public (primarily by
news media, public interest groups and
private citizens) during the period 2010
through 2012. This figure is based on
the number of OGE Form 201s filed at
OGE by members of the public (155 for
2006, 138 for 2007 and 79 for 2008) and
those filed at other departments and
agencies in the executive branch (138
for 2006, 135 for 2007 and 127 for 2008)
as reported on OGE’s annual agency
ethics program questionnaire. The threeyear annual average was then adjusted
to reflect the typical, significant increase
in the number of OGE Form 201s filed
by the public during and following a
Presidential transition. During the first
half of the 2009 Presidential transition
year, 310 forms were filed with OGE.
(OGE does not have, at this time, recent
statistics covering the number of forms
filed with other departments and
agencies in the executive branch.) Using
these figures, OGE estimates that there
will be an annual average of 450 forms
submitted to OGE and the other
executive branch departments and
agencies for the years 2010 through
2012.
The estimated average amount of time
to complete the form, including review
of the instructions, remains at 10
minutes. Thus, the estimated annual
public burden for the OGE Form 201
(throughout the executive branch) is 75
hours (450 forms × 10 minutes per
form—number rounded down). This is
an increase from the current estimated
burden of 61 hours.
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Web Site Distribution of Blank Forms
The OGE Form 201 will continue to
be made available free-of-charge to the
public as well as departments and
agencies, as a downloadable, fillable,
and printable, Portable Document
Format (PDF) file. This PDF version is
located in the Forms Library section of
OGE’s Internet Web site at https://
www.usoge.gov.
OGE will continue to permit
departments and agencies to use the
version of the OGE Form 201 available
on OGE’s Web site or to develop and
utilize their own, electronic versions of
the OGE form, provided that they
precisely duplicate the original to the
extent possible.
Consideration of Comments
Public comment is invited on each
aspect of the unmodified OGE Form 201
as set forth in this notice, including
specifically views on the need for and
practical utility of this information
collection; the accuracy of OGE’s
burden estimate; the enhancement of
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collected; and the
minimization of burden (including the
use of information technology).
Comments received in response to
this notice will be summarized for, and
may be included with, the OGE request
for OMB paperwork approval for this
proposed unmodified information
collection. The comments will also
become a matter of public record.
Approved: November 5, 2009.
Robert I. Cusick,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. E9–27569 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am]
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National Biodefense Science Board:
Notification of Public Teleconference
AGENCY: Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice
that the National Biodefense Science
Board (NBSB) will hold a teleconference
meeting. The meeting is open to the
public. Pre-registration is NOT required,
however, individuals who wish to
participate in the public comment
session should e-mail NBSB@HHS.GOV
to RSVP.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for an Unmodified OGE Form
201 Ethics Act Access Form
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: After this first round notice and public comment period, OGE
plans to submit an unmodified OGE Form 201 to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval of a three-year extension
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OGE Form 201 is used by persons
for requesting access to executive branch public financial disclosure
reports and other covered records. OGE is proposing no changes to the
form at this time.
DATES: Written comments by the agencies and the public on this proposed
extension are invited and should be received by January 19, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to OGE by any of the following
methods:
E-Mail: usoge@oge.gov. For E-mail messages, the subject
line should include the following reference: ``OGE Form 201 Paperwork
Comment.''
Fax: 202-482-9237.
Mail, Hand Delivery or Courier: Office of Government
Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005-
3917, Attention: Paul D. Ledvina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul D. Ledvina, Records Officer,
Office of Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9247; TTY: 800-877-
8339; Fax: 202-482-9237; E-mail: pledvina@oge.gov. An electronic copy
of the OGE Form 201 is available in the Forms Library section of OGE's
Web site at https://www.usoge.gov. A paper copy may also be obtained,
without charge, by contacting Mr. Ledvina.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Government Ethics is the
supervising ethics office for the executive branch of the Federal
Government under section 109(18)(D) of the Ethics in Government Act
(the Ethics Act), 5 U.S.C. appendix, Sec. 109(18)(D). OGE is planning
to submit, after this notice and comment period, an unmodified OGE Form
201 ``Request to Inspect or Receive Copies of SF 278 Executive Branch
Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Reports or Other Covered
Records'' for review and three-year extension of approval by OMB under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Prior to
the expiration of this proposed three-year extension, OGE may propose,
and submit to OMB for approval, a modified OGE 201 form that provides
requesters with an option to submit the form electronically.
The OGE Form 201 (OMB control 3209-0002) collects
information from, and provides certain information to, persons who seek
access to SF 278 reports and other covered records. The form reflects
the requirements of the Ethics Act and OGE's implementing regulations
that must be met by a person before access can be granted. These
requirements relate to information about the identity of the requester,
as well as any other person on whose behalf a record is sought, and a
notification of prohibited uses of SF 278 reports. See section 105(b)
and (c) of the Ethics Act, 5 U.S.C. appendix, Sec. 105(b) and (c), and
5 CFR 2634.603(c) and (f) of OGE's executive branchwide regulations
thereunder.
Executive branch departments and agencies are encouraged to utilize
the OGE Form 201. Agencies can, if they so choose, continue to use or
develop their own forms as long as those forms contain all the
information required by the Ethics Act and OGE regulations, and include
the appropriate Privacy Act and paperwork notices with any attendant
clearances being obtained by the agencies.
Reporting Burden
OGE estimates that an average of 450 OGE Form 201s will be filed
throughout the executive branch each year by members of the public
(primarily by news media, public interest groups and private citizens)
during the period 2010 through 2012. This figure is based on the number
of OGE Form 201s filed at OGE by members of the public (155 for 2006,
138 for 2007 and 79 for 2008) and those filed at other departments and
agencies in the executive branch (138 for 2006, 135 for 2007 and 127
for 2008) as reported on OGE's annual agency ethics program
questionnaire. The three-year annual average was then adjusted to
reflect the typical, significant increase in the number of OGE Form
201s filed by the public during and following a Presidential
transition. During the first half of the 2009 Presidential transition
year, 310 forms were filed with OGE. (OGE does not have, at this time,
recent statistics covering the number of forms filed with other
departments and agencies in the executive branch.) Using these figures,
OGE estimates that there will be an annual average of 450 forms
submitted to OGE and the other executive branch departments and
agencies for the years 2010 through 2012.
The estimated average amount of time to complete the form,
including review of the instructions, remains at 10 minutes. Thus, the
estimated annual public burden for the OGE Form 201 (throughout the
executive branch) is 75 hours (450 forms x 10 minutes per form--number
rounded down). This is an increase from the current estimated burden of
61 hours.
Web Site Distribution of Blank Forms
The OGE Form 201 will continue to be made available free-of-charge
to the public as well as departments and agencies, as a downloadable,
fillable, and printable, Portable Document Format (PDF) file. This PDF
version is located in the Forms Library section of OGE's Internet Web
site at https://www.usoge.gov.
OGE will continue to permit departments and agencies to use the
version of the OGE Form 201 available on OGE's Web site or to develop
and utilize their own, electronic versions of the OGE form, provided
that they precisely duplicate the original to the extent possible.
Consideration of Comments
Public comment is invited on each aspect of the unmodified OGE Form
201 as set forth in this notice, including specifically views on the
need for and practical utility of this information collection; the
accuracy of OGE's burden estimate; the enhancement of quality, utility
and clarity of the information collected; and the minimization of
burden (including the use of information technology).
Comments received in response to this notice will be summarized
for, and may be included with, the OGE request for OMB paperwork
approval for this proposed unmodified information collection. The
comments will also become a matter of public record.
Approved: November 5, 2009.
Robert I. Cusick,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. E9-27569 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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