Agencies and Commissions August 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning past performance information. The clearance currently expires on November 30, 2005. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Copyright Office is supplementing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on preregistration of copyright claims, issued July 22, 2005. That notice proposed procedures to preregister any unpublished work being prepared for commercial distribution that is in a class of works determined by the Register of Copyrights to have had a history of pre-release infringement. Today's notice seeks information as to whether persons filing the electronic-only preregistration form prescribed by the Copyright Office will experience difficulties if it is necessary to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser in order to preregister a work.

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C., Chapter 35), the Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval of an information collection. The Peace Corps Crime Incident Reporting Form (CIRF) and Peace Corps Crime Incident Tracking Form (CITF) (PCOIG Form 958, PCSS Form 953-2, PCMS Form 954-1, PCSS Form 953-A, PCSS Form 954 and PCSS Form 953-1, forms and information collected by these forms will be utilized as an ``Internal Use Only'' tool as it relates to crimes perpetrated against Peace Corps Volunteers living and working in 74 countries in the Developing World. The initial Federal Register notice was published on May 16, 2005, volume 78, No. 93, p. 25866 for 60 days. Also available at GPO Access: wais.access.gpo.gov. No comments, inquiries or responses to the notice were received. A copy of the information collection may be obtained from Ms. Shelley Elbert, Social Science analyst, Office of Safety and Security, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW., Room 5404, Washington, DC 20526. Ms. Elbert may be contacted by telephone at 202-692-2574. Comments should be received on or before September 6, 2005. Need For and Use of This Information: the purpose of these forms is to monitor and enhance the safety and security of Peace Corps Volunteers. The information will be collected by the Peace Corps Country Director, the Peace Corps Medical Officer or a staff person designated by the Country Director, and submitted electronically. Peace Corps uses this information to evaluate the circumstance of crimes committed against Peace Corps Volunteer and to make changes in training, site selection and policy as related to the safety of the Volunteer. The information furnished to the Office of Inspector General is used for investigation, prosecution and tracking of perpetrators who commit crimes against Peace Corps Volunteers. The Medical information is used for trend analysis and education of medical treatment personnel on health-related issues that affect Volunteers who are the victims of crime. The forms consolidate reporting media and eliminate duplication. These forms are the first automated crime incident reporting form within the agency and replace a less comprehensive form that was previously submitted manually. Affected Public: None.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Mississippi dated 07/22/2005. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 07/15/2005. Effective Date: 07/22/2005. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/20/2005. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/19/2006.

This document corrects the regulations in Sec. Sec. 501.26(a)(8), 502.271(f)(1), and 502.401 of 46 CFR Parts 501 and 502 of the Final Rule published on February 15, 2005. These revisions to the regulations are non-substantive and no public comments on the Final Rule are necessary.

This notice publishes the ``2004 Nonforeign Area Cost-of- Living Allowance Survey Report: Pacific and Washington, DC, Areas.'' The Federal Government uses the results of surveys such as these to set cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rates for General Schedule, U.S. Postal Service, and certain other Federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This report contains the results of the COLA surveys conducted by the Office of Personnel Management in Hawaii, Guam, and the Washington, DC, area during the spring and summer of 2004.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is publishing a proposed regulation to change the cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rates received by certain white-collar Federal and U.S. Postal Service employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The changes are the result of living-cost surveys conducted by OPM in 2002, 2003, and 2004.