Agencies and Commissions April 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies.

Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service Request to add Global Reseller Expedited Package Contracts Negotiated Service Agreements to the Competitive Product List, along with a

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that there is a violation of 19 U.S.C. 1337 by Hanjiang Fei Yu Electronics Equipment Factory of China; Zhongguang Electronics of China; Yangzhou Zhongguang Electronics Co. of China; and Yangzhou Zhongguang Foreign Trade Co. Ltd. of China (collectively, ``defaulting respondents'') with respect to U.S. Patent Nos. 6,558,194 (``the `194 patent'') and D519,076 (``the `076 patent'') in the above- captioned investigation. The Commission has also determined that neither respondents Fu-Ching Technical Industry Co., Ltd. of Taiwan (``Fu-Ching''), Gem Electronics, Inc. of Windsor, Connecticut (``Gem'') (collectively, ``active respondents'') nor the defaulting respondents have violated section 337 in connection with U.S. Patent No. 5,470,257 (``the `257 patent''). The Commission has determined to issue a general exclusion order and a limited exclusion order. The Commission has also determined to issue a remand order remanding the portion of the investigation relating to U.S. Patent No. D440,539 (``the `539 patent'') to the administrative law judge (``ALJ'') for further proceedings. The Commission has determined to extend the target date by 60 days until May 26, 2010.

This notice is provided in accordance with 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 1500-1508 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and USIBWC procedures for implementing NEPA. The USIBWC anticipates the need to improve existing levees in the Presidio FCP or to relocate portions of the Presidio FCP levees. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was prepared to evaluate potential consequences of each action alternative in reference to flood control improvements. Following the evaluation of each alternative in the EIS, the USIBWC selected Alternative 2 (rehabilitation of existing levee to provide 25- year flood protection) as the preferred alternative, and will use the ETS as a guide in developing construction plans.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Regulatory 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 the American Recovery and Reinvestment ActOne-time Reporting Requirements for First-tier Subcontractors. A request for public comments was published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 14639, on March 31, 2009.

The Media Bureau adopts changes in the digital audio broadcasting (DAB) rules to permit FM radio stations to voluntarily increase FM hybrid digital effective radiated power (ERP), and implements interference mitigation and remediation procedures to resolve promptly allegations of digital interference to authorized full-service FM analog stations resulting from an FM digital ERP increase undertaken pursuant to the procedures adopted. The increase in FM hybrid digital ERP will allow an FM station's digital coverage area to more closely replicate its licensed analog coverage area, and the interference mitigation and remediation procedures will make certain that permissible increases in FM digital ERP do not adversely affect existing FM analog operations. These rule changes balance the immediate need for improved FM digital coverage with the continued need to limit interference from digital FM facilities to FM analog stations.

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'') proposes to revise a Privacy Act system of records: ``Pay and Leave System (SEC-15)''. The revisions reflect changes that have occurred since the notice was last published in the Federal Register Volume 64, Number 236 on Thursday, December 9, 1999.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) is adopting revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR) Filer Manual to reflect updates to the EDGAR system. Revisions were are being made primarily to support the upgrade of the Mutual Fund Risk/Return Summary Taxonomy, to extend the interactive data/eXtensible Business Reporting Language (``XBRL'') validation requirements to all Exhibit 101 attachments regardless of the taxonomy used, and to make minor updates to the validation and processing of Form D submissions and the amendments of 13F-HR and 13F- NT submission types. The EDGAR system is scheduled to be upgraded to support this functionality on April 12, 2010.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program, and provides for an Advisory Board to the program. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing the Advisory Board's 15 members from among individuals with qualifications described in section 1805(c)(2) of the Social Security Act. Appointments are to be made not later than three months after the date of enactment of the Act. For these appointments, I am announcing the following: Letters of nomination and r[eacute]sum[eacute]s will be accepted through April 30th to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 published June 19, 1989), and OMB Circular No. A-130, revised November 28, 2000, ``Management of Federal Information Resources,'' the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is publishing notice of its new computer matching program with the Social Security Administration (SSA).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. This information collection, ``Annuity Supplement Earnings Report'' (OMB Control No. 3206-0194; Form RI 92-22), is used each year to obtain the earned income of Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuitants receiving an annuity supplement. The annuity supplement is paid to eligible FERS annuitants who are not retired on disability and are not yet age 62. The supplement approximates the portion of a full career Social Security benefit earned while under FERS and ends at age 62. Like Social Security benefits, the annuity supplement is subject to an earnings limitation.