Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel for Contributions to Private Voluntary Organizations-CFC Pilot Program for Department of Defense (DoD) Personnel Deployed Overseas, 1456-1457 [E6-40]

Download as PDF 1456 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 5 / Monday, January 9, 2006 / Notices National Science Foundation, Room 1235, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. AGENDA: Discussion of candidates for one vacancy on the Executive Committee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael P. Crosby, Executive Officer and NSB Office Director, (703) 292– 7000. www.nsf.gov/nsb. PLACE: Michael P. Crosby, Executive Officer. [FR Doc. 06–213 Filed 1–5–06; 2:44 pm] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Notice of Issuance of Director’s Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Docket No. 030–28641, License No. 42– 23539–01AF, Department of the Air Force. Docket No. 040–06394, License No. SMB– 141, Department of the Army. Docket No. 040–07086, License No. SUB– 734, Department of the Army. Docket No. 040–08814, License No. SMB– 1411, Department of the Army. Docket No. 040–08838, License No. SUB– 1435, Department of the Army. Docket No. 040–07354, License No. SUB– 834, Department of the Army. Docket No. 040–08850, License No. SUB– 1440, Department of the Army. Docket No. 040–08779, License No. SUC– 1391, Department of the Army. Docket No. 040–08767, License No. SUC– 1380, Department of the Army. Docket No. 030–29462, License No. 45– 23645–01NA, Department of the Navy. Notice is hereby given that the Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, has issued a Director’s Decision on a petition dated April 3, 2005, filed by Mr. James Salsman, hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Petitioner.’’ The petition was supplemented on April 26, 2005, and May 4, 2005. The petition concerns depleted uranium (DU) munition licensees, specifically the Departments of the Air Force, Army, and Navy, and ATK Tactical Systems Company, LLC. The petition requested the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to fine the licensees and modify their licenses. The Petitioner’s concerns revolve around the combustion products of DU munitions, specifically hexavalent uranium trioxide (UO3). Petitioner asserts that the licensees never attempted to detect, never detected, and failed to recognize that hexavalent UO3 is a hazardous combustion product when DU VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:31 Jan 06, 2006 Jkt 208001 munitions are fired and heated at high temperatures. Petitioner contends that DU munitions licensed activity is unsafe and in violation of NRC requirements. On May 4, 2005, Petitioner met with the NRC staff’s Petition Review Board via telephone. The meeting gave the Petitioner and the licensees an opportunity to provide additional information and to clarify issues raised in the petition. NRC staff sent a copy of the proposed Director’s Decision to the Petitioner and to all DU munition licenses for comment on September 22, 2005. Petitioner responded with comments on October 19, 2005, and the licensees responded on October 12, 2005 (Army), and October 17, 2005 (Air Force). The comments are addressed in the Director’s Decision. The Director of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards has determined that insofar as Petitioner requests, NRC to require DU munition licensees to report incidents and overexposures to NRC, and to remediate facilities in accordance with current regulations, Petitioner’s requests are granted. The Director also has decided to deny Petitioner’s requests for modification and/or revocation of DU munitions licenses and for imposition of fines because Petitioner did not demonstrate that DU munitions licensees violated any NRC requirement, or that licensed activity creates conditions hazardous to the public health and safety or to the environment not already considered in licensing or addressed by NRC requirements. The reasons for these decisions are fully explained in the Director’s Decision pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 (DD–05–08), the complete text of which is available in Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) for inspection at the Commission’s Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and via NRC’s Web site (https://www.nrc.gov) on the World-Wide Web, under the ‘‘Public Involvement’’ icon. Accession Number for the Director’s Decision is ML053460450. A copy of the Director’s Decision will be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, for the Commission’s review, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission’s regulations. As provided for by this regulation, the Director’s Decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of the decision, unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the Director’s Decision in that time. PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of December 2005. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Robert C. Pierson, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. E6–60 Filed 1–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel for Contributions to Private Voluntary Organizations—CFC Pilot Program for Department of Defense (DoD) Personnel Deployed Overseas Office of Personnel Management (OPM). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is implementing a Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pilot program for a selected number of local campaigns. This pilot program will allow Department of Defense (DoD) personnel deployed to certain warfighting areas of responsibility the opportunity to expand their giving options to include the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) activities and/or to the local charities located within the corresponding stateside campaign associated with their home base, in addition to the National and International charities. OPM will assess the results of the pilot program and determine, in coordination with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, if a permanent change should be made to CFC regulations and DoD Directive 5035–1. DATES: The Office of Personnel Management’s Office of CFC Operations (OCFCO) will work with the CFC Overseas (CFC–O) Campaign to determine the campaigns eligible to participate in the pilot program for the 2006 CFC no later than March 2006. The OCFCO will provide guidance to the selected campaigns on how to process receipts from the CFC–O Campaign under the pilot program no later than June 30, 2006. Affected deployed donors whose assigned home base is located within one of these selected campaigns will be provided the two additional options for contributing to the 2006 CFC described below beginning on September 1, 2006 and ending approximately December 15, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark W. Lambert, Senior Compliance Officer for the Office of CFC Operations, by telephone at (202) 606–2564; by Fax E:\FR\FM\09JAN1.SGM 09JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 5 / Monday, January 9, 2006 / Notices at (202) 606–0902; or by e-mail at cfc@opm.gov. To address the loss of CFC contributions experienced by local organizations due to the deployment of DoD personnel to certain warfighting area of responsibility, DoD and OPM are implementing a one-year pilot program designed to allow those deployed DoD personnel to adjust their CFC contributions so the contributions can be designated to the donor’s home base MWR activities and/or the local charities located within the corresponding stateside campaign associated with their home base, in addition to the National and International charities. In the absence of this pilot program, CFC regulations limit CFC designations from deployed DoD personnel to national/international charities, or to MWR activities overseas. This pilot program will expire at the end of the 2006 CFC or approximately December 15, 2006. Under the pilot program, the CFC–O Campaign will offer affected deployed DoD personnel a modified CFC–O Campaign pledge card that will contain two added donation options, as follows: (1) Each deployed employee may designate a portion of their donation to their home base’s MWR activities; and/ or, (2) Each deployed employee may elect to apply a portion of their total contribution as a designated contribution for distribution among all local charities located within the geographic area of their home base campaign. OPM will evaluate the costs and logistics tied to the implementation of the new options in anticipation of making it a permanent change in the regulations. These designated contributions will be distributed by CFC–O Campaign to the local campaign associated with the donor’s home base as if the recipient campaign was a participating CFC–O Campaign charity, with the final payments in the distribution cycle sent early enough that the recipient campaign can include them in its final payment to charities. The home base campaign, in turn, will be directed to distribute these designated funds, at no cost, to all local charities in the same manner as local undesignated contributions (i.e. in the same proportion that each charity received designations in the local campaign). Home base campaigns will only need to adjust their distribution schedules and include these CFC–O Campaign contributions in their regular monthly/ quarterly distributions to the local cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:31 Jan 06, 2006 Jkt 208001 charities and track as cash received. Under this pilot program, donated funds will be reduced by the proportionate share of the CFC–O Campaign expenses only prior to distribution to the home base campaigns. Consequently, the home base campaigns will be directed not to charge additional processing costs to distribute these donations, since there is no additional cost associated with either the collection or distribution of the funds. DoD personnel deployed to the affected warfighting areas of responsibility, regardless of the length of time, are officially assigned to the command to which they have been deployed. Therefore, personnel deployed to the affected warfighting areas of responsibility during the campaign season can only be solicited by the campaign responsible for the geographic area of the command. The exception to this rule is when a Navy ship has been deployed but is still considered ‘‘homeported.’’ In this instance, the local campaign should continue to solicit the donor stationed on the homeported ship. CFC regulations at 5 CFR 950.701 state that the CFC–O Campaign is the only authorized campaign to solicit overseas areas during the CFC solicitation period in the fall. Under no circumstances may the stateside campaigns solicit personnel deployed overseas. Sanctions may result for violations of this rule. Authority: E.O. 12353 (March 23, 1982), 47 FR 12785 (March 25, 1982). 3 CFR 1982 Comp., p. 139. E.O. 12404 (February 10, 1983), 48 FR 6685 (February 15, 1983), Pub. L 100–202, and Pub. L. 102–393 (5 U.S.C. 1101 Note). U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Dan G. Blair, Deputy Director. [FR Doc. E6–40 Filed 1–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325–46–P RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval. 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Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–2092 or Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV and to the OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, at the Office of Management and Budget, Room 10230, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. Charles Mierzwa, Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E6–62 Filed 1–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7905–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–53032; File No. SR–DTC– 2005–19] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Enhancements of the SMART/Track Service December 28, 2005. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’),1 notice is hereby given that on November 10, 2005, The Depository Trust Company (‘‘DTC’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) and on December 22, 2005, amended the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared primarily by DTC. DTC filed 1 15 E:\FR\FM\09JAN1.SGM U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 09JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1456-1457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-40]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel 
for Contributions to Private Voluntary Organizations--CFC Pilot Program 
for Department of Defense (DoD) Personnel Deployed Overseas

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is implementing a 
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pilot program for a selected number of 
local campaigns. This pilot program will allow Department of Defense 
(DoD) personnel deployed to certain warfighting areas of responsibility 
the opportunity to expand their giving options to include the Morale, 
Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) activities and/or to the local charities 
located within the corresponding stateside campaign associated with 
their home base, in addition to the National and International 
charities. OPM will assess the results of the pilot program and 
determine, in coordination with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
if a permanent change should be made to CFC regulations and DoD 
Directive 5035-1.

DATES: The Office of Personnel Management's Office of CFC Operations 
(OCFCO) will work with the CFC Overseas (CFC-O) Campaign to determine 
the campaigns eligible to participate in the pilot program for the 2006 
CFC no later than March 2006. The OCFCO will provide guidance to the 
selected campaigns on how to process receipts from the CFC-O Campaign 
under the pilot program no later than June 30, 2006. Affected deployed 
donors whose assigned home base is located within one of these selected 
campaigns will be provided the two additional options for contributing 
to the 2006 CFC described below beginning on September 1, 2006 and 
ending approximately December 15, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark W. Lambert, Senior Compliance 
Officer for the Office of CFC Operations, by telephone at (202) 606-
2564; by Fax

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at (202) 606-0902; or by e-mail at cfc@opm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To address the loss of CFC contributions 
experienced by local organizations due to the deployment of DoD 
personnel to certain warfighting area of responsibility, DoD and OPM 
are implementing a one-year pilot program designed to allow those 
deployed DoD personnel to adjust their CFC contributions so the 
contributions can be designated to the donor's home base MWR activities 
and/or the local charities located within the corresponding stateside 
campaign associated with their home base, in addition to the National 
and International charities. In the absence of this pilot program, CFC 
regulations limit CFC designations from deployed DoD personnel to 
national/international charities, or to MWR activities overseas. This 
pilot program will expire at the end of the 2006 CFC or approximately 
December 15, 2006.
    Under the pilot program, the CFC-O Campaign will offer affected 
deployed DoD personnel a modified CFC-O Campaign pledge card that will 
contain two added donation options, as follows:
    (1) Each deployed employee may designate a portion of their 
donation to their home base's MWR activities; and/or, (2) Each deployed 
employee may elect to apply a portion of their total contribution as a 
designated contribution for distribution among all local charities 
located within the geographic area of their home base campaign.
    OPM will evaluate the costs and logistics tied to the 
implementation of the new options in anticipation of making it a 
permanent change in the regulations.
    These designated contributions will be distributed by CFC-O 
Campaign to the local campaign associated with the donor's home base as 
if the recipient campaign was a participating CFC-O Campaign charity, 
with the final payments in the distribution cycle sent early enough 
that the recipient campaign can include them in its final payment to 
charities. The home base campaign, in turn, will be directed to 
distribute these designated funds, at no cost, to all local charities 
in the same manner as local undesignated contributions (i.e. in the 
same proportion that each charity received designations in the local 
campaign). Home base campaigns will only need to adjust their 
distribution schedules and include these CFC-O Campaign contributions 
in their regular monthly/quarterly distributions to the local charities 
and track as cash received. Under this pilot program, donated funds 
will be reduced by the proportionate share of the CFC-O Campaign 
expenses only prior to distribution to the home base campaigns. 
Consequently, the home base campaigns will be directed not to charge 
additional processing costs to distribute these donations, since there 
is no additional cost associated with either the collection or 
distribution of the funds.
    DoD personnel deployed to the affected warfighting areas of 
responsibility, regardless of the length of time, are officially 
assigned to the command to which they have been deployed. Therefore, 
personnel deployed to the affected warfighting areas of responsibility 
during the campaign season can only be solicited by the campaign 
responsible for the geographic area of the command. The exception to 
this rule is when a Navy ship has been deployed but is still considered 
``homeported.'' In this instance, the local campaign should continue to 
solicit the donor stationed on the homeported ship.
    CFC regulations at 5 CFR 950.701 state that the CFC-O Campaign is 
the only authorized campaign to solicit overseas areas during the CFC 
solicitation period in the fall. Under no circumstances may the 
stateside campaigns solicit personnel deployed overseas. Sanctions may 
result for violations of this rule.

    Authority: E.O. 12353 (March 23, 1982), 47 FR 12785 (March 25, 
1982). 3 CFR 1982 Comp., p. 139. E.O. 12404 (February 10, 1983), 48 
FR 6685 (February 15, 1983), Pub. L 100-202, and Pub. L. 102-393 (5 
U.S.C. 1101 Note).

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E6-40 Filed 1-6-06; 8:45 am]
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