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Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(enacted in 1994). In that report, USTR
announced that the United States would
conduct a special provincial review in
the coming year to examine the
adequacy and effectiveness of China’s
IPR protection and enforcement at the
provincial level. The goal of this review
is to spotlight strengths, weaknesses,
and inconsistencies in and among
specific jurisdictions, and to inform
next year’s Special 301 review of China
as a whole.
USTR is now commencing the China
SPR by seeking public comments on the
locations and issues that should be
reviewed. The information received will
be used to set initial priorities for the
review and ensure that the most
important locations and issues receive
appropriate attention. Before concluding
the review, USTR plans to seek more
detailed public comments on the
adequacy and effectiveness of IPR
protection and enforcement at the
provincial level in China.
USTR proposes to focus the SPR on
the locations in China that are most
economically significant for U.S. right
holders, or which merit special
attention for other reasons. USTR seeks
public comments on the specific
provinces and other jurisdictions at the
provincial level that should be the focus
of the SPR. For purposes of this review,
jurisdictions at the provincial level may
include, in addition to China’s
provinces (sheng), the four the
municipalities (shi) of Beijing,
Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin, as
well as China’s five autonomous regions
(zizhiqu). Persons submitting comments
should identify specific provinces,
municipalities, and/or autonomous
regions and give reasons why they
should be reviewed in the SPR.
Within each province, municipality,
or autonomous region that is included
in the review, USTR proposes to
examine the issues and locations of
greatest interest to U.S. right holders.
USTR therefore requests that, with
respect to each province, municipality,
and/or autonomous region
recommended for inclusion in the SPR,
commenters identify with particularity
any key locations or issues that merit
attention. Key locations could include,
for example, particular regions, cities,
towns, districts, sub-districts, or
markets. Key issues could include, for
example, counterfeiting or piracy of
particular types of products in a
particular location, or factors that affect
the ability to enforce particular rights
(e.g., positive or negative aspects of
local policy, legislation, or resources).
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Commenters should bear in mind that
the goals of the SPR include
highlighting strengths, as well as
weaknesses and inconsistencies, in and
among specific jurisdictions. Strengths
could include, for example, taking ex
officio action on behalf of, and
providing fair treatment for, foreign
right holders, or local measures that
facilitate IPR enforcement. USTR
welcomes suggestions for activities,
such as visits or meetings, that would
contribute to a full examination of the
issues and locations of greatest interest
to U.S. right holders.
Among other locations to be
considered for inclusion in the SPR,
USTR seeks comments on possible
inclusion of the four ‘‘hot spots’’
identified in the 2006 Special 301
Report: Guangdong Province, Beijing
City, Zhejiang Province, and Fujian
Province. USTR noted an apparent acute
need for authorities in these areas to
more effectively establish and sustain
proactive, deterrent IPR enforcement.
The China section of the 2006 Special
301 Report (available on USTR’s Web
site at https://www.ustr.gov) identifies
certain issues and locations of concern
in Guangdong, Beijing, Zhejiang, and
Fujian.
Finally, USTR encourages interested
persons to monitor progress with
respect to significant locations and
issues at China’s provincial level over
the remainder of the year. As noted
above, USTR plans to seek more
detailed public comments before
concluding the SPR.
Requirements for Comments:
Comments should be brief, and should
respond to the requests in this notice.
Comments must be in English. No
submissions will be accepted via postal
service mail. Documents should be
submitted as either WordPerfect, MS
Word, or text (.TXT) files. Supporting
documentation submitted as
spreadsheets is acceptable as Quattro
Pro or Excel files. A submitter
requesting that information contained in
a comment be treated as confidential
business information must certify that
such information is business
confidential and would not customarily
be released to the public by the
submitter. A non-confidential version of
the comment must also be provided. For
any document containing business
confidential information, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC–
’’, and the file name of the public
version should begin with the character
‘‘P-’’. The ‘‘P–’’ or ‘‘BC–’’ should be
followed by the name of the submitter.
Submissions should not include
separate cover letters; information that
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might appear in a cover letter should be
included in the submission itself. To the
extent possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
All comments should be addressed to
Sybia Harrison, Special Assistant to the
Section 301 Committee, and sent (i)
electronically, to the following e-mail
address: FR0621@ustr.eop.gov, with
‘‘China Special Provincial Review’’ in
the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to (202)
395–9458, with a confirmation copy
sent electronically to the e-mail address
above.
Public Inspection of Submissions:
Within one business day of receipt, nonconfidential submissions will be placed
in a public file, open for inspection at
the USTR reading room, Office of the
United States Trade Representative,
Annex Building, 1724 F Street, NW.,
Room 1, Washington, DC. An
appointment to review the file must be
scheduled at least 48 hours in advance
and may be made by calling Jacqueline
Caldwell at (202) 395–6186. The USTR
reading room is open to the public from
10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Victoria Espinel,
Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request For Collection: Scholarship
for Service Program Internet Web Page
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: 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) intends to submit a
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). The OPM is requesting
OMB to approve a collection associated
with the Scholarship For Service (SFS)
Program Internet Web page. Approval of
the Web page is necessary to facilitate
the timely registration, selection and
placement of program-enrolled students
in Federal agencies.
The SFS Program was established by
the National Science Foundation in
accordance with the Federal Cyber
Service Training and Education
Initiative as described in the President’s
National Plan for Information Systems
Protection. This program seeks to
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increase the number of qualified
students entering the fields of
information assurance and computer
security in an effort to respond to the
threat to the Federal Government’s
information technology infrastructure.
The program provides capacity building
grants to selected 4-year colleges and
universities to develop or improve their
capacity to train information assurance
professionals. It also provides selected
4-year colleges and universities
scholarship grants to attract students to
the information assurance field.
Participating students who receive
scholarships from this program are
required to serve a 10-week internship
during their studies and complete a
post-graduation employment
commitment equivalent to the length of
the scholarship or one year, whichever
is longer.
OPM projects that 450 students will
graduate from participating institutions
over the next three years. These
students will need placement in
addition to the 180 students needing
placement this year. This is a new
collection of information. Based on
other programs that collect similar
information, we estimate the collection
of information for registering and
creating an online resume to be 45
minutes to 1 hour in length of time to
answer questions. We estimate the total
number of hours to be 630.
Comments are particularly invited on:
Whether this information is necessary
for the proper performance of functions
of OPM, 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;
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.
For copies of this proposal, contact
Kathy Roberson (210) 805–2423, ext.
506; fax (210) 805–2407 or e-mail to
kathy.roberson@opm.gov. Please
include your mailing address with your
request.
Comments on this proposal
should be received within sixty (60)
calendar days from the date of this
publication.
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Send or deliver comments
to: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, ATTN: Kathy Roberson,
8610 Broadway, Rm. 305, San Antonio,
TX 78217. E-mail:
kathy.roberson@opm.gov.
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Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Deputy Director.
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Jill M. Peterson,
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that
the Securities and Exchange
Commission will hold the following
meetings during the week of June 19,
2006:
A Closed Meeting will be held on
Monday, June 19, 2006 at 2 p.m. and on
Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 10 a.m.
Commissioners, Counsel to the
Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries
will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain
staff members who have an interest in
the matters may also be present.
The General Counsel of the
Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or
more of the exemptions set forth in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9)(B),
(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (4), (5),
(7), (8), (9)(ii), and (10) permit
consideration of the scheduled matters
at the Closed Meetings.
Commissioner Glassman, as duty
officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meetings in closed
session and determined that no earlier
notice thereof was possible.
The subject matter of the Closed
Meeting scheduled for Monday, June 19,
2006 will be:
Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of
injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of
administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature; and
Regulatory matters regarding financial
institutions.
The subject matter of the Closed
Meeting scheduled for Thursday, June
22, 2006 will be:
Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of
injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of
administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature;
Litigation matters; and
Resolution of litigation claims.
At times, changes in Commission
priorities require alterations in the
scheduling of meeting items.
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[Release No. 34–53968; File No. SR–Amex–
2006–56]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness
of Proposed Rule Change Relating to
the Adoption of an Options Licensing
Fee in Connection With Certain Russell
Indexes
June 9, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on May 26,
2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC
(‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) submitted to
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been prepared by Amex. Amex has
designated this proposal as one
establishing or changing a due, fee, or
other charge imposed by the selfregulatory organization under Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–
4(f)(2) thereunder,4 which renders it
effective upon filing with the
Commission. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to modify its
Options Fee Schedule by adopting a per
contract licensing fee for the orders of
specialists, registered options traders
(‘‘ROTs’’), firms, non-member market
makers, and broker-dealers in
connection with options transactions on
the Russell 2000 Index (symbol: RUT)
and shares of the following exchangetraded funds (‘‘ETFs’’): (1) Rydex
Russell Top 50 (symbol: XLG); (2)
iShares Russell 1000 (symbol: IWB); (3)
iShares Russell 1000 Growth (symbol:
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Collection: Scholarship
for Service Program Internet Web Page
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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) intends to submit a request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OPM is requesting OMB to approve a
collection associated with the Scholarship For Service (SFS) Program
Internet Web page. Approval of the Web page is necessary to facilitate
the timely registration, selection and placement of program-enrolled
students in Federal agencies.
The SFS Program was established by the National Science Foundation
in accordance with the Federal Cyber Service Training and Education
Initiative as described in the President's National Plan for
Information Systems Protection. This program seeks to
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increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of
information assurance and computer security in an effort to respond to
the threat to the Federal Government's information technology
infrastructure. The program provides capacity building grants to
selected 4-year colleges and universities to develop or improve their
capacity to train information assurance professionals. It also provides
selected 4-year colleges and universities scholarship grants to attract
students to the information assurance field. Participating students who
receive scholarships from this program are required to serve a 10-week
internship during their studies and complete a post-graduation
employment commitment equivalent to the length of the scholarship or
one year, whichever is longer.
OPM projects that 450 students will graduate from participating
institutions over the next three years. These students will need
placement in addition to the 180 students needing placement this year.
This is a new collection of information. Based on other programs that
collect similar information, we estimate the collection of information
for registering and creating an online resume to be 45 minutes to 1
hour in length of time to answer questions. We estimate the total
number of hours to be 630.
Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this information is
necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, 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; 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.
For copies of this proposal, contact Kathy Roberson (210) 805-2423,
ext. 506; fax (210) 805-2407 or e-mail to kathy.roberson@opm.gov.
Please include your mailing address with your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within sixty (60)
calendar days from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to:U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, ATTN: Kathy Roberson, 8610 Broadway, Rm. 305,San Antonio,
TX 78217.E-mail: kathy.roberson@opm.gov.
Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Deputy Director.
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