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Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: December 28, 2006.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network; Bank Secrecy Act Advisory
Group; Solicitation of Application for
Membership; Correction
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (FinCEN), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On December 7, 2006,
FinCEN published a Federal Register
notice inviting the public to nominate
financial organizations and trade groups
for membership in the Bank Secrecy Act
Advisory Group. Inadvertently the
available vacancies announced for
‘‘Industry Representatives Banking’’ and
the list of members whose terms end as
of February 28, 2007 were incorrect.
This document corrects that
information. Persons responding to the
previous notice need not respond again.
DATES: Nominations must be received
by January 8, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Applications may be mailed
(not sent by facsimile) to Regulatory
Policy and Programs Division, Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. BOX
39, Vienna, VA 22183 or e-mailed to:
BSAAG@fincen.gov.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yesenia Armijo, Regulatory Policy
Specialist at 202–354–6400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money
Laundering Act of 1992 required the
Secretary of the Treasury to establish a
Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group
(BSAAG) consisting of representatives
from federal regulatory and law
enforcement agencies, financial
institutions, and trade groups subject to
the reporting requirements of the Bank
Secrecy Act, 31 CFR part 103 et seq. or
Section 6050I of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986. The BSAAG is the means
by which the Secretary receives advice
on the operations of the Bank Secrecy
Act.
New members will be selected to
serve a three-year term. Applications
should consist of:
• Point of contact, title, address, email address, phone number
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• Description of the financial
institution or trade group and its
involvement with the Bank Secrecy Act,
31 CFR part 103 et seq.
• Reasons why its participation on
the BSAAG will bring value to the group
Entities may nominate themselves.
Based on current BSAAG position
openings we encourage applications
from the following sectors or types of
organizations with experience working
on the Bank Secrecy Act:
• State Regulatory Agency (1
vacancy).
• State Banking Trade Group (1
vacancy).
• Industry Trade Group—Banking
Sector (1 vacancy).
• Industry Trade Group—Casino (1
vacancy).
• Industry Trade Group—Precious
Metals, Stones, and Jewels (1 vacancy).1
• Industry Trade Group-Money
Services Business Sector (1 vacancy).
• Industry Representatives Banking (3
vacancies).
• Industry Representatives Securities/
Futures (2 vacancies).2
• Industry Representatives Money
Services Business (1 vacancy).
BSAAG members whose terms end as
of February 28, 2007,3 are:
State Regulatory Agency:
• New York State Banking
Department.
State Banking Trade Group:
• California Bankers Association.
Industry Trade Group—Banking Sector:
• Independent Community Bankers
Association.
Industry Trade Group—Casino:
• American Gaming Association.
Industry Trade Group—Money Services
Business Sector:
• Financial Service Center of
America.
Industry Representatives Banking:
• Bank of America.
• Branch Bank & Trust.
• Pentagon Federal Credit Union.
Industry Representatives Securities/
Futures:
• Morgan Stanley.
Industry Representatives Money
Services Business:
• American Express.
1 This is a newly created position in light of the
decision adopted at the May 2006 BSAAG Plenary.
2 An additional position was created in light of
the decision adopted at the May 2006 BSAAG
Plenary.
3 State regulatory agencies, state regulator trade
groups, self-regulatory organizations, and industry
trade groups can serve renewable three-year terms
at the discretion of the Director of FinCEN. Industry
members may not serve consecutive terms but may
serve multiple terms.
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Dated: December 27, 2006.
William F. Baity,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Literacy and Education
Commission’s Two-Day Summit on
Kindergarten Through Postsecondary
Financial Education
Departmental Offices, Treasury.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a twoday summit on kindergarten through
postsecondary financial education of the
Financial Literacy and Education
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’),
established by the Financial Literacy
and Education Improvement Act, Title
V of the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions (‘‘FACT’’) Act of 2003
(Pub. L. 108–159). This summit is being
co-hosted by the Departments of
Education and Treasury.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for meeting dates.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for meeting
addresses.
First Day
of the Summit: The first day of the
Summit will be held on February 21,
2007 at the Department of Education.
The program, which will include
several sessions, will begin at 10 a.m.
and end at 4 p.m. (EST). There will be
an hour and a half lunch break.
ADDRESSES: The first day of the Summit
will be held in the Departmental
Auditorium FB–6 at the Department of
Education, located at 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC. Limited
seating is available to the public on a
first-come, first-serve basis. Attendees
will be required to provide the
following information not later than 5
p.m. (EST) on February 13, 2007: Visitor
name, visitor’s organization, and date
and time of visit to
FLECrsvp@do.treas.gov. For entry into
the building, attendees will be required
to provide a valid picture I.D.
Second Day of the Summit: The
second day of the Summit will be held
on February 22, 2007 at the Department
of the Treasury. The program, which
will include several sessions, will begin
at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. (EST). There
will be an hour and half a lunch break.
ADDRESSES: The second day of the
Summit will be held in the Cash Room
at the Department of Education, located
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at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. Limited seating is
available to the public on a first-come,
first-serve basis. Attendees will be
required to provide the following
information not later than 5 p.m. (EST)
on February 13, 2007: Visitor name,
visitor’s organization, phone number,
Social Security number, date of birth
and country of citizenship to
FLECrsvp@do.treas.gov or (202) 622–
1783 (not a toll-free number). For entry
into the building, attendees will be
required to provide a valid picture I.D.
Background
This two-day summit on kindergarten
through postsecondary financial
education is part of the implementation
of the National Strategy for Financial
Literacy issued by the Commission. The
FACT Act established the Commission
to improve financial literacy and
education of persons in the United
States. The Commission is composed of
the Secretary of the Treasury and the
head of the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency; the Office of Thrift
Supervision; the Federal Reserve; the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
the National Credit Union
Administration; the Securities and
Exchange Commission; the Departments
of Education, Agriculture, Defense,
Health and Human Services, Housing
and Urban Development, Labor, and
Veterans Affairs; the Federal Trade
Commission; the General Services
Administration; the Small Business
Administration; the Social Security
Administration; the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission; and the Office of
Personnel Management.
This financial education summit, cohosted by the Departments of Education
and Treasury, will be held during two
days at separate locations each day. For
each day of the summit, there will be at
least 50 seats reserved for members of
the public. Seating is available on a
first-come basis.
For
additional information, contact Luz
Figuereo by e-mail at:
FLECstrategy@do.treas.gov or by
telephone at (202) 622–5770 (not a toll
free number). Additional information
regarding the Financial Literacy and
Education Commission and the
Department of the Treasury’s Office of
Financial Education may be obtained
through the Office of Financial
Education’s Web site at: https://
www.treas.gov/financialeducation.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: December 21, 2006.
Dan Iannicola, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
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The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–
463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act)
that the Veterans’ Disability Benefits
Commission has scheduled a meeting
for January 18–19, 2007, at the Hotel
Washington, 15th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. The meeting will begin
at 8 a.m. each day and end at 5:15 p.m.
on January 18 and 3 p.m. on January 19.
The meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the Commission is to
carry out a study of the benefits under
the laws of the United States that are
provided to compensate and assist
veterans and their survivors for
disabilities and deaths attributable to
military service.
The agenda for the meeting will
include updates on the progress of the
studies being conducted by the Center
for Naval Analyses (CNA) and the
Insititue of Medicine (IOM). CNA will
include an overview and discussion
with Commissioners regarding its
research and analyses of Individual
Unemployability and Program
Operations. VA will provide a public
response to IOM’s request for
documents and information related to
IOM’s research on behalf of the
Commission. In addition to providing a
summary of the overall status of Issue
Papers addressing specific Research
Questions, Commission staff will also
facilitate the presentation and
discussion of new or revised Issue
Papers at various stages of development.
(Research Questions approved by the
Commission on October 14, 2005, are
available upon request or please visit
the Commission’s Web site at https://
www.vetscommission.org.)
On January 19, there will be time set
aside for the Commission to receive
comments from veteran and military
service organizations and interested
members of the public on three topics
related to specific Research Questions.
The three topics will be: Line of Duty
(Research Question 13); Character of
Discharge (Research Question 23); and
Concurrent Receipt (Research Question
21).
Interested persons may present oral
statements to the Commission on
January 19. Oral presentations will be
limited to five minutes or less,
depending on the number of
participants. Interested parties may also
provide written comments for review by
the Commission prior to the meeting or
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Wage &
Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden
(Notices) Issue Committee of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of time change.
SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Wage
& Investment Reducing Taxpayer
Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be
conducted (via teleconference). The
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting
public comments, ideas and suggestions
on improving customer service at the
Internal Revenue Service.
The meeting will be held
Thursday, January 4, 2007, at 1 p.m. ET.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sallie Chavez at 1–888–912–1227, or
954–423–7979.
Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Wage &
Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden
(Notices) Issue Committee of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held
Thursday, January 4, 2007, at 1 p.m. ET
via a telephone conference call. If you
would like to have the TAP consider a
written statement, please call 1–888–
912–1227 or 954–423–7979, or write
Sallie Chavez, TAP Office, 1000 South
Pine Island Road, Suite 340, Plantation,
FL 33324. Due to limited conference
lines, notification of intent to participate
in the telephone conference call meeting
must be made with Sallie Chavez. Ms.
Chavez can be reached at 1–888–912–
1227 or 954–423–7979, or post
comments to the Web site: https://
www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include: Various IRS
issues.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: December 22, 2007.
John Fay,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Literacy and Education Commission's Two-Day Summit on
Kindergarten Through Postsecondary Financial Education
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a two-day summit on kindergarten through
postsecondary financial education of the Financial Literacy and
Education Commission (the ``Commission''), established by the Financial
Literacy and Education Improvement Act, Title V of the Fair and
Accurate Credit Transactions (``FACT'') Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-159).
This summit is being co-hosted by the Departments of Education and
Treasury.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting addresses.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: First Day of the Summit: The first day of
the Summit will be held on February 21, 2007 at the Department of
Education. The program, which will include several sessions, will begin
at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. (EST). There will be an hour and a half
lunch break.
ADDRESSES: The first day of the Summit will be held in the Departmental
Auditorium FB-6 at the Department of Education, located at 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC. Limited seating is available to the public
on a first-come, first-serve basis. Attendees will be required to
provide the following information not later than 5 p.m. (EST) on
February 13, 2007: Visitor name, visitor's organization, and date and
time of visit to FLECrsvp@do.treas.gov. For entry into the building,
attendees will be required to provide a valid picture I.D.
Second Day of the Summit: The second day of the Summit will be held
on February 22, 2007 at the Department of the Treasury. The program,
which will include several sessions, will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4
p.m. (EST). There will be an hour and half a lunch break.
ADDRESSES: The second day of the Summit will be held in the Cash Room
at the Department of Education, located
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at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Limited seating is
available to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. Attendees
will be required to provide the following information not later than 5
p.m. (EST) on February 13, 2007: Visitor name, visitor's organization,
phone number, Social Security number, date of birth and country of
citizenship to FLECrsvp@do.treas.gov or (202) 622-1783 (not a toll-free
number). For entry into the building, attendees will be required to
provide a valid picture I.D.
Background
This two-day summit on kindergarten through postsecondary financial
education is part of the implementation of the National Strategy for
Financial Literacy issued by the Commission. The FACT Act established
the Commission to improve financial literacy and education of persons
in the United States. The Commission is composed of the Secretary of
the Treasury and the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency; the Office of Thrift Supervision; the Federal Reserve; the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the National Credit Union
Administration; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Departments
of Education, Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Housing
and Urban Development, Labor, and Veterans Affairs; the Federal Trade
Commission; the General Services Administration; the Small Business
Administration; the Social Security Administration; the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission; and the Office of Personnel Management.
This financial education summit, co-hosted by the Departments of
Education and Treasury, will be held during two days at separate
locations each day. For each day of the summit, there will be at least
50 seats reserved for members of the public. Seating is available on a
first-come basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Luz Figuereo by e-mail at: FLECstrategy@do.treas.gov or by telephone at
(202) 622-5770 (not a toll free number). Additional information
regarding the Financial Literacy and Education Commission and the
Department of the Treasury's Office of Financial Education may be
obtained through the Office of Financial Education's Web site at:
https://www.treas.gov/financialeducation.
Dated: December 21, 2006.
Dan Iannicola, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education.
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