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of the Loewenstein group; and Karl
Randecker, Jr., Cozad, Nebraska,
individually and as a member of the
Randecker group; to acquire control of
Stamford Banco, Inc., Stamford,
Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire
control of Community Bank, Alma,
Nebraska.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 21, 2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7–25158 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am]
holding company, by acquiring 100
percent of the voting shares of Great
Western Bancorporation, Inc., Omaha,
Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire
voting shares of Great Western Bank,
Watertown, South Dakota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 21, 2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7–25157 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am]
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
The companies listed in this notice
have applied to the Board for approval,
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part
225), and all other applicable statutes
and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well
as other related filings required by the
Board, are available for immediate
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The application also will be
available for inspection at the offices of
the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in
writing on the standards enumerated in
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the
proposal also involves the acquisition of
a nonbanking company, the review also
includes whether the acquisition of the
nonbanking company complies with the
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
noted, nonbanking activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Additional information on all bank
holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center
website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding each of these applications
must be received at the Reserve Bank
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than January 18,
2008.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of New
York (Anne MacEwen, Bank
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street,
New York, New York 10045–0001:
1. National Australia Bank Limited,
Melbourne, Australia; to become a bank
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Agency Information Collection
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Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project:
‘‘Evaluation of the Effectiveness of
AHRQ’s Grant-Supported Research on
Healthcare Costs, Productivity, and
Market Forces.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public
to comment on this proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 26, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by Email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477 or by
E-mail at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘Evaluation of the Effectiveness of
AHRQ’s Grant-Supported Research on
Healthcare Costs, Productivity, and
Market Forces’’
The proposed information collection
will support AHRQ’s efforts to
systematically review the effectiveness
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of its grant-supported research on
healthcare costs, productivity, and
market forces since the late 1990s. In the
first phase of its ongoing evaluation,
AHRQ determined it had funded 149
grants in the area of cost, productivity,
organization and market forces since the
late 1990s (Krissik, Lake and Gold,
2007). Prior to this proposed
information collection, no evaluation of
these grants and their effects has been
conducted. Collecting such information
through a survey of the 149 grantees
will assist AHRQ in its mission of
supporting the synthesis and
dissemination of available scientific
evidence for use by patients, consumers,
practitioners, providers, purchasers,
policymakers, and educators. The
survey will provide information on
grant activities that is not currently
available, including up-to-date
information on grantee dissemination
activities and feedback on AHRQ’s role
in supporting research and
dissemination.
A survey of the universe of grantees
who were funded to carry out the abovedescribed health services research work
offers a rational and scientific approach
to collecting data on the impact of
AHRQ’s research in this area that is
otherwise not currently available. The
survey will be an integral part of
AHRQ’s overall evaluation, which
attempts to describe the research and
the pathways through which research
findings that it has supported are
disseminated and used. The survey
interviews principal investigators about
their grant research projects and will
capture data that systematically track
grant outcomes, providing information
on: (1) The main substantive findings
from the work and the ways they have
been communicated; (2) known impacts
of the work to date; (3) linkage of work
to other research in the field; (4) grantee
ratings of the support that AHRQ
provided before, during, and after award
and how AHRQ services for grantees
could be improved; and, (5) grantee
perceptions of AHRQ’s role in research
funding in this area and how sponsor
interest influences the topics that are
addressed.
Method of Collection
A web-based questionnaire will be
used to conduct the survey with AHRQ
grantees. A self-administered mode was
selected for this survey because
respondents may need to look up
information in order to answer some
questions. A self-administered mode
allows respondents to complete the
survey at their own pace and schedule.
If requested, a hardcopy of the
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding
Companies
The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company
and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the
power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well as other related filings
required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated
in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the
acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether
the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards
in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted,
nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the
offices of the Board of Governors not later than January 18, 2008.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne MacEwen, Bank
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
1. National Australia Bank Limited, Melbourne, Australia; to become
a bank holding company, by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares
of Great Western Bancorporation, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of Great Western Bank, Watertown,
South Dakota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 21,
2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-25157 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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