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Open Meeting of the President’s
Advisory Council on Financial Literacy
AGENCY: Office of Financial Education,
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The President’s Advisory
Council on Financial Literacy will
convene its seventh meeting on
Tuesday, January 6, 2009, beginning at
2 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will
be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 2 p.m.
Eastern Time.
Submission of Writen Comments: The
public is invited to submit written
statements to the President’s Advisory
Council on Financial Literacy by any
one of the following methods:
Electronic Statements
E-mail
FinancialLiteracyCouncil@do.treas.gov;
or
Paper Statements
Send paper statements in triplicate to
President’s Advisory Council on
Financial Literacy, Office of Financial
Education, Room 1332, Department of
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.
In general, the Department will post
all statements on its Web site (https://
www.treasury.gov/offices/domesticfinance/financial-institution/fineducation/council/index.shtml) without
change, including any business or
personal information provided such as
names, addresses, e-mail addresses, or
telephone numbers.
The Department will make such
statements available for public
inspection and copying in the
Department’s library, Room 1428, Main
Department Building, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220, on official
business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 5 p.m. You can make an
appointment to inspect statements by
telephoning (202) 622–0990. All
statements, including attachments and
other supporting materials, received are
part of the public record and subject to
public disclosure. You should submit
only information that you wish to make
available publicly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Kurek, Office of Financial Education,
Department of the Treasury, Main
Department Building, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220, at (202) 622–
0204 or Thomas.Kurek@do.treas.gov.
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In
accordance with section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. 2 and the regulations
thereunder, Dubis Correal, Designated
Federal Officer of the Advisory Council,
has ordered publication of this notice
that the President’s Advisory Council on
Financial Literacy will convene its
seventh meeting on Tuesday, January 6,
2009, in the Media Room in the Main
Department Building, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC, beginning at 2 p.m.
Eastern Time. The meeting will be open
to the public. Because the meeting will
be held in a secured facility, members
of the public who plan to attend the
meeting must contact the Office of
Financial Education at 202–622–1783 or
FinancialLiteracyCouncil@do.treas.gov
by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 2,
2009, to inform the Department of their
desire to attend the meeting and to
provide the information that will be
required to facilitate entry into the Main
Department Building. To enter the
building, attendees should e-mail the
Department their full name, date of
birth, social security number,
organization, and country of citizenship.
The primary purpose of this meeting is
for the President’s Advisory Council on
Financial Literacy to discuss the draft of
the President’s Advisory Council on
Financial Literacy’s Annual Report to
the President.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Dated: December 15, 2009.
Lindsay Valdeon,
Deputy Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
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number. The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning its information collection
titled, ‘‘Fiduciary Activities of National
Banks—12 CFR part 9.’’ The OCC is also
giving notice that it has submitted the
collection to OMB for review.
DATES: You should submit written
comments by January 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You should direct all
written comments to: Communications
Division, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, Public Information Room,
Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0140,
250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20219. In addition, comments may be
sent by fax to (202) 874–4448, or by
electronic mail to
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can
inspect and photocopy the comments at
the OCC’s Public Information Room, 250
E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
For security reasons, the OCC requires
that visitors make an appointment to
inspect comments. You may do so by
calling (202) 874–5043. Upon arrival,
visitors will be required to present valid
government-issued photo identification
and submit to security screening in
order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
Additionally, you should send a copy
of your comments to OCC Desk Officer,
1557–0140, by mail to U.S. Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC
20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
can request additional information or a
copy of the collection from Mary H.
Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, (202)
874–5090, Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC
is proposing to extend OMB approval of
the following information collection:
Title: Fiduciary Activities of National
Banks—12 CFR part 9.
OMB Control No.: 1557–0140.
Form No.: None.
Description: This submission covers
an existing regulation and involves no
change to the regulation or to the
information collection. The OCC
requests only that OMB approve its
revised estimate of the burden and
extend its approval of the information
collection.
Under 12 U.S.C. 92a, the OCC
regulates the fiduciary activities of
national banks, including the
administration of collective investment
funds. The requirements in 12 CFR part
9 enable the OCC to perform its
responsibilities relating to the fiduciary
activities of national banks and
collective investment funds. The
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collections of information in part 9 are
found in §§ 9.8, 9.9(a) and (b), 9.17(a),
9.18(b)(1), 9.18(b)(6)(ii), 9.18(b)(6)(iv),
and 9.18(c)(5) as follows:
• Section 9.8 requires a national bank
to maintain fiduciary records;
• Sections 9.9(a) and (b) require a
national bank to note the results of a
fiduciary audit in the minutes of the
board of directors;
• Section 9.17(a) requires a national
bank that wants to surrender its
fiduciary powers to file with the OCC a
certified copy of the resolution of its
board of directors;
• Section 9.18(b)(1) requires a
national bank to establish and maintain
each collective investment fund in
accordance with a written plan;
• Section 9.18(b)(1) also requires a
national bank to make the plan available
for public inspection and to provide a
copy of the plan to any person who
requests it;
• Section 9.18(b)(6)(ii) requires a
national bank to prepare a financial
report of the fund;
• Section 9.18(b)(6)(iv) requires a
national bank to disclose the financial
report to investors and other interested
persons; and
• Section 9.18(c)(5) requires a
national bank to request OCC approval
of special exemption funds.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
492.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
126,403 hours.
On October 9, 2008, the OCC
published a notice in the Federal
Register soliciting comment for 60 days
on this information collection (73 FR
59707). No comments were received.
Comments continue to be invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and
(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs
and costs of operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services to provide
information.
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Dated: December 15, 2008.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0548]
Agency Information Collection (Board
of Veterans’ Appeals Customer
Satisfaction With Hearing Survey)
Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Board of Veterans’ Appeals,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Board of Veterans’
Appeals (BVA), Department of Veterans
Affairs, will submit the collection of
information abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
PRA submission describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected cost and burden; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATE: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
https://www.Regulations.gov; or to VA’s
OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human
Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0548’’ in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF
THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise
McLamb, Enterprise Records Service
(005R1B), Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–7485,
FAX (202) 273–0443 or e-mail:
denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0548.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C.
3501–3521), Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, BVA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of BVA’s
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functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of BVA’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Title: Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Customer Satisfaction with Hearing
Survey, VA Form 0745.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0548.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved.
Abstract: VA Form 0745 is completed
by appellants at the conclusion their
hearing with the Board of Veterans’
Appeals. The data collected will be used
to assess the effectiveness of current
hearing procedures used in conducting
hearings and to develop better methods
of serving veterans and their families.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on
October 10, 2008, at pages 60406–60407.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 110 hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Respondent: 6 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,102.
Dated: December 10, 2008.
By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–New (VGLI Survey)]
Agency Information Collection
Activities (Conversion From
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance)
Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not
required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning its information collection titled, ``Fiduciary Activities of
National Banks--12 CFR part 9.'' The OCC is also giving notice that it
has submitted the collection to OMB for review.
DATES: You should submit written comments by January 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You should direct all written comments to: Communications
Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Public Information
Room, Mailstop 1-5, Attention: 1557-0140, 250 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (202)
874-4448, or by electronic mail to regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can
inspect and photocopy the comments at the OCC's Public Information
Room, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. For security reasons,
the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect comments.
You may do so by calling (202) 874-5043. Upon arrival, visitors will be
required to present valid government-issued photo identification and
submit to security screening in order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
Additionally, you should send a copy of your comments to OCC Desk
Officer, 1557-0140, by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street, NW., 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax
to (202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information
or a copy of the collection from Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities
Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval
of the following information collection:
Title: Fiduciary Activities of National Banks--12 CFR part 9.
OMB Control No.: 1557-0140.
Form No.: None.
Description: This submission covers an existing regulation and
involves no change to the regulation or to the information collection.
The OCC requests only that OMB approve its revised estimate of the
burden and extend its approval of the information collection.
Under 12 U.S.C. 92a, the OCC regulates the fiduciary activities of
national banks, including the administration of collective investment
funds. The requirements in 12 CFR part 9 enable the OCC to perform its
responsibilities relating to the fiduciary activities of national banks
and collective investment funds. The
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collections of information in part 9 are found in Sec. Sec. 9.8,
9.9(a) and (b), 9.17(a), 9.18(b)(1), 9.18(b)(6)(ii), 9.18(b)(6)(iv),
and 9.18(c)(5) as follows:
Section 9.8 requires a national bank to maintain fiduciary
records;
Sections 9.9(a) and (b) require a national bank to note
the results of a fiduciary audit in the minutes of the board of
directors;
Section 9.17(a) requires a national bank that wants to
surrender its fiduciary powers to file with the OCC a certified copy of
the resolution of its board of directors;
Section 9.18(b)(1) requires a national bank to establish
and maintain each collective investment fund in accordance with a
written plan;
Section 9.18(b)(1) also requires a national bank to make
the plan available for public inspection and to provide a copy of the
plan to any person who requests it;
Section 9.18(b)(6)(ii) requires a national bank to prepare
a financial report of the fund;
Section 9.18(b)(6)(iv) requires a national bank to
disclose the financial report to investors and other interested
persons; and
Section 9.18(c)(5) requires a national bank to request OCC
approval of special exemption funds.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 492.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 126,403 hours.
On October 9, 2008, the OCC published a notice in the Federal
Register soliciting comment for 60 days on this information collection
(73 FR 59707). No comments were received. Comments continue to be
invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and
(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Dated: December 15, 2008.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. E8-30131 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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