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agreements. Id. at 3–4. The latter
revisions address, for example, the
treatment of confidential information,
reference updates and the availability of
pickup service. The Postal Service also
notes other minor changes which
modify or delete certain provisions. Id.
The Postal Service contends that the
instant contract satisfies the pricing
formula and classification system
established in Governors’ Decision No.
08–7. Id. at 2–3. It asserts that the
instant contract and all GEPS 2
contracts have similar cost and market
characteristics and is functionally
equivalent in all relevant aspects. Id. at
3. The Postal Service concludes that this
contract is in compliance with 39 U.S.C.
3633, and requests that this contract be
included within the GEPS 2 product. Id.
at 6.
II. Notice of Filing
The Commission establishes Docket
No. CP2010–20 for consideration of
matters related to the contract identified
in the Postal Service’s Notice.
Interested persons may submit
comments on whether the Postal
Service’s contract is consistent with the
policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642
and 39 CFR part 3015. Comments are
due no later than February 1, 2010. The
public portions of these filings can be
accessed via the Commission’s Web site
(https://www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Paul L.
Harrington to serve as Public
Representative in this proceeding.
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III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. CP2010–20 for consideration of the
issues raised in this docket.
2. Comments by interested persons in
these proceedings are due no later than
February 1, 2010.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L.
Harrington is appointed to serve as
officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in this
proceeding.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
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POSTAL SERVICE
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Board of Governors; Sunshine Act
Meeting
Proposed Data Collection(s) Available
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, February 9,
2010, at 8:30 a.m.; 1:30 p.m. and 3:15
p.m.
PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal
Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin
Room.
STATUS: February 9 at 8:30 a.m.—
Closed; 1:30 p.m.—Open; and 3:15
p.m.—Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Tuesday, February 9 at 8:30 a.m.
(Closed)
1. Strategic Issues.
2. Pricing.
3. Financial Matters.
4. Personnel Matters and
Compensation Issues.
5. Governors’ Executive Session—
Discussion of prior agenda items and
Board Governance.
Tuesday, February 9 at 1:30 p.m.
(Open)
1. Minutes of the Previous Meetings,
November 12–13, December 8, 2009;
and January 12, 2010.
2. Remarks of the Chairman of the
Board.
3. Remarks of the Postmaster General
and CEO.
4. Amendments to Board Bylaws.
5. Appointment of Committee
Members and Committee Reports.
6. Quarterly Report on Financial
Performance.
7. Inspector General Report on USPS
Share of CSRS Pension Responsibility.
8. Quarterly Report on Service
Performance.
9. Tentative Agenda for the March 22–
24, 2010, meeting in Washington, DC.
Tuesday, February 9 at 3:15 p.m.
(Closed)
1. Continuation of closed session
agenda.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Julie S. Moore, Secretary of the Board,
U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza,
SW., Washington, DC 20260–1000.
Telephone (202) 268–4800.
Julie S. Moore,
Secretary.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collections are
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden for the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
1. Title and Purpose of Information
Collection
Application for Employee Annuity
Under the Railroad Retirement Act;
OMB 3220–0002. Section 2 of the
Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides
for payments of age and service,
disability, and supplemental annuities
to qualified employees. An annuity
cannot be paid until the employee stops
working for a railroad employer. In
addition, the age and service employee
must relinquish any rights held to such
jobs. A disabled employee does not
need to relinquish employee rights until
attaining Full Retirement Age, or if
earlier, their spouse files for a spouse
annuity. Benefits become payable after
the employee meets certain other
requirements, which depend on the type
of annuity payable. The requirements
for obtaining the annuities are
prescribed in 20 CFR 216, and 220.
The RRB currently uses the electronic
AA–1cert, Application Summary and
Certification process and the following
forms to collect the information needed
for determining entitlement to and the
amount of, an employee retirement
annuity: Form AA–1, Application for
Employee Annuity Under the Railroad
Retirement Act, Form AA–1d,
Application for Determination of
Employee Disability, and Form G–204,
Verification of Workers Compensation/
Public Disability Benefit Information.
The AA–1cert process obtains
information from an applicant for either
an age and service, or disability annuity
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by means of an interview with an RRB
field-office representative. It obtains
information about an applicant’s marital
history, work history, military service,
benefits from other governmental
agencies and railroad pensions. During
the interview, the field-office
representative enters the information
obtained into an on-line information
system. Upon completion of the
interview, the applicant receives Form
AA–1cert, Application Summary and
Certification, which summarizes the
information that was provided by/or
verified by the applicant, for review and
signature. The RRB also uses a manual
version, RRB Form AA–1, in instances
where the RRB representative is unable
to contact the applicant in-person or by
telephone, i.e., the applicant lives in
another country.
Form AA–1d, Application for
Determination of Employee Disability, is
completed by an employee who is filing
for a disability annuity under the RRA,
or a disability freeze under the Social
Security Act for early Medicare based
on a disability. Form G–204,
Verification of Workers Compensation/
Public Disability Benefit Information, is
used to obtain and verify information
concerning worker’s compensation or
public disability benefits that are or will
be paid by a public agency to a disabled
railroad employee.
The RRB estimates the burden for the
collection as follows:
ESTIMATED BURDEN
Estimated annual responses
Form #
Estimated
completion
time
(per response)
Estimated annual burden
(Hours)
14,000
100
5
3,700
20
17,825
30
62
60
35
15
........................
7,000
103
5
2,158
5
9,271
AA–1cert (interview) ....................................................................................................................
AA–1 manual (without assistance) ..............................................................................................
AA–1d (manual without assistance) ............................................................................................
AA–1d (manual) (interview) .........................................................................................................
G–204 ..........................................................................................................................................
Total ......................................................................................................................................
The RRB proposes non-burden
impacting editorial changes intended to
provide clarification to Form AA–
1(cert). Non-burden impacting editorial
changes intended to provide
clarification and specificity to currently
existing responses as well as the
deletion of several items that are no
longer needed are proposed to Form
AA–1. No changes are proposed to
Form(s) AA–1d and G–204.
All of the forms require completion to
obtain a benefit. One response is
requested of each respondent.
2. Title and Purpose of Information
Collection
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Voluntary Customer Surveys in
Accordance with E.O. 12862; OMB
3220–0192
In accordance with Executive Order
12862, the Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB) conducts a number of customer
surveys designed to determine the kinds
and quality of services our beneficiaries,
claimants, employers and members of
the public want and expect, as well as
their satisfaction with existing RRB
services. The information collected is
used by RRB management to monitor
customer satisfaction by determining to
what extent services are satisfactory and
where and to what extent services can
be improved. The surveys are limited to
data collections that solicit strictly
voluntary opinions, and do not collect
information which is required or
regulated. The information collection,
which was first approved by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) in
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1997, provides the RRB with a generic
clearance authority. This generic
authority allows the RRB to submit a
variety of new or revised customer
survey instruments (needed to timely
implement customer monitoring
activities) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for expedited review
and approval.
The average burden per response for
customer satisfaction activities is
estimated to range from 2 minutes for a
Web-site questionnaire to 2 hours for
participation in a focus group. The RRB
estimates an annual burden of 1,750
annual respondents totaling 717 hours
for the generic customer survey
clearance.
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, please call the RRB
Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or
send an e-mail request to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Patricia A.
Henaghan, Railroad Retirement Board,
844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or send an e-mail to
Patricia.Henaghan@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–61400; File No. 10–198]
BATS Y–Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Filing of Application for Registration
as a National Securities Exchange
Under Section 6 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
January 22, 2010.
On October 20, 2009, BATS Y–
Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BATS Y Exchange’’)
submitted to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a
Form 1 application under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’),
seeking registration as a national
securities exchange under Section 6 of
the Exchange Act. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on BATS Y Exchange’s Form
1. The Commission will take these
comments into consideration in making
its determination about whether to grant
BATS Y Exchange’s request to be
registered as a national securities
exchange. The Commission shall grant
such registration if it finds that the
requirements of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder
with respect to BATS Y Exchange are
satisfied.1
BATS Y Exchange’s Form 1 provides
detailed information on how it proposes
to satisfy the requirements of the
Exchange Act. BATS Y Exchange is
wholly-owned by BATS Global Markets,
Inc., which also owns BATS Exchange,
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection(s) Available for Public Comment and
Recommendations
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for
public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden for the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
1. Title and Purpose of Information Collection
Application for Employee Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement Act;
OMB 3220-0002. Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides
for payments of age and service, disability, and supplemental annuities
to qualified employees. An annuity cannot be paid until the employee
stops working for a railroad employer. In addition, the age and service
employee must relinquish any rights held to such jobs. A disabled
employee does not need to relinquish employee rights until attaining
Full Retirement Age, or if earlier, their spouse files for a spouse
annuity. Benefits become payable after the employee meets certain other
requirements, which depend on the type of annuity payable. The
requirements for obtaining the annuities are prescribed in 20 CFR 216,
and 220.
The RRB currently uses the electronic AA-1cert, Application Summary
and Certification process and the following forms to collect the
information needed for determining entitlement to and the amount of, an
employee retirement annuity: Form AA-1, Application for Employee
Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement Act, Form AA-1d, Application for
Determination of Employee Disability, and Form G-204, Verification of
Workers Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information.
The AA-1cert process obtains information from an applicant for
either an age and service, or disability annuity
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by means of an interview with an RRB field-office representative. It
obtains information about an applicant's marital history, work history,
military service, benefits from other governmental agencies and
railroad pensions. During the interview, the field-office
representative enters the information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of the interview, the applicant
receives Form AA-1cert, Application Summary and Certification, which
summarizes the information that was provided by/or verified by the
applicant, for review and signature. The RRB also uses a manual
version, RRB Form AA-1, in instances where the RRB representative is
unable to contact the applicant in-person or by telephone, i.e., the
applicant lives in another country.
Form AA-1d, Application for Determination of Employee Disability,
is completed by an employee who is filing for a disability annuity
under the RRA, or a disability freeze under the Social Security Act for
early Medicare based on a disability. Form G-204, Verification of
Workers Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information, is used to
obtain and verify information concerning worker's compensation or
public disability benefits that are or will be paid by a public agency
to a disabled railroad employee.
The RRB estimates the burden for the collection as follows:
Estimated Burden
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Estimated
Estimated completion Estimated
Form annual time (per annual burden
responses response) (Hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AA-1cert (interview)............................................ 14,000 30 7,000
AA-1 manual (without assistance)................................ 100 62 103
AA-1d (manual without assistance)............................... 5 60 5
AA-1d (manual) (interview)...................................... 3,700 35 2,158
G-204........................................................... 20 15 5
Total....................................................... 17,825 .............. 9,271
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The RRB proposes non-burden impacting editorial changes intended to
provide clarification to Form AA-1(cert). Non-burden impacting
editorial changes intended to provide clarification and specificity to
currently existing responses as well as the deletion of several items
that are no longer needed are proposed to Form AA-1. No changes are
proposed to Form(s) AA-1d and G-204.
All of the forms require completion to obtain a benefit. One
response is requested of each respondent.
2. Title and Purpose of Information Collection
Voluntary Customer Surveys in Accordance with E.O. 12862; OMB 3220-0192
In accordance with Executive Order 12862, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) conducts a number of customer surveys designed to determine
the kinds and quality of services our beneficiaries, claimants,
employers and members of the public want and expect, as well as their
satisfaction with existing RRB services. The information collected is
used by RRB management to monitor customer satisfaction by determining
to what extent services are satisfactory and where and to what extent
services can be improved. The surveys are limited to data collections
that solicit strictly voluntary opinions, and do not collect
information which is required or regulated. The information collection,
which was first approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
in 1997, provides the RRB with a generic clearance authority. This
generic authority allows the RRB to submit a variety of new or revised
customer survey instruments (needed to timely implement customer
monitoring activities) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
expedited review and approval.
The average burden per response for customer satisfaction
activities is estimated to range from 2 minutes for a Web-site
questionnaire to 2 hours for participation in a focus group. The RRB
estimates an annual burden of 1,750 annual respondents totaling 717
hours for the generic customer survey clearance.
Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms,
and/or supporting material, please call the RRB Clearance Officer at
(312) 751-3363 or send an e-mail request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV.
Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed to
Patricia A. Henaghan, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or send an e-mail to
Patricia.Henaghan@RRB.GOV. Written comments should be received within
60 days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
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