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just and equitable principles of trade,
and to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism for a free and
open market and a national market
system, and in general, to protect
investors and the public interest. In
particular, the proposal will lessen
investor confusion by having strike
price intervals and trading hours
established prior to the commencement
of trading in options on Index-Linked
Securities.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
The proposed rule change does not
impose any burden on competition that
is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
The Exchange has not solicited, and
does not intend to solicit, comments on
this proposed rule change. The
Exchange has not received any
unsolicited written comments from
members or other interested parties.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule
change does not: (i) Significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant
burden on competition; and (iii) become
operative for 30 days after the date of
the filing, or such shorter time as the
Commission may designate, it has
become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 5 and Rule 19b–
4(f)(6) thereunder.6
The Exchange believes the proposed
rule change is non-controversial in that
it is similar to a Chicago Board Options
Exchange rule change recently approved
by the Commission.7 Further, the
Exchange believes the proposed rule
change may eliminate confusion for
investors by establishing strike price
intervals and trading hours for options
on Index-Linked Securities prior to the
commencement of trading. The
Exchange also believes that the
5 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule
19b4(f)(6)(iii) requires the Exchange to give the
Commission written notice of the Exchange’s intent
to file the proposed rule change along with a brief
description and text of the proposed rule change,
or such shorted time as designated by the
Commission. The Exchange provided a copy of this
rule filing to the Commission at least five business
days prior to the date of this filing.
7 See Securities and Exchange Act Release No.
61696 (March 12, 2010), 75 FR 13174 (March 18,
2010) (approving SR–CBOE 2010–005).
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proposed rule change does not raise any
new, unique or substantive issues, and
is beneficial for competitive purposes
and to promote a free and open market
for the benefit of investors.
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission may summarily abrogate
such rule change if it appears to the
Commission that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public
interest, for the protection of investors,
or otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml ); or
• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
Number SR–ISE–2010–33 on the subject
line.
be posted without change; the
Commission does not edit personal
identifying information from
submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR–ISE–
2010–33 and should be submitted on or
before May 25, 2010.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.8
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2010–0018]
Occupational Information System
AGENCY:
Social Security Administration
(SSA).
ACTION:
Request for comments.
SUMMARY: We are requesting comments
on the recommendations submitted to
us by the Occupational Information
Development Advisory Panel (Panel) in
its report entitled ‘‘Content Model and
Paper Comments
Classification Recommendations for the
Social Security Administration
• Send paper comments in triplicate
Occupational Information System,
to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
September 2009.’’ The complete Panel
Securities and Exchange Commission,
report (including appendices) is
100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
available online at: https://
20549–1090.
www.socialsecurity.gov/oidap/
All submissions should refer to File
Documents/
Number SR–ISE–2010–33. This file
FinalReportRecommendations.pdf.
number should be included on the
subject line if e-mail is used. To help the DATES: To ensure that we receive your
Commission process and review your
feedback in a timely manner for
comments more efficiently, please use
consideration as the project develops,
only one method. The Commission will please submit your comments no later
post all comments on the Commission’s than June 30, 2010.
Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
by any one of three methods—Internet,
submission, all subsequent
fax, or mail. Do not submit the same
amendments, all written statements
comments multiple times or by more
with respect to the proposed rule
than one method. Regardless of which
change that are filed with the
method you choose, please state that
Commission, and all written
your comments refer to Docket No.
communications relating to the
SSA–2010–0018 so that we may
proposed rule change between the
associate your comments with the
Commission and any person, other than correct document.
those that may be withheld from the
Caution: You should be careful to
public in accordance with the
include in your comments only
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
information that you wish to make
available for Web site viewing and
publicly available. We strongly urge you
printing in the Commission’s Public
not to include in your comments any
Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE.,
personal information, such as Social
Washington, DC 20549, on official
Security numbers or medical
business days between the hours of 10
information.
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also
1. Internet: We strongly recommend
will be available for inspection and
that you submit your comments via the
copying at the principal office of the
8 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
Exchange. All comments received will
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Internet. Please visit the Federal
eRulemaking portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Use the Search
function of the Web page to find docket
number SSA–2010–0018. The system
will issue a tracking number to confirm
your submission. You will not be able
to view your comment immediately
because we must post each comment
manually. It may take up to a week for
your comment to be viewable.
2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 597–
0825.
3. Mail: Address your comments to
the Office of Program Development and
Research, Occupational Information
Development Project, Social Security
Administration, 3–E–26 Operations
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235–6401.
Comments are available for public
viewing on the Federal eRulemaking
portal at https://www.regulations.gov or
in person, during regular business
hours, by sending a request to the
project staff at OIDAP@ssa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Occupational Information Development
Advisory Panel, Social Security
Administration, 6401 Security
Boulevard, 3–E–26 Operations,
Baltimore, MD 21235–0001. Fax: 202–
410–597–0825. E-mail to
OIDAP@ssa.gov. For additional
information, please visit the Panel Web
site at https://www.ssa.gov/oidap.
For information on eligibility or filing
for benefits, call our national toll-free
number, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY 1–
800–325–0778, or visit our Internet site,
Social Security Online, at https://
www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Electronic Version
The electronic file of this document is
available on the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register at
https://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
index.html.
Background
In 2008, we established the
Occupational Information Development
Advisory Panel to provide independent
advice and recommendations on
creating an occupational information
system tailored specifically for our
disability programs and adjudicative
needs. The Panel’s advice and
recommendations will relate to our
disability programs in the following
areas:
1. Medical and vocational analysis of
disability claims;
2. Occupational analysis, including
definitions, ratings, and capture of
physical and mental/cognitive demands
of work;
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3. Occupational information critical to
our disability programs;
4. Data collection; and,
5. Other area(s) that will enable us to
develop an occupational information
system (OIS) and improve our medicalvocational adjudication policies and
processes.
Request for Comments
In the first year, the Panel presented
general recommendations regarding an
occupational information system and
also identified attributes of occupations
and people that we should measure for
purposes of disability adjudication. For
occupations, these attributes included
the work activities and related demands
that a job requires of workers. For
people, these attributes described
characteristics that each worker brings
to the job situation that may be involved
when performing the job successfully.
The Panel presented the full report,
including the following seven general
recommendations, to the Commissioner
in September 2009. Both the
recommendations and the proposed OIS
are specific to our disability program
needs.
1. A New Occupational Information
System: Technical, Legal, and Data
Requirements
The Panel recommended that SSA
develop a new OIS to replace the
Dictionary of Occupational Titles for
use in our disability adjudication
process. The Panel recommended that
we design the new OIS to assure its data
are not only useful, but also reliable,
valid, and able to withstand any legal
challenges.
Characteristics to support these
requirements include: (a) Grouping of
occupations at a level to support
individualized disability assessment; (b)
a cross-reference to the Standard
Occupational Classification; (c) precise
occupationally-specific data; (d) core
work activities; (e) minimum levels of
requirements needed to perform work;
(f) discrete, observable measures of both
work activities and worker
characteristics; (g) a manageable number
of data elements; (h) sampling
methodology capturing the full range of
work; (i) measures that are
psychometrically sound; (j) collection of
high quality data; (k) valid, accurate,
and reproducible data; (l) information
about whether core work activities
could be performed in alternative ways;
and, (m) terminology that is consistent
with medical practice and human
function.
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2. Data Elements for the New
Occupational Information System
Based upon previous research related
to job analytic techniques, the Panel
recommended a list of work activities
applicable to all occupations and
recommended that this list serve as a
stimulus to develop SSA-specific
instruments that measure the
requirements of work. The Panel also
recommended that new instruments
include not only work activities, but
also the physical and psychological
abilities required to do work, work
context, and any other attributes
appropriate to disability adjudication.
3. The Classification of Occupations
The Panel recommended that once a
large database representative of all work
in the national economy is available, we
should use various methods to classify
jobs based upon work activities and
identify work activities that we can use
as a common language to match the
abilities of people to appropriate work
available within the economy.
4. Development of Internal and External
Expertise for the Creation and
Maintenance of the New Occupational
Information System
The Panel recommended that we
make the creation and continued
maintenance of an up-to-date and
legally defensible OIS a priority and, to
support that effort, we should develop
an independent, internal unit staffed
with experts on work analysis and other
related disability research needs. The
Panel also recommended that we
develop and maintain online research
and professional communities to inform
the unit’s emerging and ongoing ideas,
research, and methods.
5. Need for Basic & Applied Research
The Panel acknowledged that
developing a new OIS requires
significant research and recommended
that early efforts should focus on the
development and pilot-tests of measures
of work requirements, usability analysis
of these measures, and creation of an
appropriate sampling plan. The Panel
recommended that we conduct research
to determine the most accurate and
defensible sources of data for the OIS,
the best methods for measuring the
required work attributes, and if any
other attributes are appropriate for study
due to their potential for use in the
adjudication process. They also cited
the need to perform research focused on
exploring and validating the link
between the work requirements and
attributes of the person, the
environment, and other job-related
factors. Finally, the Panel recommended
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applied research examining user needs
and the effects of new instruments on
our disability process and programs.
6. Measurement Considerations
In addition to the research needs
described in Recommendation 5, the
Panel recommended that we should
consider research related to appropriate
scales for inclusion in any new
instruments that we develop. The Panel
further stated that we should use scales
that are legally defensible for our needs
and focus on observable, discrete,
characteristics such as frequency and
duration.
7. Communication with Users, the
Public & the Scientific Community
The Panel recommended that we use
both traditional and emerging
government and private media outlets to
inform or solicit input from various
audiences about all activities regarding
the OIS development.
Dated: April 26, 2010.
Debra Tidwell-Peters,
Designated Federal Officer, Occupational
Information Development Advisory Panel.
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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
COMMISSION
Notice of Actions Taken at March 18,
2010, Meeting
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AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Commission actions.
SUMMARY: At its regular business
meeting on March 18, 2010, in State
College, Pennsylvania, the Commission
held a public hearing as part of its
regular business meeting. At the public
hearing, the Commission: (1) Approved
and tabled certain water resources
projects; (2) rescinded approval for a
water resources project; and (3)
approved settlements involving three
water resources projects. Details
concerning these and other matters
addressed at the public hearing and
business meeting are contained in the
Supplementary Information section of
this notice.
DATES: March 18, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin
Commission, 1721 N. Front Street,
Harrisburg, PA 17102–2391.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard A. Cairo, General Counsel,
telephone: (717) 238–0423, ext. 306; fax:
(717) 238–2436; e-mail: rcairo@srbc.net;
or Stephanie L. Richardson, Secretary to
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the Commission, telephone: (717) 238–
0423, ext. 304; fax: (717) 238–2436; email: srichardson@srbc.net. Regular
mail inquiries may be sent to the above
address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
addition to the public hearing and its
related action items identified below,
the following items were also presented
or acted on at the business meeting: (1)
A presentation by Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources Deputy Secretary for Parks &
Forestry James Grace on Marcellus
Shale natural gas leasing in
Pennsylvania state forests; (2) an update
on the implementation of the SRBC
Remote Water Quality Monitoring
Network; (3) a report on hydrologic
conditions in the Susquehanna Basin
with an emphasis on National Flood
Safety Week; (4) approval/ratification of
one grant related to the Susquehanna
Flood Forecast and Warning System,
and five contracts related to ArcGIS,
establishment of an SRBC satellite office
in Sayre, PA, consulting services for
instream flow studies, aquatic resource
surveys, and flood mapping; (5) ratified
the Executive Director’s retention of
outside counsel and other professional
services regarding the relicensing
proceedings for lower Susquehanna
River hydroelectric projects; and (6)
approved a revision of the FY–2011
Budget. The Commission also heard
counsel’s report on legal matters
affecting the Commission and
recognized retiring Chief Administrative
Officer Duane A. Friends for his 25
years of valuable service. The
Commission convened a public hearing
and took the following actions:
Public Hearing—Compliance Actions
The Commission approved a
settlement in lieu of civil penalties for
the following projects:
1. Chesapeake Energy Corporation—
Eastern Division. Pad ID: Ward (ABR–
20090519), Burlington Township, and
Sullivan 1 (ABR–20080715), Athens
Township, Bradford County, Pa.—
$20,000.
2. Novus Operating, LLC. Pad ID:
Sylvester 1H and North Fork 1H,
Brookfield Township, Tioga County,
Pa.—$100,000.
3. Southwestern Energy Production
Company. Pad ID: Ferguson, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pa.—
$50,000.
Public Hearing—Projects Approved
1. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Mosquito
Creek—Hoffman), Karthaus Township,
Clearfield County, Pa. Surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.720 mgd.
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2. Project Sponsor and Facility: EQT
Production Company (West Branch
Susquehanna River—Kuntz),
Greenwood Township, Clearfield
County, Pa. Surface water withdrawal of
up to 0.900 mgd.
3. Project Sponsor and Facility:
EXCO–North Coast Energy, Inc. (West
Branch Susquehanna River—Johnson),
Clinton Township, Lycoming County,
Pa. Surface water withdrawal of up to
0.999 mgd.
4. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (Fall Brook—
Bense), Troy Township, Bradford
County, Pa. Surface water withdrawal of
up to 1.000 mgd.
5. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (Unnamed
Tributary to North Branch Sugar
Creek—Besley), Columbia Township,
Bradford County, Pa. Surface water
withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd.
6. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (South Branch
Sugar Creek—Shedden), Troy
Township, Bradford County, Pa. Surface
water withdrawal of up to 0.900 mgd.
7. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (Sugar Creek—
Hoffman), West Burlington Township,
Bradford County, Pa. Surface water
withdrawal modification increase from
0.250 mgd up to 2.000 mgd (Docket No.
20090327).
8. Project Sponsor: Graymont (PA),
Inc. Project Facility: Pleasant Gap
Facility, Spring Township, Centre
County, Pa. Groundwater withdrawal of
0.050 mgd (30-day average) from the
Plant Make-up Well.
9. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Operations, Inc., Springettsbury
Township, York County, Pa.
Modification to project features of the
withdrawal approval (Docket No.
19900715).
10. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Operations, Inc., Springettsbury
Township, York County, Pa.
Modification to add a groundwater
withdrawal of 0.585 mgd (30-day
average) from Well CW–20 to the
remediation system, without any
increase to total system withdrawal
quantity (Docket No. 19980901).
11. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Healthy Properties, Inc. (Sugar Creek—
owner), North Towanda Township,
Bradford County, Pa. Surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.450 mgd.
12. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Mountain Energy Services, Inc.
(Tunkhannock Creek—Deer Park
Lumber, Inc.), Tunkhannock Township,
Wyoming County, Pa. Surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.999 mgd.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA-2010-0018]
Occupational Information System
AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We are requesting comments on the recommendations submitted to
us by the Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel (Panel)
in its report entitled ``Content Model and Classification
Recommendations for the Social Security Administration Occupational
Information System, September 2009.'' The complete Panel report
(including appendices) is available online at: https://www.socialsecurity.gov/oidap/Documents/FinalReportRecommendations.pdf.
DATES: To ensure that we receive your feedback in a timely manner for
consideration as the project develops, please submit your comments no
later than June 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of three methods--
Internet, fax, or mail. Do not submit the same comments multiple times
or by more than one method. Regardless of which method you choose,
please state that your comments refer to Docket No. SSA-2010-0018 so
that we may associate your comments with the correct document.
Caution: You should be careful to include in your comments only
information that you wish to make publicly available. We strongly urge
you not to include in your comments any personal information, such as
Social Security numbers or medical information.
1. Internet: We strongly recommend that you submit your comments
via the
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Internet. Please visit the Federal eRulemaking portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Use the Search function of the Web page to find
docket number SSA-2010-0018. The system will issue a tracking number to
confirm your submission. You will not be able to view your comment
immediately because we must post each comment manually. It may take up
to a week for your comment to be viewable.
2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 597-0825.
3. Mail: Address your comments to the Office of Program Development
and Research, Occupational Information Development Project, Social
Security Administration, 3-E-26 Operations Building, 6401 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401.
Comments are available for public viewing on the Federal
eRulemaking portal at https://www.regulations.gov or in person, during
regular business hours, by sending a request to the project staff at
OIDAP@ssa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Occupational Information Development
Advisory Panel, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security
Boulevard, 3-E-26 Operations, Baltimore, MD 21235-0001. Fax: 202-410-
597-0825. E-mail to OIDAP@ssa.gov. For additional information, please
visit the Panel Web site at https://www.ssa.gov/oidap.
For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our
national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or
visit our Internet site, Social Security Online, at https://www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Version
The electronic file of this document is available on the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
Background
In 2008, we established the Occupational Information Development
Advisory Panel to provide independent advice and recommendations on
creating an occupational information system tailored specifically for
our disability programs and adjudicative needs. The Panel's advice and
recommendations will relate to our disability programs in the following
areas:
1. Medical and vocational analysis of disability claims;
2. Occupational analysis, including definitions, ratings, and
capture of physical and mental/cognitive demands of work;
3. Occupational information critical to our disability programs;
4. Data collection; and,
5. Other area(s) that will enable us to develop an occupational
information system (OIS) and improve our medical-vocational
adjudication policies and processes.
Request for Comments
In the first year, the Panel presented general recommendations
regarding an occupational information system and also identified
attributes of occupations and people that we should measure for
purposes of disability adjudication. For occupations, these attributes
included the work activities and related demands that a job requires of
workers. For people, these attributes described characteristics that
each worker brings to the job situation that may be involved when
performing the job successfully. The Panel presented the full report,
including the following seven general recommendations, to the
Commissioner in September 2009. Both the recommendations and the
proposed OIS are specific to our disability program needs.
1. A New Occupational Information System: Technical, Legal, and Data
Requirements
The Panel recommended that SSA develop a new OIS to replace the
Dictionary of Occupational Titles for use in our disability
adjudication process. The Panel recommended that we design the new OIS
to assure its data are not only useful, but also reliable, valid, and
able to withstand any legal challenges.
Characteristics to support these requirements include: (a) Grouping
of occupations at a level to support individualized disability
assessment; (b) a cross-reference to the Standard Occupational
Classification; (c) precise occupationally-specific data; (d) core work
activities; (e) minimum levels of requirements needed to perform work;
(f) discrete, observable measures of both work activities and worker
characteristics; (g) a manageable number of data elements; (h) sampling
methodology capturing the full range of work; (i) measures that are
psychometrically sound; (j) collection of high quality data; (k) valid,
accurate, and reproducible data; (l) information about whether core
work activities could be performed in alternative ways; and, (m)
terminology that is consistent with medical practice and human
function.
2. Data Elements for the New Occupational Information System
Based upon previous research related to job analytic techniques,
the Panel recommended a list of work activities applicable to all
occupations and recommended that this list serve as a stimulus to
develop SSA-specific instruments that measure the requirements of work.
The Panel also recommended that new instruments include not only work
activities, but also the physical and psychological abilities required
to do work, work context, and any other attributes appropriate to
disability adjudication.
3. The Classification of Occupations
The Panel recommended that once a large database representative of
all work in the national economy is available, we should use various
methods to classify jobs based upon work activities and identify work
activities that we can use as a common language to match the abilities
of people to appropriate work available within the economy.
4. Development of Internal and External Expertise for the Creation and
Maintenance of the New Occupational Information System
The Panel recommended that we make the creation and continued
maintenance of an up-to-date and legally defensible OIS a priority and,
to support that effort, we should develop an independent, internal unit
staffed with experts on work analysis and other related disability
research needs. The Panel also recommended that we develop and maintain
online research and professional communities to inform the unit's
emerging and ongoing ideas, research, and methods.
5. Need for Basic & Applied Research
The Panel acknowledged that developing a new OIS requires
significant research and recommended that early efforts should focus on
the development and pilot-tests of measures of work requirements,
usability analysis of these measures, and creation of an appropriate
sampling plan. The Panel recommended that we conduct research to
determine the most accurate and defensible sources of data for the OIS,
the best methods for measuring the required work attributes, and if any
other attributes are appropriate for study due to their potential for
use in the adjudication process. They also cited the need to perform
research focused on exploring and validating the link between the work
requirements and attributes of the person, the environment, and other
job-related factors. Finally, the Panel recommended
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applied research examining user needs and the effects of new
instruments on our disability process and programs.
6. Measurement Considerations
In addition to the research needs described in Recommendation 5,
the Panel recommended that we should consider research related to
appropriate scales for inclusion in any new instruments that we
develop. The Panel further stated that we should use scales that are
legally defensible for our needs and focus on observable, discrete,
characteristics such as frequency and duration.
7. Communication with Users, the Public & the Scientific Community
The Panel recommended that we use both traditional and emerging
government and private media outlets to inform or solicit input from
various audiences about all activities regarding the OIS development.
Dated: April 26, 2010.
Debra Tidwell-Peters,
Designated Federal Officer, Occupational Information Development
Advisory Panel.
[FR Doc. 2010-10297 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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