Sunshine Notice; February 24, 2011 Public Hearing, 5842-5843 [2011-2312]

Download as PDF srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES 5842 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 2, 2011 / Notices Clearance (TOC), NSF primarily uses the data from the EHR Generic Clearance for program planning, management, and audit purposes to respond to queries from the Congress, the public, NSF’s external merit reviewers who serve as advisors, including Committees of Visitors (COVs), and the NSF’s Office of the Inspector General. OMB has limited the collection to three categories of descriptive data: (1) Staff and project participants (data that are also necessary to determine individual-level treatment and control groups for future third-party study); (2) project implementation characteristics (also necessary for future use to identify well-matched comparison groups); and (3) project outputs (necessary to measure baseline for pre- and postNSF-funding-level impacts). Use of the Information: This information is required for effective administration, communication, program and project monitoring and evaluation, and for measuring attainment of NSF’s program, project, and strategic goals, and as identified by the President’s Accountable Government Initiative; the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, and the NSF’s Strategic Plan. The Foundation’s FY 2006–2011 Strategic Plan describes four strategic outcome goals of Discovery, Learning, Research Infrastructure, and Stewardship. NSF’s complete strategic plan may be found at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/ pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf0648. Since the EHR Generic Clearance research is primarily used for accountability purposes, including responding from queries from COVs and other scientific experts, a census rather than sampling design typically is necessary. At the individual project level funding can be adjusted based on individual project’s responses to some of the surveys. Some data collected under the EHR Clearance serve as baseline data for separate research and evaluation studies. In order to conduct program- or portfolio-level evaluations, however, both experimental and quasiexperimental evaluation research studies on STEM education interventions require researchers to identify individual-level and organization- or project-level control and treatment groups or comparison groups. NSF-funded contract or grantee researchers and evaluators in part may identify control, comparison, or treatment groups for NSF’s E&T portfolio using some of the descriptive data gathered through OMB 3145–0136 to conduct well-designed, rigorous VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:00 Feb 01, 2011 Jkt 223001 research and portfolio evaluation studies. In accordance with the 2001, 2005, and 2008 OMB TOCs, NSF requests separate stand-alone clearance (and separately announces for comment in the Federal Register) any program or portfolio research or evaluation. Two examples of third-party evaluations that used EHR OMB 3145–0136 data to inform study design are: OMB No. 3145–0187 (Expiring 8/2011) Evaluation of the NSF’s Graduate STEM Fellows in K–12 Education (GK–12) Program and OMB No. 3145–0182 (Expiring 3/2011) Evaluation of the NSF’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program: Followup Study of IGERT Graduates, both conducted by Abt Associates. Respondents: Individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, business or other for profit, and Federal, State, local or tribal government. Number of Respondents: 7,470. Burden of the Public: The total estimate for this collection is 49,556 annual burden hours. This figure is based on the previous 3 years of collecting information under this clearance and anticipated collections. The average annual reporting burden is between 1 and 72 hours per ‘‘respondent,’’ depending on whether a respondent is a direct participant who is self-reporting or representing a project and reporting on behalf of many project participants. Dated: January 28, 2011. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2011–2285 Filed 2–1–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION Sunshine Notice; March 10, 2011 Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, March 10, 2011, 10 a.m. (Open Portion) 10:15 a.m. (Closed Portion). PLACE: Offices of the Corporation, Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. STATUS: Meeting Open to the Public from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Closed portion will commence at 10:15 a.m. (approx.) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. President’s Report. 2. Approval of September 23, 2010 Minutes (Open Session). 3. Tribute—Sanford L. Gottesman. 4. Confirmations: TIME AND DATE: PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Kevin G. Nealer as Member of Board Audit Committee. Judith D. Pryor as Vice President, Office of External Affairs. FURTHER MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (Closed to the Public 10:15 a.m.) 1. Reports. 2. Finance Project—Liberia. 3. Finance Project—Georgia. 4. Insurance Project—Ghana. 5. Approval of September 23, 2010 Minutes (Closed Session). 6. Pending Major Projects. Written summaries of the projects to be presented will be posted on OPIC’s Web site on or about February 3, 2011. CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Information on the meeting may be obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 336–8438. Dated: January 28, 2011. Connie M. Downs, Corporate Secretary, Overseas Private Investment Corporation. [FR Doc. 2011–2310 Filed 1–28–11; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3210–01–P OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION Sunshine Notice; February 24, 2011 Public Hearing 2 p.m., Thursday, February 24, 2011. PLACE: Offices of the Corporation, Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. STATUS: Hearing Open to the Public at 2 p.m. PURPOSE: Public Hearing in conjunction with each meeting of OPIC’s Board of Directors, to afford an opportunity for any person to present views regarding the activities of the Corporation. PROCEDURES: Individuals wishing to address the hearing orally must provide advance notice to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, February 17, 2011. The notice must include the individual’s name, title, organization, address, and telephone number, and a concise summary of the subject matter to be presented. Oral presentations may not exceed ten (10) minutes. The time for individual presentations may be reduced proportionately, if necessary, to afford all participants who have submitted a timely request an opportunity to be heard. Participants wishing to submit a written statement for the record must submit a copy of such statement to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, February 17, 2011. TIME AND DATE: E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM 02FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 2, 2011 / Notices Such statement must be typewritten, double-spaced, and may not exceed twenty-five (25) pages. Upon receipt of the required notice, OPIC will prepare an agenda, which will be available at the hearing, that identifies speakers, the subject on which each participant will speak, and the time allotted for each presentation. A written summary of the hearing will be compiled, and such summary will be made available, upon written request to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary, at the cost of reproduction. Written summaries of the projects to be presented at the September 23, 2010 Board meeting will be posted on OPIC’s Web site on or about Thursday, August 19, 2010. CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Information on the hearing may be obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 218– 0136, or via e-mail at connie.downs@opic.gov. Dated: January 28, 2011. Connie M. Downs, OPIC Corporate Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–2312 Filed 1–28–11; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3210–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 20549–0213. Extension: Rule 701; OMB Control No. 3235– 0522; SEC File No. 270–306. Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget the request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below. Rule 701 (17 CFR 230.701) under the Securities Act of 1933 (‘‘Securities Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) provides an exemption for certain issuers from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for limited offerings and sales of securities issued under compensatory benefit plans or contracts. The purpose of Rule 701 is to ensure that a basic level of information is available to employees and others when substantial amounts of securities are issued in compensatory arrangements. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:00 Feb 01, 2011 Jkt 223001 Information provided under Rule 701 is mandatory. Approximately 300 companies annually rely on the Rule 701 exemption and it takes 2 hours per response. We estimate that 25% of the 2 hours per response (0.5 hours) is prepared by the company for a total annual reporting burden of 150 hours (0.5 hours per response × 300 responses). 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 control number. Background documentation for this information collection may be viewed at the following link, https:// www.reginfo.gov. Written comments should be directed to the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or send an e-mail to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; Thomas Bayer, Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Remi Pavlik-Simon, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice. Dated: January 27, 2011. Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–2229 Filed 2–1–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–63775; File No. SR–DTC– 2011–01] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Dividends Service Guide January 26, 2011. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that on January 13, 2011, The Depository Trust Company (‘‘DTC’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared 1 15 2 17 PO 00000 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 5843 primarily by DTC.3 The Commission is publishing this Notice and Order to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons and to approve the proposed rule change on an accelerated basis. I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of the Substance of the Proposed Rule Change DTC proposes to amend its Dividends Service Guide (‘‘Guide’’) to: (1) clarify DTC’s policy of payment allocations; (2) begin allocation of funds from agents received with corresponding CUSIPlevel identification information at 8:20 a.m.; and (3) make other conforming changes. II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, DTC included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item III below. DTC has prepared summaries, set forth in sections (A), (B), and (C) below, of the most significant aspects of these statements.4 (A) Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change One of core asset services provided by the DTC is the daily collection and allocation of cash entitlements due on DTC-eligible securities. These entitlements, known as Principal and Income (‘‘P&I’’) payments, include dividend, interest, periodic principal, redemption, and maturity payments arising from the 3.5 million securities eligible at DTC. Many paying agents service more than one issue and typically wire to DTC a single ‘‘bulk’’ payment to be allocated to numerous issues or different types of payments for a single issue. Paying agents are required to provide with bulk payments an automated file that provides corresponding Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures (‘‘CUSIP’’) level identification information about the wire payment.5 CUSIP-level detail 3 The text of the proposed rule change is attached as Exhibit 5 to DTC’s filing, which is available at https://www.dtcc.com/downloads/legal/rule_filings/ 2011/dtc/2011-01.pdf. 4 The Commission has modified the text of the summaries prepared by DTC. 5 All paying agents are required to sign DTC’s Operational Arrangements (‘‘OA’’) letter agreeing to Continued Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM 02FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5842-5843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2312]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Sunshine Notice; February 24, 2011 Public Hearing

TIME AND DATE:  2 p.m., Thursday, February 24, 2011.

PLACE:  Offices of the Corporation, Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New 
York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

STATUS:  Hearing Open to the Public at 2 p.m.

PURPOSE:  Public Hearing in conjunction with each meeting of OPIC's 
Board of Directors, to afford an opportunity for any person to present 
views regarding the activities of the Corporation.

PROCEDURES: Individuals wishing to address the hearing orally must 
provide advance notice to OPIC's Corporate Secretary no later than 5 
p.m. Thursday, February 17, 2011. The notice must include the 
individual's name, title, organization, address, and telephone number, 
and a concise summary of the subject matter to be presented.
    Oral presentations may not exceed ten (10) minutes. The time for 
individual presentations may be reduced proportionately, if necessary, 
to afford all participants who have submitted a timely request an 
opportunity to be heard.
    Participants wishing to submit a written statement for the record 
must submit a copy of such statement to OPIC's Corporate Secretary no 
later than 5 p.m. Thursday, February 17, 2011.

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Such statement must be typewritten, double-spaced, and may not exceed 
twenty-five (25) pages.
    Upon receipt of the required notice, OPIC will prepare an agenda, 
which will be available at the hearing, that identifies speakers, the 
subject on which each participant will speak, and the time allotted for 
each presentation.
    A written summary of the hearing will be compiled, and such summary 
will be made available, upon written request to OPIC's Corporate 
Secretary, at the cost of reproduction.
    Written summaries of the projects to be presented at the September 
23, 2010 Board meeting will be posted on OPIC's Web site on or about 
Thursday, August 19, 2010.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:  Information on the hearing may be 
obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 336-8438, via facsimile at (202) 
218-0136, or via e-mail at connie.downs@opic.gov.

    Dated: January 28, 2011.
Connie M. Downs,
OPIC Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2312 Filed 1-28-11; 4:15 pm]
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