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Affected Public: Private sector—
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 11,367.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 11,367.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 2,517.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden:
$4,659.
Dated: April 7, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Bureau of International Labor Affairs;
Office of Trade and Labor Affairs;
Request for Comments on Labor
Capacity-Building Efforts Under the
Dominican Republic—Central
America—United States Free Trade
Agreement
Office of the Secretary, Labor,
and Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments from the
public.
AGENCIES:
This notice is a request for
comments from the public to assist the
Secretary of Labor and the United States
Trade Representative in preparing a
report on labor capacity-building efforts
under Chapter 16 (‘‘the Labor Chapter’’)
and Annex 16.5 of the Dominican
Republic—Central America—United
States Free Trade Agreement (‘‘the
CAFTA–DR’’), as well as efforts made by
the CAFTA–DR countries to implement
the recommendations contained in the
report entitled ‘‘The Labor Dimension in
Central America and the Dominican
Republic—Building on Progress:
Strengthening Compliance and
Enhancing Capacity’’ (‘‘the White
Paper’’). This report is required under
the Dominican Republic—Central
America—United States Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act (‘‘the
CAFTA–DR Implementation Act’’). The
reporting function and the
responsibility for soliciting public
comments required under this Act were
assigned to the Secretary of Labor, in
consultation with the United States
Trade Representative.
DATES: Written comments are due no
later than 5 p.m. May 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Persons submitting
comments are strongly advised to make
such submissions by electronic mail to
the following address:
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FRFTACAFTA@dol.gov. Submissions by
facsimile may be sent to: Paula Church
Albertson, Deputy Division Chief of
Trade Agreement Administration and
Technical Cooperation, Office of Trade
and Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of
Labor at (202) 693–4851 (this is not a
toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula Church Albertson, Deputy
Division Chief of Trade Agreement
Administration and Technical
Cooperation, Office of Trade and Labor
Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S–
5303, Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone (202) 693–4900 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
During the legislative approval
process for the CAFTA–DR, the
Administration and the Congress
reached an understanding on the need
to support labor capacity-building
efforts linked to recommendations
identified in the White Paper of the
Working Group of the Vice Ministers
Responsible for Trade and Labor in the
countries of Central America and the
Dominican Republic. A total of $155
million was appropriated in support of
labor and environment capacitybuilding in FY 2005 through FY 2009.
For more information on these
initiatives, see the full text of the
CAFTA–DR and the White Paper as well
as other relevant fact sheets and reports
posted on the respective Web sites of
the Office of the United States Trade
Representative, https://www.ustr.gov/
Trade_Agreements/Regional/CAFTA/
Section_Index.html, and the
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Subregional Office for Central America,
Haiti, Panama and the Dominican
Republic, https://web.oit.or.cr/ (follow
´
the link to: Sector IV, Dialogo Social,
and then link to: Verification of the
White Paper, Central America and the
Dominican Republic).
In addition, in December 2006, the
USDOL published the procedural
guidelines for the receipt and review of
submissions under U.S. Free Trade
Agreements, including the CAFTA–DR
(71 FR 76691 Dec. 21, 2006).
Subsequently, the U.S. held the first
Labor Affairs Council meeting in
November 2008, pursuant CAFTA–DR
Article 16.4.2. Since the CAFTA–DR
came into force, OTLA has received,
accepted and reviewed one submission,
issuing a public report in January 2009.
OTLA received a second submission,
and will decide whether to accept this
submission in April 2011.
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Under section 403(a) of the CAFTA–
DR Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C.
4111(a), the President must report
biennially to the Congress on the
progress made by the CAFTA–DR
countries in implementing the labor
obligations and the labor capacitybuilding provisions found in the Labor
Chapter and Annex 16.5 and
implementing the recommendations
contained in the White Paper. Section
403(a)(4) requires the President to
establish a mechanism to solicit public
comments on the matters described in
section 403(a)(3)(D) of the CAFTA–DR
Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C.
4111(a)(4).
By Proclamation, the President
delegated the reporting function and the
responsibility for soliciting public
comments under section 403(a) of the
CAFTA–DR Implementation Act, 19
U.S.C. 4111(a), to the Secretary of Labor,
in consultation with the United States
Trade Representative. Proclamation No.
8272, 73 FR 38,297 (June 30, 2008). This
notice serves to request public
comments as required by this section.
2. Information Sought
The Department of Labor is seeking
comments on the following topics as
required under Section 404(a)(3)(D) of
the CAFTA–DR Implementation Act:
1. Capacity-building efforts by the
United States government envisaged by
Article 16.5 of the CAFTA–DR Labor
Chapter and Annex 16.5;
2. Efforts by the United States
government to facilitate full
implementation of the White Paper
recommendations;
3. Efforts made by the CAFTA–DR
countries to comply with Article 16.5 of
the Labor Chapter and Annex 16.5 and
to fully implement the White Paper
recommendations, including progress
made by the CAFTA–DR countries in
affording to workers internationallyrecognized worker rights through
improved capacity; and
4. Efforts made by the governments of
the Parties to the CAFTA–DR to fulfill
their Labor Chapter (Chapter 16)
commitments under the CAFTA–DR.
3. Requirements for Comments
This notice requests comments in
response to a general solicitation to the
public. Written comments may be
submitted by 5 p.m. May 20, 2011. To
ensure prompt and full consideration of
comments, it is strongly recommended
that comments be submitted by
electronic mail to the following e-mail
address: FRFTACAFTA@dol.gov.
Persons making comments by e-mail
should use the following subject line:
Comments pursuant to CAFTA–DR
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Implementation Act. Documents should
be submitted in MSWord format.
Supporting documentation submitted as
spreadsheets is acceptable in Excel
format. Persons who make comments by
e-mail should not provide separate
cover letters; information that might
appear in a cover letter should be
included in the comments themselves.
Similarly, to the extent possible, any
attachments to the comments should be
included in the same file as the
comments themselves, not as separate
files. In the event that e-mail comments
are not possible, comments should be
sent by facsimile to (202) 693–4851 (this
is not a toll-free number). Written
comments will be placed in a file open
to public inspection at the Department
of Labor, Room S–5303, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210. An appointment to review
the file must be scheduled at least 48
hours in advance and may be made by
calling (202) 693–4900 (this is not a tollfree number).
Signed at Washington, DC, the 7th day of
April 2011.
Sandra Polaski,
Deputy Undersecretary, International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011–8971 Filed 4–12–11; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: (11–033)]
Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, 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 proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within sixty calendar days
from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
addressed to Lori Parker, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Washington, DC 20546–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Lori Parker, Office of the
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Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite
2S65, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001, (202) 358–1351,
lori.parker@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Scientific and Technical
Information (STI) Program Office desires
to seek out customer feedback from
industry, academia, research institutes,
other government, as well as individual
members of the public, in order to
assess the impact of the STI
disseminated to those populations in
terms of cost avoidance, schedule gain,
productivity, innovation, and potential
job creation.
II. Method of Collection
We intend to introduce the feedback
questionnaire by initially by e-mail in
reply to fulfilled information requests
initiated by customers; however,
customers accessing STI online will also
have an option to provide their feedback
via e-mail or web-based questionnaire as
part of the document retrieval process.
III. Data
Title: NASA STI Impact Assessment.
OMB Number: 2700–XXXX.
Type of review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Industry, academia,
research institutes, other government,
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500 annually.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17 hours.
Estimated Annual Cost for
Respondents: $3.50.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of NASA, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
NASA’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) 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 automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
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public record.
Fran Teel,
Acting NASA Clearance Officer.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: (11–032)]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection. This is a 30-day notice of
submission of information collection
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget and request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, NASA
Headquarters has submitted a Generic
Information Collection Request (Generic
ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery’’ to OMB for
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within 15 calendar days
following the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to Lori Parker, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite
2S65, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Lori Parker, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite
2S65, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001, (202) 358–1351,
lori.parker@nasa.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Bureau of International Labor Affairs; Office of Trade and Labor
Affairs; Request for Comments on Labor Capacity-Building Efforts Under
the Dominican Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade
Agreement
AGENCIES: Office of the Secretary, Labor, and Office of the United
States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments from the public.
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SUMMARY: This notice is a request for comments from the public to
assist the Secretary of Labor and the United States Trade
Representative in preparing a report on labor capacity-building efforts
under Chapter 16 (``the Labor Chapter'') and Annex 16.5 of the
Dominican Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement
(``the CAFTA-DR''), as well as efforts made by the CAFTA-DR countries
to implement the recommendations contained in the report entitled ``The
Labor Dimension in Central America and the Dominican Republic--Building
on Progress: Strengthening Compliance and Enhancing Capacity'' (``the
White Paper''). This report is required under the Dominican Republic--
Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
(``the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act''). The reporting function and the
responsibility for soliciting public comments required under this Act
were assigned to the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the
United States Trade Representative.
DATES: Written comments are due no later than 5 p.m. May 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Persons submitting comments are strongly advised to make
such submissions by electronic mail to the following address:
FRFTACAFTA@dol.gov. Submissions by facsimile may be sent to: Paula
Church Albertson, Deputy Division Chief of Trade Agreement
Administration and Technical Cooperation, Office of Trade and Labor
Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor at (202) 693-4851 (this is not a
toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula Church Albertson, Deputy
Division Chief of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical
Cooperation, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5303, Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone (202) 693-4900 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
During the legislative approval process for the CAFTA-DR, the
Administration and the Congress reached an understanding on the need to
support labor capacity-building efforts linked to recommendations
identified in the White Paper of the Working Group of the Vice
Ministers Responsible for Trade and Labor in the countries of Central
America and the Dominican Republic. A total of $155 million was
appropriated in support of labor and environment capacity-building in
FY 2005 through FY 2009. For more information on these initiatives, see
the full text of the CAFTA-DR and the White Paper as well as other
relevant fact sheets and reports posted on the respective Web sites of
the Office of the United States Trade Representative, https://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Regional/CAFTA/Section_Index.html, and
the International Labour Organization (ILO) Subregional Office for
Central America, Haiti, Panama and the Dominican Republic, https://web.oit.or.cr/ (follow the link to: Sector IV, Di[aacute]logo Social,
and then link to: Verification of the White Paper, Central America and
the Dominican Republic).
In addition, in December 2006, the USDOL published the procedural
guidelines for the receipt and review of submissions under U.S. Free
Trade Agreements, including the CAFTA-DR (71 FR 76691 Dec. 21, 2006).
Subsequently, the U.S. held the first Labor Affairs Council meeting in
November 2008, pursuant CAFTA-DR Article 16.4.2. Since the CAFTA-DR
came into force, OTLA has received, accepted and reviewed one
submission, issuing a public report in January 2009. OTLA received a
second submission, and will decide whether to accept this submission in
April 2011.
Under section 403(a) of the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C.
4111(a), the President must report biennially to the Congress on the
progress made by the CAFTA-DR countries in implementing the labor
obligations and the labor capacity-building provisions found in the
Labor Chapter and Annex 16.5 and implementing the recommendations
contained in the White Paper. Section 403(a)(4) requires the President
to establish a mechanism to solicit public comments on the matters
described in section 403(a)(3)(D) of the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act,
19 U.S.C. 4111(a)(4).
By Proclamation, the President delegated the reporting function and
the responsibility for soliciting public comments under section 403(a)
of the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C. 4111(a), to the Secretary
of Labor, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative.
Proclamation No. 8272, 73 FR 38,297 (June 30, 2008). This notice serves
to request public comments as required by this section.
2. Information Sought
The Department of Labor is seeking comments on the following topics
as required under Section 404(a)(3)(D) of the CAFTA-DR Implementation
Act:
1. Capacity-building efforts by the United States government
envisaged by Article 16.5 of the CAFTA-DR Labor Chapter and Annex 16.5;
2. Efforts by the United States government to facilitate full
implementation of the White Paper recommendations;
3. Efforts made by the CAFTA-DR countries to comply with Article
16.5 of the Labor Chapter and Annex 16.5 and to fully implement the
White Paper recommendations, including progress made by the CAFTA-DR
countries in affording to workers internationally-recognized worker
rights through improved capacity; and
4. Efforts made by the governments of the Parties to the CAFTA-DR
to fulfill their Labor Chapter (Chapter 16) commitments under the
CAFTA-DR.
3. Requirements for Comments
This notice requests comments in response to a general solicitation
to the public. Written comments may be submitted by 5 p.m. May 20,
2011. To ensure prompt and full consideration of comments, it is
strongly recommended that comments be submitted by electronic mail to
the following e-mail address: FRFTACAFTA@dol.gov. Persons making
comments by e-mail should use the following subject line: Comments
pursuant to CAFTA-DR
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Implementation Act. Documents should be submitted in MSWord format.
Supporting documentation submitted as spreadsheets is acceptable in
Excel format. Persons who make comments by e-mail should not provide
separate cover letters; information that might appear in a cover letter
should be included in the comments themselves. Similarly, to the extent
possible, any attachments to the comments should be included in the
same file as the comments themselves, not as separate files. In the
event that e-mail comments are not possible, comments should be sent by
facsimile to (202) 693-4851 (this is not a toll-free number). Written
comments will be placed in a file open to public inspection at the
Department of Labor, Room S-5303, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. An appointment to review the file must be
scheduled at least 48 hours in advance and may be made by calling (202)
693-4900 (this is not a toll-free number).
Signed at Washington, DC, the 7th day of April 2011.
Sandra Polaski,
Deputy Undersecretary, International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-8971 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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