Sunshine Act Meeting, 31383-31384 [2011-13530]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 31, 2011 / Notices 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 June 23, 2011 Board meeting will be posted on OPIC’s Web site on or about Friday, June 3, 2011. CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Information on the hearing may be obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 408– 0297, or via e-mail at connie.downs@opic.gov. Dated: May 26, 2011. Connie M. Downs, OPIC Corporate Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–13507 Filed 5–26–11; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3210–01–P PEACE CORPS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Peace Corps. 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, Peace Corps 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: Comments must be submitted on or before June 30, 2011. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB approval number and should be sent via e-mail to: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to: 202–395–3086. Attention: Desk Officer for Peace Corps. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, please contact Denora Miller, FOIA Officer, mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:27 May 27, 2011 Jkt 223001 Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20526, (202) 692–1236, or e-mail at pcfr@peacecorps.gov. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Denora Miller. 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 qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. The Peace Corps received no comments in response to the 60-day PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31383 notice published in the Federal Register of December 22, 2010 (75 FR 80542). Below we provide Peace Corps projected average estimates for the next three years: 1 Current Actions: New collection of information. Type of Review: New Collection. Affected Public: Individuals and households, businesses and organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government. Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 10. Annual Number of Respondents: 8,226. Annual Responses: 8,226. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 49. Annual Burden Hours: 5,039. Affected Public: Individuals and households, businesses and organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government. 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 Office of Management and Budget control number. This notice is issued in Washington, DC on May 23, 2011. Earl W. Yates, Associate Director, Management. [FR Doc. 2011–13350 Filed 5–27–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6051–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a Closed Meeting on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 2 p.m. Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters also may be present. The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has 1 The 60-day notice included the following estimate of the aggregate burden hours for this generic clearance federal-wide: Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 25,000. Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 200. Annual responses: 5,000,000. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average minutes per response: 30. Burden hours: 2,500,000. E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1 31384 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 31, 2011 / Notices certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting. Commissioner Aguilar, as duty officer, voted to consider the items listed for the Closed Meeting in a closed session. The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 2011 will be: Institution and settlement of injunctive actions; Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; and Other matters relating to enforcement proceedings. At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting items. For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, please contact: The Office of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. Dated: May 26, 2011. Cathy H. Ahn, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–13530 Filed 5–26–11; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P [Release No. 34–64539; File No. SR–Phlx– 2011–68] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC Relating to Market Access Provider Fee mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES May 24, 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 May 17, 2011, NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC (‘‘Phlx’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III, below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. 2 17 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:27 May 27, 2011 Jkt 223001 II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange 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 IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 1 15 I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange’s Fee Schedule to eliminate the Market Access Provider Subsidy in Section VII of the Fee Schedule. While changes to the Fee Schedule pursuant to this proposal are effective upon filing, the Exchange has designated these changes to be operative on June 1, 2011. The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s Web site at https://nasdaqtrader.com/ micro.aspx?id=PHLXfilings, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. 1. Purpose The purpose of the proposed rule change is to eliminate Section VII, entitled ‘‘Market Access Provider Subsidy’’ from the Fee Schedule. The Market Access Provider Subsidy is a per contract fee payable by the Exchange to Eligible Market Access Providers 3 for Eligible Contracts 4 submitted by MAPs for execution on the Exchange. The Exchange does not desire to incentivize MAPs going forward by offering a subsidy. In 2007, the Exchange began to offer MAPs a subsidy to route additional 3 A Market Access Provider is an Exchange member organization that offers customers automated order routing systems and electronic market access to U.S. options markets (‘‘Market Access Providers’’ or ‘‘MAPs’’). 4 ‘‘Eligible Contracts’’ means contracts that result from the execution on the Exchange of: (1) Equity option orders (other than crosses) sent electronically to an Eligible MAP (and routed to the Exchange electronically by the Eligible MAP) by its customers; and (2) MAP Routing Orders (other than crosses) sent electronically by the Eligible MAP. Contracts that are executed electronically as part of a Complex Order are not Eligible Contracts. PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 option orders to the Exchange.5 The subsidy is applicable to any Exchange member organization that qualifies as a MAP and elects to participate for that calendar month. The Exchange pays a per-contract MAP Subsidy to any Exchange member organization that qualifies as a MAP (an ‘‘Eligible MAP’’) 6 and elects to participate by submitting any application(s) and/or form(s) required by the Exchange, and complying with other conditions.7 The Exchange currently pays a monthly subsidy of $0.10 (the ‘‘Subsidy Rate’’) to Eligible MAPs for each Eligible Contract executed in the immediately preceding calendar month above the particular Eligible MAP’s Baseline Order Flow.8 5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56274 (August 16, 2007), 72 FR 48720 (August 24, 2007) (SR–Phlx–2007–54). 6 Eligible MAP’’ means a MAP eligible for the Market Access Provider Subsidy and who is required to: (1) Submit any required Exchange applications and/or forms for Exchange approval to participate as an Eligible MAP; (2) provide to its customers systems that enable the electronic routing of equity option orders to all of the U.S. options exchanges, including Phlx; (3) provide to its customers current consolidated market data from the U.S. options exchanges; (4) interface with Phlx’s API to access the Exchange’s electronic options trading platform, PHLX XL II; (5) offer to its customers a customized interface and routing functionality (including sweep function described below) such that: (A) Phlx will be the default destination for all equity option orders (whether marketable or not), provided that in the case of marketable orders, Phlx is at the national best bid or offer (‘‘NBBO’’) on the appropriate side of the market (i.e., the contra-side of the order that is routed to Phlx), regardless of size or time, up to Phlx’s disseminated size; and (B) the MAP’s option order routing functionality incorporates a feature that causes orders at a specified price to be routed simultaneously to multiple exchanges with a single click (a ‘‘sweep function’’), which is configured to route all such orders (or, if such orders are for a size larger than the size disseminated by the Phlx on the opposite side of the market, at least the portion of the order that corresponds to Phlx’s disseminated size) to Phlx as the default destination for execution for a size up to the full size quoted on the Phlx, provided that, in the case of marketable orders, the Phlx disseminated price on the appropriate side of the market is at the NBBO; (6) configure its own option order routing functionality such that it is configured as described in sub-paragraph 5(A) and (B) above, with respect to all equity option orders as to which the MAP has discretion as to routing (‘‘MAP Routing Orders’’); (7) ensure that the customized functionality described in subparagraphs (5) and (6) above permits users submitting option orders through such system(s) to manually override the Phlx as the default destination on an order-by-order basis; and (8) enter into and maintain an agreement with the Exchange to function as an Eligible MAP and be in compliance with all terms thereof. 7 The MAP must enter into a Priority Routing Covenant with the Exchange which is an agreement with Phlx to refrain from entering into arrangements with other exchanges or execution venues where such exchange or execution venue will have the same routing position as, or priority over, Phlx as the default destination for certain option orders, unless Phlx otherwise consents. 8 ‘‘Baseline Order Flow’’ for an Eligible MAP means the higher of: (1) 500,000 contracts, or (2) the E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31383-31384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13530]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409, that the Securities 
and Exchange Commission will hold a Closed Meeting on Thursday, June 2, 
2011 at 2 p.m.
    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the 
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meeting. 
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters also may be 
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has

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certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 
200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the 
scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting.
    Commissioner Aguilar, as duty officer, voted to consider the items 
listed for the Closed Meeting in a closed session.
    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Thursday, 
June 2, 2011 will be:

Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; and
Other matters relating to enforcement proceedings.

    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items.
    For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have 
been added, deleted or postponed, please contact:
    The Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400.

    Dated: May 26, 2011.
Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13530 Filed 5-26-11; 4:15 pm]
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