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Dated: August 22, 2011.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S.
Government.
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0297, or via e-mail at
connie.downs@opic.gov.
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Dated: August 25, 2011.
Connie M. Downs,
OPIC Corporate Secretary.
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
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Sunshine Notice; Public Hearing;
September 14, 2011
2 p.m., Wednesday,
September 14, 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 PM Friday,
September 9, 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 PM Friday, September 9, 2011. Such
statement must be typewritten, doublespaced, 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 22, 2011
Board meeting will be posted on OPIC’s
web site on or about Thursday,
September 1, 2011.
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:
Information on the hearing may be
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Board of Governors; Sunshine Act
Meeting
Tuesday, September 13,
2011, at 10 a.m.
PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal
Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza, SW.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday, September 13, at 10 a.m.
(Closed)
1. Strategic Issues.
2. Financial Matters.
3. Pricing.
4. Personnel Matters and
Compensation Issues.
5. Governors’ Executive Session—
Discussion of prior agenda items and
Board Governance.
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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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 an Open Meeting
on August 31, 2011 at 10 a.m., in the
Auditorium, Room L–002.
The subject matter of the Open
Meeting will be:
Item 1: The Commission will consider
whether to issue a concept release and
request public comment on a wide range
of issues under the Investment
Company Act raised by the use of
derivatives by investment companies
regulated under that Act.
Item 2: The Commission will consider
whether to issue two related releases.
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The first release is an advance notice of
proposed rulemaking to solicit public
comment on possible amendments to
Rule 3a–7 under the Investment
Company Act, the rule that provides
certain asset-backed issuers with a
conditional exclusion from the
definition of investment company. The
second release is a concept release to
solicit public comment on interpretive
issues related to the status under the
Investment Company Act of companies
that are engaged in the business of
acquiring mortgages and mortgagerelated instruments.
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: August 24, 2011.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes one
extension of an OMB-approved
information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, e-mail, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202–395–6974, E-mail address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration,
DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401
Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
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Fax: 410–965–6400, E-mail address:
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
SSA submitted the information
collection listed below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments on the
information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them
within 30 days from the date of this
publication. To consider your
comments, we must receive them no
later than September 28, 2011. You can
obtain a copy of the OMB clearance
package by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer at 410–965–8783 or by
writing to the above e-mail address.
costs. This law requires SSA to make
eligibility determinations and to provide
a process for appealing SSA’s
determinations. Regulation sections
418.3625(c), 418.3645, 418.3665(a), and
418.3670 contain public reporting
requirements pertaining to
administrative review hearings.
Respondents are applicants for the
Medicare Part D subsidies who request
an administrative review hearing.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Medicare Part D Subsidies
Regulations—20 CFR 418.3625,
418.3645, 418.3665(a), and 418.3670—
0960–0702. The Medicare Prescription
Drug Improvement and Modernization
Act (MMA) of 2003 established the
Medicare Part D program for voluntary
prescription drug coverage of premium,
deductible, and co-payment costs for
certain low-income individuals. The
MMA also mandated the provision of
subsidies for those individuals who
qualify for the program and who meet
eligibility criteria for help with
premium, deductible, or co-payment
Number of
respondents
Section
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Total annual
burden
(hours)
418.3625(c) ......................................................................................................
418.3645 ..........................................................................................................
418.3665(a) ......................................................................................................
418.3670 ..........................................................................................................
2,500
10
1,000
5
1
1
1
1
5
20
5
10
208
3
83
1
Total ..........................................................................................................
3,515
........................
........................
295
Dated: August 24, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports
Clearance, Social Security Administration.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes a request
for a new information collection, and
revisions of OMB-approved information
collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
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Fax: 202–395–6974, E-mail address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration,
DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401
Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410–965–6400, E-mail address:
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The Information Collection Below Is
Pending at SSA
SSA will submit it to OMB within 60
days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we
must receive them no later than October
28, 2011. Individuals can obtain copies
of the collection instrument by calling
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
410–965–8783 or by writing to the
above e-mail address.
Screen Pop—20 CFR 401.45—0960–
New. Section 205(a) of the Social
Security Act (Act) requires SSA to verify
the identity of individuals who request
a record or information pertaining to
themselves, and to establish procedures
for disclosing personal information.
SSA has established Screen Pop, an
automated telephone process, to speed
up verification for such individuals.
Accessing Screen Pop, callers enter their
Social Security number (SSN) using
their telephone keypad or speech
technology prior to speaking with a
National 800 Number Network (N8NN)
agent. The automated Screen Pop
application collects the SSN and routes
it to the ‘‘Start New Call’’ Customer
Help and Information (CHIP) screen.
Functionality for the Screen Pop
application ends once the SSN connects
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to the CHIP screen and the SSN routes
to the agent’s screen. When the call
connects to the SSA agent, the agent can
use the SSN to access the caller’s record
as needed.
The respondents for this collection
are individuals who contact SSA’s
N8NN to speak with an agent.
Type of Request: Request for a new
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 34,000,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 1
minute.
Estimated Annual Burden: 566,667
hours.
II. SSA Submitted the Information
Collections Below to OMB for
Clearance
Your comments regarding the
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them
within 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider
your comments, we must receive them
no later than September 28, 2011.
Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance packages by calling the
SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410–
965–8783 or by writing to the above email address.
1. Application for Benefits Under a U.S.
International Social Security
Agreement—20 CFR 404.1925–0960–
0448
Section 233(a) of the Act authorizes
the President to broker international
Social Security agreements (totalization
agreements) between the United States
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes one extension of an OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974, E-mail address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
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Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
SSA submitted the information collection listed below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments on the information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of this
publication. To consider your comments, we must receive them no later
than September 28, 2011. You can obtain a copy of the OMB clearance
package by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-8783 or
by writing to the above e-mail address.
Medicare Part D Subsidies Regulations--20 CFR 418.3625, 418.3645,
418.3665(a), and 418.3670--0960-0702. The Medicare Prescription Drug
Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 established the
Medicare Part D program for voluntary prescription drug coverage of
premium, deductible, and co-payment costs for certain low-income
individuals. The MMA also mandated the provision of subsidies for those
individuals who qualify for the program and who meet eligibility
criteria for help with premium, deductible, or co-payment costs. This
law requires SSA to make eligibility determinations and to provide a
process for appealing SSA's determinations. Regulation sections
418.3625(c), 418.3645, 418.3665(a), and 418.3670 contain public
reporting requirements pertaining to administrative review hearings.
Respondents are applicants for the Medicare Part D subsidies who
request an administrative review hearing.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Total annual
Section respondents response response burden (hours)
(minutes)
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418.3625(c)..................................... 2,500 1 5 208
418.3645........................................ 10 1 20 3
418.3665(a)..................................... 1,000 1 5 83
418.3670........................................ 5 1 10 1
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Total....................................... 3,515 .............. .............. 295
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Dated: August 24, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
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