Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch; Proposed Amendments Limiting Gifts From Registered Lobbyists and Lobbying Organizations; Extension of Comment Period, 70667 [2011-29569]

Download as PDF 70667 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 220 Tuesday, November 15, 2011 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 5 CFR Part 2635 Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch; Proposed Amendments Limiting Gifts From Registered Lobbyists and Lobbying Organizations; Extension of Comment Period AGENCY: 3209–AA04, for the proposed rulemaking. Julia L. Eirinberg, Associate General Counsel, Office of Government Ethics; telephone: (202) 482–9300; TYY: (800) 877–8339; FAX: (202) 482–9237. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of the original proposed rulemaking notice is available at: https://www.gpo.gov/ fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-13/html/201123311.htm. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Approved: November 9, 2011. Don W. Fox, Acting Director, Office of Government Ethics. [FR Doc. 2011–29569 Filed 11–14–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6345–03–P Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Proposed rule; extension of comment period. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION On September 13, 2011, the Office of Government Ethics published in the Federal Register proposed amendments to the regulation governing standards of ethical conduct for executive branch employees of the Federal Government to impose limits on the use of gift exceptions by all employees to accept gifts from registered lobbyists and lobbying organizations, and to implement the lobbyist gift ban for appointees required to sign the Ethics Pledge prescribed by Executive Order 13490. The public comment period closes on November 14, 2011. OGE is extending the comment period to December 14, 2011. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published September 13, 2011, at 76 FR 56330, is extended. Comments must be submitted in writing and be received by December 14, 2011. ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments to OGE on the proposed rule, identified by RIN 3209–AA04, by any of the following methods: • Email: usoge@oge.gov. Include the reference ‘‘Proposed Amendments to Part 2635’’ in the subject line of the message. • Fax: (202) 482–9237. • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005–3917, Attention: Julia L. Eirinberg, Associate General Counsel. Instructions: All submissions must include OGE’s agency name and the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN), RIN 3245–AG29 ACTION: jlentini on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:13 Nov 14, 2011 Jkt 226001 13 CFR Part 121 Small Business Size Standards: Educational Services U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to increase small business size standards for nine industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 61, Educational Services. As part of its ongoing comprehensive size standards review, SBA has evaluated all size standards in NAICS Sector 61 to determine whether the existing size standards should be retained or revised. This proposed rule is one of a series of proposals that will examine size standards of industries grouped by NAICS Sector. SBA issued a White Paper entitled ‘‘Size Standards Methodology’’ and published a notice in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register that ‘‘Size Standards Methodology’’ is available on its Web site at https://www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments. The ‘‘Size Standards Methodology’’ White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards. In this proposed rule, SBA has applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing and modifying a receipts based size standard. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 SBA must receive comments to this proposed rule on or before January 17, 2012. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 3245–AG29 by one of the following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov; follow the instructions for submitting comments; or (2) Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Khem R. Sharma, Ph.D., Chief, Size Standards Division, 409 Third Street SW., Mail Code 6530, Washington, DC 20416. SBA will not accept comments to this proposed rule submitted by email. SBA will post all comments to this proposed rule on https:// www.regulations.gov. If you wish to submit confidential business information (CBI) as defined in the User Notice at https://www.regulations.gov, you must submit such information to U.S. Small Business Administration, Khem R. Sharma, Ph.D., Chief, Size Standards Division, 409 Third Street SW., Mail Code 6530, Washington, DC 20416, or send an email to sizestandards@sba.gov. You should highlight the information that you consider to be CBI and explain why you believe SBA should hold this information as confidential. SBA will review your information and determine whether it will make the information public or not. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Khem R. Sharma, Ph.D., Chief, Size Standards Division, (202) 205–6618 or sizestandards@sba.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To determine eligibility for Federal small business assistance, SBA establishes small business size definitions (referred to as size standards) for private sector industries in the United States. SBA uses two primary measures of business size: average annual receipts and average number of employees. SBA uses financial assets, electric output, and refining capacity to measure the size for a few specialized industries. In addition, SBA’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC), Certified Development Company (504) and 7(a) Loan Programs use either the industry based size standards or net worth and net income based size standards to determine eligibility for those programs. At the beginning of SBA’s comprehensive size standards review, there were 41 different size standards, covering 1,141 NAICS industries and 18 DATES: E:\FR\FM\15NOP1.SGM 15NOP1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 70667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29569]


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Proposed Rules
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 15, 2011 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 70667]]



OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

5 CFR Part 2635


Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive 
Branch; Proposed Amendments Limiting Gifts From Registered Lobbyists 
and Lobbying Organizations; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 13, 2011, the Office of Government Ethics 
published in the Federal Register proposed amendments to the regulation 
governing standards of ethical conduct for executive branch employees 
of the Federal Government to impose limits on the use of gift 
exceptions by all employees to accept gifts from registered lobbyists 
and lobbying organizations, and to implement the lobbyist gift ban for 
appointees required to sign the Ethics Pledge prescribed by Executive 
Order 13490. The public comment period closes on November 14, 2011. OGE 
is extending the comment period to December 14, 2011.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published September 13, 
2011, at 76 FR 56330, is extended. Comments must be submitted in 
writing and be received by December 14, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments to OGE on the proposed rule, 
identified by RIN 3209-AA04, by any of the following methods:
     Email: usoge@oge.gov. Include the reference ``Proposed 
Amendments to Part 2635'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 482-9237.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of Government Ethics, 
Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917, 
Attention: Julia L. Eirinberg, Associate General Counsel.
    Instructions: All submissions must include OGE's agency name and 
the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN), 3209-AA04, for the proposed 
rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia L. Eirinberg, Associate General 
Counsel, Office of Government Ethics; telephone: (202) 482-9300; TYY: 
(800) 877-8339; FAX: (202) 482-9237.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of the original proposed rulemaking 
notice is available at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-13/html/2011-23311.htm.

    Approved: November 9, 2011.
Don W. Fox,
Acting Director, Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 2011-29569 Filed 11-14-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6345-03-P
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