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sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.
Kris Kleinschmidt, at (503) 820–2280, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 8, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee Meeting
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
public meeting of the Commerce
Spectrum Management Advisory
Committee (Committee). The Committee
provides advice to the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information on
spectrum management policy matters.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
August 28, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4830,
Washington, DC 20230. Public
comments may be mailed to Commerce
Spectrum Management Advisory
Committee, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 4099, Washington,
DC 20230 or emailed to
spectrumadvisory@ntia.doc.gov.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce M. Washington, Designated
Federal Officer, at (202) 482–6415 or
BWashington@ntia.doc.gov and/or visit
NTIA’s Web site at https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Committee provides
advice to the Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and
Information on needed reforms to
domestic spectrum policies and
management in order to: license radio
frequencies in a way that maximizes
their public benefits; keep wireless
networks as open to innovation as
possible; and make wireless services
available to all Americans. See Charter
at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/otherpublication/2013/csmac-2013-charter.
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This Committee is subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. App. 2, and is consistent with the
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration Act, 47
U.S.C. 904(b). The Committee functions
solely as an advisory body in
compliance with the FACA. For more
information about the Committee visit:
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/
csmac.
Matters to Be Considered: The
Committee will receive
recommendations from its members on
matters related to the accomplishment
of the President’s goal of identifying 500
megahertz of radio spectrum for
wireless broadband by 2020. In
addition, the Committee will report out
on the recommendations from the
following working groups (WGs)
established to facilitate collaboration
between industry and government
stakeholders to develop proposed
relocation, transition, and sharing
arrangements and plans for the 1755–
1850 MHz band:
1. WG3 1755–1850 MHz Satellite
Control Links and Electronic Warfare,
2. WG4 1755–1850 MHz Fixed Pointto-Point and Tactical Radio Relay, and
3. WG5 1755–1850 MHz Airborne
Operations.
NTIA will post a detailed agenda on its
Web site, https://www.ntia.doc.gov/
category/csmac, prior to the meeting. To
the extent that the meeting time and
agenda permit, any member of the
public may speak to or otherwise
address the Committee regarding the
agenda items. See Open Meeting and
Public Participation Policy, available at
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/
csmac.
Time and Date: The meeting will be
held on August 28, 2013, from 1:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The
times and the agenda topics are subject
to change. The meeting will be available
via two-way audio link and may be
webcast. Please refer to NTIA’s Web
site, https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/
csmac, for the most up-to-date meeting
agenda and access information.
Place: The meeting will be held at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 4830, Washington,
DC 20230. The meeting will be open to
the public and press on a first-come,
first-served basis. Space is limited. The
public meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Individuals
requiring accommodations, such as sign
language interpretation or other
ancillary aids, are asked to notify Mr.
Washington, at (202) 482–6415 or
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(5) business days before the meeting.
Status: Interested parties are invited
to attend and to submit written
comments to the Committee at any time
before or after the meeting. Parties
wishing to submit written comments for
consideration by the Committee in
advance of a meeting must send them to
NTIA’s Washington, DC office at the
above-listed address and comments
must be received five (5) business days
before the scheduled meeting date, to
provide sufficient time for review.
Comments received after this date will
be distributed to the Committee, but
may not be reviewed prior to the
meeting. It would be helpful if paper
submissions also include a compact disc
(CD) in Word or PDF format. CDs should
be labeled with the name and
organizational affiliation of the filer.
Alternatively, comments may be
submitted electronically to
spectrumadvisory@ntia.doc.gov.
Comments provided via electronic mail
also may be submitted in one or more
of the formats specified above.
Records: NTIA maintains records of
all Committee proceedings. Committee
records are available for public
inspection at NTIA’s Washington, DC
office at the address above. Documents
including the Committee’s charter,
member list, agendas, minutes, and any
reports are available on NTIA’s
Committee Web page at https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications
and Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–C–2013–0038]
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice and request for
nominations for the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee.
AGENCY:
On November 29, 1999, the
President signed into law the Patent and
Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the
‘‘Act’’), Pubic Law 106–113, which,
among other things, established two
Public Advisory Committees to review
the policies, goals, performance, budget
and user fees of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO) with
respect to patents, in the case of the
SUMMARY:
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Patent Public Advisory Committee, and
with respect to trademarks, in the case
of the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee, and to advise the Director
on these matters (now codified at 35
U.S.C. 5). The America Invents Act
Technical Corrections Act made several
amendments to the 1999 Act, including
the requirement that the terms of the
USPTO Public Advisory Committee
members be realigned so that by 2014,
December 1 be used as the start and end
date, with terms staggered so that each
year three existing terms expire and
three new terms begin on December 1.
Public Law 112–274, Sec. 1(l)(2)
(January 14, 2013). Through this Notice,
the USPTO is requesting nominations
for up to three (3) members of the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
for terms of approximately three years
that begin on December 6, 2013. There
are no vacancies expected on the Patent
Public Advisory Committee for
December 2013. Accordingly, no
nominations are being sought for the
Patent Public Advisory Committee at
this time.
DATES: Nominations must be
postmarked or electronically
transmitted on or before September 30,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit
nominations should send the nominee’s
resume to John W. Cabeca, Senior
Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary
of Commerce for Intellectual Property
and Director of the USPTO, Post Office
Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313–
1450; by electronic mail to
TPACnominations@uspto.gov; by
facsimile transmission marked to the
Senior Advisor’s attention at (571) 273–
0464; or by mail marked to the Senior
Advisor’s attention and addressed to the
Office of the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the USPTO, Post Office Box
1450, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313–1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
W. Cabeca, Senior Advisor, Office of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the
USPTO, by facsimile transmission
marked to his attention at (571) 273–
0464, or by mail marked to his attention
and addressed to the Office of the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO,
Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria,
Virginia, 22313–1450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
duties include:
• Review and advise the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO on
matters relating to policies, goals,
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performance, budget, and user fees of
the USPTO relating to trademarks; and
• Within 60 days after the end of each
fiscal year: (1) Prepare an annual report
on matters listed above; (2) transmit the
report to the Secretary of Commerce, the
President, and the Committees on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of
Representatives; and (3) publish the
report in the Official Gazette of the
USPTO.
Advisory Committee
The Trademark Public Advisory
Committee is composed of nine (9)
voting members who are appointed by
the Secretary of Commerce (the
‘‘Secretary’’) and serve at the pleasure of
the Secretary for three-year terms.
Members are eligible for reappointment
for a second consecutive three-year
term. The Trademark Public Advisory
Committee members shall be citizens of
the United States and shall represent
small and large entity applicants located
in the United States in proportion to the
number of applications filed by such
applicants. The Committee shall include
individuals with ‘‘substantial
backgrounds and achievement in
finance, management, labor relations,
science, technology, and office
automation.’’ 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). The
Committee also includes three (3) nonvoting members representing each labor
organization at the USPTO.
Administration policy discourages the
appointment of federally registered
lobbyists to agency advisory boards and
commissions (Lobbyists on Agency
Boards and Commissions, https://
www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/09/23/
lobbyist-agency-boards-andcommissions (Sept. 23, 2009, 2:33PM
EST)); cf. Exec. Order No. 13490, 74 FR
4673 (January 21, 2009) (While
Executive Order 13490 does not
specifically apply to federally registered
lobbyists appointed by agency or
department heads, it sets forth the
Administration’s general policy of
decreasing the influence of special
interests in the Federal Government).
Procedures and Guidelines of the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
Each newly appointed member of the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
shall serve a term of approximately
three (3) years beginning December 6,
2013, and ending on December 1, 2016.
See AIA Technical Corrections Act,
§ l(2)(B) (transition to December 1 as
start and end date for terms). As
required by the 1999 Act, members of
the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee will receive compensation
for each day (including travel time)
while the member is attending meetings
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or engaged in the business of the
Committee. The enabling statute states
that members are to be compensated at
the daily equivalent of the annual rate
of basic pay in effect for level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314
of Title 5, United States Code.
Committee members are compensated
on an hourly basis, calculated at the
daily rate. While away from home or
regular place of business, each member
shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by Section
5703 of Title 5, United States Code.
Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws
Public Advisory Committee Members
shall be Special Government Employees
within the meaning of Section 202 of
Title 18, United States Code. The
following additional information
includes several, but not all, of the
ethics rules that apply to members, and
assumes that members are not engaged
in Public Advisory Committee business
more than 60 days during any period of
365 consecutive days.
• Each member is required to file a
confidential financial disclosure form
within thirty (30) days of appointment.
5 CFR 2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903,
and 2634.904(b).
• Each member will be subject to
many of the public integrity laws,
including criminal bars against
representing a party in a particular
matter that came before the member’s
committee and that involved at least one
specific party. 18 U.S.C. 205(c); see also
18 U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars.
A member also must not act on a matter
in which the member (or any of certain
closely related entities) has a financial
interest. 18 U.S.C. 208.
• Representation of foreign interests
may also raise issues. 35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1)
and 18 U.S.C. 219.
Meetings of the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee
Meetings of the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee will take place at
the call of the Committee Chair to
consider an agenda set by that Chair.
Meetings may be conducted in person,
telephonically, on-line through the
Internet, or by other appropriate means.
The meetings of the Advisory
Committee will be open to the public
except the Committee may, by majority
vote, meet in executive session when
considering personnel, privileged, or
other confidential information.
Nominees must have the ability to
participate in Committee business
through the Internet.
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Procedures for Submitting Nominations
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Submit resumes for nomination for
the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee to: John W. Cabeca, Senior
Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary
of Commerce for Intellectual Property
and Director of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, utilizing the
addresses provided above.
Dated: July 23, 2013.
Teresa Stanek Rea,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Acting Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirement on respondents can be
properly assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting
comments concerning its Social
Innovation Fund (SIF) Application
Instructions. The application
instructions will be used by
organizations requesting funding for a
SIF project.
Copies of the information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed in the Addresses section
of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by
October 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
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(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for
National and Community Service,
Social Innovation Fund; Attention Lois
Nembhard, Deputy Director, Room
9601; 1201 New York Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to
the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the
mail address given in paragraph (1)
above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
(3) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois
Nembhard, (202) 606–3223, or by email
at innovation@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of CNCS, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are expected to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
(e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses).
Background: This collection will be
used by organizations applying to
become Social Innovation Fund
intermediaries. Applications will be
submitted primarily via eGrants.
Current Action: This is a new
information collection request. SIF
previously used the CNCS Universal
Application and is now developing
more tailored application instructions.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: Social Innovation Fund
Application Instructions.
OMB Number: None.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Organizations
applying to be Social Innovation Fund
intermediaries.
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Total Respondents: 50.
Frequency: Annual.
Average Time per Response: Averages
24 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,200.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): None.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: August 8, 2013.
Lois Nembhard,
Deputy Director, Social Innovation Fund.
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAFETY BOARD
Sunshine Act Meeting
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and
Hearing.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the provisions of
the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’
(5 U.S.C. 552b), and as authorized by 42
U.S.C. 2286b, notice is hereby given of
the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board’s (Board) public meeting and
hearing described below. The Board
invites any interested persons or groups
to present any comments, technical
information, or data concerning safety
issues related to the matters to be
considered.
TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: Session I:
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., October 22, 2013;
Session II: 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., October
22, 2013.
PLACE: Knoxville Convention Center,
701 Henley Street, Knoxville, Tennessee
37902.
STATUS: Open. While the Government in
the Sunshine Act does not require that
the scheduled discussion be conducted
in a meeting, the Board has determined
that an open meeting in this specific
case furthers the public interests
underlying both the Government in the
Sunshine Act and the Board’s enabling
legislation.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: In Session I
of this public meeting and hearing, the
Board will receive testimony from the
National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) and its
contractor concerning the safety-related
risks associated with continued
operation of aging defense nuclear
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2013-0038]
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice and request for nominations for the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: On November 29, 1999, the President signed into law the Patent
and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the ``Act''), Pubic Law 106-113,
which, among other things, established two Public Advisory Committees
to review the policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with respect to
patents, in the case of the
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Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with respect to trademarks, in
the case of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee, and to advise the
Director on these matters (now codified at 35 U.S.C. 5). The America
Invents Act Technical Corrections Act made several amendments to the
1999 Act, including the requirement that the terms of the USPTO Public
Advisory Committee members be realigned so that by 2014, December 1 be
used as the start and end date, with terms staggered so that each year
three existing terms expire and three new terms begin on December 1.
Public Law 112-274, Sec. 1(l)(2) (January 14, 2013). Through this
Notice, the USPTO is requesting nominations for up to three (3) members
of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee for terms of approximately
three years that begin on December 6, 2013. There are no vacancies
expected on the Patent Public Advisory Committee for December 2013.
Accordingly, no nominations are being sought for the Patent Public
Advisory Committee at this time.
DATES: Nominations must be postmarked or electronically transmitted on
or before September 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit nominations should send the
nominee's resume to John W. Cabeca, Senior Advisor, Office of the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
USPTO, Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450; by
electronic mail to TPACnominations@uspto.gov; by facsimile transmission
marked to the Senior Advisor's attention at (571) 273-0464; or by mail
marked to the Senior Advisor's attention and addressed to the Office of
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director
of the USPTO, Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Cabeca, Senior Advisor, Office
of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the USPTO, by facsimile transmission marked to his
attention at (571) 273-0464, or by mail marked to his attention and
addressed to the Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, Post Office Box 1450,
Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trademark Public Advisory Committee
duties include:
Review and advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on matters relating to
policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees of the USPTO
relating to trademarks; and
Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year: (1)
Prepare an annual report on matters listed above; (2) transmit the
report to the Secretary of Commerce, the President, and the Committees
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and
(3) publish the report in the Official Gazette of the USPTO.
Advisory Committee
The Trademark Public Advisory Committee is composed of nine (9)
voting members who are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce (the
``Secretary'') and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary for three-
year terms. Members are eligible for reappointment for a second
consecutive three-year term. The Trademark Public Advisory Committee
members shall be citizens of the United States and shall represent
small and large entity applicants located in the United States in
proportion to the number of applications filed by such applicants. The
Committee shall include individuals with ``substantial backgrounds and
achievement in finance, management, labor relations, science,
technology, and office automation.'' 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). The Committee
also includes three (3) non-voting members representing each labor
organization at the USPTO. Administration policy discourages the
appointment of federally registered lobbyists to agency advisory boards
and commissions (Lobbyists on Agency Boards and Commissions, https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/09/23/lobbyist-agency-boards-and-commissions (Sept. 23, 2009, 2:33PM EST)); cf. Exec. Order No. 13490,
74 FR 4673 (January 21, 2009) (While Executive Order 13490 does not
specifically apply to federally registered lobbyists appointed by
agency or department heads, it sets forth the Administration's general
policy of decreasing the influence of special interests in the Federal
Government).
Procedures and Guidelines of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee
Each newly appointed member of the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee shall serve a term of approximately three (3) years beginning
December 6, 2013, and ending on December 1, 2016. See AIA Technical
Corrections Act, Sec. l(2)(B) (transition to December 1 as start and
end date for terms). As required by the 1999 Act, members of the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee will receive compensation for each
day (including travel time) while the member is attending meetings or
engaged in the business of the Committee. The enabling statute states
that members are to be compensated at the daily equivalent of the
annual rate of basic pay in effect for level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of Title 5, United States Code. Committee
members are compensated on an hourly basis, calculated at the daily
rate. While away from home or regular place of business, each member
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by Section 5703 of Title 5, United States
Code.
Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws
Public Advisory Committee Members shall be Special Government
Employees within the meaning of Section 202 of Title 18, United States
Code. The following additional information includes several, but not
all, of the ethics rules that apply to members, and assumes that
members are not engaged in Public Advisory Committee business more than
60 days during any period of 365 consecutive days.
Each member is required to file a confidential financial
disclosure form within thirty (30) days of appointment. 5 CFR
2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b).
Each member will be subject to many of the public
integrity laws, including criminal bars against representing a party in
a particular matter that came before the member's committee and that
involved at least one specific party. 18 U.S.C. 205(c); see also 18
U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A member also must not act on a
matter in which the member (or any of certain closely related entities)
has a financial interest. 18 U.S.C. 208.
Representation of foreign interests may also raise issues.
35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 219.
Meetings of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee
Meetings of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee will take place
at the call of the Committee Chair to consider an agenda set by that
Chair. Meetings may be conducted in person, telephonically, on-line
through the Internet, or by other appropriate means. The meetings of
the Advisory Committee will be open to the public except the Committee
may, by majority vote, meet in executive session when considering
personnel, privileged, or other confidential information. Nominees must
have the ability to participate in Committee business through the
Internet.
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Procedures for Submitting Nominations
Submit resum[eacute]s for nomination for the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee to: John W. Cabeca, Senior Advisor, Office of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, utilizing the addresses
provided above.
Dated: July 23, 2013.
Teresa Stanek Rea,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-19495 Filed 8-12-13; 8:45 am]
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