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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
[Docket No.: 130927852–3852–01]
Extension of Comment Period for
Public Comments on Department of
Commerce Green Paper, Copyright
Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the
Digital Economy
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, U.S. Department of
Commerce; National
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AGENCY:
On October 3, 2013, the
Department of Commerce’s Internet
Policy Task Force (Task Force)
published a notice of public meeting
and a request for public comments on
five separate copyright policy issues
critical to economic growth, job
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Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital
Economy (Green Paper). The purpose of
this notice is to announce an extension
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October 3, 2013, the Task Force
published a notice of public meeting
and a request for public comments on
five separate copyright policy issues
critical to economic growth, job
creation, and cultural development that
were identified in the Department’s
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2013. See Request for Public Comments
and Notice of Public Meeting, 78 Fed.
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Date and Change in Public Comment
Periods, 78 Fed. Reg. 66337 (Nov. 5,
2013), available at https://
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publications/copyright_green_
paper_public_meeting.pdf.
The Task Force is now extending the
period for submission of public postmeeting comments until January 17,
2014. Archived recordings of the public
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Dated: December 19, 2013.
Lawrence E. Strickling,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information.
Margaret A. Focarino,
Commissioner for Patents, Performing the
functions and duties of the Under Secretary
of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL
PROTECTION
[Docket No: CFPB–2013–0037]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing
a new information collection titled,
‘‘Development of Metrics to Measure
Financial Well-being of Working-age
and Older American Consumers.’’
DATES: Written comments are
encouraged and must be received on or
before January 27, 2014 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection, OMB Control Number (see
below), and docket number (see above),
by any of the following methods:
• Electronic: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
(Attention: PRA Office), 1700 G Street
NW., Washington, DC 20552.
SUMMARY:
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Please note that comments submitted
by fax or email and those submitted
after the comment period will not be
accepted. In general, all comments
received will be posted without change
to regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Sensitive personal information, such as
account numbers or social security
numbers, should not be included.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Documentation prepared in support of
this information collection request is
available at www.reginfo.gov. Requests
for additional information should be
directed to the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, (Attention: PRA
Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington,
DC 20552, (202) 435–9575, or email:
PRA@cfpb.gov. Please do not submit
comments to this email box.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Development of
Metrics to Measure Financial Well-being
of Working-age and Older American
Consumers.
OMB Control Number: 3170–XXXX.
Type of Review: New collection
(request for a new OMB control
number).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16,500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,625.
Abstract: Under the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, Public Law No. 111–203, the
Bureau’s Office of Financial Education
is responsible for developing and
implementing a strategy to improve the
financial literacy of consumers that
includes measurable goals and
initiatives, in consultation with the
Financial Literacy and Education
Commission, consistent with the
National Strategy for Financial Literacy.
In addition, the Office of Financial
Protection for Older Americans within
the Bureau is charged with conducting
research to identify methods and
strategies to educate and counsel
seniors, and developing goals for
programs that provide seniors with
financial literacy and counseling.
The Bureau intends to collect
quantitative data through surveys with
working-age (age 18–61) and older
American (age 62 and older) consumers
in order to develop and refine survey
instruments that will enable the Bureau
to reliably and accurately measure adult
consumers’ financial well-being. The
primary anticipated data collection
strategy is through internet-based
surveys. The core objective of the data
collection is to iteratively test, refine,
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and produce valid and reliable measures
of consumer financial well-being that
will create a strong, standardized basis
for setting measurable goals, and
evaluating financial education strategies
and programs.
Request for Comments: The Bureau
issued a 60-day Federal Register notice
on August 8, 2013, (78 FR 48422).
Comments were solicited and continue
to be invited on: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Bureau, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the
Bureau’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methods and the
assumptions used; (c) Ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Ashwin Vasan,
Chief Information Officer, Bureau of
Consumer Financial Protection.
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Extension of Autism Services
Demonstration Project for TRICARE
Beneficiaries Under the Extended Care
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Notice of demonstration.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice provides a 1-year
extension of the Department of Defense
(the Department) Enhanced Access to
Autism Services Demonstration Project
(Autism Demonstration) under the
Extended Care Health Option (ECHO)
for beneficiaries diagnosed with an
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Under the demonstration, the
Department implemented a provider
model that allows reimbursement for
Applied Behavior Analysis rendered by
providers who are not otherwise eligible
for reimbursement.
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Defense Health Agency,
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Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls Church,
Virginia 22042.
ADDRESSES:
For
questions pertaining to this
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Mr. Richard Hart at (703) 681–0047.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On December 4, 2007, the Department
of Defense published a notice in the
Federal Register (FR) (72 FR 68130–
68132) of a TRICARE demonstration to
increase access to ABA services. The
purpose of the demonstration is to allow
the Department to determine whether
such a provider model increases access
to services, the services are reaching
those most likely to benefit from them,
the quality of the services rendered
meets the standard of care currently
accepted by the community of
providers, and whether State
requirements for licensure or
certification of providers of ABA
services, where such exists, are being
met. The effective date was 60 days
following publication of the notice, and
the demonstration was implemented on
March 15, 2008, for a period of 2 years.
Recognizing that the subject of ASDs
is complex, in particular, with respect to
the number of individuals diagnosed
with ASD, the treatment of ASD that
generally includes several years of
behavior modification through
educational services, and the ability of
the provider community to increase the
number of qualified providers, the
Department published a notice in the FR
(75 FR 8927–8928) on February 26,
2010, that extended the Demonstration
through March 14, 2012, and again on
December 27, 2011 (76 FR 80903)
through March 14, 2014.
Based on the favorable subjective
response from parents of TRICARE
beneficiaries who participated in the
ABA tiered delivery model under the
ECHO Autism Demonstration and
responded to TRICARE Management
Activity satisfaction surveys, the
Department published a Proposed Rule
on December 29, 2011 (76 FR 81897–
81899) that would add coverage of the
ABA tiered delivery model under ECHO
for ASD as a non-medical ‘‘Other
service,’’ as that term is used in Title 10,
U.S.C., Section 1079(e). However, the
publication of a final rule and transition
of the Autism Demonstration to a
permanent benefit under ECHO was
placed on-hold due to pending
resolution of the ongoing litigation and
separate legislative efforts addressing
coverage of autism-related services
under TRICARE, and the interim
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
[Docket No: CFPB-2013-0037]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing a new
information collection titled, ``Development of Metrics to Measure
Financial Well-being of Working-age and Older American Consumers.''
DATES: Written comments are encouraged and must be received on or
before January 27, 2014 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection, OMB Control Number (see below), and docket
number (see above), by any of the following methods:
Electronic: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau (Attention: PRA Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, DC
20552.
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Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those
submitted after the comment period will not be accepted. In general,
all comments received will be posted without change to regulations.gov,
including any personal information provided. Sensitive personal
information, such as account numbers or social security numbers, should
not be included.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Documentation prepared in support of
this information collection request is available at www.reginfo.gov.
Requests for additional information should be directed to the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, (Attention: PRA Office), 1700 G Street
NW., Washington, DC 20552, (202) 435-9575, or email: PRA@cfpb.gov.
Please do not submit comments to this email box.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Development of Metrics to Measure Financial
Well-being of Working-age and Older American Consumers.
OMB Control Number: 3170-XXXX.
Type of Review: New collection (request for a new OMB control
number).
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,625.
Abstract: Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, Public Law No. 111-203, the Bureau's Office of
Financial Education is responsible for developing and implementing a
strategy to improve the financial literacy of consumers that includes
measurable goals and initiatives, in consultation with the Financial
Literacy and Education Commission, consistent with the National
Strategy for Financial Literacy. In addition, the Office of Financial
Protection for Older Americans within the Bureau is charged with
conducting research to identify methods and strategies to educate and
counsel seniors, and developing goals for programs that provide seniors
with financial literacy and counseling.
The Bureau intends to collect quantitative data through surveys
with working-age (age 18-61) and older American (age 62 and older)
consumers in order to develop and refine survey instruments that will
enable the Bureau to reliably and accurately measure adult consumers'
financial well-being. The primary anticipated data collection strategy
is through internet-based surveys. The core objective of the data
collection is to iteratively test, refine, and produce valid and
reliable measures of consumer financial well-being that will create a
strong, standardized basis for setting measurable goals, and evaluating
financial education strategies and programs.
Request for Comments: The Bureau issued a 60-day Federal Register
notice on August 8, 2013, (78 FR 48422). Comments were solicited and
continue to be invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) The
accuracy of the Bureau's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information, including the validity of the methods and the assumptions
used; (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Ashwin Vasan,
Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
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