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the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
automated collection techniques, when
appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
This notice is issued in Washington, DC on
January 24, 2014.
Denora Miller,
FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Management.
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PEACE CORPS
Information Collection Request:
Submission for OMB Review
Peace Corps.
60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Peace Corps will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The purpose of
this notice is to allow 60 days for public
comment in the Federal Register
preceding submission to OMB. We are
conducting this process in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 USC Chapter 35).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Denora Miller, FOIA/
Privacy Act Officer, Peace Corps, 1111
20th Street NW., Washington, DC 20526.
Denora Miller can be contacted by
telephone at 202–692–1236 or email at
pcfr@mailto:ddunevant@peacecorps.gov
peacecorps.gov. Email comments must
be made in text and not in attachments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denora Miller at Peace Corps address
above.
SUMMARY:
The Peace
Corps and Paul D. Coverdell World
Wise Schools need this information
officially to enroll educators in the
Correspondence Match program. The
information is used to make suitable
matches between the educators and
currently serving Peace Corps
Volunteers.
Title: Correspondence Match Educator
Online Enrollment Form.
OMB Control Number: 0420–0540.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Respondents Obligation to Reply:
Voluntary.
Burden to the Public:
a. Estimated number of respondents:
10,000
b. Estimated average burden per
response: 10 minutes
c. Frequency of response: One time
d. Annual reporting burden: 1667
e. Estimated annual cost to respondents:
$0.00
General Description of Collection: The
Correspondence Match Educator
Enrollment Form is the first point of
contact with the participating educator.
It is Coverdell World Wise Schools’
fundamental source of information from
educators interested in participating in
the Correspondence Match program.
The information is used to make a
suitable match between the educator
and a Peace Corps Volunteer serving
overseas. The information will be
collected continuously as teachers
choose to enroll, or continue
participation, in the Correspondence
Match program.
Request For Comment: Peace Corps
invites comments on whether the
proposed collections of information are
necessary for proper performance of the
functions of the Peace Corps, including
whether the information will have
practical use; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the information
to be collected; and, ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
automated collection techniques, when
appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
This notice is issued in Washington, DC on
January 24, 2014.
Denora Miller,
FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Management.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
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estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title and purpose of information
collection: Self-Employment/Corporate
Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring;
OMB 3220–0202.
Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement
Act (RRA) provides for the payment of
disability annuities to qualified
employees. Section 2 also provides that
if the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
receives a report of an annuitant
working for a railroad or earning more
than prescribed dollar amounts from
either nonrailroad employment or selfemployment, the annuity is no longer
payable, or can be reduced, for the
months worked. The regulations related
to the nonpayment or reduction of the
annuity by reason of work are
prescribed in 20 CFR 220.160–164.
Some activities claimed by the
applicant as ‘‘self-employment’’ may
actually be employment for someone
else (e.g. training officer, consultant,
salesman). 20 CFR 216.22 9 (c) states,
for example, that an applicant is
considered an employee, and not selfemployed, when acting as a corporate
officer, since the corporation is the
applicant’s employer. Whether the RRB
classifies a particular activity as selfemployment or as work for an employer
depends upon the circumstances in
each case. The circumstances are
prescribed in 20 CFR 216.21–216–23.
Certain types of work may actually
indicate an annuitant’s recovery from
disability. Regulations related to an
annuitant’s recovery form disability of
work are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.17–
220–20.
In addition, the RRB conducts
continuing disability reviews, (also
known as a CDR) to determine whether
the annuitant continues to meet the
disability requirements of the law.
Payment of disability benefits and/or a
beneficiary’s period of disability will
end if medical evidence or other
information shows that an annuitant is
not disabled under the standards
prescribed in Section 2 of the RRA.
Continuing disability reviews are
generally conducted if one or more of
the following conditions are met: (1) the
annuitant is scheduled for a routine
periodic review, (2) the annuitant
returns to work and successfully
completes a trial work period, (3)
substantial earnings are posted to the
annuitant’s wage record, or (4)
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information is received from the
annuitant or a reliable source that the
annuitant has recovered or returned to
work. Provisions relating to when and
how often the RRB conducts disability
reviews are prescribed in 20 CFR
220.186.
To enhance program integrity
activities, the RRB utilizes Form G–252,
Self-Employment/Corporate Officer
Work and Earnings Monitoring. Form
G–252 obtains information from a
disability annuitant who claims to be
self-employed or a corporate officer or
who the RRB determines to be selfemployed or a corporate officer after a
continuing disability review. The
continuing disability review may be
prompted by a report of work, return to
railroad service, an allegation of a
medical improvement or a routine
disability review call-up. The
information gathered is used to
determine entitlement and/or continued
entitlement to, and the amount of, the
disability annuity, as prescribed in 20
CFR 220.176. Completion is required to
retain benefits. One response is required
of each respondent. The RRB proposes
no changes to Form G–252.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
[The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows]
Annual
responses
Form number
G–252 ..........................................................................................................................................
Total ...............................................................................................................................
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, contact Dana
Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Charles
Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement Board,
844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or emailed to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Chief of Information Resources Management.
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[Release No. 34–71407; File Nos. SR–
FINRA–2013–031]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Order Approving the
Proposed Rule Change Relating to
Participation on the Alternative Display
Facility
January 27, 2014.
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I. Introduction
On July 18, 2013, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(‘‘FINRA’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’),
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 a
1 15
2 17
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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proposed rule change to amend FINRA
Rules 6271 and 6272 regarding the
requirements for members seeking
registration as FINRA Alternative
Display Facility (‘‘ADF’’) Market
Participants (the ‘‘Proposal’’).
The Proposal was published for
comment in the Federal Register on
August 1, 2013.3 The Commission
received three comment letters on the
Proposal.4 FINRA responded to each of
the three comment letters individually.5
On September 10, 2013, the
Commission extended the time period
in which to either approve, disapprove,
or to institute proceedings to determine
whether to approve or disapprove the
Proposal, to October 30, 2013.6 On
October 30, 2013, the Commission
instituted proceedings to determine
whether to approve or disapprove the
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70048
(July 26, 2013), 78 FR 46652 (‘‘Notice’’).
4 See Letter to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
Commission, from David Harris, Chairman and
CEO, National Stock Exchange, Inc., dated
September 9, 2013 (‘‘NSX Letter’’), letter to
Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission, from
David Harris, Chairman and CEO, National Stock
Exchange, Inc., dated November 26, 2013 (‘‘NSX
Letter II’’), and letter to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Commission, from Janet McGinness,
Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary,
General Counsel, NYSE Markets, dated January 7,
2014 (‘‘NYSE Letter’’).
5 See Letter to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
Commission, from Stephanie M. Dumont, Senior
Vice President and Director of Capital Markets
Policy, FINRA, dated October 25, 2013 (‘‘FINRA
Response’’); Letter to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Commission, from Stephanie M. Dumont,
Senior Vice President and Director of Capital
Markets Policy, FINRA, dated December 11, 2013
(‘‘FINRA Response II’’); and letter to Elizabeth M.
Murphy, Secretary, Commission, from Stephanie M.
Dumont, Senior Vice President and Director of
Capital Markets Policy, FINRA, dated January 23,
2014 (‘‘FINRA Response III’’).
6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70358,
78 FR 56967 (September 16, 2013) (SR–FINRA–
2013–031).
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Proposal.7 This order approves the
proposed rule change.
II. Background
Current ADF Registration Requirements
The ADF is a quotation collection and
trade reporting facility. According to
FINRA, the ADF provides (1) ADF
market participants (i.e., ADF-registered
market makers (‘‘ADF Market Makers’’)
or electronic communications networks
(‘‘ECNs’’ and, with ‘‘ADF Market
Makers’’, ‘‘ADF Market Participants’’))
with the ability to post quotations or
display orders in NMS stocks and (2) all
member firms that participate in the
ADF the ability to view quotations and
report transactions in NMS stocks to the
Securities Information Processors
(‘‘SIPs’’) for consolidation and
dissemination of data to vendors and
ADF Market Participants.8 FINRA states
that the ADF is also designed to deliver
real-time data to FINRA for regulatory
purposes, including enforcement of
7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70776,
78 FR 66405 (November 5, 2013) (SR–FINRA–2013–
031).
8 See Notice, 78 FR at 46652. The ADF was
initially approved by the Commission on July, 24,
2002, in connection with the SEC’s approval of
SuperMontage and Nasdaq’s registration as a
national securities exchange. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 46249 (July 24, 2002), 67
FR 49822 (July 31, 2002); see also NASD Notice to
Members 02–45 (August 2002). At that time, the
ADF was approved for Nasdaq-listed securities for
a nine-month pilot period to provide FINRA
members with an alternative to the Nasdaq systems
for reporting quotations and transactions in Nasdaq
UTP Plan securities. On September 28, 2006, the
SEC approved amendments to extend the ADF’s
functionality to all NMS stocks. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 54537 (September 28,
2006), 71 FR 59173 (October 6, 2006); see also
NASD Notice to Members 06–67 (November 2006).
The ADF was approved on a permanent basis for
NMS stocks on January 26, 2007. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 55181 (January 26, 2007),
72 FR 5093 (February 2, 2007).
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506
(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides
opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Title and purpose of information collection: Self-Employment/
Corporate Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring; OMB 3220-0202.
Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides for the
payment of disability annuities to qualified employees. Section 2 also
provides that if the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) receives a report
of an annuitant working for a railroad or earning more than prescribed
dollar amounts from either nonrailroad employment or self-employment,
the annuity is no longer payable, or can be reduced, for the months
worked. The regulations related to the nonpayment or reduction of the
annuity by reason of work are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.160-164.
Some activities claimed by the applicant as ``self-employment'' may
actually be employment for someone else (e.g. training officer,
consultant, salesman). 20 CFR 216.22 9 (c) states, for example, that an
applicant is considered an employee, and not self-employed, when acting
as a corporate officer, since the corporation is the applicant's
employer. Whether the RRB classifies a particular activity as self-
employment or as work for an employer depends upon the circumstances in
each case. The circumstances are prescribed in 20 CFR 216.21-216-23.
Certain types of work may actually indicate an annuitant's recovery
from disability. Regulations related to an annuitant's recovery form
disability of work are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.17-220-20.
In addition, the RRB conducts continuing disability reviews, (also
known as a CDR) to determine whether the annuitant continues to meet
the disability requirements of the law. Payment of disability benefits
and/or a beneficiary's period of disability will end if medical
evidence or other information shows that an annuitant is not disabled
under the standards prescribed in Section 2 of the RRA. Continuing
disability reviews are generally conducted if one or more of the
following conditions are met: (1) the annuitant is scheduled for a
routine periodic review, (2) the annuitant returns to work and
successfully completes a trial work period, (3) substantial earnings
are posted to the annuitant's wage record, or (4)
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information is received from the annuitant or a reliable source that
the annuitant has recovered or returned to work. Provisions relating to
when and how often the RRB conducts disability reviews are prescribed
in 20 CFR 220.186.
To enhance program integrity activities, the RRB utilizes Form G-
252, Self-Employment/Corporate Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring.
Form G-252 obtains information from a disability annuitant who claims
to be self-employed or a corporate officer or who the RRB determines to
be self-employed or a corporate officer after a continuing disability
review. The continuing disability review may be prompted by a report of
work, return to railroad service, an allegation of a medical
improvement or a routine disability review call-up. The information
gathered is used to determine entitlement and/or continued entitlement
to, and the amount of, the disability annuity, as prescribed in 20 CFR
220.176. Completion is required to retain benefits. One response is
required of each respondent. The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-252.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
[The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows]
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Annual Time Burden
Form number responses (minutes) (hours)
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G-252........................................................... 100 20 33
Total................................................... 100 .............. 33
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Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms,
and/or supporting material, contact Dana Hickman at (312) 751-4981 or
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Charles Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or emailed to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Chief of Information Resources Management.
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