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Islands. To our knowledge, the States
that do have mandatory reporting rarely
exercise their authority. The collection
form’s confidentiality statement cites
the Confidential Information Protection
and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002
and mentions the State mandatory
reporting authority.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Report
on Current Employment Statistics.
Automated data collection methods
are now used for most of the CES
sample. Approximately 111,700 reports
are received through Electronic Data
Interchange as of January 2014. Web
data collection accounts for 47,700
reports. Computer Assisted Telephone
Interviewing is used to collect 81,400.
Fax is also a significant collection mode,
as 11,600 reports are collected via this
method. Touchtone Data Entry is used
for 8,600 reports.
The balance of the sample is collected
through other methods including
submission of transcripts, emails, and
other special arrangements.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, 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.
Form
Minutes per
report
Reports
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through 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.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Report on Current Employment
Statistics.
OMB Number: 1220–0011.
Affected Public: State or local
governments; businesses or other for
profit; non-profit institutions.
Frequency of
response
Annual
responses
Annual burden
hours
A—Mining and Logging .......................................................
B—Construction ...................................................................
C—Manufacturing ................................................................
E—Service Providing Industries ..........................................
G—Public Administration .....................................................
S—Education .......................................................................
Fax790 A,B,C,E,G,S ............................................................
1,289
11,102
10,411
178,366
47,398
11,208
11,627
11
11
11
11
6
6
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
15,468
133,224
124,932
2,140,392
568,776
134,496
139,524
2,836
24,424
22,904
392,405
56,878
13,450
25,579
Total ..............................................................................
271,401
........................
........................
3,256,812
538,476
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of
May 2014.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2014–12722 Filed 6–2–14; 8:45 am]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
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Sunshine Act Meeting
The Legal Services
Corporation’s Finance Committee will
meet telephonically on June 9, 2014.
The meeting will commence at 2 p.m.,
EDT, and will continue until the
conclusion of the Committee’s agenda.
LOCATION: John N. Erlenborn Conference
Room, Legal Services Corporation
DATE AND TIME:
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Headquarters, 3333 K Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20007.
PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Members of the
public who are unable to attend in
person but wish to listen to the public
proceedings may do so by following the
telephone call-in directions provided
below.
CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS:
• Call toll-free number: 1–866–451–
4981;
• When prompted, enter the
following numeric pass code:
5907707348
• When connected to the call, please
immediately ‘‘MUTE’’ your telephone.
Members of the public are asked to keep
their telephones muted to eliminate
background noises. To avoid disrupting
the meeting, please refrain from placing
the call on hold if doing so will trigger
recorded music or other sound. From
time to time, the Chair may solicit
comments from the public.
STATUS OF MEETING: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s meeting of April 6, 2014
3. Public comment regarding LSC’s
fiscal year 2016 budget request
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• Presentation by a representative of the
American Bar Association’s
Standing Committee on Legal Aid
and Indigent Defendants
• Presentation by a representative of
National Legal Aid and Defender
Association
• Other Interested Parties
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting.
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:
Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
the Vice President & General Counsel, at
(202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent
by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_
QUESTIONS@lsc.gov.
ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the
Americans with Disabilities Act and
Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation
Act. Upon request, meeting notices and
materials will be made available in
alternative formats to accommodate
individuals with disabilities.
Individuals needing other
accommodations due to disability in
order to attend the meeting in person or
telephonically should contact Katherine
Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or FR_
NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least
2 business days in advance of the
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meeting. If a request is made without
advance notice, LSC will make every
effort to accommodate the request but
cannot guarantee that all requests can be
fulfilled.
Dated: May 29, 2014.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for
Legal Affairs and General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014–12905 Filed 5–30–14; 11:15 am]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
[Docket No. 2012–5]
Verification of Statements of Account
Submitted by Cable Operators and
Satellite Carriers
U.S. Copyright Office, Library
of Congress.
ACTION: Notice of public roundtable.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Copyright Office
will host a public roundtable
concerning a new procedure to allow
copyright owners to audit the
Statements of Account and royalty
payments that cable operators and
satellite carriers deposit with the Office.
The roundtable is intended to elicit
specific information concerning the
topics listed in this notice. The Office is
especially interested in hearing from
accounting professionals with
experience and expertise in auditing
procedures and statistical sampling
techniques.
SUMMARY:
The public roundtable will be
held on July 9, 2014 beginning at 10:00
a.m. at the address listed below.
Requests to participate in the roundtable
discussion must be submitted in writing
no later than June 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The public roundtable will
take place in the Office of the Register
of Copyrights, LM–403 of the Madison
Building of the Library of Congress, 101
Independence Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20559. The Office strongly prefers
that requests to participate in the
discussion be submitted electronically
using the form which will be posted on
the Office’s Web site at https://
www.copyright.gov/docs/soaaudit/
public-roundtable/. If electronic
submission is not feasible, please
contact the Office at (202) 707–8350 for
special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, General
Counsel and Associate Register of
Copyrights, by email at jcharlesworth@
loc.gov, or by telephone at 202–707–
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8350; Erik Bertin, Assistant General
Counsel, by email at ebertin@loc.gov, or
by telephone at 202–707–8350; or
Sarang V. Damle, Special Advisor to the
General Counsel, by email at sdam@
loc.gov, or by telephone at 202–707–
8350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Satellite Television Extension
and Localism Act of 2010 (‘‘STELA’’)
directed the Register of Copyrights to
establish a new procedure to allow
copyright owners to audit the
Statements of Account (‘‘SOAs’’) and
royalty fees that cable operators and
satellite carriers file with the U.S.
Copyright Office (the ‘‘Office’’). See 17
U.S.C. 111(d)(6), 119(b)(2). Cable
operators and satellite carriers file SOAs
and deposit royalties every six months
in order to obtain the benefits of the
statutory licenses that allow for the
retransmission of over-the-air broadcast
signals.
On January 31, 2012, a group of
copyright owners filed a Petition for
Rulemaking and provided the Office
with proposed language for the new
audit procedure.1 See Petition at 1–4.
On June 14, 2012, the Office published
a notice of proposed rulemaking that set
forth its initial proposal for this new
procedure (the ‘‘First NPRM’’), which
was based, in part, on audit regulations
that the Office has adopted in the past,
as well as the petition that the Office
received from the copyright owners. See
77 FR 35643 (June 14, 2012).
The Office received extensive
comments from groups representing
copyright owners, cable operators, and
individual companies that use the
statutory licenses. The Office carefully
studied these comments and revised its
proposal based on the suggestions it
received. On May 9, 2013 the Office
issued a second notice of proposed
rulemaking setting forth a revised
proposal for the audit procedure (the
‘‘Second NPRM’’), which was largely
based on a joint recommendation that
1 This
group included the Program Suppliers
(commercial entertainment programming), Joint
Sports Claimants (professional and college sports
programming), National Association of Broadcasters
(‘‘NAB’’) (commercial television programming),
Commercial Television Claimants (local
commercial television programming), Broadcaster
Claimants Group (U.S. commercial television
stations), American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers (‘‘ASCAP’’) (musical works included
in television programming), Broadcast Music, Inc.
(‘‘BMI’’) (same), Public Television Claimants
(noncommercial television programming), Public
Broadcasting Service (‘‘PBS’’) (same), National
Public Radio (‘‘NPR’’) (noncommercial radio
programming), Canadian Claimants (Canadian
television programming), and Devotional Claimants
(religious television programming).
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the Office received from certain
stakeholders.2 See 78 FR 27137 (May 9,
2013). Once again, the Office received
extensive comments.
On December 26, 2013, the Office
issued an interim rule that establishes
one aspect of the audit procedure (the
‘‘Interim Rule’’). See 78 FR 78257 (Dec.
26, 2013). Specifically, the Interim Rule
allows copyright owners to initiate an
audit by filing a notice with the Office
and by delivering a copy of that notice
to the statutory licensee that will be
subject to the procedure. See id. at
78257. The Office also explained that it
was in the process of reviewing the
comments submitted in response to the
Second NPRM. See id. at 78258.
After analyzing the latest round of
comments, the Office has decided to
revisit several issues that were
identified and discussed in the First and
Second NPRMs. In addition, the Office
has identified some new issues that
were not addressed in any of the
comments. These issues are described in
Sections II.A through II.E below. Many
of them are overlapping in the sense
that there may be a common solution for
multiple issues.
The public roundtable is intended to
elicit specific information on these
designated topics, preferably from
individuals with experience and
expertise in accounting. At this time,
the Office is seeking input only on the
topics specifically mentioned in this
notice. Following the roundtable, the
Office expects to issue another notice of
proposed rulemaking (the ‘‘Third
NPRM’’), which will set forth a revised
proposal for the audit procedure. The
Third NPRM will address various issues
that the parties raised in response to the
Second NPRM, as well as relevant input
that the Office receives during the
roundtable. The Third NPRM will be
published in the Federal Register and
copyright owners, cable operators,
satellite carriers, accounting
professionals, and other interested
parties will be given an opportunity to
submit written comments at that time.
II. Topics for the Public Roundtable
A. Concerns Regarding Backlogs of
Pending Audits
As noted above, the proposed rule set
forth in the Second NPRM borrows
heavily from the joint recommendation
that the Office received from certain
2 The joint recommendation was submitted by
DIRECTV, the National Cable Television
Association, and a group representing certain
copyright owners, namely, the Program Suppliers,
Joint Sports Claimants, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, the
Public Television Claimants, the Canadian
Claimants Group, the Devotional Claimants, and
NPR.
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[Notices]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Finance Committee will
meet telephonically on June 9, 2014. The meeting will commence at 2
p.m., EDT, and will continue until the conclusion of the Committee's
agenda.
LOCATION: John N. Erlenborn Conference Room, Legal Services Corporation
Headquarters, 3333 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20007.
PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Members of the public who are unable to attend in
person but wish to listen to the public proceedings may do so by
following the telephone call-in directions provided below.
CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS:
Call toll-free number: 1-866-451-4981;
When prompted, enter the following numeric pass code:
5907707348
When connected to the call, please immediately ``MUTE''
your telephone.
Members of the public are asked to keep their telephones muted to
eliminate background noises. To avoid disrupting the meeting, please
refrain from placing the call on hold if doing so will trigger recorded
music or other sound. From time to time, the Chair may solicit comments
from the public.
STATUS OF MEETING: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's meeting of April 6, 2014
3. Public comment regarding LSC's fiscal year 2016 budget request
Presentation by a representative of the American Bar
Association's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
Presentation by a representative of National Legal Aid and
Defender Association
Other Interested Parties
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting.
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
the Vice President & General Counsel, at (202) 295-1500. Questions may
be sent by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov.
ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act
and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Upon request, meeting
notices and materials will be made available in alternative formats to
accommodate individuals with disabilities. Individuals needing other
accommodations due to disability in order to attend the meeting in
person or telephonically should contact Katherine Ward, at (202) 295-
1500 or FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least 2 business days in
advance of the
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meeting. If a request is made without advance notice, LSC will make
every effort to accommodate the request but cannot guarantee that all
requests can be fulfilled.
Dated: May 29, 2014.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General
Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-12905 Filed 5-30-14; 11:15 am]
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