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Washington, DC 20210; or by email:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–
4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not
toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_
PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
This ICR
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
information collection requirements
contained in Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption (PTE) 1998–54, which
relates to certain employee benefit plan
foreign exchange transactions executed
pursuant to standing instructions. The
PTE permits certain foreign exchange
transactions between employee benefit
plans and certain banks and brokerdealers that are parties in interest with
respect to such plans. In order that such
transactions will be consistent with the
requirements of Employee Retirement
Income Security Act (ERISA) section
408(a), 29 U.S.C. 1108(a), the PTE
imposes the following conditions at the
time the foreign exchange transaction is
entered into: (a) The terms of the
transaction must not be less favorable
than those available in comparable
arm’s-length transactions between
unrelated parties or those afforded by
the bank or the broker-dealer in
comparable arm’s-length transactions
involving unrelated parties; (b) neither
the bank nor the broker-dealer has any
discretionary authority with respect to
the investment of the assets involved in
the transaction; (c) the bank or brokerdealer maintains at all times written
policies and procedures regarding the
handling of foreign exchange
transactions for plans for which it is a
party in interest which ensure that the
party acting for the bank or the brokerdealer knows it is dealing with a plan;
(d) the transactions are performed in
accordance with a written authorization
executed in advance by an independent
fiduciary of the plan whose assets are
involved in the transaction and who is
independent of the bank or brokerdealer engaging in the covered
transaction; (e) transactions are
executed within one business day of
receipt of funds; (f) the bank or the
broker-dealer, at least once a day at a
time specified in written procedures,
establishes a rate or range of rates of
exchange to be used for the transactions
covered by this exemption and executes
transactions at either the next scheduled
time or no later than twenty-four (24)
hours after receipt of notice of receipt of
funds; (g) prior to execution of a
transaction, the bank or the brokerdealer provides the authorizing
fiduciary with a copy of the applicable
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written policies and procedures for
foreign exchange transactions involving
income item conversions and de
minimis purchase and sale transactions;
(h) the bank or the broker-dealer
furnishes the authorizing fiduciary a
written confirmation statement with
respect to each covered transaction
within five (5) days of execution; and (i)
the bank or the broker-dealer maintains,
for six (6) years after the date of the
transaction, records necessary for plan
fiduciaries, participants, and the DOL
and Internal Revenue Service to
determine whether the conditions of the
exemption have been met. See 63 FR
63503. The Internal Revenue Code and
ERISA authorize this information
collection. See 26 U.S.C. 4975 and 29
U.S.C. 1108.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1210–0111.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal, and the current approval for
this collection is scheduled to expire on
June 30, 2014. The DOL seeks to extend
PRA authorization for this information
collection for three (3) more years,
without any change to existing
requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
November 29, 2013 (78 FR 71668).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within 30 days of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
mention OMB Control Number 1210–
0111. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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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;
• 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 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 submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–EBSA.
Title of Collection: Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 1998–54
Relating to Certain Employee Benefit
Plan Foreign Exchange Transactions
Executed Pursuant to Standing
Instructions.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0111.
Affected Public: Private Sectorbusinesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 35.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 420,000.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
4,200 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Dated: June 5, 2014.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
The Legal Services
Corporation’s Finance Committee will
meet telephonically on June 27, 2014.
The meeting will commence at 1:00
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;
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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. Discussion with Management
regarding recommendation for LSC’s
fiscal year 2016 budget request.
3. Public comment.
4. Consider and act on other business.
5. 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
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 27, 2014.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for
Legal Affairs & General Counsel.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Request for Comments on the Intent
To Discontinue Part 2 of the Survey of
Science and Engineering Research
Facilities on Computing and
Networking Capacity
National Science Foundation.
Request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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This notice announces the
intent of the National Center for Science
and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) at
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
to discontinue data collection for Part 2
of the Survey of Science and
Engineering Research Facilities
(Facilities Survey) (OMB Clearance
Number 3145–0101) on computing and
networking capacity at academic
institutions. This notice is in response
to an effort by NCSES to assess the value
of these data.
DATES: Send your written comments by
August 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments to Mr. John R. Gawalt,
Director, National Center for Science
and Engineering Statistics, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Room 965, Arlington, VA 22230. Send
email comments to jgawalt@nsf.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John R. Gawalt, Director, National
Center for Science and Engineering
Statistics, National Science Foundation
at (703) 292–7776 or email at jgawalt@
nsf.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Data on
the academic research infrastructure are
collected biennially through the NSF’s
congressionally mandated Facilities
Survey. The survey originated in 1986
in response to Congress’s concern about
the state of research facilities at the
nation’s colleges and universities. Part 1
of the Facilities Survey collects data on
the amount, condition, construction,
repair, renovation, and funding of
research facilities. This section, focusing
largely on research space, will continue.
Recognizing the growing use of
networking and computing capacity
(cyberinfrastructure) in conducting
research, a new set of questions on these
topics was added to the FY 2003
Facilities Survey and revised for the FY
2005, FY 2007, FY 2009, FY 2011 and
FY 2013 surveys.
NCSES has continually reviewed the
Part 2 questionnaire in an attempt to
stay current with the rapidly changing
developments in academic R&D
cyberinfrastructure. Despite these
efforts, NCSES believes that the survey
provides little utility to policymakers,
researchers and other data users. Field
experts and review panels have noted
several critical shortcomings of Part 2
collections. Rapid advances in research
cyberinfrastructure make identifying
current and valuable metrics difficult.
This challenge is compounded by the
length of the data collection and
publication cycle, which typically
requires 16 months after the end of the
relevant fiscal year. The continual need
to update metrics combined with time
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required for production and publication
reduces the relevancy of the data. In
addition, to facilitate data collection and
ease survey response burden,
respondents to the Facilities Survey are
asked to report only on centrallyadministered cyberinfrastructure
capacity. More than 20 of the top 100
academic research institutions (based on
research expenditures) cannot report
data on their high-performance
computing because these resources are
not centrally-administered. Another 15
or more institutions in the top 100
report exceptionally low totals for the
same reason. Because so many of the top
research universities are unable to
adequately report their total computing
and networking capacity, the utility of
these data are severely undermined.
These institution-specific differences
limit the ability to present national
totals and trends as well as the ability
to compare many leading institutions.
The NCSES is interested in all
comments, especially from government
policy makers, academic institution
respondents, and academic researchers
that specify concerns related to the
discontinuation of Part 2 of the
Facilities Survey.
June 17, 2014.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Finance Committee will
meet telephonically on June 27, 2014. The meeting will commence at 1:00
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;
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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. Discussion with Management regarding recommendation for LSC's
fiscal year 2016 budget request.
3. Public comment.
4. Consider and act on other business.
5. 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 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 27, 2014.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs & General
Counsel.
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