Sunshine Act Meeting, 54300-54301 [2014-21818]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 54300 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 2014 / Notices I. Background: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. 2601, requires private sector employers who employ 50 or more employees, all public and private elementary schools, and all public agencies to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any 12-month period to eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons for birth of a son or daughter and to care for the newborn child; for placement with the employee of a son or daughter for adoption or foster care; to care for the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious health condition; because of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of the employee’s job; and to address qualifying exigencies arising out of the deployment of the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent to covered active duty in the military), and up to 26 weeks of unpaid, job protected leave during a single 12month period to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin to the employee. The Wage Hour Division (WHD) created optional use forms: WHD Publication 1420, WH–380–E. WH–380– F, WH–381, WH–382, WH–384, WH– 385, and WH–385–V to assist employers and employees in meeting their FMLA third-party notification obligations. WHD Publication 1420 allows employers to satisfy the general notice requirement. See § 825.300(a). Form WH–380–E allows an employee requesting FMLA leave for his or her own serious health condition to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer’s request, appropriate certification (including a second or third opinion and recertification) to support the need for leave for the employee’s own serious health condition. See § 825.305(a). Form WH–380–F allows an employee requesting FMLA-leave for a family member’s serious health condition to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer’s request, appropriate certification (including a second or third opinion and recertification) to support the need for leave for the family member’s serious health condition. See § 825.305(a). Form WH–381 allows an employer to satisfy the regulatory requirement to provide employees taking FMLA leave with written notice detailing specific expectations and obligations of the employee and explaining any consequences of a failure to meet these obligations. See § 825.300(b) and (c). Form WH–382 allows an employer to VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:29 Sep 10, 2014 Jkt 232001 meet its obligation to designate leave as FMLA-qualifying. See § 825.301(a). Form WH–384 allows an employee requesting FMLA leave based on a qualifying exigency to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer’s request, appropriate certification to support leave for a qualifying exigency. See § 825.309. Form WH–385 allows an employee requesting FMLA leave based on an active duty covered servicemember’s serious injury or illness to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer’s request, a medical certification from an authorized health care provider. See § 825.310. Form WH 385 V allows an employee requesting leave based on a veteran’s serious injury or illness to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer’s request, a medical certification from an authorized health care provider. See § 825.310. II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which: • 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; • Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; • 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; • 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. III. Current Actions: The DOL seeks an approval for the extension of this information collection requirement that requires private sector employers of 50 or more employees and public agencies to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any 12month period to ‘‘eligible’’ employees for certain family and medical reasons (i.e., for birth of a son or daughter, and to care for the newborn child; for placement with the employee of a son or daughter for adoption or foster care; to care for the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious health condition; and because of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of the employee’s job) and up PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 to 26 workweeks of unpaid, job protected leave during a single 12month period to an eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember for the employee to provide care for the covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness. 29 U.S.C. 2601, et seq. Type of Review: Extension. Agency: Wage and Hour Division. Title: 29 CFR part 825, The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. OMB Number: 1235–0003. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal Government. Total Respondents: 91.1 million Total Annual Responses: 89,305,469 Estimated Total Burden Hours: 19,027,093 Estimated Time per Response: Various. Frequency: Various. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0. Total Burden Costs (operation/ maintenance): $163,467,915. Dated: September 4, 2014. Mary Ziegler, Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation. [FR Doc. 2014–21699 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Sunshine Act Meeting The Legal Services Corporation’s Communications SubCommittee will meet telephonically on September 19, 2014. The meeting will commence at 4:30 p.m., ET, 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 DATE AND TIME: E:\FR\FM\11SEN1.SGM 11SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 2014 / Notices 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 presiding Chair may solicit comments from the public. STATUS OF MEETING: Open. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Consider and act on agenda 2. Welcome 3. Presentation on 40th anniversary conference media and communication materials for use throughout the anniversary year • Carl Rauscher, Director of Media Relations 4. Annual Calendar Plan 5. New Business 6. Public Comment 7. Adjournment 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 who need 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: September 9, 2014. Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to the Vice President & General Counsel. BILLING CODE 7050–01–P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [Notice (14–086)] Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of Availability of Inventions for Licensing. AGENCY: 18:29 Sep 10, 2014 Jkt 232001 September 11, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward K. Fein, Patent Counsel, Johnson Space Center, Mail Code AL, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (281) 483–4871; (281) 483–6936 [Facsimile]. NASA Case No.: MSC–24314–2: HighDensity Spot Seeding for Tissue Model Formation. Sumara M. Thompson-King, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2014–21608 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice (14–083)] Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing National Aeronautics and Space Administration. AGENCY: Notice of Availability of Inventions for Licensing. ACTION: Patent applications on the inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. SUMMARY: DATES: September 11, 2014. Robert M. Padilla, Patent Counsel, Ames Research Center, Code 202A–4, Moffett Field, CA 94035–1000; telephone (650) 604–5104; fax (650) 604–2767. [FR Doc. 2014–21605 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice (14–088)] Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of availability of inventions for licensing. AGENCY: Patent applications on the inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. DATES: September 11, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James J. McGroary, Patent Counsel, Marshall Space Flight Center, Mail Code LS01, Huntsville, AL 35812; telephone (256) 544-0013; fax (256) 544–0258. NASA Case No.: MFS–32842–1: Reconfigurable Drive Current System; NASA Case No.: MFS–32518–1–DIV: Method for Determining Optimum Injector Inlet Geometry; NASA Case No.: MFS–33051–1: Variable-Aperture Reciprocating Reed Valve. SUMMARY: Sumara M. Thompson-King, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2014–21610 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice (14–087)] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sumara M. Thompson-King, General Counsel. The inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics VerDate Mar<15>2010 DATES: NASA Case No.: ARC–17110–1: Detection of Gases and Vapors Present at Low Concentrations; NASA Case No.: ARC–16938–1: A Method for Accurate Load/Position Control of Rigidly-Coupled Electromechanical Actuators; NASA Case No.: ARC–17354–1: Metal Oxide Vertical Graphene Hybrid Supercapacitors; NASA Case No.: ARC–17130–1: Nanostructure-Based Vacuum Channel Transistor; NASA Case No.: ARC–16933–1: Reconfigurable Image Generator. [FR Doc. 2014–21818 Filed 9–9–14; 4:15 pm] SUMMARY: and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and are available for licensing. 54301 Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of availability of inventions for licensing. AGENCY: Patent applications on the inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. DATES: September 11, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin W. Edwards, Patent Counsel, Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 30, Hampton, VA 23681–2199; telephone (757) 864–3230; fax (757) 864–9190. NASA Case No.: LAR–18411–1: Impact Tester Device; NASA Case No.: LAR–17997–1: Sequential/Simultaneous MultiMetalized Nanocomposites (S2M2N); SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11SEN1.SGM 11SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54300-54301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21818]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Communications Sub-
Committee will meet telephonically on September 19, 2014. The meeting 
will commence at 4:30 p.m., ET, 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

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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 presiding Chair may solicit comments from the public.

STATUS OF MEETING: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

    1. Consider and act on agenda
    2. Welcome
    3. Presentation on 40th anniversary conference media and 
communication materials for use throughout the anniversary year

     Carl Rauscher, Director of Media Relations
    4. Annual Calendar Plan
    5. New Business
    6. Public Comment
    7. Adjournment

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 
FRNOTICEQUESTIONS@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 who need other 
accommodations due to disability in order to attend the meeting in 
person or telephonically should contact Katherine Ward, at (202) 295-
1500 or FRNOTICEQUESTIONS@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: September 9, 2014.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President & General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-21818 Filed 9-9-14; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
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