Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 57335 [2015-24130]

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All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case by case basis. Dated: September 17, 2015. Tracy Beck, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 2015–24141 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Business-Cooperative Service Inviting Applications for the Delta Health Care Services Grant Program Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice; correction. AGENCY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service published a Notice in the Federal Register on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 (80 FR 53765), inviting applications for the Delta Health Care Services Grant Program. The document contained the incorrect maximum grant amount. 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[FR Doc. 2015–24113 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions. OMB Control Number: 0607–0143. Form Number(s): F–10. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Number of Respondents: 100. Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes. Burden Hours: 300. Needs and Uses: A small number of large retirement systems control over 3.3 trillion dollars in public pension assets in the financial markets. In the process of preparing the frame for the 2012 Census of Governments, 3,992 public retirement systems administered by state and local governments were identified. The 100 largest systems, as measured by the system assets, account for about 87.2 percent of the total assets of all systems, based on the 2012 Census of Governments. The Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions is used to collect data on the assets, revenues, and expenditures of these 100 systems enabling policy makers and economists to follow the changing characteristics of these funds. 100 units are selected in an attempt to balance timeliness, respondent burden, workload, and data quality. The survey provides a more timely subset of the data presented in the Annual Survey of Public-Employee Pension Systems. Both Surveys are part of the Census Bureau’s Government Finance program. The U.S. Census Bureau initiated this survey in 1968 at the request of both the Council of Economic Advisers and the Federal Reserve Board. The most important information this survey provides is the quarterly change in composition of the securities holdings of the defined benefit public employee PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57335 retirement systems component of the economy. The Federal Reserve Board uses these data to track the public sector portion of the Flow of Funds Accounts. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses these data to estimate dividends received by state and local government retirement systems that, in turn, are used in preparing the National Income and Product Accounts. Additionally, the data are used by a variety of government officials, academics, students, and nonprofit organizations to analyze trends in public employee retirement and the impact of retirement obligations on the fiscal well-being of state and local governments. Media that serve investment and public policy audiences routinely report on the quarterly data release, further disseminating the data. Affected Public: State, local or tribal government. Frequency: Quarterly. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: 13 U.S.C. Sections 161 and 182. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Sheleen Dumas, PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–24130 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Economic Analysis Meeting of Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee Bureau of Economic Analysis, Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463 as amended by Pub. L. 94–409, Pub. L. 96–523, Pub. L. 97–375, and Pub. L. 105–153), we are announcing a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee. The meeting will address ways in which the national economic accounts can be presented more effectively for current economic analysis and recent statistical developments in national accounting. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0143.
    Form Number(s): F-10.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 300.
    Needs and Uses: A small number of large retirement systems control 
over 3.3 trillion dollars in public pension assets in the financial 
markets. In the process of preparing the frame for the 2012 Census of 
Governments, 3,992 public retirement systems administered by state and 
local governments were identified. The 100 largest systems, as measured 
by the system assets, account for about 87.2 percent of the total 
assets of all systems, based on the 2012 Census of Governments. The 
Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions is used to collect data on the 
assets, revenues, and expenditures of these 100 systems enabling policy 
makers and economists to follow the changing characteristics of these 
funds. 100 units are selected in an attempt to balance timeliness, 
respondent burden, workload, and data quality. The survey provides a 
more timely subset of the data presented in the Annual Survey of 
Public-Employee Pension Systems. Both Surveys are part of the Census 
Bureau's Government Finance program.
    The U.S. Census Bureau initiated this survey in 1968 at the request 
of both the Council of Economic Advisers and the Federal Reserve Board. 
The most important information this survey provides is the quarterly 
change in composition of the securities holdings of the defined benefit 
public employee retirement systems component of the economy. The 
Federal Reserve Board uses these data to track the public sector 
portion of the Flow of Funds Accounts. The Bureau of Economic Analysis 
(BEA) uses these data to estimate dividends received by state and local 
government retirement systems that, in turn, are used in preparing the 
National Income and Product Accounts. Additionally, the data are used 
by a variety of government officials, academics, students, and non-
profit organizations to analyze trends in public employee retirement 
and the impact of retirement obligations on the fiscal well-being of 
state and local governments. Media that serve investment and public 
policy audiences routinely report on the quarterly data release, 
further disseminating the data.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 13 U.S.C. Sections 161 and 182.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-24130 Filed 9-22-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-07-P
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