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IV. Nominations
19:01 Nov 25, 2015
Dated: November 23, 2015.
Lawrence E. Strickling,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List, Additions
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to the Procurement
List.
AGENCY:
Individuals may nominate themselves
or other individuals. Professional
associations and other organizations
may nominate one or more qualified
persons for membership on the Board.
Nominations shall state that the
nominee has been consulted and is
willing to serve as a Special
Government Employee. All nominations
must provide the following information:
• A letter of nomination stating the
full name, affiliation, and contact
information for the nominee, the basis
for the nomination, and the nominee’s
field(s) of expertise;
• a biographical sketch of the
nominee and/or a copy of his or her
curriculum vitae; and
• if applicable, the name, return
address, email address, and daytime
phone number at which the nominator
can be contacted.
Nominations should be submitted
electronically using the online
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nomination form located at
www.ntia.doc.gov/digital-economy.
The Assistant Secretary will review
the nominations and make
recommendations to the Secretary for
appointments. Among other factors, the
Secretary and Assistant Secretary will
consider nominees’ experience and
knowledge of digital economy issues in
addition to:
• Educational background (e.g.,
advance degree in engineering,
economics, law, business, or public
policy);
• Professional experience and
accomplishments (e.g., nature of work,
job function, projects, or publications);
and
• Current employment and
membership in associations (e.g.,
technology developers, manufacturers,
academia, civil society, service
providers with customers in domestic
and international markets).
All appointments will be made
without discrimination on the basis of
age, ethnicity, gender, sexual
orientation, disability, or cultural,
religious, or socioeconomic status.
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This action adds services to
the Procurement List that will be
provided by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: 12/27/2015.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite
715, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703)
603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email
CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Additions
On 8/4/2015 (80 FR 46250); 8/21/2015
(80 FR 50825–50826) and 9/25/2015 (80
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FR 57792), the Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled published notices of proposed
additions to the Procurement List.
After consideration of the material
presented to it concerning capability of
qualified nonprofit agencies to provide
the services and impact of the additions
on the current or most recent
contractors, the Committee has
determined that the services listed
below are suitable for procurement by
the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C.
8501–8506 and 41 CFR 51–2.4.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. The action will not result in any
additional reporting, recordkeeping or
other compliance requirements for small
entities other than the small
organizations that will provide the
services to the Government.
2. The action will result in
authorizing small entities to provide the
services to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in
connection with the services proposed
for addition to the Procurement List.
End of Certification
Accordingly, the following services
are added to the Procurement List:
Services
Service Type: Contractor Operated Parts Store
(COPARS) Service
Service Is Mandatory For: US Marine Corps
Garrison Mobile Equipment Branch,
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Building
5400, Albany, GA
Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Training,
Rehabilitation, & Development Institute,
Inc., San Antonio, TX
Contracting Activity: Dept of the Navy,
Commanding General, Camp Lejeune, NC
The Commission was copied on a
letter to the contracting officer from an
incumbent contractor’s law firm. While
not received in response to the initial
Federal Register notice, the
Commission will, nevertheless, address
the comments noted in the letter.
On behalf of the incumbent
contractor, the law firm noted that the
contractor has held the contract for
three years and has retained
experienced employees who have
established a positive working
relationship in providing the required
services. The firm submitted that the
contractor was the most capable and
efficient provider of the required
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services and could continue to perform
with the best stewardship of the
taxpayers’ money. The firm questioned
whether the proposed nonprofit agency
could perform the required services
within the restraints of the AbilityOne
Program’s requirement to employ
people with severe disabilities and
noted that some of its employees were
contacted by the nonprofit agency and
offered employment. Finally, while
noting that the contract was not a major
portion of the contractor’s business
portfolio, the loss of the contract would
have a significant financial impact since
it would result in the loss of a major
profit margin contract without
providing specific information to
substantiate the impact or how the
impact would be measured.
The U.S. AbilityOne Commission
(statutorily identified as the Committee
for Purchase from People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled)
(Commission) administers the
AbilityOne® program under the
authority of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day
Act. Commission responsibilities
include identifying products and
services produced or provided by
qualified nonprofit agencies employing
people who are blind or severely
disabled that the Commission
determines are suitable for procurement
by the Government. Prior to adding any
project to the Procurement List (PL), the
Commission reviews each project for
suitability including, employment
potential, nonprofit agency
qualifications, capability, and level of
impact on the current contractor. If the
Commission is satisfied that each of
these four criteria are met, then the
service can be added to the PL and it
becomes a mandatory requirement for
the government agency to obtain the
service from the designated nonprofit
agency if available within the required
time frame.
The Commission does not dispute
that the contractor is effectively
performing the required services;
however, that does not mean that it is
the only contractor that can effectively
perform the services or that the
AbilityOne Commission cannot add the
work to the Procurement List for
performance by a nonprofit agency in
the AbilityOne Program. The
Commission has reviewed and
determined that the project will result
in employment for people with severe
disabilities and the designated nonprofit
agency is qualified under the
Commission’s 75% ratio requirement
and otherwise and capable of
performing the services. Additionally,
the Commission reviews financial
information provided by current
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contractors to determine whether severe
adverse impact will occur if a project is
added to the PL. The Commission did
so in this instance and disagrees with
the contractor’s assertion that the
addition of this project to the PL will
result in severe adverse impact to the
contractor company. The Commission
has reviewed the specific requirements
of this project and determined that this
project is suitable for performance by a
nonprofit agency employing people who
are blind or severely disabled. Placing
this project on the PL will result in
employment and training opportunities
for people with severe disabilities.
Accordingly, following a deliberative
review of the facts of this project, the
Commission determines that this project
is appropriate for the AbilityOne
Program and will be added to the
Procurement List.
Service Type: Removal/Clean-up Bird
Dropping Service
Service Is Mandatory For: Defense Logistics
Agency, Defense Supply Center, 8000
Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, VA
Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Richmond
Area Association for Retarded Citizens,
Richmond, VA
Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics
Agency Contracting Services Office,
Richmond, VA
Service Type: Custodial and Related
Service
Service Is Mandatory For: GSA PBS Region
4, Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove
Federal Building, 2030 SW. 145th Avenue,
Miramar, FL
Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: CW
Resources, Inc., New Britain, CT
Contracting Activity: Public Buildings
Service, Acquisition Division/Services
Branch, Atlanta, GA
Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[CPSC Docket No. 16–C0001]
Philips Lighting North America
Corporation, Provisional Acceptance
of a Settlement Agreement and Order
Lighting North America Corporation
containing a civil penalty in the amount
of two million dollars ($2,000,000),
within thirty (30) days of service of the
Commission’s final Order accepting the
Settlement Agreement.1
DATES: Any interested person may ask
the Commission not to accept this
agreement or otherwise comment on its
contents by filing a written request with
the Office of the Secretary by December
14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to
comment on this Settlement Agreement
should send written comments to the
Comment 16–C0001, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Room 820, Bethesda, Maryland 20814–
4408.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy S. Colvin, Attorney, Office of the
General Counsel, Division of
Enforcement and Information,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,
Maryland 20814–4408; telephone (301)
504–7639.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
the Agreement and Order appears
below.
Dated: November 23, 2015.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary.
United States of America Consumer
Product Safety Commission
In the Matter of: Philips Lighting North
America Corporation
CPSC Docket No.: 16–C0001
Settlement Agreement
1. In accordance with the Consumer
Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C.
2051¥2089 (‘‘CPSA’’) and 16 CFR
1118.20, Philips Lighting North America
Corporation (‘‘Philips’’), and the United
States Consumer Product Safety
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), through
its staff, hereby enter into this
Settlement Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’).
The Agreement, and the incorporated
attached Order, resolve staff’s charges
set forth below.
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
The Parties
2. The Commission is an independent
federal regulatory agency, established
pursuant to, and responsible for the
It is the policy of the
Commission to publish settlements
which it provisionally accepts under the
Consumer Product Safety Act in the
Federal Register in accordance with the
terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published
below is a provisionally-accepted
Settlement Agreement with Philips
1 The Commission voted (4–1) to provisionally
accept the Settlement Agreement and Order
regarding Philips Lighting North America
Corporation. Chairman Kaye, Commissioner Adler,
Commissioner Robinson and Commissioner
Mohorovic voted to provisionally accept the
Settlement Agreement and Order. Commissioner
Buerkle voted to reject the Settlement Agreement
and Order.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74087-74088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30145]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List, Additions
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to the Procurement List.
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SUMMARY: This action adds services to the Procurement List that will be
provided by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have
other severe disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: 12/27/2015.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715, Arlington, Virginia 22202-
4149.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703)
603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additions
On 8/4/2015 (80 FR 46250); 8/21/2015 (80 FR 50825-50826) and 9/25/
2015 (80 FR 57792), the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled published notices of proposed additions to
the Procurement List.
After consideration of the material presented to it concerning
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the services and
impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors, the
Committee has determined that the services listed below are suitable
for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501-8506 and
41 CFR 51-2.4.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will not have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors
considered for this certification were:
1. The action will not result in any additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities other
than the small organizations that will provide the services to the
Government.
2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to provide
the services to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C.
8501-8506) in connection with the services proposed for addition to the
Procurement List.
End of Certification
Accordingly, the following services are added to the Procurement
List:
Services
Service Type: Contractor Operated Parts Store (COPARS) Service
Service Is Mandatory For: US Marine Corps Garrison Mobile Equipment
Branch, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Building 5400, Albany, GA
Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Training, Rehabilitation, &
Development Institute, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Contracting Activity: Dept of the Navy, Commanding General, Camp
Lejeune, NC
The Commission was copied on a letter to the contracting officer
from an incumbent contractor's law firm. While not received in response
to the initial Federal Register notice, the Commission will,
nevertheless, address the comments noted in the letter.
On behalf of the incumbent contractor, the law firm noted that the
contractor has held the contract for three years and has retained
experienced employees who have established a positive working
relationship in providing the required services. The firm submitted
that the contractor was the most capable and efficient provider of the
required
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services and could continue to perform with the best stewardship of the
taxpayers' money. The firm questioned whether the proposed nonprofit
agency could perform the required services within the restraints of the
AbilityOne Program's requirement to employ people with severe
disabilities and noted that some of its employees were contacted by the
nonprofit agency and offered employment. Finally, while noting that the
contract was not a major portion of the contractor's business
portfolio, the loss of the contract would have a significant financial
impact since it would result in the loss of a major profit margin
contract without providing specific information to substantiate the
impact or how the impact would be measured.
The U.S. AbilityOne Commission (statutorily identified as the
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled)
(Commission) administers the AbilityOne[supreg] program under the
authority of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act. Commission responsibilities
include identifying products and services produced or provided by
qualified nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or severely
disabled that the Commission determines are suitable for procurement by
the Government. Prior to adding any project to the Procurement List
(PL), the Commission reviews each project for suitability including,
employment potential, nonprofit agency qualifications, capability, and
level of impact on the current contractor. If the Commission is
satisfied that each of these four criteria are met, then the service
can be added to the PL and it becomes a mandatory requirement for the
government agency to obtain the service from the designated nonprofit
agency if available within the required time frame.
The Commission does not dispute that the contractor is effectively
performing the required services; however, that does not mean that it
is the only contractor that can effectively perform the services or
that the AbilityOne Commission cannot add the work to the Procurement
List for performance by a nonprofit agency in the AbilityOne Program.
The Commission has reviewed and determined that the project will result
in employment for people with severe disabilities and the designated
nonprofit agency is qualified under the Commission's 75% ratio
requirement and otherwise and capable of performing the services.
Additionally, the Commission reviews financial information provided by
current contractors to determine whether severe adverse impact will
occur if a project is added to the PL. The Commission did so in this
instance and disagrees with the contractor's assertion that the
addition of this project to the PL will result in severe adverse impact
to the contractor company. The Commission has reviewed the specific
requirements of this project and determined that this project is
suitable for performance by a nonprofit agency employing people who are
blind or severely disabled. Placing this project on the PL will result
in employment and training opportunities for people with severe
disabilities.
Accordingly, following a deliberative review of the facts of this
project, the Commission determines that this project is appropriate for
the AbilityOne Program and will be added to the Procurement List.
Service Type: Removal/Clean-up Bird Dropping Service
Service Is Mandatory For: Defense Logistics Agency, Defense
Supply Center, 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, VA
Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Richmond Area Association for
Retarded Citizens, Richmond, VA
Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics Agency Contracting
Services Office, Richmond, VA
Service Type: Custodial and Related Service
Service Is Mandatory For: GSA PBS Region 4, Benjamin P. Grogan
and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building, 2030 SW. 145th Avenue, Miramar,
FL
Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: CW Resources, Inc., New Britain,
CT
Contracting Activity: Public Buildings Service, Acquisition
Division/Services Branch, Atlanta, GA
Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-30145 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
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