Notice of Public Meeting of the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 72423-72424 [2023-23175]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 202 / Friday, October 20, 2023 / Notices Comments on this notice must be received by December 19, 2023 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and, in the ‘‘Search Field’’ box, labeled ‘‘Search for dockets and documents on agency actions,’’ enter the following docket number: (RUS–23–TELECOM– 0014), and click ‘‘Search.’’ To submit public comments, select the ‘‘Comment’’ button. Before inputting your comments, you may also review the ‘‘Commenter’s Checklist’’ (optional). Insert your comments under the ‘‘Comment’’ title, click ‘‘Browse’’ to attach files (if applicable). Input your email address and select an identity category then click ‘‘Submit Comment.’’ Information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket after the close of the comment period, is available through the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MaryPat Daskal, Chief, Branch 1, Rural Development Innovation Center— Regulations Management Division, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, South Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 720– 7853. Email: MaryPat.Daskla@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires that interested members of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that the Agency is submitting to OMB for extension. Title: 7 CFR part 1744, subpart B, Lien Accommodations and Subordination Policy. OMB Control Number: 0572–0126. Expiration Date of Approval: February 29, 2024. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information collection. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average .5 hours per response. Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. Estimated Number of Respondents: 12. Estimated Number of Responses: 36. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 Oct 19, 2023 Jkt 262001 Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 18. Abstract: RUS borrowers and other organizations providing telecommunications in rural areas, due to changes in the telecommunications industry, including deregulation and technological developments, may consider undertaking projects that provide new telecommunications services and other telecommunications services not ordinarily financed by RUS. Although some of these services may not be eligible for financing under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act), the services may nevertheless advance RE Act objectives where the borrower obtains financing from private lenders. To facilitate the financing of those projects and services, this program assists in facilitating funding from nonRUS sources in order to meet the growing capital needs of rural Local Exchange Carriers (LECs). The information collected for lien accommodation requests is used by RUS to ascertain a borrower’s level of financial strength and, upon agency approval of the lien accommodation, ensures that the government’s loan security interest is protected. Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 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. Comments may be sent by the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Kimble Brown, Innovation Center—Regulations Team, at (202) 720–6780, or email: kimble.brown@usda.gov. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record. Andrew Berke, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. 2023–23160 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72423 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Notice of Public Meeting of the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the North Carolina Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public meeting via Zoom at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss post-report activities for their project on Legal Financial Obligations as well as civil rights topics for the Committee’s next study. DATES: Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 12 p.m.–1:30 p.m. eastern time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via Zoom. Registration Link (Audio/Visual): https://www.zoomgov.com/j/ 1611585968. Join by Phone (Audio Only): (833) 435–1820 USA Toll-Free; Meeting ID: 161 158 5968. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Moreno, Designated Federal Officer, at vmoreno@usccr.gov or (434) 515–0204. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee meeting is available to the public through the registration link above. Any interested member of the public may listen to the meeting. An open comment period will be provided to allow members of the public to make a statement as time allows. Per the Federal Advisory Committee Act, public minutes of the meeting will include a list of persons who are present at the meeting. If joining via phone, callers can expect to incur regular charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, according to their wireless plan. The Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free telephone number. Closed captioning will be available for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have certain cognitive or learning impairments. To request additional accommodations, please email Liliana Schiller, Support Services Specialist, at lschiller@usccr.gov at least 10 business days prior to the meeting. Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\20OCN1.SGM 20OCN1 72424 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 202 / Friday, October 20, 2023 / Notices comments must be received in the regional office within 30 days following the meeting. Written comments may be emailed to Victoria Moreno at vmoreno@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at (312) 353–8311. Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Regional Programs Coordination Unit Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meetings will be available via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, North Carolina Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission’s website, https:// www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at lschiller@usccr.gov. Agenda I. Welcome & Roll Call II. Committee Discussion on Post-Report Activities III. Committee Discussion & Vote on a New Civil Rights Topic IV. Public Comment V. Next Steps VI. Adjournment Dated: October 17, 2023. David Mussatt, Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. [FR Doc. 2023–23175 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Census Bureau Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey Census Bureau, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed revision of the American Community Survey and ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 Oct 19, 2023 Jkt 262001 Puerto Rico Community Survey, prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval. To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before December 19, 2023. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by email to acso.pra@census.gov. Please reference the American Community Survey and the Puerto Rico Community Survey in the subject line of your comments. You may also submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC–2023–0009, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. All comments received are part of the public record. No comments will be posted to https:// www.regulations.gov for public viewing until after the comment period has closed. Comments will generally be posted without change. All Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. You may submit attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or specific questions related to collection activities should be directed to Dameka Reese, U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office, 301–763– 3804, dameka.m.reese@census.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: I. Abstract Since its founding, the U.S. Census Bureau has balanced the demands of a growing country requiring information about its people and economy with concerns for respondents’ confidentiality and the time and effort it takes respondents to answer questions. Beginning with the 1810 Census, Congress updated the set of questions asked in the 1790 and 1800 Censuses by adding questions to support a range of public concerns and uses. Over the course of a century, Federal agencies requested to add questions about agriculture, industry, and commerce, as well as individuals’ occupation, ancestry, marital status, disabilities, place of birth, and other topics. In 1940, the Census Bureau introduced the longform census questionnaire in order to ask more detailed questions to a sample of the public. PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 In the early 1990s, the demand for current, nationally consistent data from a wide variety of users led Federal Government policymakers to consider the feasibility of collecting social, economic, and housing data continuously throughout the decade. The benefits of providing current data, along with the anticipated decennial census benefits in cost savings, planning, improved census coverage, and more efficient operations, led the Census Bureau to plan the implementation of the Continuous Measurement Survey, later called the American Community Survey (ACS). After years of testing, the ACS was implemented in 2005 replacing the need for long-form data collection in future decennial censuses. The ACS is conducted throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico, where it is called the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). The ACS samples approximately 3.5 million housing unit addresses in the United States and about 36,000 housing unit addresses in Puerto Rico each year. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. The ACS also collects detailed socioeconomic data from a sample of about 170,000 residents living in group quarters facilities in the United States and about 900 in Puerto Rico. Group quarters are places where people live or stay, in a group living arrangement that is owned or managed by an entity or organization providing housing and/or services for the residents. People living in group quarters usually are not related to each other. Group quarters include such places as college/university student housing, residential treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, group homes, military barracks, correctional facilities, workers’ group living quarters and Job Corps centers, and emergency and transitional shelters. The proposed content for the 2025 ACS and PRCS reflects changes to content and instructions that were recommended as a result of the 2022 Content Test. The Census Bureau periodically conducts tests of new and revised survey content to ensure the ACS and the PRCS are meeting the data needs of its stakeholders. The primary objective of content tests is to determine whether changes to question wording, instructions, response categories, and underlying constructs improve the quality of the data collected. The 2025 survey changes cover several topics: household roster, educational attainment, health insurance coverage, E:\FR\FM\20OCN1.SGM 20OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Notice of Public Meeting of the North Carolina Advisory Committee 
to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
(Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the North 
Carolina Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil 
Rights will hold a public meeting via Zoom at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, 
November 9, 2023. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss post-report 
activities for their project on Legal Financial Obligations as well as 
civil rights topics for the Committee's next study.

DATES: Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. eastern time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via Zoom.
    Registration Link (Audio/Visual): https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1611585968.
    Join by Phone (Audio Only): (833) 435-1820 USA Toll-Free; Meeting 
ID: 161 158 5968.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Moreno, Designated Federal 
Officer, at [email protected] or (434) 515-0204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee meeting is available to the 
public through the registration link above. Any interested member of 
the public may listen to the meeting. An open comment period will be 
provided to allow members of the public to make a statement as time 
allows. Per the Federal Advisory Committee Act, public minutes of the 
meeting will include a list of persons who are present at the meeting. 
If joining via phone, callers can expect to incur regular charges for 
calls they initiate over wireless lines, according to their wireless 
plan. The Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will 
incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to 
the toll-free telephone number. Closed captioning will be available for 
individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have certain 
cognitive or learning impairments. To request additional 
accommodations, please email Liliana Schiller, Support Services 
Specialist, at [email protected] at least 10 business days prior to 
the meeting.
    Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the

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comments must be received in the regional office within 30 days 
following the meeting. Written comments may be emailed to Victoria 
Moreno at [email protected]. Persons who desire additional information 
may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at (312) 353-8311.
    Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced 
at the Regional Programs Coordination Unit Office, as they become 
available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meetings 
will be available via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on 
Civil Rights, North Carolina Advisory Committee link. Persons 
interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the 
Commission's website, https://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Regional 
Programs Coordination Unit at [email protected].

Agenda

I. Welcome & Roll Call
II. Committee Discussion on Post-Report Activities
III. Committee Discussion & Vote on a New Civil Rights Topic
IV. Public Comment
V. Next Steps
VI. Adjournment

    Dated: October 17, 2023.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2023-23175 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
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