Agencies and Commissions May 28, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Enforcement Bureau (the ``Bureau'') debars Ms. Judy Green from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or ``E-Rate Program'') for a period of ten years. The Bureau takes this action to protect the E-Rate Program from waste, fraud and abuse.

The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). This is the second of two notices required under the PRA in which the FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through May 31, 2012, the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements contained in its Telemarketing Sales Rule (``TSR'' or ``Rule''). That clearance expires on May 31, 2009.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) by revising and updating the agency's implementation of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that there is a violation of 19 U.S.C. 1337 by Spansion, Inc. and Spansion, LLC, both of Sunnyvale, California (collectively ``Spansion''); QUALCOMM, Inc. of San Diego, California (``Qualcomm''); ATI Technologies of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada (``ATI''); Motorola, Inc. of Schaumburg, Illinois (``Motorola''); STMicroelectronics N.V. of Geneva, Switzerland (``ST-NV''); and Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. of Austin, Texas (``Freescale'') (collectively, ``Respondents'') in the above-captioned investigation. The investigation is terminated.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to reinstate a previously approved information collection requirement concerning Integrity of Unit Prices.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding nondiscrimination in Federal financial assistance programs. This information is needed to facilitate nondiscrimination in GSA's Federal Financial Assistance Programs, consistent with Federal civil rights laws and regulations that apply to recipients of Federal financial assistance. The clearance currently expires on July 31, 2009.

This notice is issued in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2459f-1(d). This is an update to a previous notice (09-12) on the 2009 Power Beaming and Tether Challenges. The 2009 Power Beaming Challenge is now scheduled and teams that wish to compete may register. A notice on the Tether Challenge will be issued at a later time. The NASA Centennial Challenges is a program of prize contests to stimulate innovation and competition in technologies of interest and value to NASA and the nation. The 2009 Power Beaming Challenge is a prize competition designed to promote the development of new power transmission technologies with applications in energy systems, transportation and emergency operations. Significant improvements in power beaming could contribute to revolutionary advances in space transportation as well as other areas.

Pursuant to sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255(b) of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 107-252, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be published in the Federal Register changes to the HAVA State plans previously submitted by Florida and Ohio.