Agencies and Commissions August 26, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This action adds products and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 20) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting complainants' motion to terminate the investigation based on the withdrawal of the complaint in the above-referenced investigation.

Pursuant to subsection (e)(4) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (``Privacy Act''), 5 U.S.C. 552a, the FCC proposes to add one new, consolidated system of records, FCC/OIG-3, ``Investigative Files.'' FCC/OIG-3, ``Investigative Files'' will incorporate the information, e.g., personally identifiable information (PII), presently covered by two OIG systems of records, FCC/OIG-1, ``Criminal Investigative Files,'' and FCC/OIG-2, ``General Investigative Files,'' and also add new and updated information that pertains to the mission and activities of the FCC's Office of Inspector General (OIG). Upon both the approval and deployment of FCC/OIG-3, the Commission will cancel FCC/OIG-1 and FCC/OIG-2. The purposes for adding this new system of records, FCC/OIG-3, ``Investigative Files,'' are for the OIG to use the records in this system of records to pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, for the purposes of: Conducting and documenting investigations initiated and/or referred by or to OIG or other investigative agencies regarding FCC programs and operations and reporting the results of investigations to other Federal agencies, other public authorities or professional organizations that have the authority to bring criminal prosecutions or civil or administrative actions, or to impose other disciplinary sanctions; Documenting the outcome of OIG investigations; Maintaining a record of the activities that were the subject of investigations; Reporting investigative findings to the Commission management about problems and deficiencies in the FCC's programs and operations or to suggest corrective action in reference to identified irregularities, problems or deficiencies; Maintaining a record of complaints and allegations received relative to FCC programs and operations and documenting the outcome of OIG reviews of those complaints and allegations; Coordinating relationships with other Federal agencies, State and local governmental agencies, and nongovernmental entities in matters relating to the statutory responsibilities of the OIG; and Acting as a repository and source for information necessary to fulfill the reporting requirements of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. The new system of records will consolidate the systems of records that the OIG currently uses to house all of its criminal and general investigative files with PII data in the various OIG information systems in a single OIG investigative files system of records.

Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency) regulations on the capital adequacy of Farm Credit System (FCS or System) institutions include various references to and requirements of reliance on credit ratings of a security or money-market instrument. Section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank or DFA), enacted on July 21, 2010, requires Federal agencies to remove any reference to or requirement of reliance upon such credit ratings, and substitute in their place standards of creditworthiness that they deem appropriate for such regulations. The FCA seeks public comment on alternatives to the use of credit ratings in these regulations.