Federal Register Notice for Extension of Information Collection

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I hereby certify that the aforementioned
determinations were issued during the period
of February 11, 2013 through February 19,
2013. These determinations are available on
the Department’s Web site tradeact/taa/taa
search form.cfm under the searchable listing
of determinations or by calling the Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888–
365–6822.
Dated: February 19, 2013.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Labor-Management
Standards
Extension of Information Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the Office
of Labor-Management Standards
(OLMS) of the Department of Labor
(Department) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the collection of information
requirements implementing Executive
Order (E.O.) 13496: Notification of
Employee Rights Under Federal Labor
Laws. A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addresses section of this
Notice.

SUMMARY:

Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
April 26, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Andrew R. Davis, Chief of
the Division of Interpretations and
Standards, Office of Labor-Management
Standards, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N–
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[email protected], (202) 693–0123 (this is
not a toll-free number), (800) 877–8339
(TTY/TDD).
Please use only one method of
transmission for comments (mail or
Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background
President Barack Obama signed
Executive Order 13496 (E.O. 13496 on
January 30, 2009, requiring certain
Government contractors and
subcontractors to post notices informing
their employees of their rights as
employees under Federal labor laws.
The Order also provides the text of
contractual provisions that Federal
Government contracting departments
and agencies must include in every
Government contract, except for
collective bargaining agreements and
contracts for purchases under the
Simplified Acquisition Threshold.
OLMS administers the enforcement
provisions of Executive Order 13496,
while the compliance evaluation and
investigatory provisions are handled by
the Department’s Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs
(OFCCP), pursuant to the Order’s
implementing regulatory provisions (29
CFR Part 471). Complaints can be filed
with both agencies.
II. Review Focus
The Department is particularly
interested in comments which:
• Evaluate 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;
• Evaluate 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;
• Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions
The Department seeks extension of
the current approval to collect this
information. An extension is necessary
because if this information collection is
not conducted, E.O. 13496 could not be

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enforced through the complaint
procedure.
E.O. 13496 advances the
Administration’s goal of promoting
economy and efficiency of Federal
government procurement by ensuring
that workers employed in the private
sector as a result of Federal government
contracts are informed of their rights to
engage in union activity and collective
bargaining. Knowledge of such basic
statutory rights promotes stable labormanagement relations, thus reducing
costs to the Federal government.
The contractual provisions require
contractors and subcontractors to post a
notice, created by the Secretary of
Labor, informing employees of their
rights under the National Labor
Relations Act. The notice also provides
a statement of the policy of the United
States to encourage collective
bargaining, as well as a list of activities
that are illegal under the Act. The notice
concludes with a general description of
the remedies to which employees may
be entitled if these rights have been
violated and contact information for
further information about those rights
and remedies, as well as enforcement
procedures.
The clause also requires contractors to
include the same clause in their
nonexempt subcontracts and purchase
orders, and describes generally the
sanctions, penalties, and remedies that
may be imposed if the contractor fails to
satisfy its obligations under the Order
and the clause.
The regulatory provisions
implementing E.O. 13496 (29 CFR part
471) include the language of the
required notices, and they explain
posting and contractual requirements,
the complaint process, the investigatory
process, and sanctions, penalties, and
remedies that may be imposed if the
contractor or subcontractor fails to
comply with its obligations under the
Order. Specifically, 29 CFR part
471.11(c) sets forth the procedures that
the Department must use when
accepting written complaints alleging
that a contractor doing business with
the Federal government has failed to
post the notice required by the
Executive Order.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Labor-Management
Standards.
OMB Number: 1245–0004.
Affected Public: Employees of Federal
Contractors and Subcontractors.
Total Respondents: 25.
Total Annual Responses: 25.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 32.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.28
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Frequency: On occasion of employee
of a Federal contractor or subcontractor
filing a complaint alleging a violation of
proposed 29 CFR part 471.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$12.50 ($0.50 per response × 25
respondents).
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Employee Complaints Cost: $761
($30.44 per response × 25 respondents).
Total Annual Burden Cost: $773.50
($12.50 + $761).
Total respondent and responses
estimates are based upon the estimate in
the E.O. 13496 final rule of 50. See 75
FR 28368. However, since the
Department has no record of employee
complaints received, the Department
has lowered its complaint estimate to
25.
The Department has not adjusted its
total employee complaint hour estimate
of 1.28 hours, which it estimated in the
E.O. 13496 final rule. Id.
The Department has updated the
employee cost burden per complaint
from the past estimates in the
supporting statement sent to OMB and
the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. See
74 FR 38496. The Department estimates
that it will take an average of 1.28 hours
to complete a complaint. Based on the
average seasonally-adjusted hourly
earnings on private non-farm payrolls
for all workers of $23.78, we estimate
that an employee will incur a cost of
$30.44 for the 1.28 hours involved
($23.78 × 1.28) in preparing a
complaint. Additionally, employees will
incur costs of $0.50 per complaint in
capital/start-up costs ($0.46 for postage
+ $0.03 for an envelope + $0.01 for
paper) for a total cost per complaint of
$30.94. The total cost for the estimated
25 complaints is $773.50. There are no
ongoing operation/maintenance costs
associated with this information
collection.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 13, 2013.
Andrew R. Davis,
Chief of the Division of Interpretations and
Standards, Office of Labor-Management
Standards, U.S. Department of Labor.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice 13–005]

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
License
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant
Exclusive License.
AGENCY:

This notice is issued in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives
notice of its intent to grant an exclusive
license in the United States to practice
the invention described and claimed in
U.S. Patent Application Serial No. US
13/534,804, Alpha-Stream Convertor,
LEW 18802–1; and U.S. Provisional
Patent Application Serial No. US 61/
677,116, Magnetostrictive Alternator—
Low Cost, No Moving Part, High
Efficiency, Oscillating Acoustic Pressure
Wave to Electric Power Transducer,
LEW 18939–1, to Nirvana Energy
Systems, having its principal place of
business in Portolo Valley, California.
The fields of use may be limited to
power systems for residential,
commercial and transportation
industries. The patent rights in these
inventions as applicable have been
assigned to the United States of America
as represented by the Administrator of
the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The prospective
exclusive license will comply with the
terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209
and 37 CFR 404.7.
DATES: The prospective exclusive
license may be granted unless, within
fifteen (15) days from the date of this
published notice, NASA receives
written objections including evidence
and argument that establish that the
grant of the license would not be
consistent with the requirements of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Competing applications completed and
received by NASA within fifteen (15)
days of the date of this published notice
will also be treated as objections to the
grant of the contemplated exclusive
license. Objections submitted in
response to this notice will not be made
available to the public for inspection
and, to the extent permitted by law, will
not be released under the Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the
prospective license may be submitted to
Intellectual Property Counsel, Office of
Chief Counsel, MS 21–14, NASA Glenn
Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd,
Cleveland OH 44135. Phone (216) 433–
5754. Facsimile (216) 433–6790.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kaprice Harris, Intellectual Property
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office
of Chief Counsel, MS 21–14, NASA
Glenn Research Center, 21000
Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 44135.
Phone (216) 433–5754. Facsimile (216)
433–6790. Information about other
NASA inventions available for licensing
can be found online at https://
technology.grc.nasa.gov.
Sumara M. Thompson-King,
Deputy General Counsel.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permits Issued Under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
National Science Foundation.
Notice of permits issued under
the Antarctic Conservation of 1978,
Public Law 95–541.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permits issued under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
This is the required notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office,
Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 17, 2013, the National Science
Foundation published a notice in the
Federal Register of permit applications
received. Permit were issued on
February 19, 2013 to:
Matthew C. Lamanna—Permit No.
2013–026
Paul Koch—Permit No. 2013–027
SUMMARY:

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Advisory Committee for Innovation
Corps; Notice of Meeting; Correction
On Tuesday, February 12,
2013 (78 FDR 9945), the National
Science Foundation published a notice
announcing a meeting of the Advisory
Committee for Innovation Corps. The
location and time of the business
meeting are updated to reflect the
accurate plans.
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, as amended), the National Science

SUMMARY:

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