Notice of Roundtable on the Renwal of a Continuing Information Collection

Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 13, 2013 / Notices
Dated: November 6, 2013.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, performing the
functions and duties of the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Membership of the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration’s Performance Review
Board

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National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of membership on the
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration’s
Performance Review Board
Membership.
AGENCY:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Science Advisory Board (SAB)
Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).

AGENCY:

Notice of time change and
meeting location.

ACTION:

The notice of an open meeting
of the NOAA Science Advisory Board
(SAB) was published in the Federal
Register on October 2, 2013
(78FR60851). Since the publication of
the meeting notice, the starting time for
the meeting on November 19, 2013 has
changed from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
and the meeting adjournment has
changed from 2:30 p.m. on November
20, 2013 to 11:30 a.m. The meeting will
be held at the Beacon Hotel, 1615 Rhode
Island Avenue, Washington, DC 20036.
Please see the Web site, http://
www.sab.noaa.gov/Meetings/
meetings.html for the most recent
agenda and directions to the meeting
location.

SUMMARY:

Dr.
Cynthia Decker, Executive Director,
Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm.
11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301–
734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459. Email:
[email protected]; or visit the
NOAA SAB Web site at http://
www.sab.noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

None.

Dated: November 6, 2013.
Jamie Krauk,
Acting Chief Financial Officer/Chief
Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
4314(c)(4), the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), Department of
Commerce (DOC), announce the
appointment of those individuals who
have been selected to serve as members
of NTIA’s Performance Review Board.
The Performance Review Board is
responsible for (1) reviewing
performance appraisals and rating of
Senior Executive Service (SES) members
and (2) making recommendations to the
appointing authority on other
performance management issues, such
as pay adjustments, bonuses and
Presidential Rank Awards for SES
members. The appointment of these
members to the Performance Review
Board will be for a period of twenty-four
(24) months.
DATES: The period of appointment for
those individuals selected for NTIA’s
Performance Review Board begins on
November 13, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ruthie B. Stewart, Department of
Commerce, Office of Human Resources
Management, Office of Executive
Resources, 14th and Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 51010, Washington,
DC 20230, at (202) 482–3130.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314 (c) (4),
the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA),
Department of Commerce (DOC),
announce the appointment of those
individuals who have been selected to
serve as members of NTIA’s
Performance Review Board. The
Performance Review Board is
responsible for (1) reviewing
performance appraisals and rating of
Senior Executive Service (SES) members
and (2) making recommendations to the
appointing authority on other
performance management issues, such
as pay adjustments, bonuses and
Presidential Rank Awards for SES
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members. The appointment of these
members to the Performance Review
Board will be for a period of twenty-four
(24) months.
DATES: The period of appointment for
those individuals selected for NTIA’s
Performance Review Board begins on
November 13, 2013. The name, position
title, and type of appointment of each
member of NTIA’s Performance Review
Board are set forth below by
organization:
Department of Commerce, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA)
Fiona M. Alexander, Associate
Administrator, Office of International
Affairs, Career SES
Leonard M. Bechtel, Chief Financial
Officer and Director of
Administration, Career SES,
Chairperson
Karl B. Nebbia, Associate Administrator
for Spectrum Management, Career
SES
Alan W. Vincent, Associate
Administrator for Telecommunication
Sciences and Director Institute for
Telecommunication Sciences, Career
SES
Department of Commerce, International
Trade Administration (ITA)
Renee A. Macklin, Chief Information
Officer, Career SES
Department of Commerce, Economic
Development Administration (EDA)
Matthew S. Erskine, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Economic Development,
Non-Career SES, Political Advisor
Dated: November 6, 2013.
Debbie Pfaff,
Director, Office of Staffing, Recruitment and
Classification, Department of Commerce
Human Resources Operations Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2013–0054]

Notice of Roundtable on the Renewal
of a Continuing Information Collection
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) published a notice
inviting written public comment on the
renewal of information collection 0651–

SUMMARY:

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0032, Initial Patent Applications. The
USPTO plans to conduct a roundtable to
obtain additional public input regarding
the burden associated with the Initial
Patent Applications collection and ways
to potentially reduce it. By providing
this additional opportunity for public
input, the USPTO hopes to increase the
level of stakeholder participation in this
information collection renewal. The
roundtable will be open for any member
of the public to provide input.
DATES: Roundtable: The roundtable will
be held on Wednesday, December 11,
2013, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT), and ending at
12:00 p.m. EDT.
Registration: Registration for the
roundtable is requested by December 4,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Roundtable: The roundtable
will be held at the USPTO in the first
floor conference room (1D70/1D80) of
the Jefferson Building, which is located
at 500 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314.
Registration: Registration is required,
and early registration is recommended
because seating is limited. There is no
fee to register for the roundtable, and
registration will be on a first-come, firstserved basis. Registration on the day of
the roundtable will be permitted on a
space-available basis beginning 30
minutes before the roundtable.
To register, please send an email
message to PRARoundtable2013@
uspto.gov and provide the following
information: (1) Your name, title, and if
applicable, company or organization,
address, phone number, and email
address; and (2) if you wish to make an
oral presentation at the roundtable, the
specific topic or issue to be addressed
and the approximate desired length of
your presentation. Each attendee, even
if from the same organization, must
register separately.
The USPTO will attempt to
accommodate all persons who wish to
make a presentation at the roundtable.
After reviewing the list of speakers, the
USPTO will contact each speaker prior
to the roundtable with the amount of
time available and the approximate time
that the speaker’s presentation is
scheduled to begin. Speakers must then
send the final electronic copies of their
presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint
or Microsoft Word to
[email protected] by
December 4, 2013, so that the
presentation can be displayed at the
roundtable. If time permits, the USPTO
will provide an opportunity at the
roundtable for anyone who wishes to
speak without a formal presentation.

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The USPTO plans to make the
roundtable available via Web cast. Web
cast information will be available on the
USPTO’s Internet Web site before the
roundtable. A list of registered
roundtable participants and their
associations will be available on the
USPTO’s Internet Web site at http://
www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/
index.jsp.
If you need special accommodations
due to a disability, please inform the
contact person identified below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to the attention of
Raul Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor,
Office of Patent Legal Administration,
United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313–1450; by telephone at 571–272–
7728; or by email to raul.tamayo@
uspto.gov. Additional information about
information collection 0651–0032 Initial
Patent Applications is also available at
http://www.reginfo.gov under
‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before
requiring or requesting information from
the public, the PRA requires Federal
agencies to (1) seek public comment on
the proposed collection of information,
and (2) submit a request to collect the
information to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This provision of
the PRA is designed to minimize and
control burdens, while maximizing the
practical utility and public benefit of the
information collected. OMB approval of
a collection of information is generally
effective for three years from the
approval date. Therefore, agencies seek
renewal of their approval from OMB to
collect the information prior to the
expiration of the three-year term.
Information collection 0651–0032,
Initial Patent Applications, covers the
information collected by the USPTO in
connection with the requirements
related to the initial filing of a patent
application. For example, items of
information covered by the 0651–0032
collection include new utility, design,
and plant patent applications,
continuations and divisionals thereof,
and papers filed in connection
therewith, such as application data
sheets. A complete identification of the
items covered by the 0651–0032
collection is available at http://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
As part of the process of renewing the
0651–0032 collection, the USPTO
published a notice on October 1, 2013,
inviting the public to provide written
comment on the renewal. See Initial

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Patent Applications, 78 FR 60256
(October 1, 2013) (hereinafter ‘‘the
October 1 notice’’). The October 1 notice
provides USPTO’s estimates of the
burdens associated with providing the
information covered by the collection.
For example, the October 1 notice
includes an estimate of the number of
new utility applications the USPTO
expects to receive per year over the term
of the renewal (approximately 273,000,
excluding continuing applications and
35 U.S.C. 371 national stage entry
applications) and an estimate of the
time it takes to gather the necessary
information, prepare the utility
application, and submit the completed
application to the USPTO (33 hours and
12 minutes). The October 1 notice
requests feedback from the public on all
of the estimates provided by the USPTO
in the 0651–0032 information collection
request. The deadline for receipt of
written comments in response to the
October 1 notice is being extended to
December 16, 2013.
As stated in the October 1 notice,
when OMB last approved the 0651–
0032 collection on January 8, 2011, it
included terms of clearance in the
Notice of Action it issued announcing
the approval. The terms of clearance
stated that the USPTO should conduct
outreach to stakeholders regarding the
burden of the 0651–0032 collection and
ways to potentially reduce it before the
next renewal of the collection. The goal
of the roundtable is to provide this
outreach to stakeholders and listen to
their feedback on the burdens associated
with the 0651–0032 collection. In
particular, the USPTO hopes to receive
feedback that will allow it to: (a)
Evaluate whether the items of
information in the 0651–0032 collection
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the items of
information have practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the USPTO’s
estimate of the burden of the 0651–0032
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information being collected; and
(d) 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 submission of
responses.
Prior to the roundtable, the USPTO
will post additional information
regarding its estimates of the burdens
associated with the 0651–0032
collection on its Internet Web site at

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http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_
events/index.jsp. For example, prior to
the roundtable, the USPTO will make
available on its Web site a draft of the
supporting statement associated with
the renewal request for the collection.
The supporting statement will contain a
more detailed analysis of the USPTO’s
burden estimates for the 0651–0032
collection. The public is invited to
review both the information provided in
the October 1 notice and the
information that will be provided at
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_
events/index.jsp prior to attending the
roundtable, in order to better inform the
discussion at the roundtable. In
addition, the public is encouraged to
submit written comments to the USPTO
on or before December 16, 2013, the
extended comment deadline for the
October 1 notice.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
* Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09,
Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this Federal Register
document. The general policy for
comments and other submissions from
members of the public is to make these
submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Dated: November 5, 2013.
Teresa Stanek Rea,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA), ATTN: Security Specialist,
Mission Support, MSRS P–12, 7500
GEOINT Drive, Springfield, VA 22150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
notices for systems of records subject to
the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),
as amended, have been published in the
Federal Register and are available from
the address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT or at the Defense Privacy and
Civil Liberties Web site at http://
dpclo.defense.gov/privacy/SORNs/
component/ngia/index.html.
The proposed system report, as
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was
submitted on May 17, 2013, to the
House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs,
and the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c
of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A–
130, ‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities
for Maintaining Records About
Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996
(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental
Regulations.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0112]

Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
National GeospatialIntelligence Agency, DoD.
ACTION: Notice to add a new system of
records.
AGENCY:

The National GeospatialIntelligence Agency is establishing a
new system of records in its inventory
of record systems subject to the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended. NGA is
establishing a system of records to
account for government employees’ and
military personnel activities for the
purpose of providing operational
metrics, tracking budgets, and
presenting work products to senior
leadership regarding travel, training and
supplies. Data is used by leadership to
effectively and efficiently make
decisions for fiscal and resource
planning.

SUMMARY:

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This proposed action will be
effective on December 16, 2013 unless
comments are received which result in
a contrary determination. Comments
will be accepted on or before December
13, 2013.

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Dated: November 6, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.

SYSTEM NAME:

National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency Management and Execution
Tracker (MET)
SYSTEM LOCATION:

Records are maintained at NGA
headquarters in Washington, DC metro
facilities.

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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Name, current address, date and place
of birth, employee ID number, program
element code, department ID, job code,
supervisor, email address, occupation,
official title, subproject code, work
address, home address, work phone,
home phone, Social Security Number
(SSN), travel information, contact
information, discretionary training
information and supply information. In
addition, dates of employee and military
personnel activities, budget allocations
and assignments, and classified
justifications are also included in the
system.

PURPOSE(S):

NGA collects, uses, maintains, and
disseminates information to account for
government employees and military
members’ activities for the purpose of
providing operational metrics, tracking
budgets, and presenting work products
to senior leadership regarding travel,
training, and supply. Data is used by
leadership to effectively and efficiently
make decisions for fiscal and resource
planning.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USES AND
THE PURPOSES FOR SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures
generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended, these records may be
specifically disclosed outside of the
DoD as a routine pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
a(b)(3) as follows:
The DoD Blanket Routine Uses set
forth at the beginning of NGA’s
compilation or systems of records
notices may apply to this system.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

Paper records and electronic storage
media.

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personnel at the National Geospatial
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RETRIEVABILITY:

Records may be retrieved by name or
any of the personal identifiers listed
above.
SAFEGUARDS:

Records in this system are
safeguarded in accordance with

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