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documents discussed during the
meeting, will be available for public
viewing, as they become available at:
https://database.faca.gov/committee/
meetings.aspx?cid=240. Records
generated from this meeting may also be
inspected and reproduced at the Eastern
Regional Office, as they become
available, both before and after the
meeting. Persons interested in the work
of this advisory committee are advised
to go to the Commission’s Web site,
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern
Regional Office at the above phone
number, email or street address.
Agenda
Administrative Matters
Ivy L. Davis, Director, Eastern Regional
Office and Designated Federal Official
Welcome and Introductions
Enid Wallace-Simms, Vice Chair
Expert Presentations and Discussion
DE State Advisory Committee
Open Comment
Thursday, October 8, 2015 at
1:00 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via teleconference:
DATES:

Public Call Information
Conference Call-in Number: 1–888–
359–3624; Conference Call ID code:
2977026.
TDD: Dial Federal Relay Service 1–
800–977–8339 and give the operator the
above conference call-in number and
conference call code.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivy
L. Davis at [email protected], or 202–376–
7533.
Dated: September 8, 2015.
David Mussatt,
Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the Virginia Advisory Committee
Commission on Civil Rights.
Announcement of meeting.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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
(FACA) that both an orientation and
planning meeting of the Virginia
Advisory Committee to the Commission
will convene at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on

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Thursday, October 1, 2015, by
teleconference. The purpose of the
orientation meeting is to inform the
newly appointed members about the
rules of operation for the advisory
committee. The purpose of the planning
meeting is to begin discussing possible
topics for the advisory committee’s
expected civil rights review.
Interested members of the public may
listen to the discussion by calling the
following toll-free conference call
number 1–888–437–9445 and
conference call code: 8116017#. Please
be advised that before placing them into
the conference call, the conference call
operator will ask callers to provide their
names, their organizational affiliations
(if any), and email addresses (so that
callers may be notified of future
meetings). Callers can expect to incur
charges for calls they initiate over
wireless lines, and 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.
Persons with hearing impairments
may also follow the discussion by first
calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–977–8339 and providing the
operator with the above conference call
number and conference call code.
Members of the public are invited to
submit written comments; the
comments must be received in the
regional office by Monday, November 2,
2015. Written comments may be mailed
to the Eastern Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 1331
Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150,
Washington, DC 20425, faxed to (202)
376–7548, or emailed to Evelyn Bohor at
[email protected]. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the
Eastern Regional Office at (202) 376–
7533.
The activities of this advisory
committee, including records and
documents discussed during the
meeting, will be available for public
viewing, as they become available at:
https://database.faca.gov/committee/
meetings.aspx?cid=279. Records
generated from this meeting may also be
inspected and reproduced at the Eastern
Regional Office, as they become
available, both before and after the
meeting. Persons interested in the work
of this advisory committee are advised
to go to the Commission’s Web site,
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern
Regional Office at the above phone
number, email or street address.

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Agenda
Administrative Matters
Ivy L. Davis, Director, Eastern Regional
Office and Designated Federal Official
Welcome and Introductions
K. Shiek Pal, Chair
Orientation Meeting
VA State Advisory Committee
Planning Meeting
VA State Advisory Committee
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at
2:00 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via teleconference:
DATES:

Public Call Information
Conference Call-in Number: 1–888–
437–9445; Conference Call ID code:
8116017#.
TDD: Dial Federal Relay Service 1–
800–977–8339 and give the operator the
above conference all-in number and
conference call code.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivy
L. Davis at [email protected], or 202–376–
7533.
Dated: September 8, 2015.
David Mussatt,
Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2015–22955 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA).
Title: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct
Investment Abroad.
OMB Control Number: 0608–0053.
Form Number: BE–11.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: An
estimated 1,900 U.S. parents will file
data for their U.S. operations on the A
form; 21,800 foreign affiliates, which
include 20,500 B forms, 1,150 C forms,
and 150 D forms; and 500 Claim for
Exemption forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 262,250 hours. Total annual
burden is calculated by multiplying the
estimated number of submissions of
each form by the average hourly burden

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per form, which is 7 hours for the A
form, 12 hours for the B form, 2 hours
for the C form, 1 hour for the D form,
and 1 hour for the Claim for Exemption
forms.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
138.0 hours per respondent (262,250
hours/1,900 U.S. parents) is the average,
but may vary considerably among
respondents because of differences in
company structure, size, and
complexity.
Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey
of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (Form
BE–11) collects financial and operating
data covering the operations of U.S.
parents and their foreign affiliates,
including their balance sheets, income
statements, property, plant, and
equipment, employment and employee
compensation, merchandise trade, sales
of goods and services, taxes, and
research and development activity. The
survey is a sample survey that covers all
foreign affiliates above a size-exemption
level and their U.S. parents. The sample
data are used to derive universe
estimates in nonbenchmark years by
extrapolating forward similar data
reported in the BE–10, Benchmark
Survey of U.S. Direct Investment
Abroad, which is conducted every five
years. The data are needed to measure
the size and economic significance of
direct investment abroad, measure
changes in such investment, and assess
its impact on the U.S. and foreign
economies.
The data from the survey are
primarily intended as general purpose
statistics. They should be readily
available to answer any number of
research and policy questions related to
U.S. direct investment abroad.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRASubmission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: September 9, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2016 Government Units Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0930.
Form Number(s): GUS–1.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of an expired collection.
Number of Respondents: 77,000.
Average Hours per Response: 15
minutes.
Burden Hours: 19,250.
Needs and Uses: This information
request covers the questionnaire needed
to conduct the directory survey
component of the 2017 Census of
Governments. The 2016 Government
Units Survey (GUS) will be used to
update the universe list of public sector
entities for the 2017 Census of
Governments. Each of the estimated
77,000 non-school governments will be
sent a questionnaire. Respondents will
be encouraged to respond to the survey
on the Internet but will have the option
to answer the questions and return the
questionnaire by paper mail.
Respondents will be asked to verify or
correct the name and mailing address of
the government and answer five
questions to complete the survey.
The GUS is mailed to all
municipalities, townships, counties,
and special districts. The 2011 GUS,
conducted in advance of the 2012
Census of Governments, consisted of
nine broad content areas: Background
information, debt, license and permit
fees, taxes, retirement/pension plan,
government activity, public services,
judicial or legal activities, and finance.
The 2016 GUS will differ from the
former version by shortening the
number of content areas. The 2016 GUS
consists of only two broad content areas:
Background and employee information.
Both the 2011 and 2016 GUS also
include(d) both remarks and contact
information sections. The first content
area for the 2016 GUS consists
predominately of yes/no questions and
is designed to determine the existence
of a government. The employees section
of the questionnaire requests the
number of paid employees of a
government. A notice published in the
Federal Register on April 1, 2015 stated
our intent to ask respondents detailed
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plans, defined-benefit and postemployment healthcare plans. However,
we will not be asking these questions for
this collection.
The GUS serves multiple purposes.
The GUS will be used to obtain
descriptive information on the basic
characteristics of governments; to
identify and delete inactive units from
the official list of public entities
maintained by the Census Bureau; to
identify file duplicates and units that
were dependent on other governments;
to update and verify the mailing
addresses of governments; and to
produce the official count of non-school
government units in the United States.
Federal legislation relevant to the
American workforce, the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family
Medical Leave Act, refer to the list of
governments maintained by the Census
Bureau for purposes of administering
provisions of these laws. The Bureau of
Justice Statistics maintains an interest in
the list of active governments and their
activities for purposes of administering
grant programs. The Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) uses the
products of the Census of Governments
including the counts of state and local
governments; and state and local
government employment and payroll
data. BEA also uses revenue,
expenditures, debt, and financial assets
data from the Census of Governments
for principal inputs to the local
government portion of their Gross
Domestic Product publication. In
addition, users from academia, research
organizations, governments, public
interest groups, and various businesses
provide evidence of their interest
through requests for information and
requests for assistance in accessing
universe information available on the
Census Bureau Internet Web site.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Every 5 years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 161 and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.

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