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comments on this collection of
information was published on October
19, 2017 (82 FR 48722). No comments
were received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
BIA; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the BIA enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the BIA minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The BIA is seeking renewal
of the approval for the information
collection conducted under 25 U.S.C.
43, 36 Stat. 472, inter alia, and
implementing regulations, at 25 CFR
part 5, regarding verification of Indian
preference for employment. The
purpose of Indian preference is to
encourage qualified Indian persons to
seek employment with the BIA and
Indian Health Service (IHS) by offering
preferential treatment to qualified
candidates of Indian heritage. BIA
collects the information to ensure
compliance with Indian preference
hiring requirements. The information
collection relates only to individuals
applying for employment with the BIA
and IHS. The tribe’s involvement is
limited to verifying membership
information submitted by the applicant.
The collection of information allows
certain persons who are of Indian
descent to receive preference when
appointments are made to vacancies in
positions with the BIA and IHS as well
as in any unit that has been transferred
intact from the BIA to a Bureau or office
within the Department of the Interior or
the Department of Health and Human
Services and that continues to perform
functions formerly performed as part of
the BIA and IHS. You are eligible for
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federally recognized Indian tribe; (b)
you are a descendent of a member and
you were residing within the present
boundaries of any Indian reservation on
June 1, 1934; (c) you are an Alaska
native; or (d) you possess one-half
degree Indian blood derived from tribes
that are indigenous to the United States.
Title of Collection: Verification of
Indian Preference for Employment in
BIA and IHS.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0160.
Form Number: BIA 4432.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Qualified Indian persons who are
seeking preference in employment with
the BIA and IHS.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 5,000 per year, on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 5,000 per year, on average.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 30 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,500 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: A response
is required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $6,920.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018–01109 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900 253G; OMB Control
Number 1076–0114]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Application for
Admission to Haskell Indian Nations
University and to Southwestern Indian
Polytechnic Institute
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,

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the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to Ms.
Jacquelyn Cheek, Special Assistant to
the Director, Bureau of Indian
Education, 1849 C Street NW, Mailstop
3609–MIB, Washington, DC 20240;
facsimile: (202) 208–3312; or email to:
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1076–
0114 in the subject line of your
comments.
DATES:

To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Ms. Jacquelyn Cheek,
phone: 202–631–4074. You may also
view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on April 27,
2017 (82 FR 19382). No comments were
received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
BIE; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the BIE enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the BIE minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
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public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The BIE is requesting early
renewal of OMB approval for the
admission forms for Haskell and SIPI.
These admission forms are used in
determining program eligibility of
American Indian and Alaska Native
students for educational services. These
forms are utilized pursuant to the Blood
Quantum Act, Public Law 99–228; the
Snyder Act, Chapter 115, Public Law
67–85; and, the Indian Appropriations
of the 48th Congress, Chapter 180, page
91, For Support of Schools, July 4, 1884.
The application was revised following
input from students on the form.
Haskell reduced the length of the
application form to a page and a half.
SIPI’s application did not change.
Submission of these eligibility
application forms is mandatory in
determining a student’s eligibility for
educational services. The information is
collected on two forms: Application for
Admission to Haskell form and SIPI
form.
Title of Collection: Application for
Admission to Haskell Indian Nations
University and to Southwestern Indian
Polytechnic Institute.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0114.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Early revision of
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Students.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 4,000 per year, on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4,000 per year, on average.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 30 minutes per Haskell
application; 30 minutes per SIPI
application.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,750 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Response is
required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Once per
year for Haskell; each trimester for SIPI.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $10,000.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.

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The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018–01108 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332–562 and
Investigation No. 332–563]

Global Digital Trade 2: The Businessto-Business Market, Key Foreign Trade
Restrictions, and U.S.
Competitiveness; and Global Digital
Trade 3: The Business-to-Consumer
Market, Key Foreign Trade
Restrictions, and U.S.
Competitiveness; Scheduling of
Hearing
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Scheduling of public hearing.
AGENCY:

The Commission has
scheduled a public hearing for March 6,
2018, in connection with the second
and third of three investigations on
global digital trade: Investigation No.
332–562, Global Digital Trade 2: The
Business-to-Business Market, Key
Foreign Trade Restrictions, and U.S.
Competitiveness; and investigation No.
332–563, Global Digital Trade 3: The
Business-to-Consumer Market, Key
Foreign Trade Restrictions, and U.S.
Competitiveness. Procedures relating to
participation are set forth below.
DATES:
February 20, 2018: Deadline for filing
request to appear at the public hearing
February 26, 2018: Deadline for filing
pre-hearing briefs and statements
March 6, 2018: Public hearing
March 20, 2018: Deadline for filing posthearing briefs and statements
April 6, 2018: Deadline for filing all
other written submissions for
investigation No. 332–362
August 15, 2018: Deadline for filing all
other written submissions for
investigation No. 332–563
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices,
including the Commission’s hearing
rooms, are located in the United States
International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington,
DC. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, United
States International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436. The public file for these
investigations may be reviewed on the
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Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
For
information relating to Global Digital
Trade 2, contact co-Project Leaders Dan
Kim (202–205–3234 or dan.kim@
usitc.gov) and Alissa Tafti (202–205–
3244 or [email protected]); and for
information relating to Global Digital
Trade 3, contact Project Leader Ricky
Ubee (202–205–3493 or ravinder.ubee@
usitc.gov) or Deputy Project Leader
Christopher Robinson (202–205–2602 or
[email protected]). For
information on the legal aspects of these
investigations, contact William Gearhart
in the Commission’s Office of the
General Counsel (202–205–3091 or
[email protected]). The media
should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,
Office of External Relations (202–205–
1819 or [email protected]).
Hearing-impaired individuals may
obtain information on this matter by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal at 202–205–1810. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
website (https://www.usitc.gov). Persons
with mobility impairments who will
need special assistance in gaining access
to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

In his
letter of January 13, 2017, the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
requested that the Commission conduct
three investigations and prepare three
reports relating to global digital trade.
The Commission delivered the first of
these reports, Global Digital Trade 1:
Market Opportunities and Key Foreign
Trade Restrictions, on August 29, 2017
and released it to the public on
September 28, 2017.
The Commission invites members of
the public with an interest in the matter
to participate in a hearing for the second
and third investigations in this series
and provide information that relates to
the reports that the Commission has
been asked to prepare. For the second
report (Global Digital Trade 2: The
Business-to-Business Market, Key
Foreign Trade Restrictions, and U.S.
Competitiveness) the USTR requested
that the Commission, based on available
information, including a survey of U.S.
firms in selected industries particularly
involved in digital trade:
• Provide qualitative, and to the
extent possible, quantitative analysis of
measures in key foreign markets
(identified in the first report) that affect
the ability of U.S. firms to develop and/
or supply business-to-business digital
products and services abroad; and

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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