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Comment: The commenter supports 

the USPTO’s decision to discontinue the 

TC Index and encourages the USPTO to 

redirect the resulting cost savings to 

assist users in electronic environments 

such as the Trademark Next Generation 

program. 

Response: Eliminating the TC Index 

coding will allow the USPTO to devote 

more of its limited resources to the 

maintenance and improvement of the 

USPTO Design Classification system, 

which provides the public with more 

precise search parameters than are 

possible with the TC Index codes. It will 

also allow the USPTO to devote more 

resources to enhancing electronic 

communications through the 

Trademarks Next Generation 

information technology initiative. In 

connection with this initiative, the 

USPTO is currently reviewing 

suggestions for improvements to the 

electronic systems and will begin 

implementing many of them in the 

coming months. 

The USPTO invests heavily in its 

publicly available electronic search 

systems to ensure their maintenance, 

and commits considerable resources to 

enhancing and improving electronic 

search capabilities. The USPTO is 

dedicated to ensuring the quality and 

accuracy of design coding under the 

USPTO Design Classification system. 

The USPTO Design Classification codes 

will continue to be subject to internal 

quality review and external review by 

applicants, registrants and the public, 

which further ensures correct design 

coding. 

Accordingly, the USPTO hereby gives 

notice that the USPTO is discontinuing 

coding design marks with paper search 

designations. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[FAR–N–2011–01; Docket No. 2011–0083; 

Sequence 1] 

Federal Transition To Secure Hash 

Algorithm (SHA)–256 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency 

Acquisition Council, and the Defense 

Acquisition Regulations Council 

(Councils), are hosting the first of at 

least two public meetings to start a 

dialogue with industry and Government 

agencies about ways for the acquisition 

community to transition to Secure Hash 

Algorithm SHA–256. SHA–256 is a 

cryptographic hash function that is used 

in digital signatures, and authentication 

protocols. 

DATES: Public Meeting: A public meeting 

will be held on March 18, 2011, from 9 

a.m. to 12 p.m. EST. Attendees should 

register for the public meeting at least 1 

week in advance to ensure adequate 

room accommodations. 

Registrants will be given priority if 

room constraints require limits on 

attendance. At the March 18th meeting, 

two briefings will be provided on SHA– 

256. One will be at the agency level, and 

the other at the Federal level. Public 

comments will be solicited after a 

subsequent second public meeting. 

Special Accommodations: The public 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. 

Edward Loeb, telephone (202) 501– 

0650, at least 5 working days prior to 

the meeting date. 

ADDRESSES: Public Meeting: The public 

meeting will be held in the General 

Services Administration (GSA) 

Multipurpose Room, 2nd floor, One 

Constitution Square, 1275 First Street, 

NE., Washington, DC 20417. Interested 

parties may register by faxing the 

following information to the GSA at 

(202) 501–4067, or e-mail 

edward.loeb@gsa.gov by March 11, 

2011: 

(1) Company or Organization Name; 

(2) Names of persons attending; and 

(3) Last four digits of the social 

security number of persons attending. 

Please cite ‘‘Federal Transition to Secure 

Hash Algorithm SHA–256’’ in all 

correspondence related to this public 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Mr. 

Edward Loeb, Procurement Analyst, at 

(202) 501–0650. For information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules, contact the Regulatory 

Secretariat at (202) 501–4755. Please 

cite ‘‘Federal Transition to Secure Hash 

Algorithm SHA–256.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal environment uses SHA–1 for 

generating digital signatures. Current 

information systems, Web servers, 

applications and workstation operating 

systems were designed to process, and 

use SHA–1 generated signatures. 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) SP (Special 

Publication) 800–57, Recommendation 

for Key Management—Part 1, (the first 

document); and NIST SP 800–78–3, 

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key 

Sizes for Personal Identification 

Verification (PIV), at http:// 

csrc.nist.gov/publications/ 

PubsSPs.html, provide for the use of 

SHA–256 in all digital signatures 

generated. NIST has issued guidance for 

transition to stronger cryptographic 

keys, and more robust algorithms by 

December 2013. 

Government systems may begin to 

encounter certificates signed with SHA– 

256, and in most cases it is unclear 

whether the Government systems will 

continue to function correctly. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

Millisa Gary, 

Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 2, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 


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requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Schools and 

Staffing Survey (SASS 2011/12) Full 

Scale Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0598. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agenices or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 215,553. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 91,226. 

Abstract: The Schools and Staffing 

Survey (SASS) is an in-depth, 

nationally-representative survey of first 

through twelfth grade public and private 

school teachers, principals, schools, 

library media centers, and school 

districts. Kindergarten teachers in 

schools with at least a first grade are 

also surveyed. For traditional public 

school districts, principals, schools, 

teachers and school libraries, the survey 

estimates are State-representative. For 

public charter schools, principals, 

teachers, and school libraries, the 

survey estimates are nationallyrepresentative. For private school 

principals, schools, and teachers, the 

survey estimates are representative of 

private school types. There are two 

additional components within SASS’s 

4-year data collection cycle: the Teacher 

Follow-up Survey and the Principal 

Follow-up Survey, which are conducted 

a year after the SASS main collection, 

and the approval for which will be 

sought at a later date. SASS respondents 

include public and private school 

principals, teachers, and school and 

school district staff. Topics covered 

include, but are not limited to, 

demographic characteristics of teachers 

and principals, school staffing, school 

programs and services, school library 

staffing, school library usage, teacher 

professional development, district 

policies on teacher recruitment and 

retention, and teacher certification. This 

submission for SASS 2011/12 requests 

Office of Management and Budget 

approval for full-scale data collection 

activities to take place during school 

year 2011–12. These data collection 

activities include administering the 

teacher listing form for teacher 

sampling, and collection of all survey 

questionnaires for districts, schools, 

principals, teachers, and school 

libraries. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4528. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4621 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Arbitration Panel Decision Under the 

Randolph-Sheppard Act 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) gives notice that, on 

September 28, 2010, an arbitration panel 

rendered a decision in the matter of 

Calvette Brown v. Illinois Department of 

Human Services, Division of 

Rehabilitative Services, Case no. R–S/ 

09–3. This panel was convened by the 

Department under 20 U.S.C. 107d–1(a), 

after the Department received a 

complaint filed by the petitioner, 

Calvette Brown. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may obtain a copy of the full text of the 

arbitration panel decision from Suzette 

E. Haynes, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5022, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7374. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service 

(FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 6(c) of the Randolph-Sheppard 

Act (Act), 20 U.S.C. 107d–2(c), the 

Secretary publishes in the Federal 

Register a synopsis of each arbitration 

panel decision affecting the 

administration of vending facilities on 

Federal and other property. 

Background 

Calvette Brown (Complainant) alleged 

violations by the Illinois Department of 

Human Services, Division of 

Rehabilitative Services, the State 

licensing agency (SLA), under the Act 

and implementing regulations in 34 CFR 

part 395. Specifically, Complainant 

alleged that the SLA improperly 

administered the transfer and promotion 

policies and procedures of the Illinois 

Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility 

Program in violation of the Act, 

implementing regulations under the 

Act, and State rules and regulations in 

Complainant’s bid to manage the 

vending machine facility at the United 

States Postal Service facility (USPS 

facility) on Northwest Highway in 

Palatine, Illinois. 

On January 28, 2009, Complainant 

participated in an interview process 

with the SLA concerning the USPS 

facility. On February 10, 2009, 

Complainant was selected as the 

successful bidder and awarded a 

vending contract at the USPS facility. 


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