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8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

9 17 CFR 19b–4(f)(2). 

10The text of the proposed rule change is 

available on Exchange’s Web site at http:// 

www.directedge.com, on the Commission’s Web site 

at http://www.sec.gov, at EDGA, and at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

the form of such lower tier rate. The 

increased liquidity also benefits all 

investors by deepening EDGA’s 

liquidity pool, supporting the quality of 

price discovery, promoting market 

transparency and improving investor 

protection. Volume-based discounts 

such as the reduced execution fee 

proposed here have been widely 

adopted in the cash equities markets, 

and are equitable because they are open 

to all members on an equal basis and 

provide discounts that are reasonably 

related to the value to an exchange’s 

market quality associated with higher 

levels of market activity, such as higher 

levels of liquidity provision and 

introduction of higher volumes of orders 

into the price and volume discovery 

processes. 

In addition, the new tier rate is 

equitable in that higher fees on the 

Exchange are directly correlated with 

less stringent criteria. For example, the 

INET tiered fee, as indicated in footnote 

7/flag 2, of $0.0030 per share has less 

stringent criteria, and is a higher fee 

than the new proposed fee. For 

example, based on average TCV for 

January 2011 (8.0 billion), in order for 

a Member to qualify for the INET fee of 

$0.0030, the Member would have to 

route to Nasdaq less than 5,000,000 

shares of average daily volume. In order 

to qualify for the proposed lower fee of 

$0.00005 per share, which has more 

stringent criteria than the INET fee, the 

Member would have to post 72 million 

shares on EDGA (0.9% of TCV in 

average daily volume). 

The Exchange notes that it operates in 

a highly competitive market in which 

market participants can readily direct 

order flow to competing venues if they 

deem fee levels at a particular venue to 

be excessive. The proposed rule change 

reflects a competitive pricing structure 

designed to incent market participants 

to direct their order flow to the 

Exchange. The Exchange believes that 

the proposed rates are equitable in that 

they apply uniformly to all Members. 

The Exchange believes the fees and 

credits remain competitive with those 

charged by other venues and therefore 

continue to be reasonable and equitably 

allocated to Members. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The proposed rule change does not 

impose any burden on competition that 

is not necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants or Others 

The Exchange has not solicited, and 

does not intend to solicit, comments on 

this proposed rule change. The 

Exchange has not received any 

unsolicited written comments from 

members or other interested parties. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3) of 

the Act 8 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2) 9

thereunder. At any time within 60 days 

of the filing of such proposed rule 

change, the Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–EDGA–2011–06 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–EDGA–2011–06. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission,10 all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. All comments received will 

be posted without change; the 

Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–EDGA– 

2011–06 and should be submitted on or 

before March 31, 2011. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.11

Cathy H. Ahn, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5443 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7361] 

Office of Directives Management 

(A/GIS/DIR); Agency Information 

Collection Activities: Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request; Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency 

Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of 

information collection approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, The 

Department of State has submitted a 

Generic Information Collection Request 

(Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Agency Service Delivery ’’ to OMB 

for approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.). 


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DATES: Submit comments to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

up to 30 days from March 10, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. You 

must include the DS form number, 

information collection title, and OMB 

control number in the subject line of 

your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information, please 

contact: Raymond Ciupek, Department 

of State, Office of Directives 

Management, 1800 G St., NW., Suite 

2400, Washington, DC 20522–2202, who 

may be reached at ciupekra@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The information collection 

activity will garner qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: the 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

Below we provide the Department of 

State projected average estimates for the 

next three years: 

Current Actions: New collection of 

information. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

activities: 50. 

Respondents: Individuals responding 

to Department of State customer 

services evaluation requests. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 500. 

Annual responses: 25,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average minutes per response: 15 

minutes. 

Burden hours: 6,250. 

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 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

T.J. Furlong, 

Director, Office of Directives Management, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5372 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7360] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: American Music Abroad 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/CU–11–09. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Key Dates: 

Application Deadline: April 29, 2011. 

Executive Summary: The Cultural 

Programs Division in the Office of 

Citizen Exchanges in the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) 

announces an open competition for a 

cooperative agreement to administer the 

American Music Abroad program. The 

program will consist of approximately 

ten tours for a select number of 

professional American artists in a wide 

range of uniquely American musical 

genres. The program is designed to 

broadly represent the excellence and 

diversity of traditional American music. 

Some examples of American music 

genres include, but are not be limited to, 

contemporary urban music, hip hop, 

rock and roll, jazz and American roots 

music genres like country and western, 

bluegrass, zydeco, Cajun, and folk. The 

musicians selected for this program 

must demonstrate high artistic ability, 

evidence a strong commitment to 

education and exchange activities, and 

reflect the diversity of America and 

American music. They must be 

conversant with the broader aspects of 

contemporary American society and 

culture. International tours will include 

workshops, master classes, and outreach 

activities, in addition to performances. 

U.S. public and non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit 

proposals that support the goals of the 

American Music Abroad program: to 

promote mutual understanding between 

the people of the United States and 

other countries, and cross-cultural 

awareness. The tours accomplish this by 

providing an opportunity for 

international audiences to experience 

American musical life, highlighting the 

contemporary music scene as well as 

our country’s cultural history, and 

allowing American performers to learn 

about life and culture in the foreign host 

countries. 

The Bureau is particularly interested 

in proposals for the administration of 

tours by American musicians 

representing diverse American music 

genres to countries with significant 

underserved populations that may not 

otherwise have access to American art 

forms, and countries with significant 

youth populations. The Bureau is also 

interested in proposals for projects that 

reach indigenous populations. No 

guarantee is made or implied that a 

grant will be awarded for tours to any 

particular region or that tours will be 

organized to any particular region. 

To be eligible for this competition, all 

organizations must demonstrate a 

minimum of five years’ experience 

successfully conducting international 

performing arts exchange programs in 


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