20386 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 12, 2011 / Notices 

comments of any length, and to 

accommodate oral public comments 

whenever possible. The PCAST expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. 

The public comment period for this 

meeting will take place on May 19, 2011 

at a time specified in the meeting 

agenda posted on the PCAST Web site 

at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

This public comment period is designed 

only for substantive commentary on 

PCAST’s work, not for business 

marketing purposes. 

Oral Comments: To be considered for 

the public speaker list at the meeting, 

interested parties should register to 

speak at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast, no later than 12 p.m. Eastern 

Time on Monday, May 9, 2011. Phone 

or email reservations will not be 

accepted. To accommodate as many 

speakers as possible, the time for public 

comments will be limited to two (2) 

minutes per person, with a total public 

comment period of 30 minutes. If more 

speakers register than there is space 

available on the agenda, PCAST will 

randomly select speakers from among 

those who applied. Those not selected 

to present oral comments may always 

file written comments with the 

committee. Speakers are requested to 

bring at least 25 copies of their oral 

comments for distribution to the PCAST 

members. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted until the date of 

the meeting, written comments should 

be submitted to PCAST at least two 

weeks prior to each meeting date, 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011, so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

PCAST members prior to the meeting 

for their consideration. Information 

regarding how to submit comments and 

documents to PCAST is available at 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast in the 

section entitled ‘‘Connect with PCAST.’’ 

Please note that because PCAST 

operates under the provisions of FACA, 

all public comments and/or 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including being 

posted on the PCAST Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Information 

regarding the meeting agenda, time, 

location, and how to register for the 

meeting is available on the PCAST Web 

site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast. A live video webcast and an 

archive of the webcast after the event 

are expected to be available at http:// 

whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. The 

archived video will be available within 

one week of the meeting. Questions 

about the meeting should be directed to 

Dr. Deborah D. Stine, PCAST Executive 

Director, at dstine@ostp.eop.gov, (202) 

456–6006. Please note that public 

seating for this meeting is limited and 

is available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is an 

advisory group of the nation’s leading 

scientists and engineers, appointed by 

the President to augment the science 

and technology advice available to him 

from inside the White House and from 

cabinet departments and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

PCAST is consulted about and provides 

analyses and recommendations 

concerning a wide range of issues where 

understandings from the domains of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. PCAST is administered 

by the Office of Science and Technology 

Policy (OSTP). PCAST is co-chaired by 

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the 

President for Science and Technology, 

and Director, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, Executive Office of 

the President, The White House; and Dr. 

Eric S. Lander, President, Broad 

Institute of MIT and Harvard. 

Meeting Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access this public 

meeting should contact Dr. Stine at least 

ten business days prior to the meeting 

so that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Ted Wackler, 

Deputy Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8750 Filed 4–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request; Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 163; OMB Control No. 3235–0619; 

SEC File No. 270–556. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget this 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Rule 163 (17 CFR 230.163) provides 

an exemption from Section 5(c) (15 

U.S.C. 77e(c)) under the Securities Act 

of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) for certain 

communications by or on behalf of a 

well-known seasoned issuer. The 

information filed under Rule 163 is 

publicly available. We estimate that it 

takes approximately 0.24 burden hours 

per response to provide the information 

required under Rule 163 and that the 

information is filed by approximately 53 

respondents for a total annual reporting 

burden of approximately 13 hours. We 

estimate that 25% of 0.24 hours per 

response (0.06 hours) is prepared by the 

respondent for a total annual burden of 

approximately 3 hours (0.06 hours per 

response × 53 responses). 

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 

control number. 

The public may view the background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following Web site, 

http://www.reginfo.gov. Comments 

should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer 

for the Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10102, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an 

e-mail to: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Thomas Bayer, Chief Information 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 

6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, 

VA 22312 or send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: April 8, 2011. 

Cathy H. Ahn, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8580 Filed 4–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549. 

Extension: 

Investor Form; SEC File No. 270–485; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0547. 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 12, 2011 / Notices 20387 

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) that the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

In both 2009 and 2010, the 

Commission received over a million 

contacts from investors on a wide range 

of investment-related issues. These 

contacts generally fall into the following 

three categories: 

(a) Complaints against Commissionregulated individuals or entities; 

(b) Questions concerning the federal 

securities laws, companies or firms that 

the Commission regulates, or other 

investment-related questions; and 

(c) Tips concerning potential 

violations of the federal securities laws. 

Investors who submit complaints, ask 

questions, or provide tips do so 

voluntarily. To make it easier for the 

public to contact the agency 

electronically, the Commission created a 

series of online investor forms. Investors 

may access these forms through the SEC 

Center for Complaints and Enforcement 

Tips. The Investor form, asks for the 

same information as the Enforcement 

form, (OMB 3235–0672) but also 

provides options to choose to categorize 

the investor’s complaint, and possibly 

provide the investor with information 

about that issue. The investor will have 

the opportunity to describe their 

complaint, and they will be free to 

submit it without their name or contact 

information. 

Although the Investor form provides a 

structured format for incoming investor 

correspondence, the Commission does 

not require that investors use any 

particular form or format when 

contacting the agency. To the contrary, 

investors may submit complaints, 

questions, and tips through a variety of 

other means, including telephone, letter, 

facsimile, or e-mail. 

Approximately 20,000 investors each 

year voluntarily choose to use the 

complaint and question forms. Investors 

who choose not to use the Investor Form 

receive the same level of service as 

those who do. The dual purpose of the 

form is to make it easier for the public 

to contact the agency with complaints, 

questions, tips, or other feedback and to 

streamline the workflow of the 

Commission staff who handle those 

contacts. 

The Commission has used—and will 

continue to use—the information that 

investors supply on the Investor Form to 

review and process the contact (which 

may, in turn, involve responding to 

questions, processing complaints, or, as 

appropriate, initiating enforcement 

investigations), to maintain a record of 

contacts, to track the volume of investor 

complaints, and to analyze trends. Use 

of the Investor Form is strictly 

voluntary. The Investor Form asks 

investors to provide information 

concerning, among other things, their 

names, how they can be reached, the 

names of the individuals or entities 

involved, the nature of their complaint, 

question, or tip, what documents they 

can provide, and what, if any, actions 

they have taken. 

The staff of the Commission estimates 

that the total reporting burden for using 

the complaint and question forms is 

5,000 hours. The calculation of this 

estimate depends on the number of 

investors who use the forms each year 

and the estimated time it takes to 

complete the forms: 20,000 respondents 

× 15 minutes = 5,000 burden hours. 

The Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

control number. No person shall be 

subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

in writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

Please direct your written comments 

to Thomas Bayer, Chief Information 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 

6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, 

VA, 22312; or send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: April 5, 2011. 

Cathy H. Ahn, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8579 Filed 4–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request; Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy Washington, 

DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Form CB; OMB Control No. 3235–0518; SEC 

File No. 270–457. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget this 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Form CB (17 CFR 239.800) is a 

document filed in connection with a 

tender offer for a foreign private issuer. 

This form is used to report an issuer 

tender offer conducted in compliance 

with Exchange Act Rule 13e–4(h)(8) (17 

CFR 240.13e–4(h)(8)) and a third-party 

tender offer conducted in compliance 

with Exchange Act Rule 14d–1(c) (17 

CFR 240.14d–1(c)). Form CB is also 

used by a subject company pursuant to 

Exchange Act Rule 14e–2(d) (17 CFR 

240.14e–2(d)). This information is made 

available to the public. Information 

provided on Form CB is mandatory. 

Form CB takes approximately 0.5 hours 

per response to prepare and is filed by 

approximately 200 respondents 

annually. We estimate that 25% of the 

0.5 hours per response (0.125 hours) is 

prepared by the respondent for an 

annual reporting burden of 25 hours 

(0.125 hours per response × 200 

responses). 

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 

control number. 

The public may view the background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following Web site, 

http://www.reginfo.gov. Comments 

should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer 

for the Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10102, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an 

e-mail to: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Thomas Bayer, Chief Information 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 

6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES