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academia, and (2) representatives of a 

U.S. industry sector (through a U.S. 

entity or organization). Individual 

experts will be appointed as Special 

Government Employees (SGEs) under 18 

U.S.C. 202 and will be required to 

comply with certain ethics laws and 

rules, including filing a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure form. The 

representatives will express the views 

and interests of their industry sector and 

will likely be members of a U.S. entity 

or organization that is within the 

relevant sector. Because they serve in a 

representative capacity, they will not be 

SGEs. Prospective nominees should 

designate the capacity in which they 

choose to serve and identify either their 

area of expertise or the U.S. industry 

sector they wish to represent. 

Each member of the Committee must 

be a U.S. citizen, and not registered as 

a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act. Additionally, a 

member must not be a Federally 

registered lobbyist. No member may 

represent a company that is majority 

owned or controlled by a foreign 

government entity or entities. 

Appointments will be made without 

regard to political affiliation. 

Members shall serve at the pleasure of 

the Secretary from the date of 

appointment to the COMMITTEE to the 

date on which the COMMITTEE’s 

charter terminates (normally two years). 

The Secretary shall designate the 

Committee Chair and Vice Chair from 

selections made by the members. The 

Chair and Vice Chair will serve in those 

positions at the pleasure of the 

Secretary. The Department, through the 

Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing 

and Services, may establish 

subcommittees or working groups from 

among the Committee’s members as may 

be necessary, and consistent with 

FACA, the FACA implementing 

regulations, and applicable Department 

of Commerce policies. Such 

subcommittees or working groups may 

not function independently of the 

chartered committee and must report 

their recommendations and advice to 

the Committee for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees or working 

groups have no authority to make 

decisions on behalf of the Committee 

nor can they report directly to the 

Secretary or his or her designee. The 

Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing 

and Services shall designate a 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) from 

among the employees of the Office of 

Service Industries. The DFO will 

approve or call all of the advisory 

committee meetings, prepare and 

approve all meeting agendas, attend all 

committee meetings, adjourn any 

meeting when the DFO determines 

adjournment to be in the public interest, 

and chair meetings when directed to do 

so by the Secretary. 

III. Meetings 

The Committee shall, to the extent 

practicable, the Committee shall meet as 

necessary, but not less than once per 

year. No quorum is required. Additional 

meetings may be called at the discretion 

of the Secretary or his designee. 

IV. Compensation 

Members of the COMMITTEE will not 

be compensated for their services or 

reimbursed for their travel expenses. 

Dated: October 31, 2011. 

David Long, 

Director, Office of Service Industries. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28539 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. 110829543–1654–02] 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate; Models To Advance 

Voluntary Corporate Notification to 

Consumers Regarding the Illicit Use of 

Computer Equipment by Botnets and 

Related Malware; Extension of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology U.S. Department of 

Commerce; Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice; Extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce’s National Institute of 

Standards and Technology announces 

that the closing deadline for submission 

of comments responsive to the 

September 21, 2011, request for 

information on the requirements of, and 

possible approaches to, creating a 

voluntary industry code of conduct to 

address the detection, notification and 

mitigation of botnets, has been extended 

until 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 

(EST) on November 14, 2011. Comments 

received between November 4, 2011, the 

due date for comments announced in 

the September 21, 2011 notice, and 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, are deemed to be timely. 

DATES: Comments are due by 5 p.m. EST 

on November 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by mail to the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology at 

the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4822, 

Washington, DC 20230. Submissions 

may be in any of the following formats: 

HTML, ASCII, Word, rtf, or pdf. Online 

submissions in electronic form may be 

sent to Consumer_Notice_RFI@nist.gov. 

Paper submissions should include a 

compact disc (CD). CDs should be 

labeled with the name and 

organizational affiliation of the filer and 

the name of the word processing 

program used to create the document. 

Comments will be posted at http:// 

www.nist.gov/itl/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions about this amended 

Notice contact: Jon Boyens, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 

jon.boyens@nist.gov. Please direct 

media inquires to NIST’s Office of 

Public Affairs at (301) 975–NIST. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 21, 2011, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce and U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security 

requested information on the 

requirements of, and possible 

approaches to, creating a voluntary 

industry code of conduct to address the 

detection, notification and mitigation of 

botnets. (See 76 FR 58466.) The 

Department of Commerce announces 

that the closing deadline for submission 

of comments responsive to the 

September 21, 2011 notice has been 

extended until 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time (EST) on November 14, 2011. 

Comments received between November 

4, 2011, the due date for comments 

announced in the September 21, 2011 

notice, and publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register, are deemed to be 

timely. 

Dated: October 31, 2011. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards 

and Technology. 

Rand Beers, 

Under Secretary, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28528 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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