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• Each member will be subject to 

many of the public integrity laws, 

including criminal bars against 

representing a party, 18 U.S.C. 205(c), in 

a particular matter that came before the 

member’s committee and that involved 

at least one specific party. See also 18 

U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A 

member also must not act on a matter 

in which the member (or any of certain 

closely related entities) has a financial 

interest (18 U.S.C. 208). 

• Representation of foreign interests 

may also raise issues (35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) 

and 18 U.S.C. 219). 

Meetings of the Patent and Trademark 

Public Advisory Committees 

Meetings of each Advisory Committee 

will take place at the call of the 

respective Committee Chair to consider 

an agenda set by that Chair. Meetings 

may be conducted in person, 

electronically through the Internet, or by 

other appropriate means. The meetings 

of each Advisory Committee will be 

open to the public except each Advisory 

Committee may, by majority vote, meet 

in confidential executive sessions when 

considering personnel, privileged, or 

other confidential matters. Nominees 

must have the ability to participate in 

Committee business through the 

Internet. 

Procedures for Submitting Nominations 

Submit resume ́s for nomination for 

the Patent Public Advisory Committee 

and the Trademark Public Advisory 

Committee to: Senior Advisor to the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Director of the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, utilizing the addresses provided 

above. 

Dated: April 30, 2012. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10737 Filed 5–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Information Collection To Be 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act; 

Individual Eligibility Evaluation 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase 

from People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled (Committee) will submit the 

collection of information listed below to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval under 

the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This notice solicits 

comments on this collection of 

information. 

DATES: Submit your written comments 

on the information collection on or 

before July 3, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments on 

the requirement to Lou Bartalot, 

Director Compliance, Committee for 

Purchase from People Who Are Blind or 

Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

Arlington, VA, 22202–3259; fax (703) 

603–0655; or email 

rulecomments@abilityone.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the applicable form or 

explanatory material, contact Lou 

Bartalot or Amy Jensen at information in 

above paragraph. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which 

implement provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), require that interested members 

of the public and affected agencies have 

an opportunity to comment on 

information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). The Committee plans to 

submit a request to OMB that the initial 

and annual evaluations of competitive 

employability required by the 

Committee’s regulations (41 CFR 51– 

4.3) be done on a standardized form. 

The Committee is requesting a 3-year 

term of approval for this recordkeeping 

activity. 

Federal agencies 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 JWOD Act of 1971 (41 U.S.C. 

Chapter 85) is the authorizing 

legislation for the AbilityOne Program. 

The AbilityOne Program creates jobs 

and training opportunities for people 

who are blind or who have other severe 

disabilities. Its primary means of doing 

so is by requiring Government agencies 

to purchase selected products and 

services from nonprofit agencies 

employing such individuals. The 

AbilityOne Program is administered by 

the Committee. Two national, 

independent organizations, National 

Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH, 

help State and private nonprofit 

agencies participate in the AbilityOne 

Program. 

The implementing regulations for the 

JWOD Act, which are located at 41 CFR 

Chapter 51, provide the requirements, 

procedures, and standards for the 

AbilityOne Program. Section 51–4.3 of 

the regulations sets forth the standards 

that a nonprofit agency must meet to 

maintain qualification for participation 

in the AbilityOne Program. Under this 

section of the regulations, a nonprofit 

agency that wants to continue to 

participate in the AbilityOne Program 

must conduct evaluations on each 

individual performing direct labor to 

determine their capability to perform 

competitive employment at least 

annually. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

This recordkeeping request seeks 

approval for the Committee to require 

the use of a standardized, Committee 

developed, form to record the 

evaluation beginning in January 2013. 

The development of the evaluation form 

is the result of consultation with 

multiple nonprofit agencies already 

participating in the AbilityOne Program 

and it is at the request of a number of 

these agencies that the Committee is 

seeking its mandatory use. 

Type of Information Collection: New 

collection. 

Title: AbilityOne Program Individual 

Eligibility Evaluation. 

OMB Control Number: 3037–0011. 

Form Number: Committee Form IEE. 

Description of Respondents: 

Nonprofit agencies serving people who 

are blind or severely disabled that 

participate in the AbilityOne Program. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

About 610 nonprofit agencies serving 

people who are blind or severely 

disabled that participates in the 

AbilityOne Program. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Burden for conducting the 

evaluations is included in the 

Committee’s recordkeeping requirement 

under OMB Control number 3037–005. 

It is estimated that requiring the use of 

a standardized form will not add to the 

recordkeeping burden once training is 

completed and the form adopted. The 

estimated burden to accomplish the 

training is estimated at 2 hours per 

agency. Total burden is 1220 hours. 

We invite comments concerning this 

renewal on: (1) Whether the collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of our agency’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information; 


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(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10732 Filed 5–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Additions and 

Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to and Deletions from 

the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds products and 

a service to the Procurement List that 

will be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes products from the Procurement 

List previously furnished by such 

agencies. 

DATES: Effective Date: 6/4/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 3/2/2012 (77 FR 12816–12817) 

and 3/9/2012 (77 FR 14352–14353), the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notices of proposed additions 

to the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the products and service and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the products and 

service listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

products and service to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products and service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the products and 

service proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and service are added to the 

Procurement List: 

Products 

Steno Book, 6′′ x 9′′, Green 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–1012—60 Pages 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–1013—80 Pages 

NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, 

Talladega, AL. 

Contracting Activity: GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION, NEW YORK, NY 

COVERAGE: A-List for the Total 

Government Requirement as aggregated 

by the General Services Administration. 

Service: 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Service, 

FEMA LA Recovery Office, Sherwood 

Forest Staging Area, 2695 Sherwood 

Forest, Baton Rouge, LA. 

NPA: Louisiana Industries for the Disabled, 

Inc., Baton Rouge, LA. 

Contracting Activity: Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Baton Rouge, LA. 

Deletions 

On 3/2/2012 (77 FR 12816–12817), 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice of proposed 

deletions from the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the relevant 

matter presented, the Committee has 

determined that the products listed 

below are no longer suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 USC 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the products deleted 

from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

are deleted from the Procurement List: 

Products 

Meal Kits (MORC Kits) 

NSN: 8970–01–E59–0239A 

NSN: 8970–01–E59–0240A 

NSN: 8970–01–E59–0241A 

NSN: 8970–01–E59–0242A 

NSN: 8970–01–E59–0243A 

NSN: 8970–01–E59–0244A 

NPA: Topeka Association for Retarded 

Citizens, Topeka, KS. 

Contracting Activity: Department of Defense/ 

Office of The Secretary of Defense 

(Except Military Departments), 

Washington, DC. 

Shaft, Propeller 

NSN: 2520–01–171–4844 

NPA: VIP Services, Inc., Elkhorn, WI. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics 

Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, 

OH. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10799 Filed 5–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Proposed Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Additions to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add products to the Procurement List 

that will be furnished by nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Comments Must Be Received On or 

Before: 6/4/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

For Further Information or To Submit 

Comments Contact: Barry S. Lineback, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 


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