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these caucuses would unacceptably 

impair the ability of the Committee to 

reach a consensus on the matters being 

considered and would disrupt 

substantially the disposition of its 

business. Therefore, these caucuses will 

be closed to the public because of a 

determination made by the Director of 

the U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management under the provisions of 

section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463) and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B). These caucuses 

may, depending on the issues involved, 

constitute a substantial portion of a 

meeting. 

Annually, the Chair compiles a report 

of pay issues discussed and concluded 

recommendations. These reports are 

available to the public, upon written 

request to the Committee. 

The public is invited to submit 

material in writing to the Chair on 

Federal Wage System pay matters felt to 

be deserving of the Committee’s 

attention. Additional information on 

these meetings may be obtained by 

contacting the Committee at U.S. Office 

of Personnel Management, Federal 

Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 

Room 5H27, 1900 E Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20415, (202) 606–9400. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Sheldon Friedman, 

Chairman, Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee. 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

Board of Governors; Sunshine Act 

Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, December 7, 

2010, at 9 a.m. 

PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal 

Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Tuesday, 

December 7, at 9 a.m. (Closed) 

1. Financial Matters. 

2. Pricing. 

3. Strategic Issues. 

4. Personnel Matters and 

Compensation Issues. 

5. Governors’ Executive Session— 

Discussion of prior agenda items and 

Board Governance. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Julie S. Moore, Secretary of the Board, 

U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, 

SW., Washington, DC 20260–1000. 

Telephone (202) 268–4800. 

Julie S. Moore, 

Secretary. 

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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Request for Public Comment on the 

Draft National Nanotechnology 

Initiative Strategy for NanotechnologyRelated Environmental, Health, and 

Safety Research 

AGENCY: White House Office of Science 

and Technology Policy. 

ACTION: Notice: Request for Public 

Comment. 

SUMMARY: With this notice, the White 

House Office of Science and Technology 

Policy and the Nanoscale Science, 

Engineering, and Technology 

Subcommittee of the National Science 

and Technology Council request 

comments from the public regarding the 

draft National Nanotechnology Initiative 

(NNI) Strategy for NanotechnologyRelated Environmental, Health, and 

Safety Research (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘draft NNI EHS strategy’’). The draft NNI 

EHS strategy is posted at http:// 

strategy.nano.gov. Comments of 

approximately one page or less in length 

(4,000 characters) are requested. This 

request will be active from December 6, 

2010, to January 6, 2011. 

DATES: Comments are invited beginning 

December 6, 2010, and must be received 

by 11:59 p.m. EST on January 6, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Respondents are 

encouraged to register online at the NNI 

Strategy Portal at http:// 

strategy.nano.gov to post their 

comments (4,000 characters or less) as a 

response to the request for public 

comment. Alternatively, comments of 

one page in length or less may be 

submitted via e-mail to: 

nnistrategy@ostp.gov. Any information 

you provide to us may be posted online. 

Therefore, do not send any information 

that might be considered proprietary, 

personal, sensitive, or confidential. 

Overview: The National 

Nanotechnology Initiative Strategy for 

Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, 

Health, and Safety Research or ‘‘NNI 

EHS Strategy’’ helps to facilitate 

achievement of the National 

Nanotechnology Initiative vision by 

laying out guidance for agency leaders, 

program managers, and the research 

community regarding planning and 

implementation of nanotechnology EHS 

R&D investments and activities. 

The NNI is a U.S. Government R&D 

program of 25 agencies working together 

toward the common challenging vision 

of a future in which the ability to 

understand and control matter at the 

nanoscale leads to a revolution in 

technology and industry that benefits 

society. The combined, coordinated 

efforts of these agencies have 

accelerated discovery, development, 

and deployment of nanotechnology 

towards agency missions and the 

broader national interest. Established in 

2001, the NNI involves nanotechnologyrelated activities by the 25 member 

agencies, 15 of which have requested 

budgets for nanotechnology R&D for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 

The NNI is managed within the 

framework of the National Science and 

Technology Council (NSTC), the 

Cabinet-level council that coordinates 

science and technology across the 

Federal government and interfaces with 

other sectors. The Nanoscale Science, 

Engineering, and Technology (NSET) 

Subcommittee of the NSTC coordinates 

planning, budgeting, program 

implementation, and review of the NNI. 

The NSET Subcommittee is composed 

of senior representatives from agencies 

participating in the NNI (http:// 

www.nano.gov). The NSET 

Subcommittee and its Nanotechnology 

Environmental and Health Implications 

(NEHI) Working Group provide 

leadership in establishing the NNI 

environmental, health, and safety 

research agenda and in communicating 

data and information related to the 

environmental and health aspects of 

nanotechnology between NNI agencies 

and with the public. NNI activities 

support the development of the new 

tools and methods required for the 

research that will enable risk analysis 

and assist in regulatory decisionmaking. 

The NSET Subcommittee has solicited 

multiple streams of input to inform the 

development of this latest NNI EHS 

Strategy. Independent reviews of the 

NNI by the President’s Council of 

Advisors on Science and Technology 

and the National Research Council of 

the National Academies have made 

specific recommendations for improving 

the NNI EHS strategy. A series of four 

NNI workshops took place in 2009–2010 

to solicit input for this strategy: 1. 

Human & Environmental Exposure 

Assessment of Nanomaterials (details at 

http://www.nano.gov/html/meetings/ 

exposure/), 2. Nanomaterials and the 

Environment & Instrumentation, 

Metrology, and Analytical Methods 

(details at http://www.nano.gov/html/ 


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1The registration statement relating to these 

contracts is incorporated by reference into the 

application, to the extent necessary to support and 

supplement the descriptions and representations set 

forth in the application. 

meetings/environment/), 3. 

Nanomaterials and Human Health & 

Instrumentation, Metrology, and 

Analytical Methods (details at http:// 

www.nano.gov/html/meetings/ 

humanhealth/), and 4. Capstone: Risk 

Management Methods & Ethical, Legal, 

and Societal Implications of 

Nanotechnology (details at http:// 

www.nano.gov/html/meetings/capstone/ 

). Additional input has come from the 

NNI Strategic Planning Stakeholders 

Workshop (details at http:// 

www.nano.gov/html/meetings/ 

NNISPWorkshop/) as well as in 

responses to a Request for Information 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 6, 2010, and comments posted 

online in response to challenge 

questions from July 13–August 15, 2010, 

at the NNI Strategy Portal (http:// 

strategy.nano.gov). 

The draft NNI EHS Strategy 

complements the 2010 NNI Strategic 

Plan by setting forth the NNI strategy for 

nanotechnology-related environmental, 

health, and safety (EHS) research. It 

describes the NNI vision and goals for 

Federal EHS research and presents the 

current NNI EHS research portfolio. The 

EHS strategy includes a description of 

the NNI EHS research investment by 

research need, the state of the science, 

and an analysis of the gaps and barriers 

to achieving that research as part of the 

NNI’s adaptive management of this 

strategy. This strategy updates and 

replaces the NNI EHS Strategy of 

February 2008. The NNI EHS Strategy 

aims to ensure the responsible 

development of nanotechnology by 

providing guidance to the Federal 

agencies that produce the scientific 

information for risk management, 

regulatory decision-making, product 

use, research planning, and public 

outreach. The core research areas 

providing this critical information are 

measurement, human exposure 

assessment, human health, and the 

environment in order to inform risk 

assessment and risk management. 

Your comments on this draft of the 

plan must be received by 11:59 p.m. 

EST on January 6, 2011. Please reference 

page and line numbers as appropriate, 

and keep your responses to 4,000 

characters or less. You may also e-mail 

your responses, no more than one page 

in length, to nnistrategy@ostp.gov. 

Responses to this notice are not offers 

and cannot be accepted by the Federal 

government to form a binding contract 

or issue a grant. Information obtained as 

a result of this notice may be used by 

the Federal government for program 

planning on a non-attribution basis. Any 

information you provide to us may be 

posted online. Therefore, do not send 

any information that might be 

considered proprietary, personal, 

sensitive, or confidential. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

questions about the content of this 

notice should be sent to 

NNIStrategy@ostp.gov. Questions and 

responses may also be sent by mail 

(please allow additional time for 

processing) to the address: Office of 

Science and Technology Policy, ATTN: 

NNI EHS Strategy Comments, Executive 

Office of the President, 725 17th Street 

Room 5228, Washington, DC, 20502. 

Phone: (202) 456–7116, Fax: (202) 456– 

6021. 

Ted Wackler, 

Deputy Chief of Staff. 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. IC–29521; File No. 812–13780] 

American United Life Insurance 

Company, et al.; Notice of Application 

November 30, 2010. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice of Application for an 

order pursuant to Section 26(c) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940, as 

amended (‘‘1940 Act’’), the substitution 

of securities. 

APPLICANTS: American United Life 

Insurance Company (‘‘AUL’’), AUL 

American Unit Trust (‘‘AUL Account’’). 

AUL and the AUL Account are together 

referred to herein as the ‘‘Applicants.’’ 

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: The AUL 

account is used to fund variable annuity 

contracts issued by AUL (‘‘Contracts’’). 

Applicants request an order to permit 

the substitution of units issued by the 

Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund 

Small Company Growth Portfolio (the 

‘‘Substituted Portfolio’’ or ‘‘VVIF’’), for 

units issued by the Vanguard Explorer 

Fund (the ‘‘Removed Portfolio’’ or 

‘‘VEF’’), a fund currently available as an 

investment option under certain 

Contracts. 

FILING DATE: The application was filed 

on June 8, 2010 and amended and 

restated applications were filed on 

September 2, and October 15, 2010. 

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An 

order granting the Application will be 

issued unless the Commission orders a 

hearing. Interested persons may request 

a hearing by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary and serving 

Applicants with a copy of the request, 

personally or by mail. Hearing requests 

should be received by the SEC by 5:30 

p.m. on December 27, 2010 and should 

be accompanied by proof of service on 

Applicants, in the form of an affidavit 

or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 

Hearing requests should state the nature 

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the 

request, and the issues contested. 

Persons who wish to be notified of a 

hearing may request notification by 

writing to the Secretary of the 

Commission. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, 

NE., Washington, DC 20549–0609. 

Applicants: c/o Richard M. Ellery, Esq., 

American United Life Insurance 

Company, One American Square, 

Indianapolis, Indiana 46282. Copies to: 

Frederick H. Sherley, Esq., Dechert LLP, 

100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4000, 

Charlotte, NC 28202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Scott, Senior Counsel, Office of 

Insurance Products, Division of 

Investment Management, SEC, at (202) 

551–6763, or Zandra Bailes, Branch 

Chief, at (202) 551–6975. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is a summary of the 

application; the complete application 

may be obtained via the Commission’s 

Web site by searching for the file 

number, or for an applicant using the 

Company name box, at http:// 

www.sec.gov/search/search.htm, or 

obtained for a fee from the Public 

Reference Branch of the Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549, or by calling: (202) 551–8090. 

Applicants’ Representations: 

1. AUL is an Indiana stock insurance 

company. AUL is the depositor and 

sponsor of the AUL Account, a separate 

investment account established under 

Indiana law. 

2. The AUL Account is used to fund 

variable annuity contracts issued by 

AUL (each, a ‘‘Contract’’).1 The income, 

gains or losses of the AUL Account are 

credited to or charged against the assets 

of the AUL Account without regard to 

other income, gains or losses of AUL. 

AUL owns the assets in the AUL 

Account and is required to maintain 

sufficient assets in the AUL Account to 

meet all AUL Account obligations under 

the Contracts. AUL may transfer to its 

general account assets that exceed 

anticipated obligations of the AUL 

Account. All obligations arising under 

the Contracts are general corporate 


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