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Notices Federal Register

70915 

Vol. 78, No. 229 

Wednesday, November 27, 2013 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of December 11 Advisory 

Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 

Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Agency for 

International Development. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Voluntary 

Foreign Aid (ACVFA). 

Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2013. 

Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Location: Horizon Room, Ronald 

Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20523. 

Agenda 

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah will 

make opening remarks, followed by a 

discussion of current issues facing 

USAID, and an opportunity for public 

comment. A draft agenda will be 

forthcoming on the ACVFA Web site at 

http://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/

organization/advisory-committee. 

Stakeholders 

The meeting is free and open to the 

public. Persons wishing to attend 

should register online at http://

www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/

organization/advisory-committee/getinvolved. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandy Stonesifer, 202–712–4372 

Dated: November 20, 2013. 

Sandy Stonesifer, 

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on 

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), U.S. Agency 

for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28456 Filed 11–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the 

Rural Utilities Service invites comments 

on this information collection for which 

the Agency intends to request approval 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 27, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele L. Brooks, Director, Program 

Development & Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Utilities Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5159 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. Email: 

Michele.Brooks@wdc.usda.gov. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. FAX: (202) 

720–4120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 7 CFR part 1753, 

Telecommunications System 

Construction Policies and Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0059. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection package. 

Abstract: In order to facilitate the 

programmatic interest of the RE Act, 

and, in order to assure that loans made 

or guaranteed by the Agency are 

adequately secured, the Agency, as a 

secured lender, has established certain 

forms for materials, equipment and 

construction of electric and 

telecommunications systems. The use of 

standard forms, construction contracts, 

and procurement procedures helps 

assure the Agency that appropriate 

standards and specifications are 

maintained, the Agency’s loan security 

is not adversely affected; and the loan 

and loan guarantee funds are used 

effectively and for the intended 

purposes. 

Over the past six years, the Agency 

has undertaken a comprehensive review 

of its Telecommunications Program 

contracts. The purpose of this 

undertaking is to improve customer 

service to the Agency’s rural borrowers 

with a more efficient and effective 

means to complete a contract 

transaction as well as improve the 

internal efficiency of processing 

contracts. The anticipated outcome 

when the contract revision process is 

completed is that the paperwork burden 

will not increase and may be reduced. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and non-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

513. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 10. 

Estimate Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 10,592 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be requested from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, Rural Utilities Service by 

telephone at (202) 720–7853 or email: 

MaryPat.Daskdal@wdc.usda.gov. 

Comments are invited on (a) Whether 

the 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 burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumption used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques on 

other forms of information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: November 18, 2013. 

John Charles Padalino, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28446 Filed 11–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 


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