5148 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 18 / Thursday, January 29, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: January 21, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–1940 Filed 1–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Northeast 

Multispecies Days-at-Sea Leasing 

Program 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Douglas Potts, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, (978) 281– 

9341 or Douglas.Potts@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

A proposed emergency rule for the NE 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) was published in the Federal 

Register on April 24, 2003 (68 FR 

200096). The emergency rule was used 

to continue management measures 

specified in the Settlement Agreement 

Among Certain Parties, which were 

implemented as ordered by the U.S. 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia (Court) in a Remedial Order 

issued on May 23, 2002. The emergency 

rule included several management 

measures designed to reduce overfishing 

on species managed under the NE 

Multispecies FMP, including a Days-AtSea (DAS) Leasing Program, and was 

published in order to continue the 

measures until the implementation of 

Amendment 13 to the NE Multispecies 

FMP. The final rule, RIN 0648–AN17, 

for implementing Amendment 13 to the 

NE Multispecies FMP, was published in 

the Federal Register on April 27, 2004 

(69 FR 22906). Amendment 13 was 

developed by the New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) 

primarily to end overfishing on all 

groundfish stocks and to rebuild all 

groundfish stocks that are overfished. 

Amendment 13 included substantial 

reductions in the amount of effort 

available to target groundfish stocks. 

Therefore, Amendment 13 resulted in 

considerable reductions in the number 

of DAS for NE multispecies vessels. 

The reduction in the DAS allocated to 

NE multispecies permit holders limited 

the ability of some vessels to participate 

in the fishery, resulting in a loss of 

revenue and/or the ability to operate at 

a profit. In order to mitigate some of the 

adverse economic impacts of the effort 

reductions, the DAS Leasing Program 

was established by the Council, among 

other provisions, in Amendment 13. 

The DAS Leasing Program enables 

vessels to increase their revenue by 

either leasing additional DAS from 

another vessel or using them to increase 

their participation in the fishery, or by 

leasing their allocated DAS that they 

may not use to another vessel. 

II. Method of Collection 

Applications will be submitted by 

mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0475. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 583. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $1,158. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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 shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (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 respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–1947 Filed 1–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2009–OS–0011] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense (Networks and 

Information Integration)/DoD Chief 

Information Officer. DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense 

(Networks and Information Integration)/ 

DoD Chief Information Officer 

announces a proposed new public 

information collection and seeks public 

comment on the provisions thereof. 

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 shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 


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number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received, without change, and including 

any personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to Office of DoD Chief 

Information Officer, ATTN: Ms. Sandra 

Smith, 1225 South Clark St., Suite 910, 

Arlington, VA, 22202. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Information Assurance 

Scholarship Program (IASP); OMB 

Control Number 0704–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: The National 

Security Agency (NSA) is the Executive 

Administrator of the Information 

Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP), 

serving on behalf of the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense 

(Networks and Information Integration)/ 

DoD Chief Information Officer. Those 

who wish to participate in the IASP 

Recruitment program must complete 

and submit an application package 

through their college or university to 

NSA. Centers of Academic Excellence in 

Information Assurance Education (CAE/ 

IAEs) interested in applying for 

capacity-building grants must complete 

and submit a written proposal, and all 

colleges and universities subsequently 

receiving grants must provide 

documentation on how the grant 

funding was utilized. In addition, IASP 

participants and their faculty advisors 

(Principal Investigators) are required to 

complete annual program assessment 

documents. Without this written 

documentation, the DoD has no means 

of judging the quality of applicants to 

the program or collecting information 

regarding program performance. 

Affected Public: ‘‘Individuals or 

households,’’ specifically college 

students at institutions designated as 

CAE/IAEs who are interested in, and 

qualified to, apply for a scholarship; 

‘‘Not-for-profit institutions,’’ specifically 

CAE/IAEs interested in submitting 

proposals for capacity-building grants, 

and faculty advisors (Principal 

Investigators). 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,755. 

Number of Respondents: 422. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 4.16 

hours. 

Frequency: Annually. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The IASP, authorized by Section 2200 

of title 10 of the United States Code, is 

designed to: increase the number of new 

entrants to DoD who possess key 

Information Assurance (IA) and IT skill 

sets, and serve as a tool to develop and 

retain well-educated military and 

civilian personnel who support the 

Department’s critical IT management 

and infrastructure protection functions. 

The IASP recruitment track is for 

college students who, on completion of 

the program, come to work for the DoD. 

The retention track is for current DoD 

employees who are excused from duty 

to attend college courses through the 

IASP. Pending availability of funds, the 

IASP may also award capacity-building 

grants to colleges and universities 

designated as CAE/IAEs for such 

purposes as developing IA curricula and 

faculty, and building IA laboratories. 

The recruitment, retention and grant 

programs all require a competitive 

application process. Additionally, there 

is an assessment process which 

examines how grant funds were spent, 

as well as an assessment process 

requiring status reports from students in 

the program, and university faculty 

representatives (Principal Investigators) 

for the purpose of program evaluation. 

In order to apply for any aspect of the 

program, paperwork is required so that 

the DoD may judge the merits of a given 

application and determine how best to 

allocate IASP funds. 

The Recruitment, Capacity-Building, 

and Assessment aspects of the IASP 

apply to non-DoD employee members of 

the general public who choose to 

become involved in the program and 

thus become subject to information 

collection requirements. The Retention 

aspect of the IASP applies only to 

current DoD personnel, and thus its 

information collection requirements are 

not addressed in this request. 

Dated: January 22, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–1906 Filed 1–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault 

in the Military Services 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness); 

DoD. 

ACTION: Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in Government Act of 1976 (5 

U.S.C. 522b, as amended), 41 CFR 102– 

3.140, 41 CFR 102–3.150, and 41 CFR 

102–3.160 announcement is made of the 

following committee meeting of the 

Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in 

the Military Services (hereafter referred 

to as the Task Force). 

DATES: Open meeting: February 13, 2009 

(8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time 

(hereafter referred to as PST). 

Administrative and/or Preparatory 

work activities meeting: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

PST. 

ADDRESSES: San Diego, California. A 

specific location is still to be 

determined. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Jackson-Chandler, Designated 

Federal Officer, Defense Task Force on 

Sexual Assault in the Military Services, 

2850 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 100, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314; Telephone: 

(703) 325–6640; Fax: (703) 325–6710/ 

6711; DSN number 221–6640; 

cora.chandler@wso.whs.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of the open meeting is to obtain and 

discuss information on the Task Force’s 

congressionally mandated task to 

examine matters related to sexual 

assault in the military services through 

briefings from and discussion with Task 

Force Sub-committees, Department of 

Defense (DoD) officials, subject matter 

experts, victim testimonials and 

comments from the general populace 

including Service Members. 

The purpose of the Administrative 

and/or Preparatory work activities 

meeting: 

a. Administrative work activities: to 

discuss administrative matters or to 

receive administrative information from 

a Federal officer or agency; and 

b. Preparatory work activities: to 

gather information, conduct research, or 

analyze relevant issues and facts in 

preparation for a meeting of the 

advisory committee, or to draft position 

papers for deliberation by the advisory 

committee. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.160 

meetings convened solely for 

Administrative and/or Preparatory work 

activities meetings are exempt from 

open meeting requirements and is not 

open to the public. 

Agenda Summary: 

8 a.m.–12 a.m. Open Meeting. 

8 a.m.–11 a.m. Discussion topics: 

Process Review. 


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