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1See Notice of United States Postal Service of 

Classification Change, August 18, 2009 (Notice). 

This Notice is available on the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.prc.gov. 

DATES: Comments are due August 28, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 and 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

18, 2009, the Postal Service filed a 

formal notice with the Commission 

concerning a change in classification for 

Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) 

service pursuant to 39 CFR 3020.90 et 

seq.1 The change revises the 

requirements for eligibility for online 

discounts for GXG service to reflect 

current practice which allows customers 

to purchase online discounted postage 

for GXG service and other international 

expedited and parcel services through 

Click-N-Ship at http://www.usps.com or 

by using other commercial online 

postage providers. Id. at 1. 

Formerly, customers were eligible to 

receive online discounts for GXG 

service by registration via the GXG Web 

site at http://www.usps.com. 

The Postal Service asserts this 

classification change is consistent with 

the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3642, and 

further proposes conforming Mail 

Classification Schedule language. Id. 

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3020.92, the 

Commission provides notice of the 

Postal Service’s filing and affords 

interested persons an opportunity to 

express views and offer comments on 

whether the proposed classification 

change is inconsistent with 39 U.S.C. 

3642. Comments are due August 28, 

2009. 

39 CFR 3020.91 requires the Postal 

Service to file notice of the proposed 

change with the Commission no less 

than 15 days prior to the effective date 

of the proposed change. The Notice 

indicates the effective date of the change 

is September 8, 2009. Id. 

The Commission appoints Kenneth E. 

Richardson to serve as Public 

Representative in this docket. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. MC2009–39 for consideration of the 

matters raised in this docket. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Kenneth 

E. Richardson is appointed to serve as 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

3. Comments by interested persons in 

this proceeding are due no later than 

August 28, 2009. 

By the Commission. 

Judith M. Grady, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–20401 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–60539; File No. 4–588] 

Joint Meetings on Harmonization of 

Regulation 

AGENCIES: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘SEC’’) and Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’) 

(each, an ‘‘Agency,’’ collectively, the 

‘‘Agencies’’). 

ACTION: Notice of joint meetings; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: On June 17, 2009, the 

Department of the Treasury released a 

White Paper on Financial Regulatory 

Reform (‘‘White Paper’’) calling on the 

SEC and the CFTC to ‘‘make 

recommendations to Congress for 

changes to statutes and regulations that 

would harmonize regulation of futures 

and securities.’’ Specifically, the White 

Paper recommended ‘‘that the CFTC and 

the SEC complete a report to Congress 

by September 30, 2009 that identifies all 

existing conflicts in statutes and 

regulations with respect to similar types 

of financial instruments and either 

explains why those differences are 

essential to achieve underlying policy 

objectives with respect to investor 

protection, market integrity, and price 

transparency or makes 

recommendations for changes to statutes 

and regulations that would eliminate 

the differences.’’ 

On September 2, 2009, from 9 a.m. 

until 5 p.m., and September 3, 2009, 

from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., the SEC 

and the CFTC will hold joint meetings 

to discuss assessments of the current 

regulatory scheme, harmonization of the 

agencies’ rules, and recommendations 

for changes to statutes and regulations. 

The meetings will consist of five 

panels. Topics to be discussed will 

include the regulation of exchanges and 

markets; the regulation of 

intermediaries; the regulation of 

clearance and settlement; enforcement; 

and the regulation of investment funds. 

On September 2, 2009, a meeting will 

be held in Lobby Level Hearing Room 

(Room 1000) at the CFTC’s headquarters 

at Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581. On 

September 3, 2009, a meeting will be 

held in the auditorium at the SEC’s 

headquarters at 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549. The meetings 

will be open to the public with seating 

on a first-come, first-served basis. The 

meetings also will be available via Web 

cast on the SEC’s Web site at http:// 

www.sec.gov and at the CFTC’s Web site 

at http://www.cftc.gov. A transcript of 

the meetings will be made and entered 

into the Agencies’ public comment files, 

which will remain open for the receipt 

of written comments until September 

14, 2009. The SEC and the CFTC 

welcome feedback regarding any of the 

topics to be addressed at the meetings. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before September 14, 2009. 

Because the Agencies will jointly 

review all comments submitted, 

interested parties may send comments 

to either Agency and need not submit 

responses to both Agencies. 

Respondents are encouraged to use the 

title ‘‘Harmonization of Regulation’’ to 

facilitate the organization and 

distribution of comments between the 

Agencies. Interested parties are invited 

to submit responses to: 

Securities and Exchange Commission: 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the SEC’s Internet comment 

form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/ 

other.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number 4–588 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number 4–588. This file number should 

be included on the subject line if e-mail 

is used. To help us process and review 

your comments more efficiently, please 

use only one method. The SEC staff will 

post all comments on the SEC’s Internet 

Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/ 

other.shtml). Comments also will be 

available for inspection and copying in 

the SEC’s Public Reference Room, 100 F 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on 

official business days between the hours 

of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

we do not edit personal identifying 

information from submissions. You 


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should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission 

• Written comments may be mailed to 

the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581, attention Office of the 

Secretariat; transmitted by facsimile to 

the CFTC at (202) 418–5521; or 

transmitted electronically to 

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be 

made to ‘‘Harmonization of Regulation.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Gillis Hawkins, Special Counsel, at 

(202) 551–5523, or Leigh W. Duffy, 

Attorney-Adviser, at (202) 551–5928, 

Division of Trading and Markets, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549; or Sauntia Warfield, (202) 418– 

5084, at the CFTC. 

By the Securities and Exchange 

Commission. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

By the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–20356 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting. 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold a Closed Meeting 

on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 2 p.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) 

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) 

and (10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the Closed 

Meeting. 

Commissioner Casey, as duty officer, 

voted to consider the items listed for the 

Closed Meeting in a closed session. 

The subject matter of the Closed 

Meeting scheduled for Thursday, 

August 27, 2009 will be: 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; and 

Other matters relating to enforcement 

proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

For further information and to 

ascertain what, if any, matters have been 

added, deleted or postponed, please 

contact: The Office of the Secretary at 

(202) 551–5400. 

Dated: August 20, 2009. 

Elizabeth M. Murphy, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–20506 Filed 8–21–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6737] 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; 

Statutory Debarment Under the Arms 

Export Control Act and the 

International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of State has imposed 

statutory debarment pursuant to 

§ 127.7(c) of the International Traffic in 

Arms Regulations (‘‘ITAR’’) (22 CFR 

Parts 120 to 130) on persons convicted 

of violating, attempting to violate or 

conspiring to violate Section 38 of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended, 

(‘‘AECA’’) (22 U.S.C. 2778). 

DATES: Effective Date: Date of conviction 

as specified for each person. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Buzby, Acting Director, Office of 

Defense Trade Controls Compliance, 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 

Department of State (202) 663–2980. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

38(g)(4) of the AECA, 22 U.S.C. 

2778(g)(4), prohibits the Department of 

State from issuing licenses or other 

approvals for the export of defense 

articles or defense services where the 

applicant, or any party to the export, has 

been convicted of violating certain 

statutes, including the AECA. In 

implementing this provision, Section 

127.7 of the ITAR provides for 

‘‘statutory debarment’’ of any person 

who has been convicted of violating or 

conspiring to violate the AECA. Persons 

subject to statutory debarment are 

prohibited from participating directly or 

indirectly in the export of defense 

articles, including technical data, or in 

the furnishing of defense services for 

which a license or other approval is 

required. 

Statutory debarment is based solely 

upon conviction in a criminal 

proceeding, conducted by a United 

States Court, and as such the 

administrative debarment procedures 

outlined in Part 128 of the ITAR are not 

applicable. 

The period for debarment will be 

determined by the Assistant Secretary 

for Political-Military Affairs based on 

the underlying nature of the violations, 

but will generally be for three years 

from the date of conviction. At the end 

of the debarment period, export 

privileges may be reinstated only at the 

request of the debarred person followed 

by the necessary interagency 

consultations, after a thorough review of 

the circumstances surrounding the 

conviction, and a finding that 

appropriate steps have been taken to 

mitigate any law enforcement concerns, 

as required by Section 38(g)(4) of the 

AECA. Unless export privileges are 

reinstated, however, the person remains 

debarred. 

Department of State policy permits 

debarred persons to apply to the 

Director, Office of Defense Trade 

Controls Compliance, for reinstatement 

beginning one year after the date of the 

debarment. Any decision to grant 

reinstatement can be made only after the 

statutory requirements under Section 

38(g) (4) of the AECA have been 

satisfied. 

Exceptions, also known as transaction 

exceptions, may be made to this 

debarment determination on a case-bycase basis at the discretion of the 

Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs, after consulting with 

the appropriate U.S. agencies. However, 

such an exception would be granted 

only after a full review of all 

circumstances, paying particular 

attention to the following factors: 

whether an exception is warranted by 

overriding U.S. foreign policy or 

national security interests; whether an 

exception would further law 

enforcement concerns that are 

consistent with the foreign policy or 

national security interests of the United 

States; or whether other compelling 

circumstances exist that are consistent 

with the foreign policy or national 

security interests of the United States, 

and that do not conflict with law 

enforcement concerns. Even if 

exceptions are granted, the debarment 

continues until subsequent 

reinstatement. 


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