### 54695 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 177 / Friday, September 12, 2014 / Notices

• Financial Management Systems (FMS): 1000 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 102, Schaumburg, IL 60173–4728.

• Collection Technology, Inc.: 1200 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 325, Monterey Park, CA 91754.

• Enterprise Recovery Systems, Inc. (ERS): 2400 S. Wolf Road, Suite 200, Westchester, IL 60154.

• Windham Professionals, Inc.: 380 Main Street, Salem, NH 03079.

• Delta Management Associates, Inc.: 100 Everett Avenue Suite 6, Chelsea, MA 02150.

• Immediate Credit Recovery, Inc.: 169 Myers Corners Road Suite 110, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590.

• National Recoveries: 14735 Hwy. 65, Ham Lake, MN 55403.

• Coast Professional, Inc.: 214 Expo Circle, West Monroe, LA 71292.
[FR Doc. 2014–21792 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**
**Agency Information Collection Extension** 

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Department of Energy.
**ACTION :**  Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; comment request.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Theinformation collection requests a threeyear extension of its Legal Collection, OMB Control Number 1910–0800. The proposed collection will enable DOE to continue to maintain DOE control and oversight of DOE contractor’s invention reporting and related matters.
**DATES :**  Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before October 14, 2014. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202–395–4718.
**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to, John T. Lucas, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–2802 (telephone), (202) 586–2805 (fax).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  John T. Lucas, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586–2802 (telephone); (202) 586–2805 (fax); john.t.lucas@hq.doe.gov.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1910–0800; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Legal Collections; (3) Type of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: To continue to maintain DOE control and oversight of DOE and its contractor’s invention reporting and related matters; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1332; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1332; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 10281; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $771,000.00.

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5908(a), (b) and (c); 10 CFR part 781; 10 CFR part 784.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2014. John T. Lucas, Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2014–21836 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**
**Data Privacy and the Smart Grid: A Voluntary Code of Conduct** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Department of Energy.
**ACTION :**  Request for public comment.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a draft Voluntary Code of Conduct that addresses data privacy surrounding smart grid technologies. The document is available for a 30 day comment period at https://www.smartgrid.gov/sites/ default/files/VCC

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**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before October 14, 2014.
**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments may be submitted to Eric Lightner, Director, Federal Smart Grid Task Force, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; Email: VCCPrivacy@hq.doe.gov.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for additional information should be directed to Eric Lightner, Director, Federal Smart Grid Task Force, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585 at VCC-Privacy@ hq.doe.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  On January 31, 2012, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (DOE OE) hosted the Smart Grid Privacy Workshop to facilitate a dialog among key industry stakeholders. In addition, on February 23, 2012, the White House released the report, Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy ( Privacy Blueprint). ThePrivacy Blueprint outlines a multistakeholder process for developing legally enforceable voluntary codes of conduct to help instill consumer confidence.

In response to workshop findings and in support of the Privacy Blueprint, DOE OE and the Federal Smart GridTask Force have facilitated a multistakeholder process to develop a Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCC) for utilities and third parties providing consumer energy use services. The resulting draft VCC addresses privacy issues as they relate to data enabled by smart grid technologies.

The DOE, through a notice published in Federal Register on February 11, 2013 (78 FR 9678), requested energy industry stakeholders to participate in the VCC multi-stakeholder process by attending open meetings and participating in work group activities to draft the VCC principles. The draft VCC, which is now available for public comment, is a result of those meetings and work groups over the past 18 months. The primary goal of the VCC is to provide principles of conduct for voluntary adoption by energy utilities and third parties.

Authority: Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Title XIII.

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 8, 2014. Patricia A. Hoffman, Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. 2014–21838 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**
**Energy Sector Framework Implementation Guidance** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Request for Public Comment.