Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 29, 2009 / Notices 49893 

Attorney General issued new FOIA 

guidelines on March 19, 2009; The 

purpose of the Attorney General’s 

memorandum is to underscore the 

FOIA’s purpose of providing an open 

government and to help ensure that it is 

realized in practice. The guidelines 

provided by the Attorney General stress 

the important implications of the 

President’s call for a presumption of 

openness, emphasize that the FOIA is 

everyone’s responsibility, and direct 

agencies to work proactively and 

promptly. A full text of these guidelines 

is available on the Department of 

Justice’s Web site at http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/ag/foia-memomarch2009.pdf. Pursuant to the 

President’s instruction, the Attorney 

General’s guidelines are also published 

here. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Melanie Ann Pustay, 

Director, Office of Information Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–23375 Filed 9–28–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Request for Comments on the 

Proposed Information Collection for 

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 

Reserve Funding Request Form. 1205– 

0275, Extension With No Revisions 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, ETA is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed extension of data collection 

for the ETA Form 9117 (formerly ETA– 

9023), Trade Adjustment Assistance 

(TAA) Reserve Funding Request Form 

(1205–0275, expires 1/31/2010). 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the addressee section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee’s section below on or before 

November 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Chris Meservy, Program Analyst, 

Room C–5428, Employment and 

Training Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Telephone number: 202– 

693–2806 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Fax: 202–693–3584. E-mail: 

meservy.chris.h@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Trade Adjustment Assistance 

(TAA) program provides assistance to 

workers that have been adversely 

affected by foreign trade. Under the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009, the statutory training cap 

is $575 million each year, with 

additional funding available for job 

search and relocation allowances and 

State administration. To be eligible for 

TAA benefits and services, a group of 

workers, a company official, a union or 

other duly authorized representative, or 

a One Stop Operator or partner must file 

a petition with the Department of Labor. 

If the Department determines that the 

workers meet the statutory criteria, it 

issues a certification of eligibility for the 

workers in the group to apply for 

benefits and services through 

partnerships between the State 

Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and the 

One Stop Career Center system. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

* Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

* Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

* Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

* 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 or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: Extension with no 

revisions. 

Title: Trade Adjustment Assistance 

(TAA) Reserve Funding Request. 

OMB Number: 1205–0275. 

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Total Respondents: 25. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Forms: ETA 9117, ETA 9023. 

Average Time per Response: 3 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 75. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this ICR will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: This 23rd day of September 2009. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–23361 Filed 9–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review Panel for Materials 

Research; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463 as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Site visit review of the Materials 

Research Science and Engineering Center 

(MRSEC) at the University of Wisconsin, 

#1203. 

Dates & Times: 

October 25, 2009; 5 p.m.–7 p.m. 

October 26, 2009; 7:30 a.m.–8 p.m. 

October 27, 2009; 8 a.m.–3 p.m. 

Place: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 

WI. 

Type of Meeting: Part-open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Charles Ying, Program 

Director, Materials Research Science and 

Engineering Centers Program, Division of 

Materials Research, Room 1065, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone (703) 292– 

8428. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning further support 

of the MRSEC at the University of Wisconsin. 

Agenda: 

Sunday, October 25, 2009 

5 p.m.–5:15 p.m.: Closed—Executive Session. 

5:15 p.m.–7 p.m.: Open—Review of the 

Wisconsin MRSEC. 


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