5914 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 3, 2009 / Notices 

approval of the information collection 

concerning initial certification of 

nonprofit agencies serving people who 

are blind or who have other severe 

disabilities to participate in the JavitsWagner-O’Day (JWOD) Program. The 

Committee will request a 3-year term of 

approval for these information 

collection activities. 

Federal agencies may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for these collections of 

information are 3037–0002 and 3037– 

0001. 

The Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act of 1971 

(41 U.S.C. 46–48c) is the authorizing 

legislation for the AbilityOne Program. 

The AbilityOne Program creates jobs 

and training opportunities for people 

who are blind or who have other severe 

disabilities. Its primary means of doing 

so is by requiring Government agencies 

to purchase selected products and 

services from nonprofit agencies 

employing such individuals. The 

AbilityOne Program is administered by 

the Committee. Two national, 

independent organizations, National 

Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH, 

help State and private nonprofit 

agencies participate in the AbilityOne 

Program. 

The implementing regulations for the 

Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act, which are 

located at 41 CFR Chapter 51, provide 

the requirements, procedures, and 

standards for the AbilityOne Program. 

Section 51–4.2 of the regulations sets 

forth the standards that a nonprofit 

agency must meet to qualify for 

participation in the AbilityOne Program. 

Under this section of the regulations, a 

nonprofit agency that would like to 

participate in the AbilityOne Program 

must submit documentation (e.g., 

articles of incorporation and by-laws) 

demonstrating its nonprofit status and a 

completed copy of the appropriate 

Initial Certification form (Committee 

Form 401 or 402). This documentation 

helps the Committee determine whether 

the applicant nonprofit agency is 

appropriate for inclusion in the 

AbilityOne Program. 

This information collection renewal 

request seeks approval for the 

Committee to continue to collect the 

information required under 41 CFR 

51–4.3 of the regulations so that the 

Committee can continue to verify the 

appropriateness of nonprofit agencies 

that would like to participate in the 

AbilityOne Program. There are no 

changes to these current collection 

activities in this renewal request. 

Title: Annual Certification—Qualified 

Nonprofit Agency Serving People Who 

Are Blind, 41 CFR 51–4.2. 

OMB Control Number: 3037–0001. 

Form Number: Committee Form 403. 

Description of Respondents: 

Nonprofit agencies serving people who 

are blind that would like to participate 

in the AbilityOne Program. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

About 70 nonprofit agencies serving 

people who are blind will annually 

request to be newly verified for 

participation in the AbilityOne Program. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: Burden 

is estimated to average 6 hours per 

respondent. Total annual burden is 420 

hours. Note: This burden estimate is 

only for the reporting of information; a 

separate burden estimate exists for the 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Title: Initial Certification—Qualified 

Nonprofit Agency Serving People Who 

Are Severely Disabled, 41 CFR 51–4.2. 

OMB Control Number: 3037–0002. 

Form Number: Committee Form 404. 

Description of Respondents: 

Nonprofit agencies serving people who 

are severely disabled that would like to 

participate in the AbilityOne Program. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

About 550 nonprofit agencies serving 

people who are severely disabled will 

annually request to be newly verified for 

participation in the AbilityOne Program. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: Burden 

is estimated to average 6 hours per 

respondent. Total annual burden is 

3,300 hours. Note: This burden estimate 

is only for the reporting of information; 

a separate burden estimate exists for the 

recordkeeping requirement. 

We invite comments concerning this 

renewal on: (1) Whether the collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of our agency’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents. 

Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Deputy Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–2230 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, January 30, 2009; 

5 p.m.–6 p.m. 

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3360, 330 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20237. 

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in a special session to review 

and discuss budgetary issues relating to 

U.S. Government-funded non-military 

international broadcasting. This meeting 

is closed because if open it likely would 

either disclose matters that would be 

properly classified to be kept secret in 

the interest of foreign policy under the 

appropriate executive order (5 U.S.C. 

552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B)) 

In addition, part of the discussion will 

relate solely to the internal personnel 

and organizational issues of the BBG or 

the International Broadcasting Bureau. 

(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6)) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Timi 

Nickerson Kenealy at (202) 203–4545. 

Timi Nickerson Kenealy, 

Acting Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–2305 Filed 1–30–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, February 11, 

2009; 11 a.m. e.s.t. 

PLACE: Via Teleconference, Public Dial 

In—1–800–597–7623, Conference ID# 

83711892. 

Meeting Agenda 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Program Planning 

• FY 2009 Statutory Report 

III. Future Agenda Items 

IV. Adjourn 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public 

Affairs Unit (202) 376–8582. 

Dated: January 30, 2009. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–2327 Filed 1–30–09; 4:15 pm] 

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