This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. 

# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 78, No. 41

Friday, March 1, 2013

**AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT** 

**Notice of Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to OMB for**  **Review**

**SUMMARY :**  U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has submitted the following information collection to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this notification. Comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for USAID, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Washington, DC 20503. Copies of submission may be obtained by calling (202) 712–5007.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

OMB Number: OMB 0412–0549. Form Number: AID 302–3. Title: Offeror Information for Personal Services.

Type of Submission: New Information Collection.

Purpose: United States Agency for International Development must collect information for reporting purposes to Congress and Office of Acquisition and Assistance Contract Administration. This collection is to gather information from applicants applying for personal services contractor positions. This form will be utilized to collect information to determine the most qualified person for a position without gathering information which may lead to discrimination or bias information towards or gathered from applicant. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 5000. Total annual responses: 10,000. Total annual hours requested: 10,000. Dated: February 22, 2013. Lynn P. Winston, Chief, Bureau for Management, Office of Management Services, Information and Records Division, U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2013–04720 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am]

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**AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT** 

**Notice of March 14 Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid**  **Meeting**

**AGENCY :**  United States Agency for International Development.

**ACTION :**  Notice of meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).

Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013.

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20523. Agenda

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah will make opening remarks, followed by panel discussions among ACVFA members and USAID leadership, and an open Q&A. A draft agenda, room location, and additional information will be forthcoming on the ACVFA Web site at http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/advisory-committee.

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The meeting is free and open to the public. Persons wishing to attend should register online at http:// www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/advisory-committee/getinvolved.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Sandy Stonesifer, 202–712–4372.

Dated: February 22, 2013. Sandy Stonesifer, Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2013–04640 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am]

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**Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice of**  **Meeting**

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of the public meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 15, 2013 at the University of Missouri Reynolds Journalism Institute, S. 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201. The central theme of this meeting will center on ‘‘Globalization of agriculture and food research at land-grant universities: BIFAD public meeting at University of Missouri.’’

Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and Chancellor of the University of Missouri at Columbia, will preside over the meeting.

The public meeting will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. with opening remarks by BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton. The Board will address both old and new business during this time and hear updates from USAID, including reports on outreach visits by three BIFAD members. USAID will provide updates on the Higher Education Solutions Network and the Bureau for Food Security Feed the Future Food Security Innovation Center. This will be followed by a panel on global research priorities related to Sustainable Intensification and Integrated Pest Management as related to refinement of current USAID/ BFS research focus areas and programmatic choices. A second panel will focus on agricultural research at U.S. universities in the context of global challenges. Time will then be allowed for public comment. Following this period, the Chair will adjourn the meeting.

Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should contact Susan Owens, Executive Director and Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. Interested persons may write to her in care of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, Bureau for Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2.10–