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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library

Services

Notice; National Leadership Grant for

Libraries

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and

Library Services has prepared a report

regarding two funding categories for its

National Leadership Grant for Libraries:

education and training, and research

and demonstration. The full text of the

report can be found on the IMLS web

site at http://www.imls.gov/grants/

library/liblnlgl.asp#adv or received by

contacting the Institute at the address

below.

The Institute of Museum and Library

Services’ National Leadership Grants for

libraries are designed to support leading

edge activities in the field of library and

information science. In 1999, IMLS

awarded over $10 million in awards for

model projects in education and

training, research and demonstration

and the preservation and archiving of

digital media. These grants also help to

build digital library resources and to

promote cooperation between libraries

and museums. The Institute is the only

federal agency that administers grants

specifically targeted for libraries, library

education and library research.

IMLS places a high priority on

developing ongoing and open

communication with the constituents it

serves. Dialogue is essential to assuring

that policy and grant making procedures

are developed in concert with the needs

of the library community. To further

this dialogue IMLS held a series of

meetings in 1999 in Washington, DC,

with library leaders to exchange ideas

about priorities for the education and

training, and research and development

grant categories of National Leadership

Grants. The meetings were designed to

promote discussion among library

leaders to help ensure that funding

priorities address current problems and

provide leadership for future needs.

IMLS is an independent Federal

grantmaking agency that fosters

leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of

learning by supporting the nation’s

8,000 museums and 122,000 libraries.

Created by the Museum and Library

Services Act of 1996, P.L. 104–208,

IMLS has an annual budget of $190

million. For more information about

IMLS contact: Institute of Museum and

Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506,

(202) 606–8536, or http://www.imls.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Comments and questions received by

March 17, 2000 will be most useful. All

interested parties should respond to:

Barbara Holton, Office of Library

Services, Institute of Museum and

Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, Washington, DC 20506,

bholton@imls.gov.

Mamie Bittner,

Director, Public and Legislative Affairs,

Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: National

Science Foundation, National Science

Board.

DATE AND TIME: February 2, 2000: 9:00

a.m.–5:30 p.m., Open Session; February

3, 2000: 8:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m., Open

Session.

PLACE: The Arnold & Mabel Beckman

Center, 100 Academy Drive, Irvine,

California 92612.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to

the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Wednesday, February 2

—Open Session Minutes, November

1999

—Closed Session Items for March 2000

—Chair’s Report

—Director’s Report

—NSF Strategic Plan

—NSB Report: Environmental Science &

Engineering for the 21st Century

—Committee on Communication &

Outreach Interim Report

—NSB Symposium: Communicating

Science & Technology In the Public

Interest

Thursday, February 3

—NSB Symposium: Communicating

Science & Technology In the Public

Interest, continued

Marta Cehelsky,

Executive Officer.

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POSTAL SERVICE

Establishment of Permanent NonletterSize Business Reply Mail

Classification and Fees; Changes in

Domestic Classification and Fees

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of implementation of

changes to the Domestic Mail

Classification Schedule and

accompanying fee changes.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

changes to Domestic Mail Classification

Schedule (DMCS) § 931 and the

accompanying Fee Schedule 931

changes to be implemented as a result

of the November 1, 1999, Decision of the

Governors of the United States Postal

Service on the Recommended Decision

of the Postal Rate Commission on

Establishment of Permanent

Classification and Fees For WeightAveraged Nonletter-Size Business Reply

Mail, Docket No. MC99–2.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Tidwell, (202) 268–2998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

10, 1999, pursuant to its authority under

39 U.S.C. 3621 et seq., the Postal Service

filed with the Postal Rate Commission

(PRC) a request for a recommended

decision on the establishment of a

permanent classification and fees for

weight-averaged nonletter-size Business

Reply Mail. The PRC designated the

filing as Docket No. MC99–2. On March

19, 1999, the PRC published a notice of

the filing, with a description of the

Postal Service’s proposals, in the

Federal Register (64 FR 13613–13617).

On July 14, 1999, pursuant to its

authority under 39 U.S.C. 3624, the PRC

issued to the Governors of the Postal

Service its recommended decision on

the Postal Service’s request. The PRC

recommended the establishment of the

permanent weight averaging

classification and fees which were

requested by the Postal Service and

ratified by the Docket No. MC99–2

parties in a Stipulation and Agreement.

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3625, the

Governors of the United States Postal

Service acted on the PRC’s Docket No.

MC99–2 recommendations on

November 1, 1999. The Governors

determined to approve those

recommendations. A copy of the

attachment to that decision, setting forth

the Docket No. MC99–2 classification

and fee changes approved by the

Governors, is set forth below.

Also on November 1, 1999, the Board

of Governors of the Postal Service,

pursuant to their authority under 39

U.S.C. 3625(f), determined to make the

Docket No. MC99–2 classification and

fee changes approved by the Governors

effective at 12:01 a.m. on February 6,

2000 (Resolution No. 99–12).

In accordance with the

aforementioned Decision of the

Governors and Resolution No. 99–12,

the Postal Service hereby gives notice

that the classification and fee changes

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set forth below will become effective at

12:01 a.m. on February 6, 2000.

Implementing regulations also become

effective at that time, as noted elsewhere

in this issue.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

(Attachment to the Decision of the Governors

of the United States Postal Service on the

Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate

Commission on the Establishment of

Permanent Classification and Fees for

Weight-Averaged Nonletter-Size Business

Reply Mail, Docket No. MC99–2)

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

which provides opportunity for public

comment on new or revised data

collections, the Railroad Retirement

Board (RRB) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed data collections.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed information collection is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of the information; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden related to

the collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Title and purpose of information

collection: Survivor Questionnaire;

OMB 3220–0032.

Under Section 6 of the Railroad

Retirement Act (RRA), benefits that may

be due on the death of a railroad

employee or a survivor annuitant

include (1) a lump-sum death benefit (2)

a residual lump-sum payment (3)

accrued annuities due but unpaid at

death, and (4) monthly survivor

insurance payments. The requirements

for determining the entitlement of

possible beneficiaries to these benefits

are prescribed in 20 CFR 234.

When the RRB receives notification of

the death of a railroad employee or

survivor annuitant, an RRB field office

utilizes Form RL–94–F, Survivor

Questionnaire, to secure additional

information from surviving relatives

needed to determine if any further

benefits are payable under the RRA.

Completion is voluntary. One response

is requested of each respondent.

The RRB proposes minor, non-burden

impacting, formatting and editorial

changes to Form RL–94–F. The

completion time for the RL–94–F is

estimated at between 5 to 11 minutes.