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whistleblower protection and retaliation 

laws can be found at the EEOC Web 

site—http://www.eeoc.gov and the OSC 

Web site—http://www.osc.gov. 

Existing Rights Unchanged 

Pursuant to section 205 of the No 

FEAR Act, neither the Act nor this 

notice creates, expands or reduces any 

rights otherwise available to any 

employee, former employee or applicant 

under the laws of the United States, 

including the provisions of law 

specified in 5 U.S.C. 2302(d). 

Dated: October 27, 2006. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. E6–18609 Filed 11–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 16 November 2006, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission’s offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

affecting the appearance of Washington, 

DC, may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address or call 202–504–2200. 

Individuals requiring sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should contact the Secretary at least 10 

days before the meeting date. 

Dated in Washington, DC, 26 October 2006. 

Thomas Luebke, AIA, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–9053 Filed 11–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Business Board; Notice of 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Business Board 

(DBB) will meet in open session on 

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at the 

Pentagon, Washington, DC from 8:30 

a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The mission of the 

DBB is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense on effective strategies for 

implementation of best business 

practices of interest to the Department 

of Defense. At this meeting, the Board 

will deliberate on recommendations 

formulated from the Board’s review of 

past DBB reports. The focus of the 

meeting will be to provide actionable 

steps to bring prior DBB 

recommendations to fruition. 

DATES: Wednesday, December 6, 2006, 

8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 1155 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 3C288, Washington, DC 20301–

1155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting must contact the 

Defense Business Board no later than 

Monday, December 4th for further 

information about escort arrangements 

in the Pentagon. Additionally, those 

who wish to provide input to the Board 

should submit written comments by 

Wednesday, November 29th to allow 

time for distribution to the Board 

members prior to the meeting. The DBB 

may be contacted at: Defense Business 

Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Room 

3C288, Washington, DC 20301–1155, via 

e-mail at 

defensebusinessboard2@osd.mil or via 

phone at (703) 697–2168. 

Dated: October 30, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–9045 Filed 11–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Missile Defense Advisory Committee 

(MDAC) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Missile Defense Advisory 

Committee will meet in closed session 

on November 28–29, 2006, in 

Washington, DC. 

The mission of the Missile Defense 

Advisory Committee is to provide the 

Department of Defense advice on all 

matters relating to missile defense, 

including system development, 

technology, program maturity and 

readiness of configurations of the 

Ballistic Missile Defense System 

(BMDS) to enter the acquisition process. 

At this meeting, the Committee will 

conduct classified discussions on 

capability-based acquisition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Col. 

David R. Wolf, Designed Federal Official 

(DFO) at david.wolf@mda.mil, phone/ 

voice mail (703) 695–6438, or mail at 

7100 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–7100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. II), 

it has been determined that this Missile 

Defense Advisory Committee meeting 

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

Dated: October 30, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Office, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–9046 Filed 11–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Department of Defense (DoD) Task 

Force on Mental Health; Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army; DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a)(2) of Public Law 92–463, The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

announcement is made of the following 

meeting: 

Name of Committee: DoD Task Force 

on Mental Health, a Subcommittee of 

the Defense Health Board. 

Dates: November 21, 2006 

(Afternoon—Open Session). 

Times: 1–5 p.m. 

Location: Double Tree Hotel, 835 

Airport Blvd., Burlingame, CA. 

Agenda: The purpose of the meeting 

is to obtain, review, and evaluate 

information related to the Mental Health 

Task Force’s congressionally-directed 

tasks of assessing the efficacy of mental 

health services provided to members of 

the Armed Forces by the Department of 

Defense. The Task Force members will 

receive briefings on topics related to 

mental health concerns among military 

service members and mental health care 

delivery. The Task Force will hold an 

open meeting session to hear concerns 

from the San Francisco Veterans, 

Reserve and National Guard 

communities, conduct information 

gathering site visits to the National 

Center for Post Traumatic Stress 

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