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persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 29, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. Banco de Sabadell, S.A., Sabadell, 

Spain; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

the voting shares of TransAtlantic 

Holding Corp., and thereby indirectly 

acquire TransAtlantic Bank, both of 

Miami, Florida. 

2. United Community Banks, Inc., 

Blairsville, Georgia; to merge with 

Gwinnett Commercial Group, Inc., and 

thereby indirectly acquire First Bank of 

The South, both of Lawrenceville, 

Georgia. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 27, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–3668 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Transfer of Delegations of Authority To 

Disclose Certain Nonpublic 

Information to Foreign Law 

Enforcement Agencies and To Sign 

Confidentiality Agreements With 

Certain Foreign Agencies 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Transfer of delegation of 

authority. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has 

delegated authority to share information 

with certain law enforcement agencies 

in Canada, Australia, the United 

Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Costa Rica, 

and Spain to the Director of the Bureau 

of Consumer Protection. The 

Commission has also delegated to the 

Director of International Affairs 

authority to execute confidentiality 

agreements with certain foreign 

agencies, as a condition of their being 

granted access to nonpublic databases. 

These delegations include authority 

previously delegated to the Associate 

Director for International Consumer 

Protection. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

M. Harrison, Attorney, Office of the 

General Counsel, Federal Trade 

Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–

3204, lharrison@ftc.gov, or Michael L. 

Shore, Attorney, Office of International 

Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–2708, 

mshore@ftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given, pursuant to 

Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1961, 26 

FR 6191, that the Commission has 

transferred from the Associate Director 

for International Consumer Protection to 

the Director of the Bureau of Consumer 

Protection (BCP Director) its prior 

delegations of authority to: (1) Disclose 

to Canadian law enforcement agencies, 

information regarding consumer 

protection investigations involving 

Canadian businesses or consumers (67 

FR 45738–01 (July 10, 2002)); (2) 

disclose to the Australian Competition 

and Consumer Commission, information 

regarding consumer protection 

investigations involving Australian 

businesses or consumers (67 FR 45738–

01 (July 10, 2002)); (3) disclose to 

Australian law enforcement agencies, 

information contained in the Consumer 

Sentinel database of consumer 

complaints and law enforcement 

information (67 FR 45738–01 (July 10, 

2002)); (4) disclose to the United 

Kingdom Office of Fair Trading and the 

United Kingdom Directorate for Trade 

and Industry, information regarding 

consumer protection investigations 

involving U.K. businesses or consumers 

(67 FR 45738–01 (July 10, 2002)); (5) 

disclose to Ireland’s Office of the 

Director of Consumer Affairs, 

information regarding consumer 

protection investigations involving 

Ireland (68 FR 60107–01 (Oct. 21, 

2003)); (6) disclose to Mexico’s 

Procuradurı ́a Federal del Consumidor, 

information regarding consumer 

protection matters involving Mexico (70 

FR 6442–01 (Feb. 7, 2005)); (7) disclose 

to Costa Rica’s Ministry of Economy, 

Industry, and Commerce, information 

regarding consumer protection matters 

involving Costa Rica (71 FR 14895–01 

(Mar. 24, 2006)); (8) disclose to the 

United Kingdom’s Office of Fair 

Trading, the United Kingdom’s 

Information Commissioner, Her 

Majesty’s Secretary of State for Trade 

and Industry in the United Kingdom, 

the Australian Competition and 

Consumer Commission, and the 

Australian Communications Authority, 

information regarding commercial email investigations that involve 

consumers, businesses, commerce or 

markets in the United Kingdom or 

Australia (69 FR 44008–01 (July 23, 

2004)); and (9) disclose to Spain’s 

Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de 

Datos, information regarding 

commercial e-mail investigations that 

involve consumers, businesses, 

commerce or markets in Spain (70 FR 

12487–03 (Mar. 14, 2005)). The BCP 

Director’s authority may be redelegated. 

This delegated authority does not 

apply to competition-related 

investigations. This delegated authority 

includes the authority to respond to 

disclosure and other requests within the 

ambit of any memorandum of 

understanding or agreement concerning 

consumer protection cooperation 

between the Commission and an agency 

listed or described in this notice or 

within the ambit of any agreement 

concerning consumer protection 

cooperation between the United States 

and any country listed in this notice. 

For this delegated authority, ‘‘consumer 

protection investigations involving 

businesses or consumers’’ of a country, 

‘‘consumer protection investigations 

involving’’ a country and ‘‘consumer 

protection matters involving’’ a country 

shall include any consumer protection 

investigation or matter involving that 

country or with a nexus to any person, 

entity, commerce, or market in that 

country. The phrase ‘‘commercial e-mail 

investigations that involve consumers, 

businesses, commerce or markets in’’ a 

country shall include any commercial email investigation or matter involving 

that country or with a nexus to any 

person, entity, commerce, or market in 

that country. 

When exercising its delegated 

authority, the BCP Director will require 

assurances of confidentiality from the 

relevant foreign law enforcement 

agency. Disclosures shall be made only 

to the extent consistent with limitations 

on disclosure including, where 

applicable, sections 6(f) and 21 of the 

FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f) and 57b–2 (as 

amended by sections 4(a) and 6(a) of the 

U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006, Public Law 

109–455, 120 Stat. 3372, 3372–73 and 

3376–77), Commission Rule 4.10(d), 16 

CFR 4.10(d), and with the Commission’s 

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important interests. Where the subject 

matter of the information to be shared 

raises significant policy concerns, the 

BCP Director shall notify the 

Commission before disclosing such 

information. In addition, the 

Commission has transferred from the 

Associate Director for International 

Consumer Protection to the Director of 

the Office of International Affairs (OIA 

Director) its prior delegations of 

authority to execute econsumer.gov 

confidentiality agreements with 

consumer protection authorities from 

current or future International 

Consumer Protection and Enforcement 

Network (ICPEN) member countries, 

and to execute Consumer Sentinel 

confidentiality agreements with any 

foreign law enforcement agency whose 

access has been authorized or is 

authorized in the future by the 

Commission or by the Commission’s 

delegate, including without limitation 

Canadian and Australian law 

enforcement agencies (67 FR 45738–01 

(July 10, 2002)). When exercising its 

delegated authority, the OIA Director 

will require assurances of 

confidentiality from the relevant foreign 

law enforcement agency. The OIA 

Director’s authority under these 

delegations may be redelegated. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3719 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[FMR Bulletin 2007–B1] 

Information Technology and 

Telecommunications Guidelines for 

Federal Telework and Other Alternative 

Workplace Arrangement Programs 

AGENCY: General Services 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This bulletin establishes 

guidelines for implementing and 

operating telework and other alternative 

workplace arrangement programs 

through the efficient and effective use of 

information technology and 

telecommunications. These policies are 

designed to assist agencies in the 

implementation and expansion of 

Federal alternative workplace 

arrangement programs. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further clarification of content, contact 

Stanley C. Langfeld, Director, 

Regulations Management Division 

(MPR), General Services 

Administration, Washington, DC 20405; 

or stanley.langfeld@gsa.gov. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Kevin Messner, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

General Services Administration 

[FMR Bulletin 2007–B1] 

Real Property 

TO: Heads of Federal Agencies 

SUBJECT: Information Technology and 

Telecommunications Guidelines for 

Federal Telework and Other Alternative 

Workplace Arrangement Programs 

1. Purpose: This bulletin establishes 

guidelines for implementing and operating 

telework and other alternative workplace 

arrangement (AWA) programs through the 

efficient and effective use of information 

technology and telecommunications. 

2. Expiration Date: This bulletin will 

remain in effect indefinitely until specifically 

cancelled. 

3. Definitions: Following are terms and 

definitions used in and for the purpose of 

this bulletin: 

a. Agency Worksite—An agency worksite is 

the post of duty to which an employee would 

report if not teleworking. 

b. Alternative Worksite—An alternative 

work location used by teleworkers while 

teleworking. 

c. Broadband—Broadband is a term that 

commonly and loosely refers to high speed 

data transmission service. When such service 

is used for connections to the internet, the 

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 

defines two types of connections: (1) highspeed lines that deliver services at speeds 

exceeding 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in 

at least one direction, and (2) advanced 

services lines that deliver services at speeds 

exceeding 200 kbps in both directions (see 

FCC News Release entitled ‘‘Federal 

Communications Commission Releases Data 

On High-Speed Services for Internet Access, 

High-Speed Connections to the Internet 

Increased by 33% in 2005,’’ dated July 26, 

2006, http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/ 

attachmatch/DOC-266593A1.doc%3E). 

d. Dial-up—Dial-up refers to the use of an 

analog telephone line for accessing the 

internet and remotely connecting to and from 

an alternative worksite to an agency 

Information Technology (IT) system. Dial-up 

access uses normal telephone lines for data 

transmission and generally has a lower data 

transfer rate as compared to other internet 

services. 

e. Docking Station—A docking station is a 

piece of equipment that is used with a laptop 

computer to allow for the convenient and 

quick connection of peripheral and/or 

telecommunications (internet access, for 

example) equipment by providing the laptop 

with additional ports, expansion slots, and 

bays for various types of peripherals and 

other connections. Typically, the docking 

station is continuously located in a given 

workstation and continuously connected to 

peripherals and telecommunications access; 

the laptop is slipped in and out of the 

docking station, as needed. A docking station 

also enables use of the laptop to resemble the 

use and convenience of a desktop computer 

by enabling the user to operate the laptop 

with a full size external keyboard, monitor, 

and/or mouse. Thus, a docking station 

maintains the flexibility of a laptop while 

giving it the functionality of a desktop 

computer. 

f. External Information Systems—

Information systems or components of 

information systems that are outside of the 

accreditation boundary established by the 

organization and for which the organization 

typically has no direct control over the 

application of required security controls or 

the assessment of security control 

effectiveness. External information systems 

include, but are not limited to, personally 

owned information systems (e.g., computers, 

cellular telephones, or personal digital 

assistants); privately-owned computing and 

communications devices resident in 

commercial or public facilities (e.g., hotels, 

convention centers or airports); information 

systems owned or controlled by non-federal 

governmental organizations; and federal 

information systems that are not owned by, 

operated by, or under the direct control of the 

organization. 

g. One Computer Model—Teleworker use 

of a single computer, usually a laptop, that 

is transported to all worksites (typically back 

and forth between an alternative worksite 

and the agency worksite). The One Computer 

Model contrasts with multi-computer 

situations in which the teleworker has a 

separate computer for use at each worksite 

and, typically, each of these computers 

remains at the worksite and is not 

transported around. 

h. Remote Access Servers (RAS)—Remote 

access servers provide internet and dialup 

access to the office local area network (LAN). 

The RAS authenticates the user through a 

password or stronger mechanism; it then 

allows the user to access files, printers, or 

other resources on the LAN. The chief benefit 

of a RAS is in providing a conveniently 

packaged comprehensive solution to offsite 

access needs. Typically, the servers include 

support for internet-based voice 

communications, virtual private networks 

(defined below), and authentication in a 

package designed to make it easier for 

administrators to establish and maintain user 

privileges. 

i. Telework—Telework is work performed 

by an employee at an alternative worksite, 

which reduces or eliminates the employee’s 

commute or travel to the agency worksite. 

Alternative worksites may include the 

employee’s home, telework center, satellite 

office, field installation, or other location. 

j. Virtual Private Network (VPN)—The 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) defines VPN as ‘‘a logical 

network that is established, at the application 

layer of the Open Systems Interconnection 

(OSI) model, over an existing physical 

network and typically does not include every 

node present on the physical network.’’

Further, NIST describes how VPN technology 

uses the internet as the transport medium 


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