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be expanded to include a Federal Case

Registry. The Federal Case Registry will

contain abstracts on all participants in

child support enforcement cases. When

the Federal Case Registry is

implemented, its files will be matched

on an ongoing basis against the National

Directory of New Hires to determine if

an employee is a participant in a child

support case anywhere in the country.

If the FPLS identifies a person as a

participant in a State child support case,

that State will be notified of the

participant’s current employer. State

requests to the FPLS for location

information will also continue to be

processed after October 1, 1998.

The data to be disclosed by the

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission to the FPLS include: name,

address, social security number, and

quarterly wages. In addition, names and

social security numbers submitted by

the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission to the FPLS will be

disclosed by the Office of Child Support

Enforcement to the Social Security

Administration for verification to ensure

that the social security number provided

is correct.

The data disclosed by the Commodity

Futures Trading Commission to the

FPLS will also be disclosed by the

Office of Child Support Enforcement to

the Secretary of the Treasury for use in

verifying claims for the advance

payment of the earned income tax credit

or to verify a claim of employment on

a tax return.

II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine

Use

The Commodity Futures Trading

Commission is amending these routine

uses in accordance with the Privacy Act

(5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act

permits the disclosure of information

about individuals without their consent

for a routine use where the information

will be used for a purpose which is

compatible with the purpose for which

the information was originally collected.

The Office of Management and Budget

has indicated that a ‘‘compatible use’’ is

a use which is necessary and proper.

See OMB Guidelines, 51 FR 18982,

18985 (1986). Since the proposed uses

of the data are required by Pub. L. 104–

193, they are clearly necessary and

proper uses, and, therefore, compatible

uses under the Privacy Act.

III. Effect of Proposed Changes on

Individuals

The CFTC will disclose information

under the propose routine uses only as

required by Pub. L. 104–193 and as

permitted by the Privacy Act. Disclosure

will be handled through the agency’s

personnel/payroll system provider, the

National Finance Center of the

Department of Agriculture.

Accordingly, CFTC–5, Employee

Personnel and Payroll Records, most

recently published in the Federal

Register on Thursday, August 21, 1997

(62 FR 44442, 44446) is amended as set

forth below.

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

a. In response to legitimate requests,

this information may be provided to

other federal agencies for the purpose of

hiring or retaining employees, and may

be provided to other prospective

employers, to the extent that the

information is relevant to the

prospective employer’s decision in the

matter.

b. The information may be provided

to the Justice Department, the Office of

Personnel Management or other federal

agencies, or used by the Commission in

connection with any investigation or

administrative or legal proceeding

involving any violation of federal law or

regulation thereunder.

c. Certain information will be

provided, as required by law, to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement,

Administration for Children and

Families, Department of Health and

Human Services Federal Parent Locator

System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset

System to enable state jurisdictions to

locate individuals and identify their

income sources to establish paternity,

establish and modify orders of support,

and for enforcement action.

d. Certain information will be

provided, as required by law, to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement for

release to the Social Security

Administration for verifying social

security numbers in connection with the

operation of the FPLS by the Office of

Child Support Enforcement.

e. Certain information will be

provided, as required by law, to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement for

release to the Department of Treasury

for purposes of administering the

Earned Income Tax Credit Program

(Section 32, Internal Revenue Code of

1986) and verifying a claim with respect

to employment in a tax return.

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Issued in Washington, DC, on September

16, 1997, by the Commission.

Catherine D. Dixon,

Assistant Secretary of the Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel

and Readiness) announces the following

proposed reinstatement of a public

information collection and seeks public

comment for the provisions thereof.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions to the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received November 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and

Readiness)(Force Management

Policy)(Military Personnel Policy)/

Accession Policy, ATTN: LTC Michael

Ostroski, Room 2B271, 4000 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address or call

at (703) 695–5529.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Request for Reference, DD

Form 370, OMB Control Number: 0704–

0167.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement is necessary to

obtain personal reference data, in order

to request a waiver, on a military

applicant who has committed a civil or

criminal offense and would otherwise

be disqualified for entry to the Armed

Forces of the United States. The DD

Form 370 is used to obtain reference

information evaluating the character,

work habits, and attitudes of a applicant
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from a person of authority or standing

within the community.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, non-profit or other for

profit businesses, non-profit

institutions, local, tribal and state

agencies. Normally, this form would be

completed by responsible community

leaders such as school officials,

ministers and law enforcement officials.

Annual Burden Hours: 12,500.

Number of respondents. 75,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes per respondent.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

This information collected provides

the Armed Services with specific

background information on an

applicant. A history of criminal activity,

arrests, or moral offenses is

disqualifying for military service. An

applicant, with such a disqualifier, is

required to submit references from

community leaders who will attest to

his or her character, attitudes or work

habits. The DD Form 370 is the method

of information collection which requests

an evaluation and reference from a

specific individual, within the

community, who has the knowledge of

the applicant’s habits, behaviors,

personality and character. The

information will be used to determine

suitability of the applicant for military

service and the insurance of a waiver for

acceptance.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Survey of Air Force Small

Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Contract Awardees, OMB Number

0701–0117.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 17.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 17.

Average Burden Per Response: 12

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 3 hours.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection is a survey on noteworthy

Small Business Innovation Research

(SBIR) accomplishments and

commercialization of small business

research and development. The

information is used to evaluate the

success of the program in meeting the

objectives of Pub. L. 97–219 and to

publicize successful SBIR research and

development (R&D) to potential

purchasers. Respondents are small

business companies who are awarded

SBIR dollars to perform needed Air

Force technologies. This survey is

background for a metric which indicates

to the SBIR Program Manager the

companies who have commercialized as

a result of their Phase II awards.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit.

Frequency: Biennially.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory

Committee

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Ballistic Missile Defense

(BMD) Advisory Committee will meet in

closed session in Washington, D.C., on

September 23–24, 1997.

The mission of the BMD Advisory

Committee is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and Deputy Secretary of

Defense, through the Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition and Technology),

on all matters relating to BMD

acquisition, system development, and

technology.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law No. 92–463, as amended by

5 U.S.C., Appendix II, it is hereby

determined that this BMD Advisory

Committee meeting concerns matters

listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and that

accordingly this meeting will be closed

to the public.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Linda M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

National Defense Panel Meeting

AGENCY: DOD, National Defense Panel.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and summary agenda for the

meeting of the National Defense Panel

on September 25 and 26, 1997. In

accordance with Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. No. 92–463, as amended [5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1982)], it has been determined

that this National Defense Panel meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1) (1982), and that accordingly,

this meeting will be closed to the public

from 0830–1700, September 25 and 26,

1997 in order for the Panel to discuss

classified material.

DATES: September 25 and 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Suite 532, 1931 Jefferson

Davis Hwy, Arlington VA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Defense Panel was established

on January 14, 1997 in accordance with

the Military Force Structure Review Act

of 1996, Public Law 104–201. The

mission of the National Defense Panel is

to provide the Secretary of Defense and

Congress with an independent, nonpartisan assessment of the Secretary’s

Quadrennial Defense Review and an

Alternative Force Structure Analysis.

This analysis will explore innovative

ways to meet the national security

challenges of the twenty-first century.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The

National Defense Panel will meet in

closed session from 0830–1700 on

September 25 and from 0830–1700 on