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3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information. The following commodities

and services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

Knives, Miscellaneous Kitchen

7340–00–197–1271

7340–00–197–1274

7340–00–205–3335

7340–00–223–7771

7340–00–488–7950

7340–00–680–2758

NPA: Suburban Adult Services, Inc.,

Sardinia, New York

Bag, Contamination

8105–01–352–1390

8105–01–352–1391

NPA: Portland Habilitation Center, Inc.,

Portland, Oregon

Services

Carpet Replacement, National Gallery of Art,

6th & Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC

NPA: National Association of Concerned

Veterans, Washington, DC

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Moffett Field,

California

NPA: VTF Services, Palo Alto, California

Operation of Postal Service Center, Luke Air

Force Base, Arizona

NPA: Arizona Industries for the Blind,

Phoenix, Arizona

Deletions

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on future

contractors for the commodities.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities

proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List.

The following commodities have been

proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List:

Cover, Mattress

7210–00–241–9718

7210–00–067–7969

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–26327 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Additions and

Deletion

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to and deletion from

the Procurement List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List commodities and

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities,

and deletes from the Procurement List a

service previously furnished by such

agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 14, June 27, July 25, August 1

and 15, 1997, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notices

(62 FR 6946, 34686, 40049, 41339 and

43698) of proposed additions to and

deletion from the Procurement List:

Additions

The Following Comments Pertain to

Laundry/Dry Cleaning Service,

Quantico, VA

Comments were received from the

current contractor in response to a

Committee request for sales data. The

contractor indicated that addition of this

service to the Procurement List would

have a severe impact on the subsidiary

which is performing the service but

would not result in the economic

collapse of the parent company. The

contractor also claimed that the addition

would have a severe impact on two

subcontractors involved in performing

the service, and would require the

contractor to terminate several

employees.

The Committee looks at impact on the

entire corporate structure of a contractor

when it makes its assessment of the

impact a Procurement List addition will

have, not just the subsidiary that

performs the service. In this case, that

impact is far below the level which the

Committee considers to be severe

adverse impact.

The contractor indicated that its

activities in the contract are limited to

pickup and delivery of laundry and dry

cleaning and performing adminstrative

functions, while the actual laundering

and dry cleaning operations are

provided, respectively, by two

subcontractors. The contractor provided

data for the two subcontractors to

indicate that impact of the addition on

them would be severe.

The nonprofit agency will be

performing all the functions of the

current contractor and its laundry

subcontractor. It will be subcontracting

the dry cleaning to the current dry

cleaning subcontractor initially, and

that contractor will continue to have the

opportunity to bid on subcontracts for

dry cleaning, so the addition will not

have a severe adverse impact on that

subcontractor. The percentage of sales

which the current laundry subcontractor

will lose because of the Procurement

List addition does not rise to the level

which the Committee normally

considers to be severe adverse impact.

The unemployment rate for people

with severe disabilities exceeds 65

percent, which is far above the rate for

most other people in this country.

Consequently, the Committee believes

that any loss of employment by the

current contractor’s employees is

outweighed by the jobs which will be

created for people with severe

disabilities. In addition, given the scope

of the project, the Committee does not

believe that the number of employees

mentioned by the current contractor

will be displaced as a direct result of the

Committee’s action.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the commodities and services and

impact of the additions on the current

or most recent contractors, the

Committee has determined that the

commodities and services listed below

are suitable for procurement by the

Federal Government under 41 U.S.C.

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a
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substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the commodities and services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodities and services are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for Fairchild Air Force Base,

Washington)

Services

Grounds Maintenance, Base Hospital,

Buildings 5520, 5521 & 5522, Edwards

Air Force Base, California

Janitorial/Custodial

VA Outpatient Clinic, Las Vegas, Nevada

Janitorial/Custodial

Federal Building, 209 Broadway, New York,

New York

Laundry/Dry Cleaning

U.S. Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia

This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options that may

be exercised under those contracts.

Deletion

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on future contractors

for the service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

service to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the service deleted

from the Procurement List.

The following service is hereby

deleted from the Procurement List:

Document Destruction, Internal

Revenue Service, Cincinnati Service

Center, 200 West Fourth Street,

Covington, Kentucky.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–26328 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights.

DATE AND TIME: Friday, October 10, 1997,

9:30 a.m.

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,

624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 540,

Washington, DC 20425.

STATUS:

Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda

II. Approval of Minutes of September 5,

1997 and September 22, 1997

III. Announcements

IV. Staff Director’s Report

V. Advisory Committee Reports

Utah: ‘‘Employment Discrimination in

Utah’’

Wisconsin: ‘‘The Hmong in Green

Bay: Refugees in a New Land’’

VI. Commissioner Higginbotham’s

Proposal Concerning Issuance of

Reports

VII. Asian American Complaint and

Petition

VIII. Management Information System

IX. Future Agenda Items

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Barbara Brooks, Press and

Communications (202) 376–8312.

Stephanie Y. Moore,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–26436 Filed 10–1–97; 1:01 pm]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

The 1998 Study of Privacy Attitudes

(SPA)

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before December 2,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) should be directed to

Randall Neugebauer, Bureau of the

Census, Room 3587–3 (Room SFC–2

1001 after October 10, 1997),

Washington, DC 20233, (301) 457–3952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau is interested in

privacy issues for several reasons. Most

notable is the steady decline in response

rates to the Census Bureau’s mailed

questionnaire in recent decennial

censuses, which may reflect the growing

apathy toward and mistrust of the

Federal government. With the recent

growth and popularity of the Internet

and world wide web, the issues of

access to individual data and lack of

data security have come to the forefront,

adding to the notion that individual

privacy is eroding away. A clear

understanding of the public’s beliefs

regarding the Census Bureau and its

practices may help decennial census

planners offset the trend in declining

responses rates, address new methods to

acquire data, improve our ability to

communicate privacy and

confidentiality messages, and improve

our ability to predict and effectively

respond to negative publicity. The

purpose of the 1998 Study of Privacy

Attitudes (SPA) is to assess the public’s

attitudes at two mutually exclusive

levels—one being national in scope and

the other, two Census 2000 Dress

Rehearsal (C2DR) sites.

The national study of privacy

attitudes is a repeat of a survey

conducted in 1995 by the Joint Program

in Statistical Methods (JPSM) of the

University of Maryland and the 1996

Study of Public Attitudes Toward

Administrative Records Use (SPARU).

The goals for conducting a national

study of privacy attitudes in 1998 are: