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specifically apply to Federally 

registered lobbyists appointed by agency 

or department heads, it sets forth the 

Administration’s general policy of 

decreasing the influence of special 

interests in the Federal Government). 

Procedures and Guidelines of the 

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory 

Committees 

Each newly appointed member of the 

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory 

Committees will serve for a term of 

three years beginning at the expiration 

of his or her predecessor’s term. As 

required by the Act, members of the 

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory 

Committees will receive compensation 

for each day while the member is 

attending meetings or engaged in the 

business of that Advisory Committee. 

The enabling statute states that members 

are to be compensated at the daily 

equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

pay in effect for level III of the Executive 

Schedule under section 5314 of Title 5, 

United States Code. Committee 

members are compensated on an hourly 

basis, calculated at the daily rate. While 

away from home or regular place of 

business, each member will be allowed 

travel expenses, including per diem in 

lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 

Section 5703 of Title 5, United States 

Code. The USPTO will provide clerical 

and other support services for the 

Committees as the Director may 

determine to be necessary and proper. 

Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws 

Members of each Public Advisory 

Committee shall be Special Government 

Employees within the meaning of 

Section 202 of Title 18, United States 

Code. The following additional 

information includes several, but not 

all, of the ethics rules that apply to 

members, and assumes that members 

are not engaged in Public Advisory 

Committee business more than sixty 

days during any period of 365 

consecutive days. 

• Each member will be required to 

file a confidential financial disclosure 

form within thirty (30) days of 

appointment. 5 CFR 2634.202(c), 

2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b). 

• Each member will be subject to 

many of the public integrity laws, 

including criminal bars against 

representing a party, 18 U.S.C. 205(c), in 

a particular matter that came before the 

member’s committee and that involved 

at least one specific party. See also 18 

U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A 

member also must not act on a matter 

in which the member (or any of certain 

closely related entities) has a financial 

interest (18 U.S.C. 208). 

• Representation of foreign interests 

may also raise issues (35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) 

and 18 U.S.C. 219). 

Meetings of the Patent and Trademark 

Public Advisory Committees 

Meetings of each Advisory Committee 

will take place at the call of the 

respective Committee Chair to consider 

an agenda set by that Chair. Meetings 

may be conducted in person, 

electronically through the Internet, or by 

other appropriate means. The meetings 

of each Advisory Committee will be 

open to the public except each Advisory 

Committee may, by majority vote, meet 

in confidential executive sessions when 

considering personnel, privileged, or 

other confidential matters. Nominees 

must have the ability to participate in 

Committee business through the 

Internet. 

Procedures for Submitting Nominations 

Submit resume ́s for nomination for 

the Patent Public Advisory Committee 

and the Trademark Public Advisory 

Committee to: Chief of Staff to the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Director of the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, utilizing the addresses provided 

above. 

Dated: April 8, 2011. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9085 Filed 4–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, April 20, 

2011; 10 a.m.—11 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 410, Bethesda Towers, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Closed to the public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Compliance Status Report 

The Commission staff will brief the 

Commission on the status of compliance 

matters. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Todd A Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9218 Filed 4–12–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Information Collection; Submission for 

OMB Review, Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (hereinafter the 

‘‘Corporation’’), has submitted a public 

information collection request (ICR) 

entitled Assessment of the National 

Conference on Volunteering and Service 

(formerly known as National Conference 

Surveys), for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of 

this ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

calling the Corporation for National and 

Community Service, Nathan Dietz, at 

(202) 606–6633 or e-mail to 

ndietz@cns.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call (202) 606–3472 

between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by the title of the 

information collection activity, to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB 

Desk Officer for the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, by 

any of the following two methods 

within 30 days from the date of 

publication in the Federal Register: 

(1) By fax to: (202) 395–6974, 

Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk 

Officer for the Corporation for National 

and Community Service; and 

(2) Electronically by e-mail to 

smar@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Corporation, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

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