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2. To a Federal agency, in response to

its request, in connection with the

hiring or retention of an employee, the

issuance of a security clearance, the

reporting of an investigation of an

employee, the letting of a contract, or

the issuance of license, grant or other

benefit by the requesting agency, to the

extent that the information is relevant

and necessary to the requesting agency’s

decision in the matter.

3. To the Office of Child Support

Enforcement, Administration for

Children and Families, Department of

Health and Human Services Federal

Parent Locator Service (FPLS) and

Federal Tax Offset System for use in

locating individuals and identifying

their income sources to establish

paternity, establish and modify orders of

support and for enforcement action.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. To an authorized appeal grievance

examiner, formal complaints examiner,

equal employment opportunity

investigator, arbitrator or other duly

authorized official engaged in

investigation or settlement of a

grievance, complaint, or appeal filed by

an employee. A record from this system

of records may be disclosed to the Office

of Personnel Management in accordance

with the agency’s responsibility for

evaluation and oversight of Federal

personnel management.

7. To officers and employees of a

Federal agency for purposes of audit.

8. To a Member of Congress or to a

congressional staff member in response

to an inquiry of the congressional office

made at the request of the individual

about whom the record is maintained.

9. To officers and employees of the

Office of Thrift Supervision in

connection with administrative services

provided to this agency under

agreement with OTS.

10. To GAO for audit; to the Internal

Revenue Service for investigation; and

to private attorneys, pursuant to a power

of attorney.

A copy of an employee’s Department

of the Treasury Form W–2, Wage and

Tax Statement, also is disclosed to the

state, city, or other local jurisdiction

which is authorized to tax the

employee’s compensation. The record

will be provided in accordance with a

withholding agreement between the

state, city or other local jurisdiction and

the Department of the Treasury

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5516, 5517, and

5520, or, in the absence thereof, in

response to a written request from an

appropriate official of the taxing

jurisdiction to the Secretary, Federal

Maritime Commission, 800 North

Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20573–0001. The request must include

a copy of the applicable statute or

ordinance authorizing the taxation of

compensation and should indicate

whether the authority of the jurisdiction

to tax the employee is based on place of

residence, place of employment, or

both. Pursuant to a withholding

agreement between a city and the

Department of the Treasury (5 U.S.C.

5520), copies of executed city tax

withholding certificates shall be

furnished to the city in response to

written request from an appropriate city

official to the Secretary at the above

address.

In the absence of a withholding

agreement, the Social Security Number

will be furnished only to a taxing

jurisdiction which has furnished this

agency with evidence of its independent

authority to compel disclosure of the

Social Security Number, in accordance

with section 7 of the Privacy Act, Pub.

L. 93–579.

* * * * *

Dated: November 24, 1997.

By the Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31257 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND

CONCILIATION SERVICE

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service (FMCS).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service (FMCS) announces

an opportunity for public comment on

the proposed extension of its collection

of information by Form F–53, Federal

Sector Labor Relations: Notice to

Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service, OMB No. 3076–0005. Pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., agencies are

required to publish notice in the

Federal Register regarding each

proposed collection of information,

including a proposed extension of an

existing collection of information, and

to allow 60 days for public comment in

response to the notice. This notice

solicits public comment on the

extension for three (3) years of a existing

collection of information relating to

federal sector labor-management

relations. No revisions or modifications

of Form F–53 are contemplated. Form

F–53 is scheduled to expire on

November 30, 1997; however, OMB has

granted the agency a short-term

extension until February 19, 1998.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before January 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

submitted by mail to: Office of the

General Counsel, Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service, 2100 K Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C., ATTN: Tammi

Strozier. Comments may also be

submitted by fax to (202) 606–5345,

ATTN: Tammi Strozier. All written or

faxed comments should bear the

notation: Comments on Form F–53. A

record has been established for this

action. All submitted comments will be

available for public inspection in Room

600, 2100 K Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20427, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except on

federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General Counsel Elizabeth G. Watson,

ATTN: Diane R. Liff, Special Counsel,

Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service, (202) 606–3747; fax: (202) 606–

5345; e-mail: drliff@fmcs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

Form F–53 are available from the Office

of General Counsel, Federal Mediation

and Conciliation Service, 2100 K Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C., 20427.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7119(a) and

related implementing regulations, 29

CFR Part 1425, the Federal Mediation

and Conciliation Service (FMCS)

provides services and assistance to

federal agencies and to the labor unions

that represent agencies’ employees in

matters involving contract expiration or

reopener negotiations, as well as midterm or impact and implementation

bargaining disputes. In addition, FMCS

provides grievance mediation services

to agencies and employee unions that

jointly request it. Form F–53, Federal

Sector Labor Relations: Notice to

Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service, OMB No. 3076–0005, is a

voluntary, one-page, collection of

information submitted by federal

agencies and labor unions to notify

FMCS that such assistance is requested.

Form F–53 permits FMCS to gather the
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desired information in a timely and

uniform manner. The information

advises FMCS of the parties involved,

type of negotiation, number of

employees, date of contract termination

or reopening, and the names and phone

numbers of contact persons. The

information supplied by the parties is

collected by the FMCS Notice

Processing Unit (NPU) and distributed

by NPU to the appropriate FMCS field

office for assignment of a federal

mediator. Parties are not required to use

Form F–53 to request services or

assistance. The entities affected by this

action are approximately 600 federal

agencies and labor unions. The form is

filled out once per request, and the time

required to fill it out is estimated to be

10 minutes or less. Approximately 1,000

forms are submitted annually. FMCS

seeks a three (3) year extension without

modification for Form F–53. Form F–53

is scheduled to expire on November 30,

1997; however, OMB has granted the

agency a short-term extension until

February 19, 1998.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: FMCS solicits

comments on:

(1) The necessity of the collection of

information for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency;

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden on respondents

of the collection of information;

(3) The clarity and utility of the

information collected; and

(4) The manner by which the burden

associated with respondents’ collection

of information could be minimized.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Elizabeth G. Watson,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–31144 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6732–01–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than

December 12, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Michael D. Platt, Hardtner, Kansas,

James L. Molz, Kiowa, Kansas, David C.

Collins, and Roland C. Pederson, both of

Burlington, Oklahoma; to acquire voting

shares of B-K Agency, Inc. Hardtner,

Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

The Farmers State Bank, Hardtner,

Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 24, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31314 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

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.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

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 December 23,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. Wachovia Corporation, WinstonSalem, North Carolina; to merge with

Ameribank Bancshares, Inc.,

Hollywood, Florida, and thereby

indirectly acquire American Bank of

Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Century Bank Corp., Fairmount,

Indiana; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 97.8 percent of

the voting shares of Citizens Exchange

Bank, Fairmount, Indiana.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Mississippi Valley Bancshares, Inc.,

Clayton, Missouri; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Southwest Bank, Belleville, Illinois (in

organization).

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Narragansett Financial Corp., Fall

River, Massachusetts; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring CitizensUnion Savings Bank, Fall River,

Massachusetts. Comments on this

application must be received by

December 12, 1997.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 21, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31143 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate