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complete copies of the following records 

for the Station (as such records exist as 

of the release date of the Order): (a) All 

station logs for the relevant license term; 

(b) all quarterly issues and programs 

lists for the relevant license term; and 

(c) to the extent not included in the 

station logs, all EAS participant records 

for the relevant license term. FVC may 

not destroy or remove any of such 

records prior to such filing, or redact or 

modify any information in such records 

as they exist as of the release date of the 

Order. In the event that, on or after the 

release date of the Order, FVC creates or 

modifies any documents that it so 

provides, each such document should 

be prominently marked with the date 

that it was created or revised 

(identifying the revision(s)) and FVC 

should include in the sponsoring 

affidavit or declaration an explanation 

of who created or revised the document 

and when he or she did so. We 

otherwise will conduct the hearing 

without discovery, although the 

Commission or its staff may make 

inquiries or conduct investigations 

pursuant to Part 73 of the Rules and any 

reports filed in this docket as a result of 

such inquiries or investigations will 

become part of the record in this 

hearing. 

15. We will take official notice of all 

publicly-available Commission records 

for the Station as part of the record in 

this docket. FVC has the burden of 

proceeding with evidence and the 

burden of proof in this hearing. Within 

60 days of publication of notice of the 

Order in the Federal Register, FVC will 

file a written direct case on the 

designated issues, no longer than 25 

pages, and supported by an affidavit or 

unsworn declaration pursuant to 47 CFR 

1.16. Within 30 days of FVC’s filing, any 

other person granted party status may 

file a responsive submission, no longer 

than 25 pages and supported by an 

affidavit or unsworn declaration. Within 

10 days of the deadline for filing such 

responses, FVC may file a rebuttal 

submission addressing all responses, no 

longer than 10 pages and supported by 

an affidavit or unsworn declaration. 

16. Accordingly, it is ordered, 

pursuant to sections 309(e) and (k)(3) 

and 312(g) of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 309(e), 

309(k)(3) and 312(g), the captioned 

application for renewal of license for 

Station KLSX(FM) is designated for a 

hearing upon the following issues: (a) 

To determine whether, during the 

preceding license term, (i) the station 

has served the public interest, 

convenience, and necessity, (ii) there 

have been any serious violations by the 

licensee of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, or the rules and 

regulations of the Commission, and (iii) 

there have been any other violations of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, or the rules and regulations of 

the Commission which, taken together, 

would constitute a pattern of abuse; (b) 

In light of the evidence adduced 

pursuant to issue (a) above, whether the 

captioned application for renewal of the 

license for Station KLSX(FM) should be 

granted on such terms and conditions as 

are appropriate, including renewal for a 

term less than the maximum otherwise 

permitted, or denied due to failure to 

satisfy the requirements of section 

309(k)(1) of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 309(k)(1). 

17. It is further ordered, pursuant to 

section 309(e) of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 

309(e), and section 1.254 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.254, that 

the burden of proceeding with the 

introduction of evidence and the burden 

of proof with respect to the issues 

specified in Paragraph 18 of the Order 

shall be on the applicant, Family Voice 

Communications, LLC. 

18. It is further ordered that Family 

Voice Communications, LLC is made a 

party to this proceeding. 

19. It is further ordered that, to avail 

itself of the opportunity to be heard and 

the right to present evidence at a 

hearing in these proceedings, Family 

Voice Communications, LLC shall file 

complete and correct copies of the 

documents described in Paragraph 16 of 

the Order, on or before the date 

specified. If Family Voice 

Communications, LLC fails to file such 

documents for KLSX(FM) within the 

time specified, or a petition to accept, 

for good cause shown, such filing 

beyond the expiration of such period, its 

captioned license renewal application 

for the station shall be dismissed with 

prejudice for failure to prosecute and 

the license of the station shall be 

terminated. 

20. It is further ordered that Family 

Voice Communications, LLC shall, 

pursuant to section 311(a)(2) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 311(a)(2), and 47 

CFR 73.3594, give notice of the hearing 

within the time and in the manner 

prescribed therein, and thereafter 

submit the statement described in 47 

CFR 73.3594(g). 

21. It is further ordered that a copy of 

this Order shall be sent by Certified 

Mail, Return Receipt Requested, and by 

regular first-class mail to Family Voice 

Communications, LLC, 9004 South 8th 

Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85041, with a copy 

to its counsel of record, Lee J. Peltzman, 

Esq., Shainis & Peltzman Chartered, 

1850 M Street NW, Suite 240, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

22. It is further ordered that the 

Secretary of the Commission shall cause 

to have this Order or a summary thereof 

published in the Federal Register. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice–QP–2018–03; Docket No. 2018– 

0002; Sequence No. 12] 

Request for Information From Platform 

Providers of Commercial e-Commerce 

Portals 

AGENCY: Office of Enterprise Strategy 

Management, General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is soliciting 

information from the providers of 

commercial e-Commerce Portals in 

order to complete Phase II of the 

requirements enacted in Section 846 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act 

(NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018, 

Procurement through Commercial eCommerce Portals. Note: A separate RFI 

is posted for suppliers who sell 

products through commercial ecommerce portal. Throughout the 

design of this program, GSA and the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) have emphasized open and 

ongoing engagement. The questions in 

this RFI are intended to continue the 

dialogue and to allow GSA and OMB 

both to draft the Phase II report (due to 

Congress in March 2019) and to move 

towards phased implementation later in 

2019. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments to 

www.regulations.gov by July 20, 2018. 

GSA is also hosting its second modified 

town-hall style public meeting. This 

meeting is in furtherance of Phase II on 

June 21, 2018, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern 

Standard Time. Further Information for 

the public meeting may be found on the 

Commercial Platform Interact group 

page on https://interact.gsa.gov/group/ 

commercial-platform-initiative and in 

the Federal Register notice (83 FR 

25004) published on May 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by ‘‘Request for information 

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e-Commerce Portals’’, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submit comments by searching for 

‘‘Request for information from Platform 

Providers of Commercial e-Commerce 

Portals’’. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ and follow the instructions 

provided at the ‘‘You are commenting 

on’’ screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and ‘‘Request 

for information from Platform Providers 

of Commercial e-Commerce Portals’’, on 

your attached document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

2nd Floor, ATTN: Ms. Mandell, 

Washington, DC 20405–0001. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite ‘‘Request for information 

from Platform Providers of Commercial 

e-Commerce Portals’’ in all 

correspondence related to this case. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jasmine Schaaphok at 

jasmine.schaaphok@gsa.gov, or 571– 

330–3941, for clarification of content 

and submission of comment. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501–4755. 

Please cite ‘‘Request for information 

from Platform Providers of Commercial 

e-Commerce Portals’’. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The General Services 

Administration’s (GSA) mission is to 

deliver value and savings in real estate, 

acquisition, technology, and other 

mission-support services across 

Government. For decades, GSA has 

provided access to commercial products 

through a number of channels including 

GSA Advantage!, GSA eBuy, GSA 

Global Supply, and the Federal Supply 

Schedules. 

GSA has long been focused on 

improving the acquisition of 

commercial items. Throughout its 

history, GSA has sought to leverage the 

best available technology to help 

agencies shorten the time to delivery, 

reduce administrative cost, make 

compliance easier, be a strategic thought 

leader and supplier of choice across the 

Federal Government, and be a good 

partner to industry. Today, the best 

available technology includes 

commercial e-commerce portals. 

The National Defense Authorization 

Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018, 

Section 846 Procurement Through 

Commercial e-Commerce Portals, directs 

the Administrator of the GSA to 

establish a program to procure 

commercial products through 

commercial e-commerce portals. Section 

846 language can be found at the 

following link—https://interact.gsa.gov/ 

group/commercial-platform-initiative. 

Section 846 paragraph (c) instructs the 

‘‘Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget, in consultation with the 

GSA Administrator and the heads of 

other relevant departments and 

agencies,’’ to carry out three 

implementation phases. OMB and GSA 

completed Phase I, an initial 

implementation plan, in March of 2018. 

The plan, found at https://

interact.gsa.gov/document/gsa-andomb-phase-i-deliverable-attached, 

discusses government and industry 

stakeholder goals and concerns, the 

different types of portal provider models 

currently prevalent in the commercial 

market, and areas where legislative 

change or clarification are required to 

enable flexibility in the full and 

effective use of commercial e-commerce 

portals in accordance with the goals of 

section 846. The plan also outlines 

deliverables anticipated to be completed 

in FYs 18, 19, and 20. 

GSA is currently working on Phase II 

with the intent of delivering a proof of 

concept near the end of FY19. Phase II 

of the legislation requires (excerpt 

below): 

(2) PHASE II: MARKET ANALYSIS AND 

CONSULTATION.—Not later than one year 

after the date of the submission of the 

implementation plan and schedule required 

under paragraph (1), recommendations for 

any changes to, or exemptions from, laws 

necessary for effective implementation of this 

section, and information on the results of the 

following actions: 

(A) Market analysis and initial 

communications with potential commercial 

e-commerce portal providers on technical 

considerations of how the portals function 

(including the use of standard terms and 

conditions of the portals by the Government), 

the degree of customization that can occur 

without creating a Government-unique 

portal, the measures necessary to address the 

considerations for supplier and product 

screening specified in subsection (e), security 

of data, considerations pertaining to 

nontraditional Government contractors, and 

potential fees, if any, to be charged by the 

Administrator, the portal provider, or the 

suppliers for participation in the program 

established pursuant to subsection (a). 

(B) Consultation with affected departments 

and agencies about their unique procurement 

needs, such as supply chain risks for health 

care products, information technology, 

software, or any other category determined 

necessary by the Administrator. 

(C) An assessment of the products or 

product categories that are suitable for 

purchase on the commercial e-commerce 

portals. 

(D) An assessment of the precautions 

necessary to safeguard any information 

pertaining to the Federal Government, 

especially precautions necessary to protect 

against national security or cybersecurity 

threats. 

(E) A review of standard terms and 

conditions of commercial e-commerce portals 

in the context of Government requirements. 

(F) An assessment of the impact on existing 

programs, including schedules, set-asides for 

small business concerns, and other 

preference programs. 

II. Written Comments 

To assist in meeting the requirements 

associated with Phase II of the 

implementation, GSA and OMB are 

inviting portal providers to submit 

written comments. (A separate RFI has 

been issued for suppliers interested in 

selling through portals.) GSA is 

requesting those comments be 

submitted by July 20, 2018, which will 

allow the Government to take them into 

account as we are drafting our Phase II 

deliverable. 

To facilitate comment submission, 

GSA and OMB have developed a 

number of questions grouped around 

five focus areas—spending trends, data 

standards, user experience, 

cybersecurity, and terms and 

conditions. These five areas are central 

to the analysis required for Phase II, e.g. 

the terms and conditions questions will 

further the analysis required in 

paragraph (E). A sixth focus area is 

intended to give respondents an 

opportunity to provide feedback that, in 

addition to the five areas described 

above, will help to inform GSA about 

the general scope, shape, and types of 

products that should be considered for 

a proof of concept. In accordance with 

the Phase I implementation plan, the 

proof of concept is planned for launch 

in FY 2019. 

Each question is intended to provide 

respondents with a general framework 

for commenting. These questions are not 

intended to be all-inclusive; other 

comments and observations are 

encouraged. 

1. Spending Trends Questions 

a. Spend Data: Over the past few 

months, GSA has participated in demos 

provided by portal providers, many of 

whom have expressed a willingness to 

share data on Government spend 

conducted through their platforms, i.e. 

purchases using government-issued 

purchase cards. Government spend data 

can be identified by looking at the first 

four digits of the government-issued 

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5565 and 5568 (Mastercard); and 4486, 

4614, and 4716 (Visa). 

Would you be willing to share this 

spend data with GSA? Additionally, are 

you willing to share reports or 

dashboards demonstrating your 

analytics capabilities? (If yes, GSA will 

reach out separately to coordinate these 

requests.) 

For those portal providers willing to 

share such information, the following 

categories of aggregated Government 

spend data from civilian agency and 

DoD buyers, over the last 3 years, would 

be particularly useful: 

i. Spend by agency: 

1. Total spend broken out by agency 

2. Number of transactions by agency 

3. Average order size by agency 

4. Seasonality of purchasing (i.e. only at 

the end of an FY or are they spread 

out evenly throughout the year?) 

ii. Spend by product category: 

1. Categories/subcategories comprising 

80% of the annual spend through 

your portal 

2. Dollar value, count of transactions, 

count of suppliers, proportion of 

small and large supplier (count and 

dollars) for each category/ 

subcategory 

3. Agencies comprising 80% of the 

dollar value for each category/ 

subcategory 

iii. Spend outside the Contiguous US 

(OCONUS) vs spend within the 

Contiguous US (CONUS) 

iv. Spend by socioeconomic/small 

business designations. 

b. Additional considerations: 

i. What taxonomy or taxonomies are 

used to sort products into suitable 

categories and subcategories, e.g. 

product service codes (PSCs) or North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) code? Please identify if 

the classification system is proprietary. 

ii. What level and types of 

transactional data are made available to 

buyers? 

iii. What functionalities and/or 

capabilities are available to buyers to 

analyze transactional data? Do you offer 

your commercial buyers the opportunity 

to develop customized data analytics 

capabilities? 

iv. How do the pricing algorithms 

respond to sudden increases in 

demand? 

v. The Government seeks to increase 

small business participation through 

this initiative. How might your platform 

aid in increasing small business 

participation? What capabilities does 

your system have (or what would you 

need from GSA or other agencies) to 

track agency spending from the various 

socio-economic categories of small 

business (small disadvantaged business, 

women-owned small business, servicedisabled veteran-owned small business, 

HUBZone small business) so that 

Government agencies can receive credit 

toward their agency socio-economic 

goals when they buy through your 

portal? Please explain. 

vi. The Government seeks to promote 

compliance with mandatory sources 

(e.g. AbilityOne Program, Federal Prison 

Industries). What capabilities does your 

system have to track agency spending 

from these sources and limit ‘‘leakage’’ 

where purchases are made from nonmandatory sources? 

vii. How are you shipping items to 

base locations/overseas? What are your 

labelling requirements/standards that 

you follow? 

2. Data Standards 

a. How do you use third party 

supplier data? 

b. What are your data protection/ 

security practices for safeguarding both 

user and third-party supplier data? 

c. What are your standard terms and 

conditions with third-party suppliers 

and buyers regarding your use and their 

use of spend data? 

d. Is your platform capable of 

integrating information from the System 

for Award Management (www.sam.gov) 

to identify if a seller is a small business 

in accordance with FAR 19.303? If not, 

explain why. Would you be interested 

in testing capabilities with beta 

sam.gov? 

3. User Experience and Program Design 

a. GSA seeks to ensure that the 

government purchase card buyers have 

a simple and clear user experience 

when selecting products across multiple 

providers. How would you suggest we 

accomplish this? For example, how 

could GSA get to a single log-on across 

portals? Are there commercial analogs 

that achieve this purpose? If so, what, if 

any, drawbacks or obstacles do those 

models present? 

b. How are your supplier 

relationships structured? What fees are 

charged? What do the onboarding and 

offboarding processes look like? 

c. As a portal providers, do you have 

the capability to participate in a 

‘punchout’ type of ecommerce 

experience? Please explain. 

d. Implementation and 

operationalization of this program will 

entail the involvement of GSA, ordering 

agencies, portal providers, and thirdparty suppliers. GSA envisions its role 

primarily focusing on the following: 

i. Negotiating the contracts with the 

portal providers; 

ii. working with stakeholders to shape 

the scope of product offerings, based on 

suitability, potential challenges in 

managing supply chain risk, and other 

considerations; 

iii. working with agencies on effective 

use of protocols and safeguards to refine 

access to product offerings; 

iv. collecting, vetting and sharing 

data; and, 

v. developing guidance in 

consultation with OMB and training 

federal agencies in proper competitive 

procedures through the portal; and, 

vi. potentially validating the suppliers 

as responsible business partners. 

Do you agree with this description of 

roles and responsibilities for GSA in 

optimizing the user experience and the 

overall success of the program? Are 

there key items missing? 

e. The section 846 language stated 

both that all existing procurement laws 

applied and that GSA should strive to 

be consistent with commercial practice. 

To reconcile these objectives, in Phase 

I, GSA only proposed legislative 

changes necessary to reach program 

implementation, primarily around the 

nature of competition. For purposes of 

Phase II, what additional legislative 

changes GSA should consider 

proposing? 

4. Cyber-Security Questions 

GSA welcomes any insights that can 

be shared regarding how your platform 

addresses the following cybersecurity 

topics: 

a. Financial data theft/fraud 

b. Intellectual property theft/damage 

c. Distributed Denial of Service 

d. Man in the Middle Attacks 

e. Compliance with Information 

Security Standards 

f. Data storage 

g. Vulnerability assessments/monitoring 

h. Encryption 

i. Disaster Recovery 

j. Network monitoring 

5. Standard Terms and Conditions 

a. General Roles and Responsibilities 

i. For products sold by third parties 

on your portal, what, if any, 

responsibilities do you assume with 

respect to a sale? 

ii. For what, if any, purposes do you 

consider the third party supplier selling 

on your portal to be your 

‘‘subcontractor’’? 

iii. What, if any, of the value-added 

portal services and functionalities (e.g., 

order tracking, payment processing) 

have been outsourced? Do you consider 

them subcontractors? If not, why not? 

iv. Other than the suppliers selling on 

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added portal services and 

functionalities, are there entities that are 

considered subcontractors of your 

business? If yes, what functions do these 

entities perform for your business? 

b. Order Tracking, Delivery and Issue 

Resolution 

i. Describe how orders and delivery 

are tracked. 

ii. Describe how issues are resolved 

(e.g., if the product doesn’t arrive in a 

timely manner or needs to be returned). 

Identify who is responsible for resolving 

these issues when the sale involves a 

third party seller. Include information 

on customer/ordering official 

management throughout the process. 

c. Payment 

i. When a buyer makes a payment for 

a purchase on the portal, who processes 

the payment? 

ii. What are the payment procedures? 

iii. Are payments by Electronic Funds 

Transfer allowed? 

d. To Assist GSA in Determining the 

Applicability of the Service Contract 

Act to a Portal Contract Under the 

Section 846 Program, Please Advise of 

the Type of Work Your Employees 

Would Perform Under Such a Contract. 

e. Suitability of FAR Commercial 

Service Requirements 

i. Please address the extent you 

believe the following clauses/provisions 

are consistent with and/or are relevant 

to current, standard commercial practice 

for operating commercial e-commerce 

portals. If they are not consistent and/ 

or relevant, please indicate what 

obstacles they would present if applied 

to the section 846 program. Conversely, 

if there are public policy reasons why 

any of these should be retained, please 

explain. 

1. 52.212–4(a), Inspection and 

acceptance 

2. 52.212–4(b), Assignment of claims 

3. 52.212–4(g), Invoice 

4. 52.212–4(k), Taxes 

5. 52.212–4(n), Title 

6. 52.212–4(q), Other compliances 

7. 52.204–10, Reporting Executive 

Compensation and First-Tier 

Subcontract Awards 

8. 52.219–3, Notice of HUBZone SetAside or Sole-Source Award 

9. 52.219–4, Notice of Price Evaluation 

Preference for HUBZone Small 

Business Concerns 

10. 52.219–27, Notice of ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Small 

Business Set-Aside 

11. 52.222–3, Convict Labor 

12. 52.222–17, Nondisplacement of 

Qualified Workers 

13. 52.222–35, Equal Opportunity for 

Veterans 

14. 52.222–37, Employment Reports on 

Veterans 

15. 52.223–18, Encouraging Contractor 

Policies to Ban Text Messaging 

While Driving 

16. 52.232–29, Terms for Financing of 

Purchases of Commercial Items 

17. 52.232–30, Installment Payments for 

Commercial Items 

18. 52.242–5, Payments to Small 

Business Subcontractors 

19. 52.212–3(t), Public Disclosure of 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 

Reduction Goals 

20. 52–212–4(f), Excusable Delays 

21. 52.212–4(h), Patent Indemnity 

22. 52.212–4(i)(4), Discount 

23. 52.212–4(s), Order of precedence 

24. 52.232–40, Providing Accelerated 

Payments to Small Business 

Subcontractors 

25. 52.223–9, Estimate of Percentage of 

Recovered Material Content for 

EPA–Designated Items 

f. Additional Considerations: 

i. Are there different terms and 

conditions based on the country being 

served by a given commercial ecommerce portal? 

ii. If you are not registered on 

www.sam.gov would you be willing to 

register? Why or why not? 

iii. For your other commercial 

customers, do you offer ways to limit 

access to products on your platform for 

B2B customers who may not want 

access to your full catalog? 

g. Copies of standard terms and 

conditions: 

i. Please provide GSA with copies of 

your standard terms and conditions that 

apply to your suppliers? 

ii. Please provide GSA with copies of 

your standard terms and conditions that 

apply to users (i.e. buyers)? 

6. Proof of concept 

As explained in the Phase I 

implementation plan, GSA intends to 

proceed with a proof of concept in FY 

2019. What is your recommended vision 

for a proof of concept that would be 

both manageable and meaningful, 

including types of products offered? 

Dated: June 11, 2018. 

Laura J. Stanton, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Enterprise 

Strategy Management, Federal Acquisition 

Service, General Services Administration. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice-Qp–2018–02; Docket No. 2018–0002; 

Sequence No. 11] 

Request for Information From 

Suppliers Selling on Commercial ECommerce Portals 

AGENCY: Office of Enterprise Strategy 

Management, General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is soliciting 

information from the suppliers selling 

product through commercial eCommerce Portals in order to complete 

Phase II of the requirements enacted in 

Section 846 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 

Year 2018, Procurement through 

Commercial e-Commerce Portals. Note: 

A separate RFI is posted for those 

companies who are providers of 

commercial e-commerce platforms. 

Throughout the design of this program, 

GSA and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) have emphasized open 

and ongoing engagement. The questions 

in the RFI are intended to continue the 

dialogue and to allow GSA and OMB 

both to draft the Phase II report (due to 

Congress in March 2019) and to move 

towards phased implementation later in 

2019. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments to 

www.regulations.gov by July 20, 2018. 

GSA is also hosting its second modified 

town-hall style public meeting. This 

meeting is in furtherance of Phase II on 

June 21, 2018, at 8:30 a.m., Eastern 

Standard Time (EST). Further 

Information for the public meeting may 

be found on the Commercial Platform 

Interact group page on https://

interact.gsa.gov/group/commercialplatform-initiative and in the Federal 

Register (83 FR 25004), published on 

May 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by ‘‘Request for information 

from Suppliers Selling on Commercial 

e-Commerce Portals’’, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

by searching for ‘‘Request for 

information from Suppliers Selling on 

Commercial e-Commerce Portals’’. 

Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ and 

follow the instructions provided at the 

‘‘You are commenting on’’ screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘Request for 

information from Suppliers Selling on 


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