13390 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2012 / Notices 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

Chapter 6). 

Douglas H. Shulman, 

Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5318 Filed 3–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice of Open Season for 

Recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel (TAP) Members. 

DATES: March 19, 2012 through April 

27, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawn Collins at 202–622–1245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Department of the 

Treasury and the Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS) are inviting individuals to 

help improve the nation’s tax agency by 

applying to be members of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (TAP). The mission of 

the TAP is to listen to taxpayers, 

identify issues that affect taxpayers, and 

make suggestions for improving IRS 

service and customer satisfaction. The 

TAP serves as an advisory body to the 

Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and 

the National Taxpayer Advocate. TAP 

members will participate in 

subcommittees that channel their 

feedback to the IRS through the Panel’s 

parent committee. 

The IRS is seeking applicants who 

have an interest in good government, a 

personal commitment to volunteer 

approximately 300 to 500 hours a year, 

and a desire to help improve IRS 

customer service. To the extent possible, 

the TAP Director will ensure that TAP 

membership is balanced and represents 

a cross-section of the taxpaying public 

with at least one member from each 

state, the District of Columbia, and 

Puerto Rico. Potential candidates must 

be U.S. citizens and must pass an IRS 

tax compliance check and a Federal 

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 

background investigation. Federallyregistered lobbyists cannot be members 

of the TAP. 

TAP members are a diverse group of 

citizens who represent the interests of 

taxpayers from their respective 

geographic locations by providing input 

from a taxpayer’s perspective on ways to 

improve IRS customer service and 

administration of the Federal tax 

system, and by identifying grassroots 

taxpayer issues. Members should have 

good communications skills and be able 

to speak to taxpayers about the TAP and 

TAP activities, while clearly 

distinguishing between TAP positions 

and their personal viewpoints. 

Interested applicants should visit the 

TAP Web site at www.improveirs.org to 

complete the on-line application or call 

the TAP toll-free number, 1–888–912– 

1227, if they have questions about TAP 

membership. The opening date for 

submitting applications is March 19, 

2012, and the deadline for submitting 

applications is April 27, 2012. 

Interviews may be held. The 

Department of the Treasury will review 

the recommended candidates and make 

final selections. New TAP members will 

serve a three-year term starting in 

December 2012. (Note: highly-ranked 

applicants not selected as members may 

be placed on a roster of alternates who 

will be eligible to fill future vacancies 

that may occur on the Panel.) 

Questions regarding the selection of 

TAP members may be directed to 

Shawn Collins, Director, Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel, Internal Revenue 

Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room 3219, Washington, DC 20224, or 

202–622–1245. 

Dated: February 29, 2012. 

Shawn Collins, 

Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5316 Filed 3–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Office of Research and Development. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Office of Research and Development, 

intends to grant to Brain Plasticity, Inc., 

One Montgomery St., Suite 710, San 

Francisco, California 94104–4505, USA, 

an exclusive license to practice the 

following patent application: PCT/ 

US2011/042031 filed July 8, 2011, 

entitled ‘‘Computer-Implemented 

interactive behavioral training 

technique for the optimization of 

attention or remediation of disorders of 

attention.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received 

March 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through www.regulations.gov; 

by mail or hand-delivery to the Director, 

Regulations Management (02REG), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW., Room 1068, 

Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to 

(202) 273–9026. Copies of comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection in the Office of Regulation 

Policy and Management, Room 1063B, 

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday (except 

holidays). Call (202) 461–4902 for an 

appointment (This is not a toll-free 

number). In addition, during the 

comment period, comments may be 

viewed online through the Federal 

Docket Management System at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy E. Centanni, Director of 

Technology Transfer, Office of Research 

and Development (10P9TT), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, 

(202) 443–5640 (This is not a toll-free 

number). Copies of the published patent 

applications may be obtained from the 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at 

www.uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is in the 

public interest to so license these 

inventions, as Brain Plasticity, Inc., 

submitted a complete and sufficient 

application for a license. The 

prospective exclusive license will be 

royalty-bearing and will comply with 

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective 

exclusive license may be granted unless, 

within 15 days from the date of this 

published Notice, the Department of 

Veterans Affairs Office of Research and 

Development receives written evidence 

and argument which establishes that the 

grant of the license would not be 

consistent with the requirements of 35 

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 

Dated: February 24, 2012. 

John R. Gingrich, 

Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5308 Filed 3–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee, Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee will hold a meeting on 

March 29–30, 2012, at the Conference 


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