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materials, services, or facilities in an 

area where there is not sufficient 

demand to employ the efficient capacity 

of existing competitive enterprises 

unless the financial assistance will not 

have an adverse impact on existing 

competitive enterprises in the area. The 

Employment and Training 

Administration within the Department 

of Labor is responsible for the review 

and certification process. Comments 

should address the two bases for 

certification and, if possible, provide 

data to assist in the analysis of these 

issues. 

Signed: at Washington, DC this 6th day of 

April, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9052 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Federal Council on the Arts and the 

Humanities Arts and Artifacts 

Indemnity Panel Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), notice is hereby given 

that the Federal Council on the Arts and 

the Humanities will hold a meeting of 

the Arts and Artifacts International 

Indemnity Panel. The purpose of the 

meeting is for panel review, discussion, 

evaluation, and recommendation on 

applications for Certificates of 

Indemnity submitted to the Federal 

Council on the Arts and the Humanities, 

for exhibitions beginning after July 1, 

2012. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting 

is the Old Post Office Building, 1100 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20506, in Room 730. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lisette Voyatzis, Committee 

Management Officer, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506, or 

call (202) 606–8322. Hearing-impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter may be obtained by 

contacting the National Endowment for 

the Humanities’ TDD terminal at (202) 

606–8282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because 

the meeting will consider proprietary 

financial and commercial data provided 

in confidence by indemnity applicants, 

and material that is likely to disclose 

trade secrets or other privileged or 

confidential information, and because it 

is important to keep the values of 

objects to be indemnified, and the 

methods of transportation and security 

measures confidential, I have 

determined that that the meeting will be 

closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(4) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. I have made this 

determination under the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings, dated 

July 19, 1993. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Lisette Voyatzis, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8992 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Arts Advisory Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is 

hereby given that five meetings of the 

Arts Advisory Panel to the National 

Council on the Arts will be held at the 

Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 as 

follows (ending time is approximate): 

Arts Education (application review): 

This meeting will be held by 

teleconference from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

EDT, and will be closed. 

DATES: May 1, 2012. 

Design (application review): This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Room 

627, will be closed. 

DATES: May 7–8, 2012. 

Design (application review): This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

May 9th, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 

10th, and from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

May 11th, in Room 627, will be closed. 

DATES: May 9–11, 2012. 

Literature (application review): This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on 

May 9th and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 

May 10th, in Room 716, will be closed. 

DATES: May 9–10, 2012. 

Design (application review): This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

May 14th, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 

15th, and from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

May 16th, in Room 627, will be closed. 

DATES: May 14–16, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

closed portions of meetings are for the 

purpose of Panel review, discussion, 

evaluation, and recommendations on 

financial assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of February 15, 2012, these sessions will 

be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Any person may observe meetings, or 

portions thereof, of advisory panels that 

are open to the public, and if time 

allows, may be permitted to participate 

in the panel’s discussions at the 

discretion of the panel chairman. If you 

need any accommodations due to a 

disability, please contact the Office of 

Accessibility, National Endowment for 

the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– 

5532, TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9045 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review Panel for Chemistry; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Centers for Chemical Evolution 

(CCE) Site Visit 2012 Site Visit, #1191. 

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 

(7 p.m.–9:15 p.m.); Thursday, May 10, 2012 

(8 a.m.–5 p.m.); Friday, May 11, 2012 (8 

a.m.–2 p.m.) 

Place: Georgia Institute of Technology 

Hotel, Atlanta, GA. 

Type of Meeting: Partially-Open. 

Contact Person: Katharine Covert, Program 

Director, National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 703–292–4950. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning center 

proposals submitted to NSF for financial 

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Agenda: 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 

7:30 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Executive Session 

(Closed). 

Thursday, May 10, 2012 

8 a.m.–12 p.m. Welcome & CCE 

Presentations of research and integrative 

elements (Open). 

12 p.m.–1:15p.m. Executive Session 

(Closed). 

1:15p.m.–4:15p.m. CCE Presentations of 

research and integrative elements 

(Open). 

4:15p.m.–5 p.m. Executive Session (Closed). 

Friday, May 11, 2012 

8 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening 

Session (Open). 

8:30 a.m.–9 a.m. Executive Session 

(Closed). 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Panel meets with CCE 

Leadership (Open). 

10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Executive Session 

(Closed). 

Reason for Closing: The meeting is closed 

to the public because the Site Visitors will be 

reviewing proposal actions that will include 

privileged intellectual property and personal 

information that could harm individuals if 

they were disclosed. If discussions were open 

to the public, these matters that are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (6) of the 

Government Sunshine Act would be 

improperly disclosed. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8962 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory 

Committee #13883; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics 

Advisory Committee (#13883). 

Date and Time: May 11, 2012, 11 p.m.–5 

p.m. EDT. 

Place: Teleconference, National Science 

Foundation, Room 1060, Stafford I Building, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. James Ulvestad, 

Division Director, Division of Astronomical 

Sciences, Suite 1045, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 

VA 22230. Telephone: 703–292–7165. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations to the National Science 

Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration (NASA) and the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues 

within the field of astronomy and 

astrophysics that are of mutual interest and 

concern to the agencies. 

Agenda: To hear presentations of current 

programming by representatives from NSF, 

NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to 

astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss 

current and potential areas of cooperation 

between the agencies; to formulate 

recommendations for continued and new 

areas of cooperation and mechanisms for 

achieving them. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Susanne E. Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9030 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 

OSC Forms and Survey Renewal for FY 

2012—Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Office of Special Counsel. 

ACTION: Notice for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), and implementing 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, the U.S. 

Office of Special Counsel (OSC), plans 

to request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for use 

of four previously approved information 

collections consisting of three complaint 

forms and an electronic survey form. 

These collections are listed below. The 

current OMB approval for Forms OSC– 

11, OSC–12, OSC–13, and the OSC 

Survey expire 9/30/12. We are 

submitting all three forms and the 

electronic survey for renewal, based on 

the upcoming date of expiration. There 

are no changes being submitted with 

this request for renewal of the use of 

these forms. Current and former Federal 

employees, employee representatives, 

other Federal agencies, state and local 

government employees, and the general 

public are invited to comment on this 

information collection for the first time. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of OSC functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of OSC’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collections of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Comments should be received by 

May 11, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl 

Kammann, Director of Finance, at the 

address shown above; by facsimile at 

(202) 254–3711. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSC is an 

independent agency responsible for, 

among other things, (1) investigation of 

allegations of prohibited personnel 

practices defined by law at 5 U.S.C. 

2302(b), protection of whistleblowers, 

and certain other illegal employment 

practices under titles 5 and 38 of the 

U.S. Code, affecting current or former 

Federal employees or applicants for 

employment, and covered state and 

local government employees; and (2) the 

interpretation and enforcement of Hatch 

Act provisions on political activity in 

chapters 15 and 73 of title 5 of the U.S. 

Code. Title of Collections: (1) Form 

OSC–11, (Complaint of Possible 

Prohibited Personnel Practice of Other 

Prohibited Activity; (2) Form OSC–12 

(Information about filing a 

Whistleblower Disclosure with the 

Office of Special Counsel); (3) Form 

OSC–13 (Complaint of Possible 

Prohibited Political Activity (Violation 

of the Hatch Act)); (4) Office of Special 

Counsel (OSC) Annual Survey; OMB 

Control Number 3255–0003, Expiration 

09/30/12. 

Copies of the OSC Forms 11, 12, and 

13 can be found at: http://www.osc.gov/ 

RR_OSCFORMS.htm. OSC is also 

required to conduct an annual survey of 

individuals who seek its assistance. 

Section 13 of Public Law 103–424 

(1994), codified at 5 U.S.C. 1212 note, 

states, in part: ‘‘[T]he survey shall—(1) 

determine if the individual seeking 

assistance was fully apprised of their 

rights; (2) determine whether the 

individual was successful either at the 

Office of Special Counsel or the Merit 

Systems Protection Board; and (3) 

determine if the individual, whether 

successful or not, was satisfied with the 

treatment received from the Office of 

Special Counsel.’’ The same section also 

provides that survey results are to be 

published in OSC’s annual report to 

Congress. Copies of prior years’ annual 

reports are available on OSC’s Web site, 

at http://www.osc.gov/ 

RR_AnnualReportsToCongress.htm or 

by calling OSC at (202) 254–3600. The 

survey form for the collection of 

information is available for review by 

calling OSC at (202) 254–3600. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Approval of previously 

approved collection of information that 

expires on September 30, 2012, with no 

revisions. 

Affected Public: Current and former 

Federal employees, applicants for 

Federal employment, state and local 

government employees, and their 

representatives, and the general public. 


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