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40Test and contingency options, including

redundant parts, are only available to customers

with a primary connection.

41Prices shown are for full circuit backup only

located at the customer site. Multiple customers

sharing a single disaster-recovery connection at a

third-party provider will result in custom

implementations. Districts will bill the vendor’s

bank for the contingency circuit.

42Prices shown are for frame connection only

located at the customer site. Multiple customers

sharing a single disaster recovery connection at a

third-party provider will result in custom

implementations. Districts will bill the vendor’s

bank for the contingency circuit.

43Redundant components are available only for

the following connections: CI 56 kbps, CI 256 kbps,

and CI T1. Customers with FedLine 19.2 kbps

connections that require redundant equipment will

be obliged to upgrade their connection to CI 56

kbps.

Test and Contingency Options 40

Connection type Logical split Full circuit

backup

Frame connection onlyRedundant

components

Fedline @ up to 19.2 kbps ............................................................. No charge .................................. $500 $420 N/A

CI @ 56 kbps .................................................................................. No charge .................................. 845 765 155

CI @ 256 kbps ................................................................................ No charge .................................. 1,750 1,585 250

CI T1 ............................................................................................... No charge .................................. 2,230 2,010 270

Logical split: Applies to production

and test systems that are located

together at the same facility. The

institution could use the production

equipment with a logical split (different

port) in their router as a test or

contingency facility. There is no

additional cost for this option.

Full circuit backup: Applies to

production and test systems, or

production and contingency systems,

that are located at separate facilities,

including another bank office or a thirdparty contingency site.41 This option

replicates full production technology

and costs; only one set of equipment

components is provided.

Frame connection only: Applies to

production and test systems, or

production and contingency systems,

that are located at separate facilities.

The institution uses a frame relay link

connection with no ISDN dial-up

backup. Only one set of equipment

components is provided.42

Redundant components: Includes a

Cisco router, CSU/DSU, encryptor and

rack.43

By order of the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, November 8, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29384 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Meeting Notice

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Wednesday,

November 22, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments, reassignments, and

salary actions) involving individual Federal

Reserve System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29575 Filed 11–15–00; 11:52

am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Public Workshop: The Mobile Wireless

Web, Data Services and Beyond:

Emerging Technologies and Consumer

Issues

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice announcing workshop.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has set

December 11–12, 2000 as the dates for

a public workshop examining emerging

wireless Internet and data technologies

and the privacy, security, and consumer

protection issues they raise.

DATES: The workshop will be held

December 11–12, 2000 in the

Commission Meeting Room (432), 600

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

questions about the workshop, contact:

Ellen Finn, Division of Financial

Practices, Federal Trade Commission,

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20580, telephone 202–

326–3296, e-mail efinn@ftc.gov; Stacy

Feuer, Division of Advertising Practices,

Federal Trade Commission, 600

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20580, telephone 202–

326–3072, e-mail sfeuer@ftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Mobile Wireless Web, Data

Services and Beyond: Emerging

Technologies and Consumer Protection

Issues

Workshop Goals

One of the Commission’s principal

missions is to protect consumers from

unfair and deceptive acts or practices. In

recent years, the Internet and other new

technologies have had a significant

effect on this mission and the

Commission has held numerous public

workshops on issues related to the

emerging global electronic marketplace.

These workshops provide an

opportunity for the Commission and the

public to learn about these technologies

changes and for the Commission to

learn how best to provide guidance to

both consumers and businesses. These

workshops also provide an opportunity

for businesses to learn about the

Commission’s consumers protection and

competition concerns. In the past, the

Commission has hosted forums on such

topics as online consumer privacy

issues, advertising disclosures in new

media, on-line dispute resolution

mechanisms, and business to business

electronic marketplaces.

Mobile wireless Internet and data

technologies raise money of the privacy

and advertising issues previously

considered by the Commission.

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Accordingly, the goal of the announced

workshop is to educate government

officials and other interested parties

about emerging wireless technologies,

and to provide a forum for discussion of

the privacy, security, and consumer

protection issues raised by these new

technologies.

Questions To Be Addressed

(1) Mobile Technology and Business

Models

(a) Where is wireless Internet and data

technology today and where is it going?

What devices are currently available for

wireless Web access and data services?

What sorts of devices and services are

anticipated? How will mobile commerce

or ‘‘m-commerce’’ develop?

(b) How do wireless Internet and data

services function? What types of

relationships will consumers have with

wireless equipment makers, carriers,

data service providers and others

involved in the provision of these

services? Will consumers’ wireless data

services be supported by advertising (as

many Internet site are), or will

consumers pay for subscriptions (like

cable television) or pay fees-per-service

accessed?

(2) Privacy and Security

What privacy and security issues do

wireless devices raise? For example,

how will location information be used

(generally and more particularly with

respect to advertising) and what are the

privacy and security implications of the

availability of location information? Is

transmission of personal information

secure in the wireless medium? As

wireless devices converge so that cell

phones, personal digital assistants, and

electronic wallets may become a single

device, how are the risks of identity

theft increased and what security

measures are possible?

Within this broad topic, the workshop

would address existing regulatory

structures and existing or emerging selfregulatory initiatives, as well as

technological methods of addressing

privacy and security concerns.

(3) Disclosures

How can companies make effective

disclosures on small screens (both

advertising and privacy disclosures)?

Particularly as devices move to a

combination of voice and text

communication, how do traditional

concepts like ‘‘clear and conspicuous’’

and ‘‘equal prominence’’ apply? Are

there other aspects of this unique

medium that will require modification

of traditional consumer protection

approaches?

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29471 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board Federal Financial

Accounting Standards

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board.

ACTION: Notice of New Exposure Draft

Eliminating Disclosures Related to Tax

Revenue Transactions by the Internal

Revenue Service, Customs, and Others.

Board Action: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463), as amended, and the FASAB

Rules Of Procedure, as amended in

October, 1999, notice is hereby given

that the Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board has published a new

exposure draft, Eliminating Disclosures

Related To Tax Revenue Transactions

By The Internal Revenue Service,

Customs, and Others.

A summary of the proposed

Statement follows:

On November 13, 2000, the Federal

Accounting Standards Advisory Board

(FASAB) released for public comment

an exposure draft (ED) to amend

Statement of Federal Financial

Accounting Standards (SFFAS) 7,

Accounting for Revenue and Other

Financing Sources and Concepts for

Reconciling Budgetary and Financial

Accounting. The amendment would

eliminate the current requirement to

disclosure certain information about

taxes receivable. The exposure draft,

entitled Elimination of Disclosures

Related to Tax Revenue Transactions by

the Internal Revenue Service, Customs,

and Others, Amending Statement of

Federal Financial Accounting Standards

No. 7, Accounting for Revenue and

Other Financing Sources, will be out for

comment until February 16, 2001.

SFFAS No. 7 applies to entities

collecting taxes on behalf of the Federal

Government. The two entities collecting

the vast majority of Federal taxes are the

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the

U.S. Customs Service (Customs). The

Board has concluded that the

disclosures required by SFFAS No. 7 do

not accomplish a reconciliation of

account balances and would mislead

those attempting to evaluate IRS’ and

other tax-collecting entities’

performance regarding taxes receivable.

The disclosures include compliance

activity that precedes the recognition of

taxes receivable. Certain supplementary

information on compliance assessments,

preassessment work in process, claims

for refunds, and write-offs would

continue to be required as

supplementary information.

Two Board members disagree with the

decision of the majority. They would

retain the disclosure requirement.

The exposure draft will soon be

mailed to FASAB’s mailing list

subscribers. Additionally, it is available

on FASAB’s home page http://

www.financenet.gov/fasab.htm. Copies

can be obtained by contacting FASAB at

(202) 512–7350, or

fontenroser.fasab@gao.gov. The Board

has posed specific questions for

comment. Respondents are encouraged

to address those questions and to

comment on any part of the exposure

draft. For further information call

Richard Fontenrose (202) 512–7358.

Written comments are requested by

February 16, 2001, and should be sent

to: Wendy M. Comes, Executive

Director, Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board, 441 G Street, NW, Suite

6814, Mail Stop 6K17V, Washington, DC

20548.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wendy Comes, Executive Director, 441

G St., NW, Room 6814, Washington, DC

20548, or call (202) 512–7350.

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee

Act. Pub. L. No. 92–463.

Dated: November 13, 2000.

Wendy M. Comes,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 00–29419 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1610–01–M

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Notice of Meetings

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board.

ACTION: Notice of meetings through June

2001.

Board Action: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463), as amended, and the FASAB

Rules of Procedure, as amended in

October, 1999, notice is hereby given

that the Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board (FASAB) will meet on

Thursday, December 7 and Friday,

December 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in

room 6N30, 441 G St., NW.,

Washington, DC.

The purpose of the meeting is to

discuss issues related to:

—National Defense PP&E;

—Stewardship Reporting;

—Corrections of Errors through Prior

Period adjustments;