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guarantee fee or a guaranteed loan

exceeding 80 percent must be forwarded

to the National Office, Attn: Director,

Business Programs Processing Division,

for review and consideration prior to

obligation of the guaranteed loan. The

Administrator will provide a written

response to the State Office confirming

approval or disapproval of the request.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth E. Hennings, Senior Loan

Specialist, Business Programs

Processing Division, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, USDA, Stop 3221,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–3221, telephone

(202) 690–3809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866.

Dated: November 13, 2000.

Judith A. Canales,

Acting Associate Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 3410–XY–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Survey of Income and Program

Participation (SIPP) Wave 2 of the 2001

Panel

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other federal agencies to take

this opportunity to comment on

proposed or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before January 22, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Judith H. Eargle, Census

Bureau, FOB 3, Room 3379,

Washington, DC 20233–0001, (301) 457–

3819.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau conducts the SIPP

which is a household-based survey

designed as a continuous series of

national panels. New panels are

introduced every few years with each

panel usually having durations of one to

four years. Respondents are interviewed

at 4-month intervals or ‘‘waves’’ over

the life of the panel. The survey is

molded around a central ‘‘core’’ of labor

force and income questions that remain

fixed throughout the life of the panel.

The core is supplemented with

questions designed to address specific

needs, such as obtaining information on

taxes, the ownership and contributions

made to an Individual Retirement

Account, Keogh, and 401K plans,

examining patterns in respondent work

schedules, and child care arrangements.

These supplemental questions are

included with the core and are referred

to as ‘‘topical modules.’’

The SIPP represents a source of

information for a wide variety of topics

and allows information for separate

topics to be integrated to form a single,

unified database so that the interaction

between tax, transfer, and other

government and private policies can be

examined. Government domestic-policy

formulators depend heavily upon the

SIPP information concerning the

distribution of income received directly

as money or indirectly as in-kind

benefits and the effect of tax and

transfer programs on this distribution.

They also need improved and expanded

data on the income and general

economic and financial situation of the

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided

these kinds of data on a continuing basis

since 1983 permitting levels of

economic well-being and changes in

these levels to be measured over time.

The 2001 Panel is currently scheduled

for three years and will include nine

waves of interviewing beginning

February 2001. Approximately 50,000

households will be selected for the 2001

Panel, of which 37,500 are expected to

be interviewed. We estimate that each

household will contain 2.1 persons,

yielding 78,750 interviews in Wave 1

and subsequent waves. Interviews take

30 minutes on average. Two waves of

interviewing will occur in the 2001 SIPP

Panel during FY 2001. The total annual

burden for 2001 Panel SIPP interviews

would be 78,750 hours in FY 2001.

The topical modules for the 2001

Panel Wave 2 collect the following

information about:

• Work Disability History

• Education and Training History

• Marital History

• Fertility History

• Migration History

• Household Relationships

Wave 2 interviews will be conducted

from June 2001 through September

2001.

A 10-minute reinterview of 2,500

persons is conducted at each wave to

ensure accuracy of responses.

Reinterviews would require an

additional 835 burden hours in FY

2001.

An additional 1,050 burden hours is

requested in order to continue the SIPP

Methods Panel testing which will be

conducted during the period of Wave 2

interviewing. The test targets SIPP Wave

1 items and sections that require

thorough and rigorous testing in order to

improve the quality of core data.

II. Method of Collection

The SIPP is designed as a continuing

series of national panels of interviewed

households that are introduced every

few years with each panel having

durations of one to four years. All

household members 15 years old or over

are interviewed using regular proxyrespondent rules. During the 2001

Panel, respondents are interviewed a

total of nine times (nine waves) at 4-

month intervals making the SIPP a

longitudinal survey. Sample people (all

household members present at the time

of the first interview) who move within

the country and reasonably close to a

SIPP primary sampling unit will be

followed and interviewed at their new

address. Individuals 15 years old or over

who enter the household after Wave 1

will be interviewed; however, if these

individuals move, they are not followed

unless they happen to move along with

a Wave 1 sample individual.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0875

Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated

Instrument

Type of Review: Regular

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households

Estimated Number of Respondents:

78,750 persons per wave

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes per person on average

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 80,635

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

only cost to respondents is their time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Section 182

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

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is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection 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.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized or

included in the request for the Office of

Management and Budget approval of

this information collection. They also

will become a matter of public record.

Dated: November 16, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–822–804, A–560–811, A–449–804, A–841–

804, A–570–860, A–455–803, A–580–844, A–

823–809]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary

Antidumping Duty Determinations:

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From

Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova,

the People’s Republic of China,

Poland, the Republic of Korea and

Ukraine

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Postponement of Preliminary

Antidumping Duty Determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald Trentham or Michele Mire, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Office IV, Group II,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–6320 or

(202) 482–4711, respectively.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is postponing the

preliminary determinations in the

antidumping duty investigations of steel

concrete reinforcing bars from Belarus,

Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People’s

Republic of China, Poland, the Republic

of Korea and Ukraine. The deadline for

issuing the preliminary determinations

in these investigations is now January

16, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (2000).

Background

On July 25, 2000, the Department

initiated antidumping duty

investigations of steel concrete

reinforcing bars from Austria, Belarus,

Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Moldova, the

People’s Republic of China, Poland, the

Republic of Korea, the Russian

Federation, Ukraine and Venezuela for

the period October 1, 1999 through

March 31, 2000 (65 FR 45754). The

notice stated that the Department would

issue its preliminary determinations no

later than 140 days after the date of

initiation.

Postponement of Preliminary

Determinations

On November 9, 2000, the Department

received a request for postponement of

the preliminary determinations from the

Rebar Trade Action Coalition

(hereinafter, the petitioner), in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e).

There are no compelling reasons for the

Department to deny the petitioner’s

request. Therefore, pursuant to section

733(c) of the Act, the Department is

postponing the deadline for issuing

these determinations until January 16,

2001.

This notice of postponement is in

accordance with section 733(c)(2) of the

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e).

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,

notice is hereby given that the Computer

System Security and Privacy Advisory

Board (CSSPAB) will meet Monday,

December 4, 2000, and Tuesday,

December 5, 2000, from 9 a.m. until 5

p.m. and Wednesday, December 6, 2000,

from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The Advisory

Board was established by the Computer

Security Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–

235) to advise the Secretary of

Commerce and the Director of NIST on

security and privacy issues pertaining to

federal computer systems. All sessions

will be open to the public. Details

regarding the Board’s activities are

available at http://csrc.nist.gov/csspab/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

December 4 and 5, 2000, from 9 a.m.

until 5 p.m. and on December 6, 2000,

from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Microsoft Corporation, Olympic

Room 27/1810, Building 27, 1 Microsoft

Way, Redmond, WA.

Agenda:

• Welcome and Overview

• Legislative Updates

• Review of NIST Computer Security

Program Activities

• Security Metrics Issues and

Recommendations

• Privacy Awareness Plan of Action

Discussion

• Security Governance Discussion

• Board Work Plan Follow-On

• Internet Security Briefing

• Public Participation

• Agenda Development for March

2000 meeting

• Wrap-Up

Note that agenda items may change

without notice because of possible

unexpected schedule conflicts of

presenters.

Public Participation: The Board

agenda will include a period of time,

not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral

comments and questions from the

public. Each speaker will be limited to

five minutes. Members of the public

who are interested in speaking are asked

to contact the Board Secretariat at the

telephone number indicated below. In

addition, written statements are invited

and may be submitted to the Board at

any time. Written statements should be

directed to the CSSPAB Secretariat,

Information Technology Laboratory, 100

Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. It would

be appreciated if 35 copies of written

material were submitted for distribution

to the Board and attendees no later than

December 1, 2000. Approximately 15