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specifically apply to Federally registered lobbyists appointed by agency or department heads, it sets forth the Administration’s general policy of decreasing the influence of special interests in the Federal Government).

Procedures and Guidelines of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees

Each newly appointed member of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees will serve for a term of three years beginning at the expiration of his or her predecessor’s term. As required by the Act, members of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees will receive compensation for each day while the member is attending meetings or engaged in the business of that Advisory Committee. The enabling statute states that members are to be compensated at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of Title 5, United States Code. Committee members are compensated on an hourly basis, calculated at the daily rate. While away from home or regular place of business, each member will be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by Section 5703 of Title 5, United States Code. The USPTO will provide clerical and other support services for the Committees as the Director may determine to be necessary and proper. Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws

Members of each Public Advisory Committee shall be Special Government Employees within the meaning of Section 202 of Title 18, United States Code. The following additional information includes several, but not all, of the ethics rules that apply to members, and assumes that members are not engaged in Public Advisory Committee business more than sixty days during any period of 365 consecutive days.

• Each member will be required to file a confidential financial disclosure form within thirty (30) days of appointment. 5 CFR 2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b).

• Each member will be subject to many of the public integrity laws, including criminal bars against representing a party, 18 U.S.C. 205(c), in a particular matter that came before the member’s committee and that involved at least one specific party. See also 18 U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A member also must not act on a matter in which the member (or any of certain closely related entities) has a financial interest (18 U.S.C. 208). • Representation of foreign interests may also raise issues (35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 219). Meetings of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees

Meetings of each Advisory Committee will take place at the call of the respective Committee Chair to consider an agenda set by that Chair. Meetings may be conducted in person, electronically through the Internet, or by other appropriate means. The meetings of each Advisory Committee will be open to the public except each Advisory Committee may, by majority vote, meet in confidential executive sessions when considering personnel, privileged, or other confidential matters. Nominees must have the ability to participate in Committee business through the Internet. Procedures for Submitting Nominations

Submit resume  ́ s for nomination for the Patent Public Advisory Committee and the Trademark Public Advisory Committee to: Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, utilizing the addresses provided above.

Dated: April 8, 2011. David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2011–9085 Filed 4–13–11; 8:45 am]

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**CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION** 

**Sunshine Act Meeting Notice**

**TIME AND DATE :**  Wednesday, April 20, 2011; 10 a.m.—11 a.m.

**PLACE :**  Room 410, Bethesda Towers, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

**STATUS :**  Closed to the public.

**MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED :**  Compliance Status Report

The Commission staff will brief the Commission on the status of compliance
matters.

For a recorded message containing the latest agenda information, call (301)
504–7948.

**CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION :**  Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301)
504–7923. Dated: April 12, 2011. Todd A Stevenson, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–9218 Filed 4–12–11; 4:15 pm]

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**CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE** 

**Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request** 

**AGENCY :**  Corporation for National and Community Service.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the

‘‘Corporation’’), has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled Assessment of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service (formerly known as National Conference Surveys), for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling the Corporation for National and Community Service, Nathan Dietz, at (202) 606–6633 or e-mail to ndietz@cns.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY–TDD) may call (202) 606–3472 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

**ADDRESSES :**  Comments may be submitted, identified by the title of the information collection activity, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk Officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service, by any of the following two methods within 30 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register:

(1) By fax to: (202) 395–6974, Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk Officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service; and

(2) Electronically by e-mail to smar@omb.eop.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Corporation, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;


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• Propose ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

• Propose ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.

Comments

A 60-day public comment Notice was published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2010. This comment period ended February 16, 2011. No public comments were received from this Notice.

Description: The Corporation is seeking approval of the Assessment of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service (formerly known as the Conference Surveys) which is completed by the conference’s attendees to assess the satisfaction of participants with the conference‘s activities, and gather feedback about the informational and other needs of conference attendees. Data are collected using the following surveying methods as described below.

• NCVS Registration Survey Form— data collected via the Conference registration system that provides demographic data on registered attendees, expectations and previous experiences.

• Workshop Survey Form—onsite and online surveys administered in all Conference sessions to learn about the workshop/session experience from the perspective of attendees.

• Post-Conference Online Survey—an online survey administered to registered attendees (excluding Conference exhibitors) to gather information about participation, quality and satisfaction.

• Follow-up Survey—an online survey administered to registered attendees (excluding Conference exhibitors) to gather information about participants’ utilization of knowledge and resources gained during the Conference.

Type of Review: Renewal. Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.

Title: Assessment of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service (formerly known as National Conference Surveys).

OMB Number: #6045–0128. Agency Number: None. Affected Public: Individuals and households, community and faith-based organizations, non-profits, state and local government and educational institutions and businesses.

Total Respondents: 5,000. Frequency: Annual. Average Time per Response: Fifteen minutes per survey.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,667 hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintenance): None.

Dated: April 8, 2011. Heather Peeler, Chief Strategy Officer, Strategy Office.
[FR Doc. 2011–9023 Filed 4–13–11; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**Applications for New Awards; Native American-Serving Nontribal**  **Institutions Part F Program**

**AGENCY :**  Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

Overview Information: Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) Part F Program.

Notice inviting applications for new awards using fiscal year (FY) 2010 funds.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.382C.

**DATES :**  Applications Available: April 14,
2011.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 31, 2011.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 28, 2011.

Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The NASNTI Part F Program provides grants andrelated assistance to Native AmericanServing Nontribal Institutions to enable these institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native Americans and low-income individuals by increasing their self-sufficiency in improving academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal stability. To qualify for funds under the NASNTI Program, an institution of higher education (IHE) must; have an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 10 percent Native American at the time of application for a grant; and not be a Tribal College or University under section 316 of the HEA.

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed program requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), however, allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements, regulations governing the first grant competition under a new or substantially revised program authority. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 152) (Reconciliation Act) provided new authority to implement the NASNTI Part F Program authorized under section 371 of the HEA. This is the first grant competition for this program since the Reconciliation Act; therefore, this competition qualifies for the exemption.

Under section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, in order to ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to forego public comment on the following requirements for this competition: the requirements established in Notes 1 and 2 in the Relationship between the Title III, Part F Programs section of this notice.

Priorities: These priorities are from the notice of supplemental priorities and definitions for discretionary grant programs, published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486).

Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2011, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional two and one-half points to an application that meets one of the priorities, or an additional five points to an application that meets both of these priorities.

These priorities are: Priority I—Increasing Postsecondary Success

Increasing the number and proportion of high-need students (as defined in this notice) who persist in and complete college or other postsecondary education and training; and, Priority II—Enabling More Data-Based Decision-Making

Projects that are designed to collect(or obtain), analyze, and use highquality and timely data, including data on program participant outcomes, in accordance with privacy requirements (as defined in this notice), in the following priority area:

Improving postsecondary student outcomes relating to enrollment, persistence, and completion and leading
to career success.

Definitions: These definitions are from the notice of final supplemental priorities and definitions for discretionary grant programs, published