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1 49 FR 9494 (March 13, 1984), as corrected at 50 

FR 41430 (October 10, 1985), as amended at 70 FR 

49305 (August 23, 2005), and as amended at 75 FR 

38837 (July 6, 2010). 

will be made to the statements received, 

as they are public records. 

Individuals or representatives of 

organizations wishing to address the 

Advisory Council should forward their 

requests to the Executive Secretary or 

telephone (202) 693–8668. Oral 

presentations will be limited to ten 

minutes, time permitting, but an 

extended statement may be submitted 

for the record. Individuals with 

disabilities who need special 

accommodations, or others who need 

special accommodations, should contact 

the Executive Secretary by March 13. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

February, 2015. 

Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Application No. D–11837] 

Notice of Extension of Comment 

Period on Proposed Individual 

Exemption involving Credit Suisse AG 

(hereinafter, Credit Suisse AG) 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of Labor (the 

Department) is extending the date by 

which comments may be submitted in 

connection with a proposed individual 

exemption published on November 18, 

2014, at 79 FR 68712, involving 

‘‘qualified professional asset managers’’ 

that are affiliated with, or related to, 

Credit Suisse AG. Comments on the 

proposed exemption may now be 

submitted to the Department on or 

before March 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: All written supplemental 

information should be directed to the 

Office of Exemption Determinations, 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Room N–5700, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, 

Attention: Application No. D–11837. 

Any such submission must be received 

on or before March 2, 2015. The 

application regarding the proposed 

exemption and the comments received 

(and prior hearing requests) will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Public Disclosure Room of the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–1515, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Comments (and prior hearing requests) 

will also be made available online 

through http://www.regulations.gov and 

www.dol.gov/ebsa at no charge. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

S. Hesse, Office of Exemption 

Determinations, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, telephone (202) 

693–8546 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 3, 2014, the Department 

published in the Federal Register, at 79 

FR 52365, a notice of pendency of a 

proposed individual exemption (the 

First Proposed Exemption) for certain 

affiliates of Credit Suisse AG and for 

certain other entities in which Credit 

Suisse AG owns a 5% or more interest 

to continue to rely on the relief 

provided by Prohibited Transaction 

Class Exemption (PTE) 84–14,1

notwithstanding a judgment of 

conviction against Credit Suisse AG for 

one count of conspiracy to violate 

section 7206(2) of the Internal Revenue 

Code in violation of Title 18, United 

States Code, Section 371, to be entered 

in the District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia in Case Number 

1:14–cr–188–RBS. In that notice, the 

Department invited interested persons 

to submit written comments and 

requests for a public hearing. 

Following publication of the First 

Proposed Exemption, and in connection 

therewith, the Department received 

several requests for a public hearing. To 

ensure that both: (1) Plans with assets 

managed by qualified professional asset 

managers that are affiliated with or 

related to Credit Suisse did not incur 

sudden losses to the extent such 

managers could no longer rely on the 

relief set forth in PTE 84–14 as of the 

scheduled date of the conviction 

(November 21, 2014); and (2) comments 

on the proposed exemption were 

properly heard and addressed; the 

Department issued, on November 18, 

2014: (A) A final temporary conditional 

exemption regarding the First Proposed 

Exemption at 79 FR 68716; (B) a new 

proposed conditional exemption (the 

Second Proposed Exemption) at 79 FR 

68712, that, if granted, would allow 

Credit Suisse AG affiliated and related 

QPAMs to rely on PTE 84–14 on a 

permanent basis; and (C) a notice of 

hearing regarding the Second Proposed 

Exemption, at 79 FR 68711. 

A public hearing regarding the 

Second Proposed Exemption was 

subsequently held in Washington, DC, 

on January 15, 2015. At the hearing, the 

Department informed commenters that 

the record for the Second Proposed 

Exemption would be kept open until 

January 26, 2015. 

The Department now believes that 

commenters may need additional time 

to review the hearing transcript prior to 

supplementing the record for the 

Second Proposed Exemption. The 

transcript is now available online 

through http://www.regulations.gov and 

www.dol.gov/ebsa. The transcript is also 

available through the Public Disclosure 

Room of the Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–1515, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Supplemental information submitted 

in connection with the Second Proposed 

Exemption must be received by the 

Department on or before March 2, 2015. 

Warning: All comments received will 

be included in the public record 

without change and will be made 

available online at http://

www.regulations.gov and www.dol.gov/

ebsa. The Department will endeavor to 

redact certain protected personal 

information, but it is possible that some 

such information may be disclosed. 

Therefore, if you submit a comment, the 

Department recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment, but DO NOT submit 

information that you consider to be 

confidential, or otherwise protected 

(such as Social Security number or an 

unlisted phone number) or confidential 

business information that you do not 

want publicly disclosed. Furthermore, if 

the Department cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EBSA might not be able to consider your 

comment. Additionally, the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the Department will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you complete the applicable 

fields or provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email directly 

to the Department without going 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public record and made available on the 

Internet. 


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8690 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 18, 2015 / Notices 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

February, 2015. 

Lyssa Hall, 

Director of Exemption Determinations, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration, 

U.S. Department of Labor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Public Listening Session 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of public listening 

session. 

SUMMARY: In preparation for launching 

the Online Skills Academy described in 

the Administration’s ‘‘Ready to Work: 

Job-Driving Training and American 

Opportunity’’ report, the Department of 

Labor (Department), Employment and 

Training Administration is hosting a 

virtual listening session to solicit 

information and public input 

concerning the development of an 

Online Skills Academy. This listening 

session will be hosted in partnership 

with the Department of Education. 

The listening session will provide an 

opportunity for stakeholders to provide 

their comments and suggestions and 

engage in a national dialogue regarding 

the implementation of this priority 

funding. 

Instructions regarding registering for 

and attending the listening session are 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice. 

DATES:

Listening Session: The virtual 

listening session will be on, Friday, 

February 20, 2015, and will begin at 

2:00 p.m. and is scheduled to end by 

4:00 p.m. 

Registration: You must register to 

attend this virtual listening session. 

ETA will post specific information on 

how to register and participate via the 

Internet on the Online Skills Academy 

Web site at www.doleta.gov/

skillsacademy in advance of the 

listening session. 

Comments: A transcript of all public 

comments will be available. This 

transcript and any written comments 

submitted following the public listening 

session will be posted on the Online 

Skills Academy Web site at 

www.doleta.gov/skillsacademy by 

Friday, February 27, 2015. Written 

comments must be submitted 

electronically to skillsacademy@dol.gov. 

Comments must be received by 5:00 

p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 25, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: The listening session will 

be conducted virtually via live webcast. 

ETA will post the agenda and logistical 

information on how to participate via 

Internet on the Online Skills Academy 

Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/

skillsacademy in advance of the 

listening session. The session is open to 

the public and the entire proceedings 

will be webcast, recorded, and made 

publicly available. Interested parties 

may participate via webcast only. 

Capacity is not limited but registration 

is required. For information on how to 

register, go to http://www.doleta.gov/

skillsacademy. Registration will be open 

until the listening session begins. In 

addition to attending joining the virtual 

session via webinar, ETA would like to 

solicit comments electronically to 

skillsacademy@dol.gov. Comments must 

be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on 

Wednesday, February 25, 2015. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In July 2014, Vice President Joe Biden 

released a report on federal job-driven 

training programs, http://

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/

skills_report_072014_2.pdf. Among 

other things, programs and initiatives 

identified in this report highlight the 

importance of strategies that are 

responsive to employer needs in order 

to effectively place ready-to-work 

Americans in jobs that are available now 

or train them in the skills needed for 

better jobs. The report also highlighted 

future initiatives that expand the tools 

for job seekers to find pathways to better 

jobs. One of these initiatives is the 

Department of Labor’s Online Skills 

Academy, a competition to award up to 

$25 million for partnerships that will 

offer open, online courses of study, 

helping students earn credentials online 

through participating accredited 

institutions, and expanding access to 

curriculum designed to speed the time 

to credit and completion. Building off 

the burgeoning marketplace of free and 

openly-licensed learning resources, 

including the content developed 

through the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance Community College and 

Career Training (TAACCCT) grant 

program, this online skills academy will 

ensure that workers can get the 

education and training they need to 

advance their careers by developing 

skills in-demand by employers through 

courses that are free to access and 

provide a low cost means for earning 

credentials and degrees. This initiative 

will be administered in partnership 

with the Department of Education. 

To plan this competition, the 

Departments of Labor and Education 

will engage stakeholders in a national 

dialogue to learn and understand 

concerns and ideas related to the 

following topics: 

• Technology-enabled and online 

learning, including use of open 

platforms 

• Accelerated career pathways 

leading to industry-recognized 

credentials in in-demand fields 

• Contextualized learning 

• Online and technology enabled 

assessment tools, including 

competency-based and open access 

assessments 

• Use of local labor market 

information and employer engagement 

in identification of in-demand skills and 

credentials 

II. Instructions for Attending the 

Listening Session 

Space for attendance at this virtual 

listening session is not limited; 

however, you must register to attend. 

Information on how to register and 

participate will be posted on the Online 

Skills Academy Web site at http://

www.doleta.gov/skillsacademy in 

advance of the listening session. 

III. Draft Agenda for the February 20, 

2015 Listening Session 

Welcome and Introductions—2:00 p.m. 

ET to 2:20 p.m. ET 

Overview of Online Skills Academy 

Vision and Required Components— 

2:20 p.m. ET to 2:30 p.m. ET 

Open Comment Period—2:30 p.m. ET to 

4:00 p.m. ET 

• Topic #1—Online Education and 

Learning 

• Topic #2—Open Educational 

Resources and Open Platforms 

• Topic #3—Training Unemployed 

Workers and Non-traditional 

Learners 

• Topic #4—Developing Career 

Pathways in High-Demand Sectors 

• Topic #5—Developing Assessments 

The agenda will be strictly followed; 

participants may attend all or part of the 

listening session as relevant. The 

updated agenda will be posted on the 

Online Skills Academy Web site at 

http://www.doleta.gov/skillsacademy in 

advance of the listening session. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

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