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Further Revised Annuity Employee 

(FERS–FRAE). Employees subject to 

FERS–FRAE coverage must pay even 

higher employee contributions than 

employees subject to FERS–RAE. 

Employees subject to FERS–FRAE must 

pay an increase of 1.30 percent of pay 

above the percentage set for FERS–RAE. 

Separate normal cost percentages apply 

for FERS–RAE and for FERS–FRAE. 

The Governmentwide normal cost 

percentages, including the employee 

contributions, are as follows: 

NORMAL COST PERCENTAGES FOR FERS, FERS-REVISED ANNUITY EMPLOYEE (RAE), AND FERS-FURTHER REVISED

ANNUITY (FRAE) GROUPS

Group 

FERS 

normal cost 

(percent) 

FERS–RAE 

normal cost 

(percent) 

FERS–FRAE 

normal cost 

(percent) 

Members ...................................................................................................................................... 22.1 15.0 15.1 

Congressional employees, except members of the Capitol Police ............................................. 20.4 15.0 15.1 

Congressional employees who are members of the Capitol Police ........................................... 20.4 20.9 21.0 

Law enforcement officers, members of the Supreme Court Police, firefighters, nuclear materials couriers, customs and border protection officers, and employees under section 302 of 

the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for certain employees .................... 31.4 32.0 32.1 

Air traffic controllers ..................................................................................................................... 33.1 33.7 33.7 

Military reserve technicians ......................................................................................................... 18.1 18.5 18.7 

Employees under section 303 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for 

certain employees (when serving abroad) ............................................................................... 20.3 20.9 21.0 

All other regular FERS employees .............................................................................................. 14.5 15.0 15.1 

Under section 841.408 of title 5, Code 

of Federal Regulations, these normal 

cost percentages are effective at the 

beginning of the first pay period 

commencing on or after October 1, 2015. 

The time limit and address for filing 

agency appeals under sections 841.409 

through 841.412 of title 5, Code of 

Federal Regulations, are stated in the 

DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this 

notice. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6325–38–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Excepted Service 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice identifies 

Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities applicable to a single agency 

that were established or revoked from 

January 1, 2015, to January 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Senior Executive Resources Services, 

Senior Executive Services and 

Performance Management, Employee 

Services, (202) 606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 CFR 213.103, 

Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities available for use by all 

agencies are codified in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR). Schedule A, 

B, and C appointing authorities 

applicable to a single agency are not 

codified in the CFR, but the U.S. Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) 

publishes a notice of agency-specific 

authorities established or revoked each 

month in the Federal Register at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. OPM also 

publishes an annual notice of the 

consolidated listing of all Schedule A, 

B, and C appointing authorities, current 

as of June 30, in the Federal Register. 

Schedule A 

No Schedule A Authorities to report 

during January 2015. 

Schedule B 

No Schedule B authorities to report 

during January 2015. 

Schedule C 

The following Schedule C appointing 

authorities were approved during 

January 2015. 

Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization 

No. Effective date 

Department of Agriculture ............... Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Congressional Relations.

Senior Legislative Analyst .............. DA150035 1/15/2015 

Office of Communications .............. Deputy Director .............................. DA150041 1/20/2015 

Department of Commerce ............... Office of the Chief of Staff ............. Director of Advance and Protocol .. DC150043 1/15/2015 

Consumer Product Safety Commission.Office of Commissioners ................ Special Assistant (Legal) ................ PS150002 1/22/2015 

Department of Defense ................... Washington Headquarters Services Defense Fellow ............................... DD150035 1/7/2015 

Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs).Special Assistant (Legislative Affairs) (Chief Policy).DD150045 1/23/2015 

Department of the Army .................. Office of the Under Secretary ........ Special Assistant ............................ DW150012 1/28/2015 

Export-Import Bank ......................... Office of the Chairman ................... Director of Scheduling .................... EB150001 1/23/2015 

Department of Homeland Security .. Federal Emergency Management 

Agency.

Special Assistant ............................ DM150049 1/7/2015 

Office of the Chief of Staff ............. Special Assistant ............................ DM150050 1/20/2015 

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Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization 

No. Effective date 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Policy.

Special Assistant In Information 

Sharing Policy.

DM150051 1/20/2015 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Policy.

Special Assistant (3) ...................... DM150052 

DM150053 

DM150056 

1/20/2015 

1/20/2015 

1/23/2015 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development.

Office of Public Affairs .................... Deputy Speechwriter ......................

Deputy Press Secretary .................

DU150020 

DU150015 

1/23/2015 

1/2/2015 

Department of Justice ..................... Office of Legislative Affairs ............ Attorney Advisor and Intergovernmental Liaison.DJ150011 1/6/2015 

Office of the Associate Attorney 

General.

Senior Counsel ...............................

Deputy Director (Civil) ....................

DJ140130 

DJ150034 

1/16/2015 

1/21/2015 

Community Relations Service ........ Senior Counsel ............................... DJ150032 1/16/2015 

Office of the Attorney General ....... Confidential Assistant ..................... DJ150033 1/16/2015 

Department of Labor ....................... Wage and Hour Division ................ Senior Policy Advisor ..................... DL150025 1/23/2015 

Office of National Drug Control Policy.Office of the Director ...................... Policy and Administrative Coordinator.QQ150002 1/20/2015 

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy.

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy.

Confidential Assistant ..................... TS150004 1/6/2015 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative.

Office of the Ambassador .............. Special Assistant (2) ...................... TN150002 

TN150003 

1/20/2015 

1/6/2015 

Office of Congressional Affairs ...... Senior Advisor ................................ TN150008 1/20/2015 

Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 

and Public Liaison.

Director for Private Sector Engagement.TN150004 1/27/2015 

Small Business Administration ........ Office of the Administrator ............. Confidential Assistant ..................... SB150012 1/23/2015 

Department of State ........................ Office of the Chief of Protocol ........ Protocol Officer (Ceremonials) ....... DS150020 1/23/2015 

Office of the Deputy Secretary ....... Senior Advisor ................................

Staff Assistant ................................

DS150021 

DS150022 

1/23/2015 

1/23/2015 

Office of the Secretary ................... Staff Assistant ................................ DS150032 1/23/2015 

Department of Transportation ......... Office of the Secretary (Public Affairs).Deputy Press Secretary .................

Director of Strategic Communications.

DT150017 

DT150021 

1/2/2015 

1/6/2015 

Chief Speechwriter ......................... DT150019 1/7/2015 

Press Secretary and Senior Media 

Advisor.

DT150025 1/23/2015 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration.

Director of Communications ........... DT150018 1/2/2015 

Department of the Treasury ............ Office of Assistant Secretary (Management).Special Assistant ............................ DY150029 1/23/2015 

Office of Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs).Special Assistant ............................ DY150030 1/23/2015 

The following Schedule C appointing 

authorities were revoked during January 

2015. 

Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization 

No. Vacate date 

Department of Agriculture ............... Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Congressional Relations.

Legislative Director ......................... DA150001 1/24/15 

Department of the Army .................. Office of Assistant Secretary of the 

Army (Installations and Environment).

Special Advisor to the Assistant 

Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environments).

DW120035 1/3/15 

Department of Education ................ Office of Innovation and Improvement.Senior Advisor for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.DB140056 1/2/15 

Office of Communications and Outreach.Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Outreach Services.DB090074 1/9/15 

Department of Homeland Security .. United States Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement.

Congressional Relations Director ... DM140099 1/23/15 

Office of the Under Secretary for 

Protection and Programs Directorate.

Cyber Security Strategist ............... DM140216 1/31/15 

Department of Justice ..................... Office of Intergovernmental and 

Public Liaison.

Associate Director .......................... DJ110043 1/10/15 

Office of the Associate Attorney 

General.

Counsel .......................................... DJ100169 1/24/15 

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1See Oversight of Credit Rating Agencies 

Registered as Nationally Recognized Statistical 

Rating Organizations, Exchange Act Release No. 

55857 (June 5, 2007), 72 FR 33564, 33595–33599 

(June 18, 2007); Amendments to Rules for 

Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating 

Organizations, Exchange Act Release No. 59342 

(Feb. 2, 2009) 74 FR 6456, 6465–6469 (Feb. 9, 2009); 

and Amendments to Rules for Nationally 

Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, 

Exchange Act Release No. 61050 (Nov. 23, 2009), 

74 FR 63832, 63842–63850 (Dec. 4, 2009). 

2See Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating 

Organizations, Exchange Act Release No. 72936 

(August 27, 2014), 79 FR 55078, 55107–55194 (Sept. 

15, 2014) (‘‘Adopting Release’’). 

Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization 

No. Vacate date 

Office of the Attorney General ....... Confidential Assistant ..................... DJ090123 1/31/15 

Bureau of Public Affairs ................. Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist.DS140062 1/19/15 

Department of Transportation ......... Office of the Secretary (Public Affairs).Speechwriter ................................... DT140001 1/10/15 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 

10577, 3 CFR, 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06407 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: March 30, 2015, at 11 

a.m. 

PLACE: Commission hearing room, 901 

New York Avenue NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20268–0001. 

STATUS: The Postal Regulatory 

Commission will hold a public meeting 

to discuss the agenda items outlined 

below. Part of the meeting will be open 

to the public as well as audiocast, and 

the audiocast may be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.prc.gov. Part of the meeting will be 

closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

for the Commission’s March 30, 2015 

meeting includes the items identified 

below. 

PORTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: 

1. Report from the Office of Public 

Affairs and Government Relations. 

2. Report from the Office of General 

Counsel. 

3. Report from the Office of 

Accountability and Compliance. 

PORTIONS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: 

4. Discussion of pending litigation. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, 

Postal Regulatory Commission, 901 New 

York Avenue NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20268–0001, at 202– 

789–6820 (for agenda-related inquiries) 

and Shoshana M. Grove, Secretary of the 

Commission, at 202–789–6800 or 

shoshana.grove@prc.gov (for inquiries 

related to meeting location, changes in 

date or time of the meeting, access for 

handicapped or disabled persons, the 

audiocast, or similar matters). The 

Commission’s Web site may also 

provide information on changes in the 

date or time of the meeting. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06506 Filed 3–18–15; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–2736. 

Extension: 

Rule 17g–5, SEC File. No. 270–581, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0649. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the existing collection of information 

provided for in Rule 17g–5 (17 CFR 

240.17g–5) under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a 

et seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’). The 

Commission plans to submit this 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. 

The Credit Rating Agency Reform Act 

of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–291) (‘‘Rating 

Agency Act’’), enacted on September 29, 

2006, defines the term ‘‘nationally 

recognized statistical rating 

organization,’’ or ‘‘NRSRO’’ and 

provides authority for the Commission 

to implement registration, 

recordkeeping, financial reporting, and 

oversight rules with respect to registered 

credit rating agencies. The Rating 

Agency Act added a new section 15E, 

‘‘Registration of Nationally Recognized 

Statistical Rating Organizations’’ (15 

U.S.C. 78o–7) to the Exchange Act. 

Exchange Act section 15E(h)(2) provides 

the Commission with authority to 

prohibit, or require the management and 

disclosure of, any potential conflict of 

interest relating to the issuance of credit 

ratings by an NRSRO (15 U.S.C. 78o– 

7(h)(2)). 

The Commission adopted, and 

subsequently amended, Rule 17g–5 

pursuant, in part, to section 15E(h)(2) of 

the Exchange Act.1 Rule 17g–5 requires 

the disclosure of and establishment of 

procedures to manage certain NRSRO 

conflicts of interest, prohibits certain 

other NRSRO conflicts of interest, and 

contains requirements regarding the 

disclosure of information in the case of 

the conflict of interest of an NRSRO 

issuing or maintaining a credit rating on 

an asset-backed security that was paid 

for by the issuer, sponsor, or 

underwriter of the security. 

On August 27, 2014, the Commission 

adopted amendments to Rule 17g–5.2

The amendments modified the 

collection of information included in 

Rule 17g–5 in three ways. First, the 

Commission added paragraph 

(a)(3)(iii)(E) to Rule 17g–5 to require an 

NRSRO to obtain a representation from 

the issuer, sponsor, or underwriter of an 

asset-backed security that the issuer, 

sponsor, or underwriter will post on the 

Web site referred to in paragraph 

(a)(3)(iii) of Rule 17g–5 (‘‘Rule 17g–5 

Web site’’), promptly after receipt, any 

executed Form ABS Due Diligence-15E 

delivered by a person employed to 

provide third-party due diligence 

services with respect to the security or 

money market instrument. 

Second, the Commission added 

paragraph (c)(8) to Rule 17g–5 to 

prohibit an NRSRO from issuing or 

maintaining a credit rating where a 

person within the NRSRO who 

participates in determining or 

monitoring the credit rating, or 

developing or approving procedures or 

methodologies used for determining the 

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