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functions of the agency, 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;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarify the information to be collected;

and

•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.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew,

Department of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20210, (202) 219–7933, FAX (202)

219–4745.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 94–20 permits the purchase

and sale of foreign currencies between

an employee benefit plan and a bank or

a broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof

which is a party in interest with respect

to such plan. In the absence of this

exemption, certain aspects of these

transactions might be prohibited by

section 406(a) of the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

(the Act).

II. Current Actions

This existing collection of information

should be continued because without

the relief provided by this exemption,

individuals or entities which are parties

in interest of an employee benefit plan

would not be able to engage in the

purchase or sale of foreign currencies

between the plan and a bank or a

broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof

which is a party in interest with respect

to such plan and thus, create a potential

hardship to those affected. The

exemption has one basic information

collection condition. To protect the

interests of participants and

beneficiaries, the bank or broker-dealer

or affiliates thereof using the class

exemption are required to maintain

within territories under the jurisdiction

of the United States Government, for a

period of six years from the date of the

transaction, the records necessary to

enable the Department of Labor or the

Internal Revenue Service and certain

other interested persons to ensure that

the conditions of the exemption have

been satisfied.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

Title: Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 94–20.

OMB Number: 1210–0085.

Recordkeeping: 6 years.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Individuals.

Total Respondents: 1.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 1.

Average Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1

hour.

Total Burden Cost (capital/start-up):

$0.00.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.00.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: March 26, 1997.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration, Office of Policy and

Research.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Meetings of Humanities Panel

AGENCY: National Endowment for the

Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, as amended),

notice is hereby given that the following

meetings of the Humanities Panel will

be held at the Old Post Office, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy E. Weiss, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Humanities,

Washington, DC 20506; telephone (202)

606–8322. Hearing-impaired individuals

are advised that information on this

matter may be obtained by contacting

the Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202)

606–8282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed meetings are for the purpose

of panel review, discussion, evaluation

and recommendation on applications

for financial assistance under the

National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including discussion of information

given in confidence to the agency by the

grant applicants. Because the proposed

meetings will consider information that

is likely to disclose: (1) trade secrets and

commercial or financial information

obtained from a person and privileged

or confidential; or (2) information of a

personal nature the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant

to authority granted me by the

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to

Close Advisory Committee meetings,

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined

that this meeting will be closed to the

public pursuant to subsections (c)(4),

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United

States Code.

1. Date: April 24, 1997

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Seminars and Institutes

for School Teachers in Western

Civilization II, submitted to the Division

of Research and Education for projects

at the March 1, 1997 deadline.

2. Date: April 25, 1997

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Seminars and Institutes

for School Teachers in World

Civilizations, submitted to the Division

of Research and Education for projects

at the March 1, 1997 deadline.

3. Date: April 28, 1997

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Seminars and Institutes

for College and University Faculty in

Western Civilization II, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the March 1, 1997 deadline.

4. Date: April 29, 1997

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Seminars and Institutes

for College and University Faculty in

American Studies, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the March 1, 1997 deadline.

5. Date: April 30, 1997

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Seminars and Institutes

for School Teachers in American and
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Comparative Literature, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the March 1, 1997 deadline.

Nancy E. Weiss,

Adivsory Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Proposed Data Collection: Public’s

Views and Comments

Title of Proposed Collection: Public

Attitudes About Technology.

The National Science Foundation, an

independent federal agency, is

interested in obtaining the public’s

views and attitudes toward technology.

Specifically, we are seeking input and

comments from all interested persons

on their views of the value of

technology in their lives, and their

familiarity with and level of comfort

when using technological innovations

such as computers and other complex

yet common electronic devices.

In addition to the general public, we

are especially interested in receiving

comments from students in grades 7

through 12 and from informed observers

and followers of science and

engineering research and education.

In an effort to obtain the public’s

input and useful information, the

National Science Foundation has

developed the questions that follow.

Responses from the public will be used

only in the aggregate, and only to help

NSF in its efforts to better explain itself

and its activities to the American

public.

We hope you will provide us with

your thoughts on the following

questions. Detailed comments are also

welcome and greatly appreciated.

Responses and comments can be

mailed to Public Attitudes About

Technology, c/o Office of Legislative

and Public Affairs, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room

1245, Arlington, VA 22230. Comments

can also be sent via email to

nstw@nst.gov, or faxed to (703) 306–

1070.

All comments should be received by

Monday, April 21, 1997.

Dated: March 24, 1997.

Julia Moore,

Director, Office of Legislative and Public

Affairs.

For students in grades 7–12, which

are you most likely to do after high

school?

Go to college,

Go to a trade or technical school, or

Go straight to work

Other

Again for students in grades 7–12,

what is the highest level of college

education you are most likely to

complete?

A graduate degree, such as a masters,

doctorate or law degree

A four year undergraduate degree from

a college or university, or

A two-year undergraduate degree, such

as from a community college

Other

If you had to choose, which would

you say are your favorite subjects in

school?

The ones that involve math and science

or,

the ones that involve English or social

studies—such as government and

history

Both equally

Neither

Now we’re going to list some more

specific subjects. For each one, please

say whether you consider it to be so

exciting that you would like to learn

more about it or whether it’s not that

exciting to you.

Space exploration, including the

planets, space travel, and special

projects like the Hubble Telescope

New advances in computer technology,

such as faster processing chips and

more sophisticated software

Medical research such as cloning and

hi-tech ways to study and treat human

diseases

If you had the choice, what kind of

house would your prefer to live in—a

house that has lots of electronic

equipment, hi-tech appliances and

computers, or a simpler house that has

fewer of these types of things?

Do you think that having strong

computer skills and an understanding of

other technology is necessary to make a

good living or do you think a good

living can be made without these skills?

Thinking about the computer skills

people need by the time they graduate

from high school, how do you feel about

the computer education students get in

school these days?

Do you feel that computer education is

on track or,

Do you feel that schools should be

teaching a lot more?

Next we’d like to know how confident

you feel using computers. We’d like you

to use a scale from zero to ten, where

ten represents a person who is very

confident with computers and zero is a

person who is not confident at all with

computers. Which number on this scale

from zero to ten best describes how

confident you feel using computers?

Not confident Very confident

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

09 10

In your household, who usually

programs the VCR? Someone 18 years

old or younger, or someone 19 years old

or older?

18 years old or younger

19 years old or older

Have you, personally, ever used a

computer?

If you have used a computer, how old

were you the first time you used a

computer?

In the past week, meaning the last

seven days, how much time would you

say you spent using a computer?

If you had the choice, would you like

to spend more time, less time or about

the same amount of time as you already

do using a computer?

Do you ever have the opportunity to

use the Internet or not?

In the past week, meaning the last

seven days, how much time did you,

personally, spend using an on-line

service, such as America Online, the

Internet or the World Wide Web?

For this next series of questions, we

are going to ask about various types of

technology—such as computers and

electronic equipment—that you might

come into contact with in your daily

life.

First, we’d like to know how often

you use several types of technology.

Please indicate whether you do it

several times a day, about once a day,

a few times a week, a few times a

month, less often than that, or never.

Use a computer

Operate a VCR

Program or get messages from a

telephone answering machine

Play video or computer games

Use stereo or audio equipment, such as

a CD player or boom box

Use a calculator

Please tell us whether you consider

each one of the following types of

equipment to be something that is

important for you to own or have in

your home, or whether it is something

you could easily live without.

A computer

A VCR

A telephone answering machine

Video or computer games

Stereo and audio equipment, such as a

CD player or boom box

A microwave oven

A calculator

A television

When you go to use a piece of

electronic equipment, computer

software or other type of technology for

the first time, can you usually learn to

use it on you own or do you usually

need some help?