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engage in leasing activities, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(3) of the Board’s Regulation

Y; and in advisory activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(6)(iii) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 21, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–10992 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

April 29, 1998.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.bog.frb.fed.us for an electronic

announcement that not only lists

applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–11064 Filed 4–22–98; 10:14 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Proposed Extension and Clearance of

Information Collections Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act; Comment

Request for the Updated Model

Qualified Trust Certificates and

Documents

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics

(OGE).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: After this first round notice

and comment period, OGE plans to

submit updated executive branch

qualified trust model certificates and

draft documents for three-year extension

of Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approval under the Paperwork

Reduction Act. In addition, OGE intends

to submit, as part of the same overall

package, a new set of model blind trust

communications formats for paperwork

review and approval for the first time.

In all, a total of twelve OGE model

certificates and documents are involved.

DATES: Comments by the public and

agencies on this proposed paperwork

extension and clearance notice are

invited and should be received by July

8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

William E. Gressman, Associate General

Counsel, Office of Government Ethics,

Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20005–3917.

Comments may also be sent

electronically to OGE’s Internet E-mail

address at usoge@oge.gov (for E-mail

messages, the subject line should

include the following reference—

‘‘Qualified trust model certificates and

draft documents paperwork comment’’).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Gressman at the Office of Government

Ethics; telephone: 202–208–8000, ext.

1110; TDD: 202–208–8025; FAX: 202–

208–8037. A copy of all of the draft

updated model trust documents and

certificates may be obtained, without

charge, by contacting Mr. Gressman.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Government Ethics, as the

supervising ethics office for the

executive branch of the Federal

Government under the Ethics in

Government Act of 1978 (the ‘‘Ethics

Act’’), is the sponsoring agency for

model certificates and draft trust

documents for qualified blind and

diversified trusts of executive branch

officials set up under section 102(f) of

the Ethics Act, 5 U.S.C. app., § 102(f),

and OGE’s implementing financial

disclosure regulations at subpart D of 5

CFR part 2634. Approval of OGE can be

sought by Presidential nominees to

executive branch positions subject to

Senate confirmation and any other

executive branch officials for Ethics Act

qualified blind or diversified trusts. The

various model certificates and trust

documents are utilized by OGE and

settlors, trustees and other fiduciaries in

establishing and administering the

qualified trusts.

The Office of Government Ethics is

planning to submit, after this first round

notice and comment period, updated

versions of eleven qualified trust

certificates and model documents (all

included under OMB control number

3209–0007) for a three-year extension of

approval by OMB under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35). At that time, OGE will

publish a second paperwork notice in

the Federal Register to inform the

public and the agencies. The current

paperwork approval for the certificates

and model documents is scheduled to

expire at the end of August 1998. The

proposed updating changes are minor

improvements to the various forms that

result from practice with the qualified

trust program over the past several

years.

In addition, OGE has determined that

a new twelfth model forms set, entitled

Blind Trust Communications (Expedited

Procedure for Securing Approval of

Proposed Communications) and which

consists of standard trustee reporting

formats and instructions for

communicating with OGE, will be of

value in administering the Ethics Act

qualified trust program. Accordingly,

OGE will seek initial three-year

paperwork approval therefor from OMB.

Furthermore, OGE proposes to make a

revision to the procedural paperwork

notices to all of the model certificates

and draft trust documents. Pursuant to

the 1995 revisions to the Paperwork

Reduction Act, OGE would add a

statement to the model forms that an

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

no person is required to respond to, a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. A parenthetical reference

would also be made to the location of

that number (on the top of the first page

or in the heading of the various model

documents). The caption of the public

burden information section would be

changed to indicate the inclusion of the

Paperwork Reduction Act statement as

well. In addition, OGE would add the

OMB paperwork control number, 3209–

0007, to the headings of the model

certificates, as codified in appendixes A

and B to part 2634.

The various model trust certificates

and documents as proposed to be

modified are available to the public

upon request as indicated in the ‘‘For

Further Information Contact’’ section

above.

There are two categories of

information collection requirements

which OGE plans to submit, each with

its own related reporting certificates or

model documents which are subject to

review and approval by OMB under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35). The OGE regulatory
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citations for these two categories,

together with identification of the forms

used for their implementation, are as

follows:

i. Qualified trust administration—5

CFR 2634.401(d)(2), 2634.403(b)(11),

2634.404(c)(11), 2634.406(a)(3) and (b),

2634.408, 2634.409 and appendixes A

and B of part 2634 (the two

implementing forms, the Certificate of

Independence and Certificate of

Compliance, are codified respectively in

the cited appendixes; see also the

Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction

Act notices thereto in appendix C—OGE

will revise these appendixes as noted

above in a final rule once OMB

paperwork clearance for this overall

package is obtained); and

ii. Qualified trust drafting—5 CFR

2634.401(c)(1)(i) & (d)(2), 2634.403(b),

2634.404(c), 2634.408 and 2634.409 (the

nine implementing forms are the: (A)

Blind Trust Communications (Expedited

Procedure for Securing Approval of

Proposed Communications); (B) Model

Qualified Blind Trust Provisions; (C)

Model Qualified Diversified Trust

Provisions; (D) Model Qualified Blind

Trust Provisions (For Use in the Case of

Multiple Fiduciaries); (E) Model

Qualified Blind Trust Provisions (For

Use in the Case of an Irrevocable PreExisting Trust); (F) Model Qualified

Diversified Trust Provisions (Hybrid

Version); (G) Model Qualified

Diversified Trust Provisions (For Use in

the Case of Multiple Fiduciaries); (H)

Model Qualified Diversified Trust

Provisions (For Use in the Case of an

Irrevocable Pre-Existing Trust); (I)

Model Confidentiality Agreement

Provisions (For Use in the Case of a

Privately Owned Business); and (J)

Model Confidentiality Agreement

Provisions (For Use in the Case of

Investment Management Activities).

As noted above, OGE will seek a

three-year extension of OMB paperwork

approval for all of these certificates and

documents, except for the new Blind

Trust Communications set (item ii (A)

above) as to which a first-time threeyear paperwork clearance will be

sought. Once completed, the new

communications formats and, as now

redetermined by OGE, the

confidentiality agreements (items ii (I)

and (J) above) would not be available to

the public due to the fact that they

contain sensitive, confidential

information. All the other completed

model trust certificates and draft

documents are publicly available based

upon proper Ethics Act request (by

filling out an OGE Form 201 access

form).

The total annual public reporting

burden represents the time involved for

completing qualified trust certificates

and documents drafts, which are

processed by OGE. The burden is based

on the amount of time imposed on

private citizens. Virtually all filers/

document users are private trust

administrators and other private

representatives who help to set up and

maintain the qualified blind and

diversified trusts. The detailed

paperwork estimates below for the

various trust certificates and model

documents are based primarily on

OGE’s experience with administration

of the qualified trust program.

i. Trust Certificates:

A. Certificate of Independence: Total

filers (executive branch): 10; Private

citizen filers (100%): 10; OGE-processed

certificates (private citizens): 10; OGE

burden hours (20 minutes/certificate): 3.

B. Certificate of Compliance: Total

filers (executive branch): 35; Private

citizen filers (100%): 35; OGE-processed

certificates (private citizens): 35; OGE

burden hours (20 minutes/certificate):

12; and

ii. Model Qualified Trust Drafts:

A. Blind Trust Communications: Total

Users (executive branch): 35; Private

citizen users (100%): 35; OGE-processed

drafts (private citizens): 210 (based on

an average of six communications per

user per year); OGE burden hours (20

minutes/communication): 70.

B. Model Qualified Blind Trust Draft:

Total Users (executive branch): 10;

Private citizen users (100%): 10; OGEprocessed drafts (private citizens): 10;

OGE burden hours (100 hours/draft):

1,000.

C. Model Qualified Diversified Trust

Draft: Total users (executive branch): 15;

Private citizen users (100%): 15; OGEprocessed drafts (private citizens): 15;

OGE burden hours (100 hours/draft):

1,500.

D.–H. Each of the five remaining

model qualified trust modified drafts

involves: Total users (executive branch):

2; Private citizen users (100%): 2; OGEprocessed drafts (private citizens): 2,

multiplied by 5 (five different drafts) =

10; OGE burden hours (100 hours/draft):

200, multiplied by 5 (five different

drafts) = 1,000.

I.–J. Each of the two model

confidentiality agreements involves:

Total users (executive branch): 2;

Private citizens users (100%): 2; OGEprocessed agreements (private citizens):

2, multiplied by 2 (two different drafts)

= 4; OGE burden hours (50 hours/

agreement): 100, multiplied by 2 (two

different drafts) = 200.

Based on these estimates, the total

number of forms expected annually at

OGE is 294, with a cumulative total of

3,785 burden hours.

Public comment is invited on each

aspect of the model qualified trust

certificates and trust document drafts,

and underlying regulatory provisions, as

set forth in this notice, including

specifically views on the need for and

practical utility of this set of collections

of information, the accuracy of OGE’s

burden estimate, the potential for

enhancement of quality, utility and

clarity of the information collected, and

the minimization of burden (including

the use of information technology).

Comments received in response to

this notice will be summarized for, and

may be included with, the OGE request

for extension of the OMB paperwork

approval for the set of the various

existing model qualified trust

certificates and draft documents (as

updated) and request for initial

paperwork clearance for the new model

communications package. The

comments will also become a matter of

public record.

Approved: April 17, 1998.

F. Gary Davis,

Deputy Director, Office of Government Ethics.

[FR Doc. 98–10889 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6345–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Statement of Organization, Functions

and Delegations of Authority; Program

Support Center

Part P, (Program Support Center) of

the Statement of Organization,

Functions and Delegations of Authority

for the Department of Health and

Human Services (60 FR 51480, October

2, 1995 as amended most recently at 62

FR 63952, December 3, 1997) is

amended to reflect changes in Chapter

PF within Part P, Program Support

Center, Department of Health and

Human Services. The Program Support

Center is abolishing the Information

Technology Service in its entirety.

Program Support Center

Under Part P, Section P–10,

Organization, change the following:

Under Chapter PF, Information

Technology Service (PF), delete the title

and functional statement for the

Information Technology Service (PF) in

its entirety.

Under Part P, Section P–20,

Functions, change the following:

Under Chapter PF, Information

Technology Service (PF), delete the

titles and functional statements for the

Office of the Director (PFA), Division of

Computing Services (PFB), and the