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20To the extent that a retailer or other business

involved in consumer financial services might also

be a finance entity, these questions are in addition

to those directed to all finance entities.

d. Will the unfixed Y2K problems

affect a consumer reporting agency

or third party’s compliance with

federal consumer credit protection

statutes? If so, how?

e. Will the unfixed Y2K problems

result in erroneous information

being reported to or from third

parties? What, if any, steps are

being taken to avert such erroneous

reporting? What, if any, steps are

being taken to handle consumer

complaints related to such

erroneous reporting?

Retailers and Other Businesses Involved

in Consumer Financial Services 20

7.1 What types of computer or other

automated systems (including cash

registers, credit/debit card

equipment, other electronic fund

transfer devices, etc.) used by

retailers and others in connection

with third-party credit/leasing

transactions, electronic fund

transfers, other forms of payments,

or other types of consumer financial

services process, store, display, or

otherwise utilize dates? How are the

dates utilized?

7.2 What types of systems used by

retailers and others in connection

with third-party credit/leasing

transactions, electronic fund

transfers, other forms of payments,

or other types of consumer financial

services, if any, are likely to have

Y2K problems? What is the nature

of the problems?

7.3 For each type of system used by

retailers and others in connection

with third-party credit/leasing

transactions, electronic fund

transfers, other forms of payments,

or other types of consumer financial

services, that is likely to have Y2K

problems, what has been done or

will be done to fix the problem? If

a fix is planned but has not yet

occurred, when will it occur? If a

fix cannot or will not occur before

January 1, 2000, why not?

Availability of Submissions

All submissions received in response

to this Notice will be available for

public inspection in accordance with

the Freedom of Information Act, 5

U.S.C. 552, and Commission

regulations, 16 CFR 4.9, on normal

business days between the hours of 8:30

a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Public Reference

Room 130, Federal Trade Commission,

Sixth Street & Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20580. The

Commission will make this Notice, and

to the extent technically possible, all

submissions received in response to this

Notice, available to the public through

the Internet at the following address:

<http://www.ftc.gov>.

Confidentiality

Persons submitting material in

response to this Notice may designate

that material or portions of it

confidential and request that it be

withheld from the public record. No

such material or portions of material

will be placed on the public record until

the General Counsel has ruled on the

request for confidential treatment and

provided any prior notice to the

submitter required by law. All requests

for confidential treatment shall be

supported by a showing of justification

in light of applicable statutes, rules,

orders of the Commission or its

administrative law judges, orders of the

courts, or other relevant authority.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary will

periodically publish summaries of

proposed information collections

projects and solicit public comments in

compliance with the requirements of

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more

information on the project or to obtain

a copy of the information collection

plans and instruments, call the OS

Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690–

6207.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Projects 1. Study of Frail

Elders in Medicare Managed Care, New

The Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Evaluation is

proposing to conduct a study of how

managed care delivery systems can meet

the needs of elderly beneficiaries with

disabilities and chronic illnesses. A

survey of Medicare beneficiaries will be

conducted to identify ways in which

managed care can add value and

barriers to realizing added value.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; Number of Responses:

3264; Average Burden per Response:

35.57 minutes; Total Burden: 1,935

hours.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens

Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue S.W.,

Washington DC 20201. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 98–11962 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Supporting Field Initiated Teen

Pregnancy Prevention Evaluation

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation;

DHHS.

ACTION: Announcement of the

availability of funds and request for

applications to enhance existing

evaluations on teen pregnancy

prevention programs.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

(ASPE) announces that applications are

being accepted for funding to augment

existing evaluations of teen pregnancy

prevention interventions that are

rigorous in design and already have

funding. The primary goal of the

proposed grants is to further the

understanding of teen pregnancy

prevention interventions and the extent

to which these interventions meet their

goal of reducing teenage pregnancies.

Federal funding under this

announcement is intended to support

evaluation exclusively, not program

operation or service provision. Projects

funded under this announcement are