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date of the proposed Final Judgment

within which any person may submit to

the United States written comments

regarding the proposed Final Judgment.

Any person who wishes to comment

should do so within sixty days of the

date of publication of this Competitive

Impact Statement in the Federal

Register. The United States will

evaluate and respond to the comments.

All comments will be given due

consideration by the Department of

Justice, which remains free to withdraw

its consent to the proposed Judgment at

any time prior to entry. The comments

and the responses of the United States

will be filed with the Court and

published in the Federal Register.

Written comments should be submitted

to: Roger W. Fones, Chief,

Transportation, Energy & Agriculture

Section, Antitrust Division, United

States Department of Justice, 325

Seventh Street, N.W., Suite 500,

Washington, D.C. 20004.

The proposed Final Judgment

provides that the Court retains

jurisdiction over this action, and the

parties may apply to the Court for any

order necessary or appropriate for the

modification, interpretation, or

enforcement of the Final Judgment. The

Proposed Final Judgment would expire

ten (10) years from the date of its entry.

VI. Alternatives to the Proposed Final

Judgment

The United States considered, as an

alternative to the proposed Final

Judgment, a full trial on the merits

against Defendants. In the view of the

Department of Justice, such a trial

would involve substantial cost to the

United States and is not warranted. The

proposed Final Judgment provides relief

that fully remedies the alleged

violations of the Sherman Act set forth

in the Complaint.

VII. Determinative Documents

There are no determinative materials

or documents within the meaning of the

APPA that were considered by the

United States in formulating the

proposed Final Judgment.

For Plaintiff United States of America:

Dated: July lll, 1998.

Respectfully submitted,

John R. Read,

Michele B. Cano,

Michael D. Billiel,

Trial Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice,

Antitrust Division, 325 Seventh Street, N.W.,

Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20004, 202–307–

0468, 202–616–2441 (Facsimile).

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Request OMB Emergency

Approval; Notice of Information

Collection Under Review; New

Collection; Federal Firearms Licensee

Execution of Acknowledgment of

Obligations and Responsibilities Under

the National Instant Criminal

Background Check System (NICS).

The Department of Justice (DOJ),

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

has submitted the following information

collection request (ICR) utilizing

emergency review procedures, to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance in

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13 (1)(i)(ii)

(2)(iii) Emergency Processing of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The proposed information collection

is published to obtain comments from

the public and affected agencies.

Emergency review and approval of this

collection has been requested from OMB

by July 30, 1998. If granted, this

emergency approval is only valid for

180 days. A copy of this information

collection request, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling Allen Nash,

Management Analyst, Federal Bureau of

Investigation, CJIS Division, Module C–

3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg,

West Virginia 26306, (304) 625–2738.

Comments should be directed to

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: Department of Justice Desk

Officer, Washington, DC 20530.

During the first 60 days of this same

period a regular review of this collection

is also being undertaken. Public

comments are encouraged and will be

accepted until October 2, 1998. Written

comments and suggestions from the

public and affected agencies concerning

the proposed collection of information

are encouraged. Your comments should

address one or more of the following

four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agencies estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of the information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) 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 submission of

responses.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

New data collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Federal Firearms Licensee Execution of

Acknowledgement of Obligations and

Responsibilities Under the National

Instant Criminal Background Check

System (NICS).

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Form: None. Criminal Justice

Information Services Division, Federal

Bureau of Investigation, Department of

Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit (Federally licensed firearms

dealers, manufacturers, or importers).

Brief Abstract: The Brady Handgun

Violence Prevention Act of 1994,

requires the Attorney General to

establish a national instant criminal

background check system that any

Federal Firearm Licensee may contact,

by telephone or by other electronic

means in addition to the telephone, for

information, to be supplied

immediately, on whether receipt of a

firearm to a prospective purchaser

would violate federal or state law. The

FFLs are requested to sign a legal

document in order to ensure the privacy

and security of NICS information.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 60,000 Federal Firearms

Licensees at an average of 15 minutes to

respond.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 15,000.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, 1001 G Street NW, Suite 850,

Washington DC 20530.
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Dated: July 27, 1998.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, U.S.

Department of Justice.

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BILLING CODE 4410–02–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Federal-State Unemployment

Compensation Program: Availability of

Benefit Accuracy Measurement

Program Results

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Unemployment Insurance Benefit

Accuracy Measurement Program Data

for Calendar Year (CY) 1997.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce the availability of the

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit

Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Program

Data for CY 1997, which contains the

results of each State’s BAM program,

and information on how copies may be

obtained. The BAM Annual Report data

are published as part of a UI

PERFORMS report, which also includes

data from the Benefit Timeliness and

Quality and Tax Performance System

programs. UI PERFORMS is the

Department’s management system for

promoting continuous improvement in

UI performance.

DATES: The Report will be available after

August 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Report may be

obtained by writing to Ms. Grace A.

Kilbane, Director, Unemployment

Insurance Service, U. S. Department of

Labor, Employment and Training

Administration, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Room S–4231,

Washington, DC 20210. The Report and

this notice contain a list of names and

addresses of persons in each State who

will provide additional information and

clarifications regarding the individual

State reports upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew Spisak, Division of

Performance Review, Data Analysis and

Data Validation Team, 202–219–5223,

extension 157. (This is not a toll free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each

week, staff in each State’s Employment

Security Agency investigate random

samples of UI benefit payments and

record information based on interviews

with claimants, employers, and third

parties to determine whether State law,

policy, and procedure were followed

correctly in processing the sampled

payment.

The Department of Labor is

publishing results from the

investigations in a digest which

includes information on the 52

jurisdictions participating in the UI

BAM program. Five items are reported

for each State: The amount of UI

benefits paid to the population of

claimants, the size of the BAM samples,

and the percentages of proper payments,

overpayments, and underpayments in

the population estimated from the BAM

investigations. Ninety-five percent

confidence intervals are presented for

each of the three percentages as

measures of the precision of the

estimates. States have been encouraged

to provide narratives to further clarify

the meaning of the data based on their

specific situations.

Since States’ laws, policies, and

procedures vary considerably, the data

cannot be used to draw comparisons

among States.

Effective with the release of calendar

year 1995 data, States were no longer

required to publish their BAM program

data; however, persons wanting

clarification or additional information

concerning a specific State’s report are

encouraged to contact the individual

identified in the following mailing list.

Signed at Washington, DC, on July 28,

1998.

Raymond J. Uhalde,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Employment and Training.

Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy

Measurement State Contacts

Alabama

Bill Mauldin, Quality Assurance Supervisor,

Department of Industrial Relations, 649

Monroe Street, Room 321, Montgomery, AL

36131, (334) 242–8130

Alaska

Karen Van Dusseldorp, Q.C. Data Analyst,

Alaska Department of Labor, P.O. Box

21149, Juneau, AK 99802–1149, (907) 465–

3000

Arizona

Dave Berggren, Employment Security

Administration, Technical Support

Section, Department of Economic Security,

P.O. Box 6123, SC 701B–4, Phoenix, AZ

85005, (602) 542–3771

Arkansas

Fred Trowell, UI Administrator, (501) 682–

3200

Or

Norma Madden, BAM Supervisor, (501) 682–

3087

Both at:

Arkansas Employment Security Dept., PO

Box 2981, Little Rock, AR 72203–2981

California

Suzanne Schroeder, Office of Constituent

Affairs, Employment Development

Department, P.O. Box 826880, Sacramento,

CA 94280–0001, (916) 654–9029

Colorado

Kay Gilbert, BQC Supervisor, Colorado

Divison Employment & Training, UI

Division, 1120 Lincoln St., Suite 1490,

Denver, CO 80203, (303) 894–2272

Connecticut

Robert Obie, Director of Communications,

State of Connecticut, Department of Labor,

200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield,

CT 06109, (860) 566–4375

Delaware

W. Thomas MacPherson, Director, Division

of Unemployment Insurance, Department

of Labor, P.O. Box 9950, Wilmington, DE

19809, (302) 761–8350

District of Columbia

Roberta Bauer, Assistant Director,

Compliance & Independent Monitoring, DC

Department of Employment Services, 500 C

Street, NW, Room 511, Washington, DC

20001, (202) 724–7492

Florida

Kenneth E. Holmes, UC Director, Division of

Unemployment Compensation, Caldwell

Building, Room 201, 107 East Madison St.,

Tallahassee, FL 32399–0209, (850) 921–

3889

Georgia

Paul Crawford, Chief, Quality Assurance,

Georgia Department of Labor, Room 822,

148 International Blvd., NE., Atlanta, GA

30305–1751, (404) 656–7242

Hawaii

Douglas Odo, UI Administrator, Department

of Labor & Industrial Relations, 830

Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813,

(808) 586–9069

Idaho

Jane Perez, QC Supervisor, Idaho Department

of Employment, 317 Main Street, Boise, ID

83735, (208) 334–6285

Illinois

Matthew Dix, QC Supervisor. Illinois

Department of Employment Security, 401

South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605, (312)

793–6222

Indiana

Sandy Jessee, QC Supervisor, Indiana Dept.

of Workforce Development, 10 North

Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204,

(317) 233–6676

Iowa

LeLoie Dutemple, Supervisor, Iowa

Workforce Development, Unemployment

Insurance Services Division, 1000 East

Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50319–

0209, (515) 281–8386

Kansas

Joseph Ybarra, Department of Human

Resources, 401 Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS

66603, (785) 296–6313