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6,830,546. The notice of investigation 

named as respondents Terumo Corp. 

(Tokyo, Japan) and Terumo 

Cardiovascular Systems Corp. (Ann 

Arbor, Michigan) (collectively, 

‘‘Terumo’’). 

On December 23, 2008, Maquet and 

Terumo filed a joint motion pursuant to 

Commission Rule 210.21 to terminate 

the investigation on the basis of a 

settlement agreement. On December 31, 

2008, the Commission investigative 

attorney filed a response in support of 

the motion. On January 16, 2009, the 

ALJ issued Order No. 21, granting the 

motion and terminating the 

investigation in its entirety. Though not 

designated as such by the ALJ, Order 

No. 21 is an initial determination under 

Commission rule 210.42(c). No petitions 

for review were filed. The Commission 

has determined not to review the subject 

ID. 

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 

and of sections 210.21 and 210.42 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 210.21 and 210.42). 

Issued: February 9, 2009. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–5765 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Combating Exploitive Child Labor 

Through Education 

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: General solicitation of public 

comments on past solicitations for 

Cooperative Agreement Applications for 

projects to combat exploitive child labor 

through education published by the 

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and 

Human Trafficking. 

SUMMARY: In preparation for a possible 

FY 2009 Notice of Availability of Funds 

and Solicitation(s) for Cooperative 

Agreement Applications (SGAs), the 

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and 

Human Trafficking (OCFT) within the 

U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), 

Bureau of International Labor Affairs 

(ILAB), is requesting public comments 

on past SGAs published for projects to 

combat exploitive child labor 

internationally through education, as 

well as suggestions for improving such 

SGAs in the future. 

DATES: Comments will be accepted until 

March 31, 2009. 

TO SUBMIT COMMENTS, OR FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ms. Michal 

Murphy, International Relations Officer, 

Office of Child Labor and Human 

Trafficking, Bureau of International 

Labor Affairs. Telephone: (202) 693– 

4843 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Comments may be submitted by the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: murphy.michal@dol.gov; 

and 

• Facsimile (FAX): USDOL ILAB/ 

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and 

Human Trafficking at (202) 693–4830. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Since 1995, the U.S. Congress has 

appropriated over USD 660 million to 

USDOL’s OCFT for efforts to combat 

exploitive child labor internationally. 

This funding has been used to support 

technical cooperation projects to combat 

exploitive child labor, including the 

worst forms of child labor, in more than 

75 countries worldwide. Technical 

cooperation projects funded by 

USDOL’s OCFT range from direct action 

programs targeting specific sectors of 

work to more comprehensive programs 

that support national efforts to eliminate 

the worst forms of child labor as defined 

by ILO Convention 182. USDOL-funded 

projects generally seek to achieve five 

major goals: 

1. Withdrawing and preventing 

children from involvement in exploitive 

child labor through the provision of 

direct educational services; 

2. Strengthening policies on child 

labor and education, the capacity of 

national institutions to combat child 

labor, and formal and transitional 

education systems that encourage 

children engaged in, or at risk of 

engaging in, exploitive child labor to 

attend school; 

3. Raising awareness of the 

importance of education for all children 

and mobilizing a wide array of actors to 

improve and expand education 

infrastructures; 

4. Supporting research and the 

collection of reliable data on child labor; 

and 

5. Ensuring the long-term 

sustainability of these efforts. 

Since 2001, USDOL-funded projects 

have withdrawn or prevented over 1 

million children from exploitive labor. 

In preparation for possible future 

solicitations for cooperative agreement 

applications, OCFT is requesting 

comments regarding these past SGAs 

and suggestions for possible 

improvements. All comments received 

will be taken into consideration by 

ILAB’s OCFT in the development of 

future SGAs for child labor and 

education projects. 

2. Comment Submission Information 

All individuals or organizations 

interested in submitting comments 

should send them using the information 

specified above, no later than March 31, 

2009. All comments should make 

reference to this notice requesting 

public comment on past OCFT SGAs to 

combat exploitive child labor through 

education. 

In your comments, please indicate 

which OCFT SGA you are basing your 

comments on [e.g., SGA 08–01 (FY 

2008), SGA 07–10 (FY 2007), SGA 06– 

06 (FY 2006)]. Recently published OCFT 

SGAs for projects to combat exploitive 

child labor through education can be 

found online at USDOL’s Web site: 

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/ 

news.htm. 

General Questions for All Organizations 

(1) Where did you first learn about 

OCFT’s SGA? 

• The Federal Register. 

• Grants.gov. 

• OCFT’s ‘‘EI Listserve.’’ 

• USDOL–OCFT’s Web site. 

• Other—Please specify. 

(2) Please comment on the format of 

the SGA, including: 

• Length of the SGA. 

• Is the level of detail in the SGA 

adequate? 

• Which sections of the SGA do you 

find most helpful? 

• Which information provided in the 

SGA do you find least useful? 

• Are the SGA’s requirements easy to 

locate? Clearly presented? Are they 

reasonable? Are the costs associated 

with these requirements reasonable? 

• In terms of the SGA’s country 

scopes of work (e.g., Section I.B.3 in 

SGA 08–01), are OCFT’s requirements 

clear? Which information provided in 

the country sections is the most helpful? 

Which information is the least helpful? 

• Are any of OCFT’s requirements for 

the technical and/or cost proposals 

(outlined in Appendices A and B of 

SGA 08–01) burdensome or 

unnecessary? If so, which ones? 

• Are any of the criteria for evaluating 

applications (e.g., Section V.A. of SGA 

08–01) unclear? If so, in what way? 

• Are the instructions for preparing 

and submitting applications clear and 

easy to follow? If not, how could they 

be improved? 

(3) In the future, how could OCFT 

improve its SGAs for projects to combat 

exploitive child labor through education 

and make them more user-friendly? 


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(4) If you have applied for an OCFT 

grant in the past, what factors led you 

to apply for the SGA? 

• Ability to understand application 

requirements. 

• Ability to provide responsive 

information. 

• Knowledge of subject. 

• Knowledge of countries. 

• Other—Please specify. 

(5) Please comment on the level to 

which you feel that OCFT’s SGAs and 

requirements allow you or your 

organizations to develop innovative and 

effective approaches to combating 

exploitive child labor internationally. 

What could OCFT do to encourage 

innovation more? 

(6) Please comment on the adequacy 

of the length of time provided to submit 

an application for OCFT SGAs. How 

long would you suggest that OCFT leave 

its SGAs open from the date of 

publication to the deadline for 

applications? 

(7) If you have applied for an OCFT 

grant in the past, please comment on the 

level of effort and time involved in 

preparing your application(s). How does 

the level of effort for OCFT’s SGAs 

compare with the level of effort and 

time spent preparing applications for 

other Federal agencies? 

(8) If applicable, please comment on 

your experience with submitting your 

application on Grants.gov. What could 

USDOL do to improve the submission 

process? 

(9) If, in the past you have considered 

applying for an OCFT grant, but 

ultimately decided not to apply, which 

factor(s) influenced your decision not to 

apply? Please select all that apply. 

• Countries selected. 

• Cost of preparing proposal. 

• Research required for proposal (i.e., 

needs assessment). 

• Number of requirements. 

• Specific requirement(s)—please 

specify. 

• Difficulties with submitting 

application online using Grants.gov. 

• Limited knowledge of child labor 

issues. 

• Limited knowledge of target 

countries. 

• Past experience implementing USG 

project. 

• Past experience implementing 

USDOL project. 

• Other—Please specify. 

(10) In the future, what specific 

actions could OCFT take to encourage 

you or your organization to apply for 

OCFT SGAs for international projects to 

combat exploitive child labor through 

education? 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

March 2009. 

Marcia Eugenio, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–5821 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–28–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 09–09] 

Request for Information From the 

Private Sector for Philippines Compact 

Program Development 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Invitation for private sector 

input. 

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge 

Corporation (‘‘MCC’’) is a U.S. 

Government agency created in 2004 to 

administer the Millennium Challenge 

Account. Its mission is to reduce 

poverty through the promotion of 

sustainable economic growth. Since 

2004, MCC has signed Compact 

programs with eighteen partner 

countries ranging from $66 million to 

$698 million. In December 2008, the 

Government of the Republic of the 

Philippines through ‘‘MCA-Philippines’’ 

presented a proposal including six 

projects to MCC for potential Compact 

funding. This Request for Information 

(‘‘RFI’’) aims to solicit feedback from the 

private sector on the five proposed 

projects that are entering the due 

diligence phase. 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

solicitation has the following objectives: 

(a) Share best practices and private 

sector experiences on similar projects 

from other countries; (b) Generate 

opportunities for leverage of Compact 

funds with private sector financing, 

trade, and investment; and (c) Solicit 

information about opportunities and 

challenges facing businesses in the 

sectors which have been identified for 

possible Compact projects. 

This solicitation is focused on the five 

following project proposals, which are 

posted publicly in full detail at http:// 

www.mcap.ph/: 

• Secondary National Roads 

Development (US$191 million). 

• Empowerment and Development 

Project for Poor Communities or 

‘‘KALAHI–CIDSS’’ 2 (US$140 million). 

• Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) 

Philippines or ‘‘4Ps’’ (US$227 million). 

• Sustainable Upland Watershed 

Management and Productivity 

Enhancement through Small Water 

Impounding Projects or ‘‘SWIP’’ (US$43 

million). 

• Integrated Revenue Information 

System (IRIS) for Sustained Fiscal 

Governance (US$148 million). 

Where possible, respondents are 

encouraged to provide information 

based on experience in the country. 

Experiences from other countries may 

also be applicable. MCA-Philippines 

may use information provided by the 

private sector to structure projects for 

Compact funding. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Visit http:// 

www.mcap.ph/ 

RFI_Philippines_Final_in_PDF.pdf and 

http://www.mcc.gov/countries/ 

philippines/index.php. Responses to 

and questions about this Request for 

Information should be e-mailed to 

mcap09@mcap.ph and to psi@mcc.gov. 

DATES: Companies, other organizations, 

and individuals are invited to submit 

responses on or before Tuesday, March 

31, 2009. 

Dated: March 13, 2009. 

Jeri Jensen, 

Managing Director for Private Sector 

Initiatives, Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–5865 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (09–030)] 

NASA Advisory Council; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

announces a meeting of the NASA 

Advisory Council. The agenda for the 

meeting includes updates from each of 

the Council committees, including 

discussion and deliberation of potential 

recommendations. The Council 

Committees address NASA’s work in 

the following areas: Aeronautics, Audit 

and Finance, Space Exploration, Human 

Capital, Science, and Space Operations. 

DATES: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 8 

a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, 300 E Street, 

SW., MIC 5 (5H45), Overflow Room, 

MIC7A (7H45), Washington, DC 20546. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Marguerite Broadwell, Designated 


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