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1As discussed below, the Military Personnel 

Financial Services Protection Act banned the 

issuance or sale of new periodic payment plans, 

effective October 2006. 

EPGS05006 Speech Writer to the 

Associate Administrator for Public 

Affairs. Effective February 26, 2009. 

EPGS05017 Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Congressional 

Affairs to the Associate Administrator 

for Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Relations. Effective 

February 26, 2009. 

Section 213.3325 United States Tax 

Court 

JCGS60067 Trial Clerk to the Chief 

Judge. Effective February 13, 2009. 

JCGS60069 Trial Clerk to the Chief 

Judge. Effective February 18, 2009. 

Section 213.3327 Department of 

Veterans Affairs 

DVGS60038 Special Assistant to the 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

Effective February 23, 2009. 

DVGS60013 Special Assistant to the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Effective 

February 25, 2009. 

Section 213.3331 Department of 

Energy 

DEGS00703 Special Assistant to the 

Secretary, Department of Energy. 

Effective February 03, 2009. 

DEGS00702 Advisor to the Secretary 

to the Secretary, Department of 

Energy. Effective February 04, 2009. 

DEGS00710 Deputy Press Secretary to 

the Director, Office of Public Affairs. 

Effective February 04, 2009. 

DEGS00709 Special Assistant and 

Scheduler to the Secretary to the 

Director, Office of Public Affairs. 

Effective February 05, 2009. 

DEGS00711 Deputy Director of Public 

Affairs to the Director, Office of 

Public Affairs. Effective February 05, 

2009. 

DEGS00712 Press Secretary to the 

Director, Office of Public Affairs. 

Effective February 05, 2009. 

DEGS00713 Special Assistant to the 

Secretary, Department of Energy. 

Effective February 05, 2009. 

DEGS00704 Special Assistant to the 

Secretary, Department of Energy. 

Effective February 10, 2009. 

DEGS00714 Special Assistant to the 

White House Liaison. Effective 

February 13, 2009. 

DEGS00715 White House Liaison to 

the Secretary, Department of Energy. 

Effective February 13, 2009. 

DEGS00716 Deputy Chief of Staff to 

the Chief of Staff. Effective February 

13, 2009. 

DEGS00717 Special Assistant to the 

Secretary, Department of Energy. 

Effective February 19, 2009. 

DEGS00718 Economic Recovery 

Advisor to the Assistant Secretary 

(Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability). Effective February 25, 

2009. 

DEGS00719 Press Assistant to the 

Director, Office of Public Affairs. 

Effective February 25, 2009. 

DEGS00720 Lead Advance 

Representative to the Secretary, 

Department of Energy. Effective 

February 26, 2009. 

DEGS00721 Chief Speechwriter to the 

Director, Office of Public Affairs. 

Effective February 27, 2009. 

DEGS00722 Special Assistant to the 

Secretary, Department of Energy. 

Effective February 27, 2009. 

DEGS00724 Director, Office of 

Scheduling and Advance to the 

Secretary, Department of Energy. 

Effective February 27, 2009. 

Section 213.3332 Small Business 

Administration 

SBGS00675 Special Assistant to the 

Administrator. Effective February 06, 

2009. 

SBGS00677 Confidential Assistant to 

the Administrator. Effective February 

11, 2009. 

SBGS00678 Special Assistant to the 

Administrator. Effective February 20, 

2009. 

SBGS00680 Assistant Administrator 

for the Office of Communications and 

Public Liaison. Effective February 27, 

2009. 

Section 213.3379 Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission 

CTOT00005 Administrative Assistant 

to the Commissioner to a 

Commissioner. Effective February 18, 

2009. 

CTOT00082 Chief of Staff to the 

Chairperson. Effective February 18, 

2009. 

Section 213.3382 National Endowment 

for the Arts 

NAGS00075 Director, Office of 

Government Affairs to the Chairman 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

Effective February 03, 2009. 

Section 213.3384 Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

DUGS60054 Director of Press 

Relations to the Chief of Staff. 

Effective February 26, 2009. 

DUGS60199 Staff Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

Effective February 27, 2009. 

DUGS60240 Speechwriter to the 

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

Effective February 27, 2009. 

Section 213.3394 Department of 

Transportation 

DTGS60358 Special Assistant for 

Scheduling and Advance to the 

Director for Scheduling and Advance. 

Effective February 11, 2009. 

DTGS60375 White House Liaison to 

the Chief of Staff. Effective February 

11, 2009. 

DTGS60357 Special Assistant to the 

White House Liaison and Scheduling 

and Advance to the Director for 

Scheduling and Advance. Effective 

February 17, 2009. 

Section 213.33 National Labor 

Relations Board 

NLGS06891 Attorney-Advisor (Chief 

of Staff) to the Chairman. Effective 

February 18, 2009. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218. 

Kathie Ann Whipple, 

Acting Director, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–6981 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon written request, copies available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 27e–1 and Form N–27E–1, SEC File 

No. 270–486, OMB Control No. 3235– 

0545. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 350l et seq. ), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Section 27(e) of the Investment 

Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 

80a–27(e)) provides in part that a 

registered investment company issuing 

a periodic payment plan certificate,1 or 

any depositor or underwriter for such 

company (collectively ‘‘issuer’’), must 

notify in writing ‘‘each certificate holder 

who has missed three payments or 

more, within thirty days following the 

expiration of fifteen months after the 

issuance of the certificate, or, if any 

such holder has missed one payment or 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(4). 

more after such period of fifteen months 

but prior to the expiration of eighteen 

months after the issuance of the 

certificate, at any time prior to the 

expiration of such eighteen month 

period, of his right to surrender his 

certificate * * * and inform the 

certificate holder of (A) the value of the 

holder’s account * * *, and (B) the 

amount to which he is entitled * * * ’’. 

Section 27(e) authorizes the 

Commission to ‘‘make rules specifying 

the method, form, and contents of the 

notice required by this subsection.’’ 

Rule 27e–1 (17 CFR 270.27e–1) under 

the Act, entitled ‘‘Requirements for 

Notice to Be Mailed to Certain 

Purchasers of Periodic Payment Plan 

Certificates Sold Subject to Section 

27(d) of the Act,’’ provides instructions 

for the delivery of the notice required by 

section 27(e). 

Rule 27e–1(f) prescribes Form N–27E– 

1 (17 CFR 274.127e–1), which sets forth 

the language the issuing registered 

investment company or its depositor or 

underwriter must use ‘‘to inform 

certificate holders of their right to 

surrender their certificates pursuant to 

Section 27(d).’’ The instructions to the 

form require that a notice containing the 

language on the form be sent to 

certificate holders on the sender’s 

letterhead. The issuer is not required to 

file with the Commission a copy of the 

Form N–27E–1 notice. 

The Form N–27E–1 notice to 

certificate holders who have missed 

certain payments is intended to 

encourage certificate holders, in light of 

the potential for further missed 

payments, to weigh the anticipated costs 

and benefits associated with continuing 

to hold their certificates. The disclosure 

assists certificate holders in making 

careful and fully informed decisions 

about whether to continue investing in 

periodic payment plan certificates. 

Effective October 27, 2006, the 

Military Personnel Financial Services 

Protection Act banned the issuance or 

sale of new periodic payment plans. 

Accordingly, the staff estimates that 

there is no longer any information 

collection burden associated with rule 

27e–1 and Form N–27E–1. For 

administrative purposes, however, we 

are requesting approval for an 

information collection burden of one 

hour per year. This estimate of burden 

hours is not derived from a 

comprehensive or necessarily even a 

representative study of the cost of the 

Commission’s rules and forms. 

Complying with the collection of 

information requirements of rule 27e–1 

is mandatory for issuers of periodic 

payment plans or their depositors or 

underwriters in the event holders of 

plan certificates miss certain payments 

within eighteen months after issuance. 

The information provided pursuant to 

rule 27e–1 will be provided to third 

parties and, therefore, will not be kept 

confidential. The Commission is seeking 

OMB approval, because an agency may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 

not required to respond to, a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Commission’s estimate of the burden of 

the collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information 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. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted in 

writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

Please direct your written comments 

to Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or 

send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–59622; File No. SR–FICC– 

2009–05] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed 

Income Clearing Corporation; Notice of 

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 

Proposed Rule Change Relating to 

Technical Modifications 

March 23, 2009. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 notice is hereby given that on 

February 27, 2009, the Fixed Income 

Clearing Corporation (‘‘FICC’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared primarily by FICC. 

The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments on the 

proposed rule change from interested 

persons. FICC filed the proposed rule 

change pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 2 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(4) thereunder 3 so that the 

proposal was effective upon filing with 

the Commission. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

FICC proposes to amend the rules of 

its Government Securities Division 

(‘‘GSD’’) and Mortgage-Backed 

Securities Division (‘‘MBSD’’) in order 

to make them consistent with the rules 

of the National Securities Clearing 

Corporation (‘‘NSCC’’), an affiliated 

clearing agency. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, 

FICC included statements concerning 

the purpose of and basis for the 

proposed rule change and discussed any 

comments it received on the proposed 

rule change. The text of these statements 

may be examined at the places specified 

in Item IV below. FICC has prepared 

summaries, set forth in sections A, B, 

and C below, of the most significant 

aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Payment of Fines 

Prior to this rule change, GSD Rule 

37, Section 8, provided that a member 

must pay a fine assessed by FICC within 

30 calendar days of notification that the 

fine has been assessed. There was no 

corresponding provision in MBSD’s or 

NSCC’s rules. 

Consistent with FICC’s project to 

harmonize its rules with those of 

affiliated clearing agencies that have 

common members, FICC proposes to 

delete GSD Rule 37, Section 8, and to 

adopt the language used in NSCC Rule 

17 by stating that fines shall be payable 

at such time and in such manner as 

determined by FICC. Initially, such fines 

will be collected through the GSD 

monthly billing process after 

notification to the member, which is 

consistent with the manner and timing 


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