12922 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 56 / Wednesday, March 25, 2009 / Notices 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

National Small Business Development 

Center Advisory Board 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA). 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal Advisory 

Committee meetings. 

SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice 

to announce the location, date, time and 

agenda for the third quarter meetings of 

the National Small Business 

Development Center (SBDC) Advisory 

Board. 

DATES: The meetings for the third 

quarter will be held on the following 

dates: 

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 1 pm est. 

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 1 pm est. 

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 1 pm est. 

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held 

via conference call. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), 

SBA announces the meetings of the 

National SBDC Advisory Board. This 

Board provides advice and counsel to 

the SBA Administrator and Associate 

Administrator for Small Business 

Development Centers. 

The purpose of these meetings is to 

discuss following issues pertaining to 

the SBDC Advisory Board: 

—Summer Site Visit; 

—White Paper Issues; 

—SBA Update; 

—Member Roundtable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

meeting is open to the public however 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to be a 

listening participant must contact 

Alanna Falcone by Friday, April 17th by 

fax or e-mail. Her contact information is 

Alanna Falcone, Program Analyst, 409 

Third Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20416, Phone, 202–619–1612, Fax 202– 

481–0134, e-mail, 

alanna.falcone@sba.gov. 

Additionally, if you need 

accommodations because of a disability 

or require additional information, please 

contact Alanna Falcone at the 

information above. 

Bridget E. Bean, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–6550 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2009–0001] 

Occupational Information Development 

Advisory Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of Upcoming Quarterly 

Panel Meeting. 

DATES: April 27, 2009, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

(DST); April 28, 2009, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

(DST); April 29, 2009, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. 

(DST) 

Location: Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. 

ADDRESSES: 165 Courtland Street, NE., 

Atlanta, GA 30303. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of meeting: The meeting is open 

to the public. 

Purpose: This discretionary Panel, 

established under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, as amended, 

shall report to the Commissioner of 

Social Security. The Panel will provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations on plans and 

activities to replace the Dictionary of 

Occupational Titles used in the Social 

Security Administration’s (SSA) 

disability determination process. The 

Panel will advise the Agency on 

creating an occupational information 

system tailored specifically for SSA’s 

disability programs and adjudicative 

needs. Advice and recommendations 

will relate to SSA’s disability programs 

in the following areas: Medical and 

vocational analysis of disability claims; 

occupational analysis, including 

definitions, ratings and capture of 

physical and mental/cognitive demands 

of work and other occupational 

information critical to SSA disability 

programs; data collection; use of 

occupational information in SSA’s 

disability programs; and any other 

area(s) that would enable SSA to 

develop an occupational information 

system suited to its disability programs 

and improve the medical-vocational 

adjudication policies and processes. 

Agenda: The Panel will meet on 

Monday, April 27, 2009, from 8:30 

a.m.until 5 p.m. (DST); Tuesday, April 

28, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. 

(DST); and, Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 

from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. (DST). The 

agenda will be available on the Internet 

at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oidap/ 

one week prior to the meeting. 

The tentative agenda for this meeting 

includes: Presentations on a variety of 

issues including SSA’s policies, 

procedures and business practices as 

they relate to the use of the Dictionary 

of Occupational Titles in the disability 

programs; a summary of agency 

concerns about its occupational 

information needs; a walk-thru 

demonstration of two disability cases 

and analysis of those cases from several 

user perspectives; presentations from 

stakeholders (including, but not limited 

to, vocational experts and claimant 

representatives); deliberation and 

discussion; and subcommittee and 

administrative meetings. 

The Panel will hear public comment 

during the April Quarterly Meeting on 

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 from 4 to 5 p.m. 

(DST). In order to comment, members of 

the public must schedule a time slot— 

assigned on a first come, first served 

basis. In the event public comment does 

not take the entire time allotted, the 

Panel may use any remaining time to 

deliberate or conduct other Panel 

business. 

Those interested in providing 

testimony in person at the meeting or 

via teleconference should contact the 

Panel staff by e-mail at OIDAP@ssa.gov, 

or by calling Debra Tidwell-Peters on 

(410) 965–9617. Those interested are 

limited to a maximum five minute, 

verbal presentation. Organizational 

representatives will be allotted a 

maximum ten minute, verbal 

presentation. 

Written testimony, no longer than five 

(5) pages, may be submitted for Panel 

consideration at any time either in 

person, by mail, fax or e-mail to 

OIDAP@ssa.gov. Seating is limited. 

People who need special 

accommodations in order to attend or 

participate in the meeting (e.g., sign 

language interpretation, assistive 

listening devices, or materials in 

alternative formats, such as large print 

or CD) should notify Debra TidwellPeters via e-mail to debra.tidwellpeters@ssa.gov, or by telephone at 410– 

965–9617, no later than April 13, 2009. 

SSA will attempt to meet requests made 

but cannot guarantee availability of 

services. All meeting locations are 

barrier free. 

Contact Information: Records of all 

public Panel proceedings are 

maintained and available for inspection. 

Those requiring further information 

should contact the Panel staff at: 

Occupational Information Development 

Advisory Panel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, 3–E–26 Operations, 

Baltimore, MD 21235–0001. Telephone: 

410–965–9617. Fax: 202–410–597–0825. 

E-mail to OIDAP@ssa.gov. For 

additional information, please visit the 


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