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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01546]

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Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 28, 2015 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 4519]]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Technical Information Service

15 CFR Part 1110

[Docket Number: 150121002-4999-03]
RIN 0692-AA21

Certification Program for Access to the Death Master File

AGENCY: National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) extends the 
period for public comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request 
for Comments, ``Certification Program for Access to the Death Master 
File'' from January 29, 2015, to March 30, 2015.

DATES: Comments are due on this proposed rule on March 30, 2015. 
Comments received after January 29, 2015 and before publication of this 
notice are deemed to be timely.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this proposed rule must be submitted via 
http://www.regulations.gov. Comments sent by any other method, to any 
other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment 
period, may not be considered. All comments received are a part of the 
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on 
www.regulations.gov without change. However, comments that contain 
profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate language will not 
be posted. All personal identifying information (e.g., name, address) 
submitted voluntarily by the sender will be publicly accessible. Do not 
submit confidential business information, or otherwise sensitive or 
protected information. Attachments to electronic comments will be 
accepted in Microsoft Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF formats 
only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Henry Wixon, Chief Counsel for NIST, 
at henry.wixon@nist.gov, or by telephone at 301-975-2803. Information 
about the DMF made available to the public by NTIS may be found at 
https://dmf.ntis.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Technical Information Service 
(NTIS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments 
on December 30, 2014 (79 FR 78314) (Notice), for a program pursuant to 
Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (Act) through which 
persons may become ``certified'' and thereby be eligible to obtain 
access to Death Master File (DMF) information about an individual 
within three years of that individual's death for legitimate fraud 
prevention interest or a legitimate business purpose. The Notice 
requested public comment on the Proposed Final Rule, and set a period 
for comment which was scheduled to end on January 29, 2015. NTIS 
received requests from interested parties to extend this comment 
period, and in response extends the public comment period to March 30, 
2015.

    Dated: January 23, 2015.
Bruce Borzino,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-01546 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]
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