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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91714 

(April 29, 2021), 86 FR 24119. 

4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 92192, 

86 FR 32989 (June 23, 2021). The Commission 

designated August 3, 2021, as the date by which it 

should approve, disapprove, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the 

proposed rule change. 

6 In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange: (1) Amends 

the proposed rule text to specify that Floor Brokers 

would be required to enter their orders into the 

electronic blotter at the same time they open outcry 

the order to the Virtual Trading Crowd (as defined 

below); (2) makes revisions and technical 

corrections to the proposed rule text for consistency 

and to more clearly reflect the description of the 

proposed rule change; (3) makes technical 

corrections and revisions to the description of the 

proposed rule change for readability and 

consistency; and (4) provides additional detail to 

certain aspects of the description of the proposed 

rule change. Amendment No. 1 is available on the 

Commission’s website at: https://www.sec.gov/ 

comments/sr-box-2021-07/srbox202107-9086236- 

246706.pdf. 

7All defined terms not defined herein are defined 

in the BOX Rules. 

8See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 3–4. 

9According to the Exchange, if the physical 

Trading Floor becomes inoperable and the 

Exchange does not make a Virtual Trading Floor 

available, the Exchange will continue to operate in 

an electronic-only environment; open outcry 

trading will not be available while the physical 

Trading Floor facility is inoperable. See proposed 

Rule 7670(a). 

10See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 6. 

11See id. at 8. 

12See id. at 6. 

13See proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(B). 

14See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 7–8. 

15See id. at 8–9. 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, 

Director/Chief Information Officer, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an 

email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: August 4, 2021. 

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–92555; File No. SR–BOX– 

2021–07] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX 

Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing of 

Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting 

Accelerated Approval of a Proposed 

Rule Change, as Modified by 

Amendment No. 1, To Adopt BOX Rule 

7670 To Establish a Virtual Trading 

Floor on BOX 

August 3, 2021. 

I. Introduction 

On April 16, 2021, BOX Exchange 

LLC (‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 

thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to 

establish a virtual trading floor on the 

Exchange. The proposed rule change 

was published for comment in the 

Federal Register on May 5, 2021.3 On 

June 16, 2021, pursuant to Section 

19(b)(2) of the Act,4 the Commission 

designated a longer period within which 

to either approve the proposed rule 

change, disapprove the proposed rule 

change, or institute proceedings to 

determine whether to disapprove the 

proposed rule change.5 On July 20, 

2021, the Exchange filed Amendment 

No. 1 to the proposed rule change, 

which replaced and superseded the 

proposed rule change.6 This order 

approves the proposed rule change, as 

modified by Amendment No. 1, on an 

accelerated basis. 

II. Description of the Proposed Rule 

Change, as Modified by Amendment 

No. 1 7

On March 20, 2020, the Exchange 

closed its physical Trading Floor 

located in Chicago, Illinois, as a result 

of precautions taken with respect to 

COVID–19, and operated in an allelectronic configuration until May 4, 

2020, when the Exchange reopened its 

physical Trading Floor.8 According to 

the Exchange, due to the uncertainty 

regarding the ongoing pandemic, it 

proposes to adopt Rule 7670, which 

would permit the Exchange to conduct 

open outcry trading virtually. 

Specifically, proposed Rule 7670(a)(1) 

would allow the Exchange to activate an 

audio and video communication 

program to serve as a ‘‘Virtual Trading 

Floor’’ during regular trading hours in 

the event the physical Trading Floor 

becomes inoperable.9

According to the proposal, the 

Exchange would create a ‘‘Virtual 

Trading Pit’’ where each Participant 

authorized to access the Virtual Trading 

Floor and enters the Virtual Trading Pit 

will be visible, and may speak, to all 

other Participants in the Virtual Trading 

Pit.10 Any Floor Market Maker 

authorized to act on the physical 

Trading Floor will receive access to the 

Virtual Trading Pit on the Virtual 

Trading Floor and will have an 

appointment to trade all classes.11 The 

Exchange believes that its proposal will 

allow the same communication 

capabilities Participants generally have 

on the physical Trading Floor so that 

they may conduct open outcry trading 

on the Virtual Trading Floor in the same 

manner as they do on the physical 

Trading Floor.12

All rules related to open outcry 

trading will apply to open outcry 

trading on the Virtual Trading Floor in 

the same manner as they apply on the 

physical Trading Floor, except that 

proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(A)–(G) will 

also apply to trading on the Virtual 

Trading Floor as follows. 

Proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(A) lists 

certain terms in the Rules related to 

open outcry trading on the physical 

Trading Floor that will be deemed to 

refer to corresponding terms related to 

open outcry trading on the Virtual 

Trading Floor. Specifically: 

• References in the Rules to the 

‘‘Floor,’’ ‘‘Trading Floor,’’ and 

‘‘Exchange Floor’’ (and any other terms 

with the same meaning) will be deemed 

to refer to the ‘‘Virtual Trading Floor;’’ 

• References in the Rules to the ‘‘Pit’’ 

and the ‘‘Crowd Area’’ (and any other 

terms with the same meaning) will be 

deemed to refer to the ‘‘Virtual Trading 

Pit’’ or the ‘‘Virtual Trading Crowd;’’ 

and 

• The term ‘‘In-crowd Floor 

Participant’’ will be deemed to mean a 

Floor Market Maker or a Floor Brooker 

representing an order in the Virtual 

Trading Pit on the Virtual Trading 

Floor. 

Pursuant to proposed Rule 

7670(a)(1)(B), access to the Virtual 

Trading Floor will be limited to Floor 

Participants, Clerks, Exchange 

employees, and any other persons the 

Exchange authorizes admission to the 

Virtual Trading Floor.13 The Exchange 

will provide access to the Virtual 

Trading Floor to Participants the 

Exchange already has approved to 

perform a Trading Floor function 

(including Floor Brokers and Floor 

Market Makers).14 According to the 

proposed Rule, each authorized 

individual will receive one log-in to the 

Virtual Trading Floor, and the Exchange 

will track which individuals participate 

on the Virtual Trading Floor, including 

when they log-in and log-out.15 The 

Exchange represents that access to the 

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16See id. at 7. The Exchange states that, currently, 

admission to the physical Trading Floor is limited 

to Floor Participants, Exchange employees, Clerks 

employed by Floor Participants and registered with 

the Exchange, Exchange visitors that receive 

authorized admission to the Trading Floor pursuant 

to Exchange policy, and any other persons that the 

Exchange authorizes admission to the Trading 

Floor. See id. 

17See proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(C). The Exchange 

represents that Rule 7660 (Communications and 

Equipment) will otherwise apply in the same 

manner to the Virtual Trading Floor as it does to 

the physical Trading Floor (to the extent the context 

requires). See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 

9. 

18See proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(B); Amendment 

No. 1, supra note 6, at 8 n.7. 

19See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 9 n.8. 

20See id. at 13 n.16. 

21See proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(E). The electronic 

blotter will contain a running list of unexecuted 

orders that have been represented by Floor Brokers 

on the Virtual Trading Floor. 

22See proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(D). The Exchange 

states that the chat functionality will be available 

to Virtual Trading Floor Participants at all times. 

See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 11 n.11. 

23See proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(D). 

24See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 9–10. 

The Exchange believes that the chat tool and 

electronic blotter functionality will benefit Virtual 

Trading Crowd participants due to the limitations 

of communication software (such as limitations on 

how many people may be heard at the same time 

in the Virtual Trading Pit or potential buffering or 

echoing). See id. at 10–11. 

25See proposed Rule 7670(a)(1)(F). According to 

the Exchange’s proposal, a ‘‘Meeting of the Minds’’ 

means the contra-side(s) verbally confirmed 

participation in the trade. 

26A Floor Market Maker on the physical Trading 

Floor that experiences issues with internet 

connection, makes an error, or otherwise is unaware 

of recent news in a particular option, would be held 

to a quote verbalized in open outcry. See 

Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 12. 

27 15 U.S.C. 78f. 

28 In approving this proposed rule change, the 

Commission has considered the proposed rule’s 

impact on efficiency, competition, and capital 

formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 

29 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

30See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6, at 16–17. 

31Such factors, may include, but are not limited 

to, the anticipated duration, cause, and nature of 

the condition, burden on Floor Participants, and 

whether the condition that caused the inoperability 

of the physical Trading Floor is affecting the 

Exchange’s operations broadly in a way that makes 

operating the Virtual Trading Floor difficult or 

impossible. See id. at 5. 

substantially similar to access to the 

physical Trading Floor.16

Pursuant to proposed Rule 

7670(a)(1)(C), Floor Participants may 

use any equipment to access the Virtual 

Trading Floor and will not need to 

register devices they use while on the 

Virtual Trading Floor.17 According to 

the Exchange, it will identify the 

Participant organization of each 

Participant in the Virtual Trading Pit, 

and the Exchange will not require Floor 

Participants and Clerks to display 

badges on the Virtual Trading Floor.18

Floor Participants, however, will be 

required to inform the Exchange of the 

IP address that will be used to access 

the Virtual Trading Floor, which the 

Exchange states will allow it to create a 

secure network available only to 

approved IP addresses. According to the 

Exchange, the Exchange will deny any 

outside (and not previously approved) 

connections from entering the Virtual 

Trading Floor and will secure the 

virtual trading environment and limit 

access only to Participants approved by 

the Exchange.19 The Exchange will 

disable the ability of Participants to 

record the Virtual Trading Floor through 

the communication program and states 

that, pursuant to Rule 7660(i), Floor 

Participants will not be allowed to 

record any activities on the Trading 

Floor.20

Pursuant to proposed Rule 

7670(a)(1)(E), the Exchange will require 

Floor Brokers to enter their orders into 

an electronic blotter at the same time 

the Floor Broker announces an order to 

the Virtual Trading Crowd.21 And 

pursuant to proposed Rule 

7670(a)(1)(D), the Exchange may 

determine to require any Floor Market 

Maker or Floor Broker in the Virtual 

Trading Pit that attempts to trade 

against an order represented for 

execution to express its bid or offer in 

a chat available in the Virtual Trading 

Pit.22 Chats will be visible to all 

participants in the Virtual Trading Pit 

and will not be permitted directly 

between individual Participants.23 The 

Exchange states that it would require 

Participants to utilize the chat function 

if BOX Trading Floor Officials 

determine that increased volume or 

activity in the Virtual Trading Crowd 

warrants mandatory use of the chat 

feature to maintain a fair and orderly 

market.24 Further, pursuant to proposed 

Rule 7670(a)(1)(G), the Exchange will 

retain records of the chats, Participant 

logs, electronic blotter, and any other 

records related to the Virtual Trading 

Floor that are subject to the Exchange’s 

record retention obligations under the 

Act. 

Finally, pursuant to proposed Rule 

7670(a)(1)(F), the Exchange proposes 

that Floor Market Maker quotes will be 

considered firm in the event the Floor 

Market Maker is disconnected from the 

Virtual Trading Floor and the parties 

have a Meeting of the Minds with 

respect to the terms of the transaction.25

In the event that a Floor Market Maker 

is disconnected from the Virtual 

Trading Crowd, a Floor Market Maker 

quote would not be considered firm if 

the quote was provided and the parties 

did not have a Meeting of the Minds 

with respect to the terms of the 

transaction.26

III. Discussion and Commission 

Findings 

After careful review, the Commission 

finds that the proposed rule change, as 

modified by Amendment No. 1, is 

consistent with the requirements of the 

Act,27 and the rules and regulations 

thereunder applicable to a national 

securities exchange.28 In particular, the 

Commission finds that the proposed 

rule change, as modified by Amendment 

No. 1, is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) 

of the Act,29 which requires, among 

other things, that the rules of a national 

securities exchange be designed to 

prevent fraudulent and manipulative 

acts and practices, to promote just and 

equitable principles of trade, to remove 

impediments to and perfect the 

mechanism of a free and open market 

and a national market system, and, in 

general, to protect investors and the 

public interest. 

As discussed above, the Exchange 

proposes to adopt rules to enable a 

Virtual Trading Floor for open outcry 

trading if the physical Trading Floor 

becomes inoperable. According to the 

Exchange, this would allow the 

Exchange, when the physical Trading 

Floor becomes inoperable, to more 

closely replicate open outcry trading 

virtually than is currently feasible in an 

all-electronic trading environment. For 

example, according to the Exchange, the 

proposal would help to facilitate the 

execution of larger orders and high-risk 

and complicated strategies that benefit 

from human interactions.30 The 

proposed rule change would provide an 

environment in which human 

interactions would be available despite 

the inoperability of the physical Trading 

Floor. As a result, by continuing to 

provide access to open outcry trading 

when the physical Trading Floor 

becomes inoperable, the Exchange 

believes its proposal removes 

impediments to a free and open market 

and will ultimately benefit investors, 

particularly those executing high-risk 

and complex trading strategies. 

The Exchange states that, although the 

proposed rule change would allow the 

Exchange to make a Virtual Trading 

Floor available, the Exchange retains the 

discretion not to activate the Virtual 

Trading Floor if the physical Trading 

Floor becomes inoperable. In making 

the determination to move to an allelectronic environment, the Exchange 

will evaluate the factor(s) that caused 

the physical Trading Floor to become 

inoperable to determine if it warrants 

activating the Virtual Trading Floor.31

The Commission finds that the 

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32See id. at 15. 

33See id. at 6. 

34See id. at 14. 

35See id. 

36See id. 

37See id. at 14–15. 

38See id. at 12–13. 39See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6. 

permit a Virtual Trading Floor if the 

physical Trading Floor becomes 

inoperable is consistent with the Act. 

The Commission believes that the 

proposal is reasonably designed to 

facilitate open outcry trading when 

circumstances restrict in person human 

interaction on the physical Trading 

Floor. The Exchange notes that it has 

conducted meetings with Floor 

Participants in which the Exchange 

presented the functionality of the 

Virtual Trading Floor and has made the 

Virtual Trading Floor available for 

testing so that the Exchange will be 

ready to implement the Virtual Trading 

Floor if necessary. The Exchange further 

notes that it has received positive 

feedback from Floor Participants 

regarding the Virtual Trading Floor and 

has committed to continue to make 

updates as necessary and appropriate in 

response to comments.32 As a result, the 

Commission finds that the Virtual 

Trading Floor is reasonably designed to 

allow continuous access to open outcry 

trading, which may remove 

impediments to a free and open market 

and may ultimately benefit investors, 

particularly those facilitating executions 

of large orders and complex trading 

strategies. 

Additionally, the design of the Virtual 

Trading Floor to closely replicate the 

physical Trading Floor could help 

facilitate a more seamless rollout of the 

Virtual Trading Floor to Floor 

Participants and thus help remove 

impediments to a free and open market 

if the physical Trading Floor becomes 

unavailable. The Virtual Trading Floor 

could help provide Floor Participants 

the ability to interact in a substantially 

similar way as they do on the physical 

Trading Floor. Furthermore, the 

proposed chat functionality and 

electronic blotter, which are 

functionality not otherwise available on 

the physical Trading Floor, are 

reasonably designed to create a virtual 

environment that promotes fair and 

orderly markets by providing Floor 

Participants with additional tools to 

communicate information to one 

another to the extent necessary given 

the potential inherent limitations of 

communication software. 

Finally, the Commission finds that the 

design of the Virtual Trading Floor 

could help prevent fraudulent and 

manipulative acts and practices, and 

promote just and equitable principles of 

trade by requiring that the current Rules 

and regulatory requirements apply in 

substantially the same manner as open 

outcry trading on the physical Trading 

Floor. Specifically, the Exchange 

represents that all Rules related to open 

outcry trading on the physical Trading 

Floor will apply to open outcry trading 

on the Virtual Trading Floor.33 Floor 

Participants participating in a Virtual 

Trading Crowd will be subject to the 

same regulatory requirements on the 

Virtual Trading Floor as they are on the 

physical Trading Floor, including those 

set forth in the Rule Series 3000 and 

4000.34 Orders represented in the 

Virtual Trading Crowd must be 

systematized and represented, and 

transactions reported, in the same 

manner as on the physical Trading 

Floor.35 Therefore, according to the 

Exchange, the audit trail for open outcry 

trading on the Virtual Trading Floor will 

capture the same information that it 

does for open outcry trading on the 

physical Trading Floor.36 Further, 

according to the Exchange, the 

Regulatory Division will be able to 

utilize preexisting Trading Floor 

surveillances to surveil for the activity 

occurring on the Virtual Trading Floor, 

and Regulatory Staff will always be 

present on the Virtual Trading Floor.37

Moreover, the Exchange represents that 

it will retain records of the chats, 

Participant logs, electronic blotter, and 

any other records related to the Virtual 

Trading Floor consistent with the 

Exchange’s record retention obligations 

under the Act.38

IV. Solicitation of Comments on 

Amendment No. 1 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether Amendment No. 1 is 

consistent with the Act. Comments may 

be submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

BOX–2021–07 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–BOX–2021–07. The file numbers 

should be included on the subject line 

if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. You should 

submit only information that you wish 

to make publicly available. All 

submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–BOX–2021–07 and should be 

submitted on or before August 30, 2021. 

V. Accelerated Approval of Proposed 

Rule Change, as Modified by 

Amendment No. 1 

The Commission finds good cause for 

approving the proposed rule change, as 

amended by Amendment No. 1, prior to 

the 30th day after the date of 

publication of notice in the Federal 

Register. As described above, in 

Amendment No. 1, the Exchange: (1) 

Amends the proposed rule text to 

specify that Floor Brokers would be 

required to enter their orders into the 

electronic blotter at the same time they 

open outcry the order to the Virtual 

Trading Crowd; (2) makes revisions and 

technical corrections to the proposed 

rule text for consistency and to more 

clearly reflect the description of the 

proposed rule change; (3) makes 

technical corrections and revisions to 

the description of the proposed rule 

change for readability and consistency; 

and (4) provides additional detail to 

certain aspects of the description of the 

proposed rule change.39 The 

Commission believes that the changes 

made in Amendment No. 1 do not raise 

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40 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

41 Id. 

42 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

and they provide further clarity to and 

consistency within the proposal. 

Accordingly, the Commission finds 

good cause for approving the proposed 

rule change, as amended, on an 

accelerated basis, pursuant to Section 

19(b)(2) of the Act.40

VI. Conclusion 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,41 that the 

proposed rule change, as modified by 

Amendment No. 1 (SR–BOX–2021–07), 

be, and hereby is, approved on an 

accelerated basis. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.42

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 

August 12, 2021. 

PLACE: The meeting will be held via 

remote means and/or at the 

Commission’s headquarters, 100 F 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

In the event that the time, date, or 

location of this meeting changes, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time, date, and/or place of the 

meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s website at https://

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Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) 

and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), 

(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and 

(a)(10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the closed meeting. 

The subject matter of the closed 

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Resolution of litigation claims; and 

Other matters relating to examinations 

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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information; please contact 

Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office 

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Dated: August 5, 2021. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 

Form Submitted to the Office of 

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AGENCY: Selective Service System. 

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Public Availability of Social Security 

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Service Contract Inventory 

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ACTION: Notice of public availability of 

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

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the FY 2019 Service Contract inventory. 

This inventory provides information on 

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21235–6401. Phone (410) 597–1955, 

email Ronnetta.Mason@ssa.gov. 

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and Management. 

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