Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 18, 2008 / Notices 34715 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Patent Examiner Employment 

Application. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0042. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 3,500 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 7,000 

responses per year. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. The USPTO estimates that it 

will take the public approximately 30 

minutes (0.50) to gather and prepare the 

necessary information, and submit the 

electronic employment application. 

Needs and Uses: The Patent Examiner 

Employment Application, as 

administered through the USA Staffing 

system provided by the Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM), is used 

by the public to apply for entry-level 

patent examiner positions in a userfriendly process. The USPTO uses the 

electronic transmission of this 

information to review and rate 

applicants on-line almost 

instantaneously. It is also used by the 

USPTO to expedite the hiring process 

by eliminating the time used in the mail 

distribution process, thereby 

streamlining labor and reducing costs. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

any of the following methods: 

E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0042 copy request’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before July 18, 2008 to David Rostker, 

OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: June 11, 2008. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–13719 Filed 6–17–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Renewal of the Global Markets 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the Global 

Markets Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission has determined to 

renew the charter of its Global Markets 

Advisory Committee. As required by 

sections 9(a)(2) and 14(a)(2)(A) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. app. 2, §§ 9(a)(2) and 14(a)(2)(A), 

and 41 CFR 101–6.1007 and 101–

6.1029, the Commission has consulted 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat of the General Services 

Administration. The Commission 

certifies that the renewal of this 

advisory committee is necessary and is 

in the public interest in connection with 

the performance of duties imposed on 

the Commission by the Commodity 

Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 1, et seq., as 

amended. This notice is published 

pursuant to section 9(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, § 9(a)(2), and 41 CFR 101–6.1015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin B. White, Committee 

Management Officer, at 202–418–5129. 

Written comments should be submitted 

to David A. Stawick, Secretary, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Global Markets Advisory 

Committee is to provide the 

Commission with input on international 

market issues that affect the integrity 

and competitiveness of U.S. futures 

markets. The advisory committee also 

serves as a channel for communication 

between the Commission and U.S. and 

foreign markets, firms and end users 

involved in and affected by futures 

market globalization. 

Contemporaneously with publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register, a 

copy of the renewal charter of the 

Global Markets Advisory Committee 

will be filed with the Commission, the 

Senate Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition and Forestry and the House 

Committee on Agriculture. A copy of 

the renewal charter will be furnished to 

the Library of Congress and to the 

Committee Management Secretariat and 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.cftc.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 12, 

2008, by the Commission. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–13743 Filed 6–17–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

18, 2008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 


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