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ATF’s inspections of Federal Firearms

Licensee records.

3. In the section titled ‘‘Retention and

Disposal’’ the second paragraph is

amended to read as follows:

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL

* * * * *

The FBI will maintain an audit Log of

all NICS transactions. Firearms

transaction approvals will be

maintained for 90 days (except that such

information may be retained for a longer

period if necessary to pursue identified

cases of misuse of the system). The

NICS Transaction Number (the unique

number assigned to the NICS

transaction) and the date on which it

was assigned will be maintained

indefinitely. Information related to

firearms transfer denials will be retained

for 10 years and then disposed of as

directed by the National Archives and

Record Administration.

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 01–1612 Filed 1–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–02–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Office of Small Business Programs

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a pre-clearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing collections of information in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44

U.S.C. 3506(c) (2)(A)]. This program

helps to ensure that requested data can

be provided in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial

resources) is minimized, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

the impact of collection requirements on

respondents can be properly assessed.

Currently, the Office of Small Business

Programs (OSBP) is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed new collection

of the Small Business Programs

Information Management System. A

copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the individual listed

below in the ADDRESSES section of this

notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section below on or before

March 23, 2001.

ADDRESSEES: Send comments to Elaine

B. Murrell, Small Business Advisor,

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of

Small Business Programs, Room C–

2318, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; E-Mail: murrellelaine@dol.gov; Telephone: 202–693–

6467 (this is not a toll free number); Fax:

202–693–6485.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elaine B. Murrell, telephone: 202–693–

6467.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Federal agencies are required to

promote procurement opportunities for

small, small disadvantaged, and 8(a)

businesses by the Small Business Act, as

amended, (Public Law 95–507, Sections

8 and 15) and Pub. L. 100–656 (Sections

502 and 503). The Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–

355) mandates similar efforts for small

women-owned businesses. Public Law

106–50 created the program for servicedisabled veteran-owned small

businesses. Public Law 105–135

established the HubZone program. The

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121)

requires Federal agencies to make

available to small businesses

compliance guides and assistance on the

implementation of regulations and

directives of enforcement laws they

administer. Executive Orders 12876,

12900, and 13021 direct Federal

agencies to implement programs,

respectively, regarding Historically

Black Colleges and Universities,

Educational Excellence for Hispanic

Americans, and Tribal Colleges and

Universities that are administered by

the respective White House Initiative

offices (in the U.S. Department of

Education). Executive Order 13125

directs Federal agencies to ensure that

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

are afforded opportunity to fully

participate in Federal Programs.

Further, Executive Order 13170 requires

that Departments take a number of

actions to increase outreach and

maximize participation of small

disadvantaged businesses in their

procurements. Executive Order 13157

strengthens the executive branch’s

commitment to increased opportunities

for women-owned small businesses.

Accordingly, the Small Business

Programs Information Management

System is needed to gather, document,

and manage identifying information for

four Office of Small Business Programs

constituency groups: Small Businesses;

Trade Associations; Minority Colleges

and Universities; and Tribal

Governments. Via this system, the

constituent groups will have the

opportunity to voluntarily provide to

OSBP information about their

organizations. The information will be

used by OSBP and DOL agencies to

maximize communication with the

respective constituency groups

regarding relevant OSBP and DOL

programs, initiatives, and procurement

opportunities; to track and solicit

feedback on customer service to group

members; and to facilitate registration of

group members for OSBP-sponsored

activities.

II. Review Focus

The Office of Small Business

Programs is particularly interested in

comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

III. Current Actions

There are no current actions.

Type of Review: New Collection.

Agency: Office of Small Business

Programs.

Title: Small Business Program

Information Management System.

OMB Number: 1290–0NEW.

Agency Number: OSBP 1.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

Local, or Tribal Governments.

Total Respondents: 4,000.

Total Responses: 6,000.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Average Time Per Response: 7

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 700

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.

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Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of

January, 2001.

June M. Robinson,

Director, Office of Small Business Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–1615 Filed 1–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–23–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act, Section

171(d), Demonstration Program:

Incumbent/Dislocated Worker Skill

Shortage II Demonstration Program;

Notice of Changes to Solicitation for

Grant Applications (SGA)

On October 31, 2000, the Department

of Labor (DOL) announced in the

Federal Register (65 FR 64991–65007;

FR Doc. 00–27930) a solicitation for

grant applications (SGA) for the

Incumbent/Dislocated Worker Skill

Shortage II Demonstration Program

(Reference: SGA/DFA 00–113).

Proposals for this SGA were to be

submitted by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on

Tuesday, January 16, 2001.

Included among the requirements for

activities under this demonstration

program was the use of the lower living

standard income level (LLSIL) as a wage

standard for certain jobs to be filled by

demonstration participants who were

successful training completers. The

relevant portion of the SGA at Part II,

Section D., Wages noted:

Proposals must provide assurance that all

participating firms which employ successful

training completers have committed to pay

wages to these completers * * * at a level at

least equal to meeting the lower living

standard income level as defined in Section

101(24) of WIA.

As a result of several inquiries

regarding the LLSIL and in further

consideration of this matter, the

Department wishes to both clarify its

intent and to change this requirement as

originally announced. Because the

LLSIL is adjusted for several factors,

some inquirers have suggested that use

of this standard in connection with its

adjustments for family size could violate

current equal pay protection standards.

The Department wishes to note that

violation of equal pay protection

standards is not the intended use of the

LLSIL in this SGA and regrets any

misunderstanding in this matter.

Effective this date, Part II, Section D.,

Wages of the referenced SGA is replaced

as follows:

Proposals must provide assurance that all

participating firms which employ successful

training completers have committed to pay

wages to these completers at the wage level

set by any collective bargaining agreement

which covers positions to be filled by the

project participants, or, if no such agreement

exists, at a level at least equal to meeting the

lower living standard income level as defined

in Section 101(24) of WIA for a family of

four.

As the above change indicates, the

LLSIL, when used, is to be applied in

the amounts applicable to a family of

four. By standardizing the application of

the LLSIL to this family size for this

demonstration, a uniform wage level

will be applicable for all persons

regardless of their respective family

sizes. All other adjustments to the LLSIL

(regional, metropolitan, urban and rural

differences) will continue to be

applicable as provided in Section

101(24) of WIA.

(Information on the current LLSIL’s may

be found at: www.wdsc.org/llsil/ or in

the Federal Register (65 FR 30630–

30636; FR Doc. 00–11978))

To allow additional time for

applicants to consider this notice, the

Department hereby reopens and extends

the deadline for receipt of proposals for

this SGA until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

on Wednesday, February 21, 2001. In

addition, applicants who submitted

proposals by the original deadline of

January 16, 2001 are invited to amend

their proposals accordingly by this new

deadline.

Other than indicated herein, the

requirements established by the above

referenced October 31, 2000 SGA (SGA/

DFA 00–113) remain in force.

Signed at Washington, DC, this sixteenth

day of January 2001.

Laura A. Cesario,

Grant Officer, Division of Federal Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–1696 Filed 1–17–01; 11:06 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Senior Community Service

Employment Program; Notice of Town

Hall Meeting on the 2000 Amendments

to the Older Americans Act

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Town Hall Meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the first in

a series of Town Hall Meetings that the

Department of Labor intends to convene

to assist in the identification of issues to

be addressed in the implementation of

changes to the Senior Community

Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

occasioned by the Older Americans Act

Amendments of 2000, and to obtain the

benefit of various practitioners’

concerns and experiences in the

operation of the SCSEP. Town Hall

Meetings will be held in various

locations throughout the country, in

order to facilitate the participation of all

interested individuals.

DATES: The first Town Hall Meeting will

be held on Monday, January 22, 2001,

from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The date,

location and time for subsequent Town

Hall Meetings will be announced in

advance in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The first Town Hall Meeting

will be held at the Westin Peachtree

Plaza Hotel at 210 Peachtree Street,

NW., Atlanta, Georgia, in conjunction

with the National Older Worker

Conference sponsored by the National

Association of State Units on Aging.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Erich W. (‘‘Ric’’) Larisch, Chief, Division

of Older Worker Programs, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room N4644,

Washington, DC 20210, Telephone:

(202) 693–3742 (voice) TTY (202) 693–

2871 (these are not toll-free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Town Hall Meetings is to

provide each interested individual with

an opportunity to comment on the

Department of Labor’s approach to the

implementation of changes to the

SCSEP occasioned by the revisions to

title V of the Older Americans Act

Amendments of 2000 (OAA) (Pub. L.

106–501) (dated November 13, 2000).

Each attendee is welcome to offer

comments on a variety of subjects,

including: (1) Issues and concerns that

should be addressed in regulations; (2)

issues and concerns that should be

addressed in policy guidance; (3)

suggestions and comments on the

overall implementation plan, such as

consultation strategies; (4) specific

suggestions on the approach that should

be taken in implementing any or all of

the new title V provisions; and (5)

suggestions on revisions that should be

made to the existing title V regulations

which were published in the Federal

Register on Wednesday, May 17, 1995

(20 CFR part 641).

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:

All interested individuals are invited

to attend this Town Hall Meeting.