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Part 531, section 531.606: Maximum 

limits on locality rates (only to the 

extent necessary to provide a locality 

rate may not exceed the rate for EX-IV 

plus 5 percent for employees in the 

upper range extension). 

Part 536, subpart B: Grade Retention. 

Part 536, subpart C: Pay Retention 

(only to the extent necessary to (1) 

replace ‘‘grade’’ with ‘‘pay band;’’ (2) 

bar employees with a rating of record 

lower than Fully Successful from 

receiving retained rate increases under 5 

CFR 536.305; (3) provide that pay 

retention provisions do not apply to 

conversions into the demonstration 

project from the General Schedule or 

other pay system, as long as the 

employee’s total pay rate is not 

reduced); (4) provide that a retained rate 

may not exceed the rate for EX–IV plus 

5 percent; (5) provide the pay (including 

any locality adjustment or staffing 

supplement) of an employee in the 

upper range extension who is rated 

below Outstanding will be converted to 

a retained rate before processing any 

other actions; (6) provide a retained rate 

that is less than the maximum rate 

(including any locality adjustment or 

staffing supplement) of the upper range 

extension for an employee who receives 

a rating of record of Outstanding will be 

terminated and converted to an equal 

adjusted rate; (7) provide the range 

maximum rate used to compute retained 

rate adjustments is the normal range 

maximum rate (including any locality 

adjustment or staffing supplement) for 

employees with a rating of record below 

Outstanding and the upper range 

maximum rate (including any locality 

adjustment or staffing supplement) for 

an employees with an Outstanding 

rating of record; and (8) provide when 

a retained rate for an employee with a 

rating of record below Fully Successful 

falls below the applicable adjusted rate 

for the normal band maximum, the 

retained rate will be terminated and the 

employee’s pay will be set at an 

adjusted rate equal to the retained rate). 

Part 550, sections 550.106–107: 

Biweekly and annual maximum 

earnings limitation (only to the extent 

necessary to provide that an applicable 

staffing supplement is added to the GS–

15, step 10, rate in lieu of the applicable 

locality payment). 

Part 550, section 550.113(a): 

Computation of overtime pay (only to 

the extent necessary to provide that the 

GS–10 minimum special rate (if any) for 

the special rate category that would 

otherwise apply to an employee (but for 

the existence of the demonstration 

project) is deemed to be the ‘‘applicable 

special rate of pay’’ in determining the 

overtime hourly rate cap). 

Part 550, section 550.703: Definitions 

(to the extent necessary to modify 

paragraph (c)(4) of the definition of 

‘‘reasonable offer’’ by replacing ‘‘two 

grade or pay levels’’ with ‘‘one pay band 

level’’ and ‘‘grade or pay level’’ with 

‘‘pay band level’’). 

Part 591, subpart B, section 591.204: 

Cost-of-living allowances and post 

differentials (only to the extent 

necessary to provide that the 

demonstration project pay system is a 

qualifying pay plan). 

Part 752, section 752.401(a)(3): 

Adverse actions (only to the extent 

necessary to replace ‘‘grade’’ with ‘‘pay 

band’’). 

Part 752, section 752.401(a)(4): 

Adverse actions (only to the extent 

necessary to provide that adverse action 

provisions do not apply to (1) 

conversions into the demonstration 

project from the General Schedule or 

other pay system, as long as the 

employee’s total rate of pay is not 

reduced and (2) reductions in rates of 

basic pay to offset a locality pay or 

staffing supplement rate increase as a 

result of receiving a rating of record 

below Fully Successful). 

Note: If any of the provisions of title 5, 

Code of Federal Regulations, listed above are 

revised during the period this demonstration 

project is in effect, FSIS may choose to 

terminate the waiver of one or more such 

provisions with respect to employees 

participating in the project, without formally 

modifying the project itself. FSIS must notify 

OPM when any such waiver is terminated. 

[FR Doc. E8–10440 Filed 5–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–43–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

File No. 500–1 

In the Matter of: ABS Group, Inc. (n/k/ 

a The Motion Picture Group, Inc.), 

Accrue Software, Inc., iAsiaworks, Inc., 

Premier Laser Systems, Inc., Siskon 

Gold Corp., and Syquest Technology, 

Inc. (n/k/a SYQT, Inc.); Order of 

Suspension of Trading 

May 7, 2008. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of ABS Group, 

Inc. (n/k/a The Motion Picture Group, 

Inc.), because it has not filed any 

periodic reports since the period ended 

June 30, 1998. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of Accrue 

Software, Inc., because it has not filed 

any periodic reports since the period 

ended December 28, 2002. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of iAsiaworks, 

Inc., because it has not filed any 

periodic reports since the period ended 

September 30, 2001. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of Premier 

Laser Systems, Inc., because it has not 

filed any periodic reports since the 

period ended December 31, 1999. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of Siskon Gold 

Corp., because it has not filed any 

periodic reports since the period ended 

December 31, 1997. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of Syquest 

Technology, Inc. (n/k/a SYQT, Inc.), 

because it has not filed any periodic 

reports since the period ended June 30, 

1998. 

The Commission is of the opinion that 

the public interest and the protection of 

investors require a suspension of trading 

in the securities of the above-listed 

companies. 

Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to 

section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, that trading in the 

securities of the above-listed companies 

is suspended for the period from 9:30 

a.m. EDT on May 7, 2008, through 11:59 

p.m. EDT on May 20, 2008. 

By the Commission. 

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 08–1241 Filed 5–7–08; 10:47 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[File No. 500–1] 

In the Matter of: National 

Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., 

Natural Solutions Corp., Natural 

Wonders, Inc., Net Nanny Software 

International, Inc., Netcentives, Inc., 

and Netcruise.com, Inc.; Order of 

Suspension of Trading 

May 6, 2008. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of National 


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