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1 Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The 

comment must be accompanied by an explicit 

request for confidential treatment, including the 

factual and legal basis for the request, and must 

identify the specific portions of the comment to be 

withheld from the public record. The request will 

be granted or denied by the Commission’s General 

Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the 

public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 

4.9(c). 

U.S.C. 225(a)). Individual respondent 

data are confidential under section 

(b)(4) of the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552). 

Abstract: The monthly FR 2248 report 

collects balance sheet data on major 

categories of consumer and business 

credit receivables, major short-term 

liabilities, and securitized assets. For 

quarter-end months (March, June, 

September, and December), additional 

asset and liability items are collected to 

provide a full balance sheet. If the need 

arises, a special addendum may be used, 

no more than semi-annually, for timely 

information on questions of immediate 

concern to the Federal Reserve. 

Current actions: The Federal Reserve 

proposes to split current data item 6, All 

other assets and accounts and notes 

receivable, into three separate data 

items: Cash and cash equivalents 

(proposed data item 6.A), Securities 

held (proposed data item 6.B), and All 

other assets (proposed data item 6.C). 

These three new data items would result 

in improved cash and cash equivalents 

data. In addition, the Federal Reserve 

proposes to reduce the current 

authorized panel size from 80 finance 

companies to 70. These changes would 

be effective October 31, 2008. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, June 26, 2008. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–14847 Filed 6–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

TIME AND DATE: 11:30 a.m., Monday, July 

7, 2008. 

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal 

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C 

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments, 

promotions, assignments, 

reassignments, and salary actions) 

involving individual Federal Reserve 

System employees. 

2. Any items carried forward from a 

previously announced meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave 

Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office 

of Board Members at 202–452–2955. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may 

call 202–452–3206 beginning at 

approximately 5 p.m. two business days 

before the meeting for a recorded 

announcement of bank and bank 

holding company applications 

scheduled for the meeting; or you may 

contact the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic 

announcement that not only lists 

applications, but also indicates 

procedural and other information about 

the meeting. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, June 27, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 08–1403 Filed 6–27–08; 12:53 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FTC intends to conduct 

consumer survey research to advance its 

understanding of the experiences of 

consumers who interact with consumer 

reporting agencies following an incident 

of identity theft. The results of this 

research will inform and guide the 

FTC’s future enforcement and education 

efforts. Before gathering information, the 

FTC is seeking public comments on its 

proposed consumer research. Comments 

will be considered before the FTC 

submits a request for Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) 

review under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (‘‘PRA’’). 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

September 2, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Consumer 

Experiences with CRAs Research: FTC 

File No. P065405,’’ to facilitate the 

organization of comments. A comment 

filed in paper form should include this 

reference both in the text and on the 

envelope and should be mailed or 

delivered to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Room H-135 

(Annex J), 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 

Washington, D.C. 20580. Because paper 

mail in the Washington area and at the 

FTC is subject to delay, please consider 

submitting your comments in electronic 

form, as prescribed below. If, however, 

the comment contains any material for 

which confidential treatment is 

requested, it must be filed in paper 

form, and the first page of the document 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential.’’1

Comments filed in electronic form 

should be submitted by following the 

instructions on the web-based form at: 

(https://secure.commentworks.com/ftcfactasurvey). To ensure that the 

Commission considers an electronic 

comment, you must file it on the webbased form at the (https:// 

secure.commentworks.com/ftcfactasurvey) weblink. If this notice 

appears at (www.regulations.gov), you 

may also file an electronic comment 

through that website. The Commission 

will consider all comments that 

regulations.gov forwards to it. 

The FTC Act and other laws the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. All timely and responsive 

public comments will be considered by 

the Commission and will be available to 

the public on the FTC website, to the 

extent practicable, at www.ftc.gov. As a 

matter of discretion, the FTC makes 

every effort to remove home contact 

information for individuals from the 

public comments it receives before 

placing those comments on the FTC 

website. More information, including 

routine uses permitted by the Privacy 

Act, may be found in the FTC’s privacy 

policy at (http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/ 

privacy.htm). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be addressed to Pavneet Singh or 

Anthony Rodriguez, Attorneys, Division 

of Privacy and Identity Protection, 

Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 

Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, N.W., Mail Stop NJ-3158, 

Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2252. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, federal 

agencies must obtain approval from 

OMB for each collection of information 

they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of 

information’’ means agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by 

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the 

FTC is providing this opportunity for 

public comment before requesting that 


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