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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

SES performance appraisal system and 

level III of the Executive Schedule 

($158,500 in 2008) for SES members 

covered by an SES performance 

appraisal system that has not been 

certified. By law, SES members are not 

authorized to receive locality payments. 

Agencies with certified performance 

appraisal systems in 2008 for senior 

executives and/or senior-level (SL) and 

scientific or professional (ST) positions 

also must apply a higher aggregate 

limitation on pay—up to the Vice 

President’s salary ($221,100 in 2008). 

The Executive order adjusted the rates 

of basic pay for administrative law 

judges (ALJs) by 2.5 percent (rounded to 

the nearest $100). The maximum rate of 

basic pay for ALJs is set by law at the 

rate for level IV of the Executive 

Schedule, which is now $149,000. The 

rate of basic pay for AL–2 is $145,400. 

The rates of basic pay for AL–3/A 

through 3/F range from $99,500 to 

$137,600. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372.) 

The rates of basic pay for members of 

Contract Appeals Boards are calculated 

as a percentage of the rate for level IV 

of the Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 

5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic 

pay were increased by approximately 

2.5 percent. 

The maximum rate of basic pay for 

SL/ST positions was increased by 

approximately 2.5 percent (to $149,000) 

because it is tied to the rate for level IV 

of the Executive Schedule. The 

minimum rate of basic pay for SL/ST 

positions is equal to 120 percent of the 

minimum rate of basic pay for GS–15 

and thus was increased by 2.5 percent 

(to $114,468). (See 5 U.S.C. 5376.) 

On November 2, 2007, the President’s 

Pay Agent extended the 2008 localitybased comparability payments to certain 

categories of non-GS employees. The 

Governmentwide categories include 

employees in SL/ST positions, ALJs, 

and Contract Appeals Board members. 

The maximum locality rate of pay for 

these employees is the rate for level III 

of the Executive Schedule ($158,500 in 

2008). 

On January 4, 2008, OPM issued a 

memorandum (CPM 2008–01) on the 

January 2008 pay adjustments. (See 

http://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/ 

2008/2008–01.asp) The memorandum 

transmitted Executive Order 13454 and 

provided the 2008 salary tables, locality 

pay areas and percentages, and 

information on general pay 

administration matters and other related 

information. The ‘‘2008 Salary Tables’’

posted on OPM’s Web site at http:// 

www.opm.gov/oca/08tables/index.asp 

are the official rates of pay for affected 

employees and are hereby incorporated 

as part of this notice. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Linda M. Springer, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–1032 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, January 29, 

2008, at 11:30 a.m.; and Wednesday, 

January 30, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 

a.m. 

PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal 

Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin 

Room. 

STATUS: January 29—11:30 a.m.—

Closed; January 30—8:30 a.m.—Open; 

January 30—10:30 a.m.—Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Tuesday, 

January 29 at 11:30 a.m. (Closed) 

1. Product Pricing Update. 

2. Financial Update. 

3. Strategic Issues. 

4. Labor Update. 

5. Personnel Matters and 

Compensation Issues. 

6. Governors’ Executive Session—

Discussion of prior agenda items and 

Board Governance. 

Wednesday, January 30 at 8:30 a.m. 

(Open) 

1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting, 

December 10–11, 2007. 

2. Remarks of the Chairman and Vice 

Chairman on the Board. 

3. Remarks of the Postmaster General 

and CEO Jack Potter. 

4. Committee Reports. 

5. Consideration of Board Resolution 

on Capital Funding. 

6. Quarterly Report on Service 

Performance. 

7. Quarterly Report on Financial 

Performance. 

8. Capital Investments. 

a. Providence, Rhode Island, 

Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) 

Expansion. 

b. West Sacramento, California, P&DC 

Expansion. 

c. Perris, California, Delivery 

Distribution Center. 

9. Tentative Agenda for the March 4, 

and April 1–2, 2008, meetings in 

Washington, DC. 

10. Election of Chairman and Vice 

Chairman of the Board of Governors. 

Wednesday, January 30 at 10:30 a.m. 

(Closed)—if needed 

1. Continuation of Tuesday’s closed 

session agenda. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Wendy A. Hocking, Secretary of the 

Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20260–

1000. Telephone (202) 268–4800. 

Wendy A. Hocking, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 08–250 Filed 1–17–08; 3:32 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–M 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: [73 FR 2560, January 

15, 2008]. 

STATUS: Open Meeting. 

PLACE: 100 F Street, NE., Auditorium, 

Room L–002, Washington, DC. 

DATE AND TIME OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

MEETING: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 

at 10 a.m. 

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Cancellation of 

Meeting. 

The Open Meeting scheduled for 

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 has been 

cancelled. 

For further information please contact 

the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551–

5400. 

Dated: January 16, 2008. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–946 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–57145; File No. SR–Amex–

2008–01] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice 

of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness 

of Proposed Rule Change Extending 

the Pilot Program Increasing Position 

and Exercise Limits for Options on the 

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 

January 14, 2008. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on January 

10, 2008, the American Stock Exchange 

LLC (‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘Amex’’) filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II below, which Items have 


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