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Service and the Department of Labor, in

connection with providing plan

administration services (Norstar

Bancorp, Inc. 71 Fed. Res. Bull. 656

(1985), BankVermont Corporation 72

Fed. Res. Bull. 337 (1986), Norstar

Bancorp, Inc. 72 Fed. Res. Bull. 729

(1986), Centerre Bancorporation 73 Fed.

Res. Bull. 365 (1987)).

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 9, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–12135 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Public Workshop on Consumer

Privacy on the Global Information

Infrastructure

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Announcement of public

workshop.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer

Protection of the Federal Trade

Commission announces it will host a

one and one-half day public workshop

on consumer privacy on the Global

Information Infrastructure (GII). Online

transactions, such as the purchase of

goods, generated electronic data that are

easily duplicated, stored, retrieved,

analyzed and re-used. Advances in

hardware, software, and

communications technologies

additionally allow previously

impossible or impractical manipulation

of information. The Bureau’s purposes

for conducting this workshop are to

gather information on consumers’ and

industry’s understanding of the privacy

issues posed by the emerging online

marketplace, and also to gather

information on online protections for

consumer privacy.

DATES: The workshop will be held on

June 4, 1996 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

(Room 432) and on June 5, 1996 from

9:00 am to 12:30 pm (Room 332), at the

Federal Trade Commission, Sixth Street

and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20580. All interested

parties are welcome to attend.

ADDRESSES: Requests to participate in

the workshop should be mailed, on or

before May 24, 1996, to Martha

Landesberg, Division of Credit Practices,

Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal

Trade Commission, Washington, DC

20580. Written comments should be

directed to: Secretary, Federal Trade

Commission, Room H–159, Sixth Street

and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20580. Comments

should be identified as ‘‘Consumer

Privacy—Comment.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha Landesberg, Division of Credit

Practices, Bureau of Consumer

Protection, Federal Trade Commission,

Washington DC 20850. Telephone: (202)

326–2825; electronic mail address:

mlandesberg@ftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Workshop on Consumer Privacy

on the Global Information

Infrastructure

Agenda

June 4, 1996

Session 1—The Use of Consumer

Information

Issues

How is personal information currently

used by online businesses? What do

consumers know about the use of

consumer information in online

marketing and commercial transactions?

What kinds of disclosure and notice

might be provided to consumers? What

choices can or should consumers have

in exercising control over uses of

personal information? How can the

security and accuracy of personal

information used online be assured? Are

voluntary standards useful in this area?

Session 2—Electronic Regimes for

Protecting Consumer Privacy Online

Issues

Can technological standards such as

the Platform for Internet Content

Selection (PICS) system be used as

models to facilitate automatic disclosure

of privacy policies and the availability

of consumer choice regarding the use of

personal information?

Session 3—Consumer and Business

Education in Online Privacy Issues

Issues

What are the various means of

educating consumers and industry

about the use of personal information in

online transactions?

Session 4—The Use of Medical and

Financial Information Online

Issues

What kinds of heightened protections

might be afforded medical and financial

information? What role, if any should

such information play in online

transactions?

Session 5—The Impact of the European

Commission’s Council Directive on the

Protection of Personal Data

Issues

What does the Directive require of

government and industry with respect

to the free flow of personal information?

Can industry satisfy the Directive’s

‘‘adequacy’’ requirement through the

use of interactive privacy regimes?

June 5, 1996

Session 6—The Collection and Use of

Information about Children

Issues

What information is currently

collected about children online and how

is it being used? Is it appropriate to

place limits on the online collection

and/or use of information from and

about children? What limits could be

recommended? Who may consent and

exercise choice in this context?

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12017 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Statement of Organization, Functions

and Delegation of Authority

Part A (Office of the Secretary),

Chapter AE (Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

(OASPE)), of the Statement of

Organization, Functions and Delegation

of Authority for the Department of

Health and Human Services (most

recently amended at 58 FR 68649 on

December 28, 1993) is amended as

follows:

I. Chapter AE, paragraph B. ‘‘The

Office of Program Systems,’’ delete in its

entirety and replace with the following:

B. The Office of Program Systems—

The Office of Program Systems is

responsible for providing guidance and

direction to the Department’s strategic,

policy, and support planning,

conducting policy and economic

analyses of crosscutting issues,

developing planning and policy

information and related support

systems, and providing technical and

policy support services.

1. The Division of Decision Systems is

responsible for managing major

planning systems for the Department

and the OASPE, including strategic,

legislative, policy and policy support

planning. The Division manages the

development and implementation of the

Department’s strategic plan, provides

policy guidance and assistance to the

Operating Divisions and Staff Divisions

in the development of their components

for the plan and coordinates the