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in Tier 1 capital pledged deposits and 

nonwithdrawable accounts to the extent 

that such accounts or deposits have no 

fixed maturity date, cannot be 

withdrawn at the option of the 

accountholder, and do not earn interest 

that carries over to subsequent periods. 

The OTS also permits the inclusion of 

net worth certificates, mutual capital 

certificates, and income capital 

certificates complying with applicable 

OTS regulations in savings associations’

Tier 2 capital. In the aggregate, however, 

these deposits, accounts, and certificates 

are only a negligible amount, if any, of 

the Tier 1 or Tier 2 capital of OTSsupervised savings associations. The 

OCC, the FRB, and the FDIC do not 

expressly address these instruments in 

their regulatory capital standards, and 

they generally are not recognized as Tier 

1 or Tier 2 capital components. 

Covered Assets 

The OCC, the FRB, and the FDIC 

generally place assets subject to 

guarantee arrangements by the FDIC or 

the former Federal Savings and Loan 

Insurance Corporation in the 20 percent 

risk-weight category. The OTS places 

these ‘‘covered assets’’ in the zero 

percent risk-weight category. In the 

aggregate, the amount of covered assets 

in OTS-supervised savings associations 

is negligible. 

Differences in Accounting Standards 

Among the Federal Banking Agencies 

Push-Down Accounting 

Push-down accounting is the 

establishment of a new accounting basis 

for a depository institution in its 

separate financial statements as a result 

of the institution becoming substantially 

wholly owned. Under push-down 

accounting, when a depository 

institution is acquired in a purchase, yet 

retains its separate corporate existence, 

the assets and liabilities of the acquired 

institution are restated to their fair 

values as of the acquisition date. These 

values, including any goodwill, are 

reflected in the separate financial 

statements of the acquired institution, as 

well as in any consolidated financial 

statements of the institution’s parent. 

The OCC, the FRB, and the FDIC 

require the use of push-down 

accounting for regulatory reporting 

purposes when an institution’s voting 

stock becomes at least 95 percent owned 

by an investor or a group of investors 

acting collaboratively. This approach is 

generally consistent with accounting 

interpretations issued by the staff of the 

Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The OTS requires the use of push-down 

accounting when an institution’s voting 

stock becomes at least 90 percent owned 

by an investor or investor group. 

Dated: July 31, 2008. 

John C. Dugan, 

Comptroller of the Currency. 

By order of the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. August 20, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

August, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

Dated: July 24, 2008. 

By the Office of Thrift Supervision. 

John M. Reich, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–19676 Filed 8–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODES 4810–33–P (25%), 6210–01–P (25%), 

6714–01–P (25%), 6720–01–P (25%) 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Government in the Sunshine; Meeting 

Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

TIME AND DATE: 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, 

September 2, 2008. 

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal 

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C 

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 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. 

Dated: August 22, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–19908 Filed 8–22–08; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

Multiple Award Schedule Advisory 

Panel; Notification of Public Advisory 

Panel Meetings 

AGENCY: U.S. General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. General Services 

Administration (GSA) Multiple Award 

Schedule Advisory Panel (MAS Panel), 

a Federal Advisory Committee, will 

hold public meetings on the following 

dates: Friday, September 19, 2008; 

Monday, September 22, 2008; Monday, 

October 6, 2008; and Monday, October 

27, 2008. GSA utilizes the MAS program 

to establish long-term Governmentwide 

contracts with responsible firms to 

provide Federal, State, and local 

government customers with access to a 

wide variety of commercial supplies 

(products) and services. 

The MAS Panel was established to 

develop advice and recommendations 

on MAS program pricing policies, 

provisions, and procedures in the 

context of current commercial pricing 

practices. For the next 3 to 4 meetings, 

the Panel plans to focus on developing 

recommendations for MAS program 

pricing provisions for the acquisition of 

(1) professional services; (2) products; 

(3) total solutions which consist of 

professional services and products; and 

(4) non professional services. In 

developing the recommendations, the 

Panel will, at a minimum, address these 

5 questions for each of the 4 types of 

acquisitions envisioned above: (1) 

Where does competition take place?; (2) 

If competition takes place primarily at 

the task/delivery order level, does a fair 

and reasonable price determination at 

the MAS contract level really matter?; 

(3) If the Panel consensus is that 

competition is at the task order level, 

are the methods that GSA uses to 

determine fair and reasonable prices 

and maintain the price/discount 

relationship with the basis of award 

customer(s) adequate?; (4) If the current 

policy is not adequate, what are the 

recommendations to improve the 

policy/guidance; and (5) If fair and 

reasonable price determination at the 

MAS contract level is not beneficial and 

the fair and reasonable price 

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at the task/delivery order level, then 

what is the GSA role? 

To that end, the Panel would like to 

hear from the many stakeholders of the 

MAS program. The MAS program 

stakeholders include, but not limited to, 

ordering agency contracting officers, 

GSA contracting officers, schedule 

contract holders, Congress, program 

managers, General Accountability 

Office, and federal agency Inspector 

General Offices. The panel is 

particularly interested in stakeholder 

views as to how the issues discussed 

above may relate differently to the 

purchase of goods, services, or goods 

and services that are configured to 

propose an integrated solution to an 

agency’s needs. September 19, 2008, is 

the last date that the Panel will entertain 

oral comments. Written comments may 

be submitted at any time in accordance 

with the guidance below. 

I. Acquisition of Services and 

Solutions Discussion and 

Recommendations 

Discussions will take place on Friday, 

September 19, 2008, and Monday, 

September 22, 2008. The meetings will 

be held at the American Institute of 

Architects (AIA) Building, 2nd Floor, 

1725 New York Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC. The building is located 

at the corner of 18th Street and New 

York Avenue, NW. Entrance to the 

building is on either 18th Street, or New 

York Avenue. The AIA is within 

walking distance of the Farragut North 

and Farragut West metro stops. The 

meeting start time for each day is 8:00 

a.m., and it will adjourn no later than 

5:00 p.m. 

II. Acquisition of Products Discussion 

and Recommendations 

Discussions will take place on 

Monday, October 6, 2008, and Monday, 

October 20, 2008. 

Monday, October 6, 2008, Location & 

Address: The meeting will be held at the 

Jury’s Washington Hotel, 1500 New 

Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC. The hotel is within walking 

distance from the Dupont Circle metro 

stop. The meeting start time is 9:00 a.m., 

and it will adjourn no later than 5:00 

p.m. 

Monday, October 27, 2008, Location 

and Address: The meeting will be held 

at the American Institute of Architects 

(AIA) Building, 2nd Floor, 1725 New 

York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

The building is located at the corner of 

18th Street and New York Avenue, NW. 

Entrance to the building is on either 

18th Street or New York Avenue. The 

AIA is within walking distance of the 

Farragut North and Farragut West metro 

stops. The meeting start time is 9:00 

a.m., and it will adjourn no later than 

5:00 p.m. 

For presentations before the Panel, the 

following guidance is provided: 

Oral comments: September 19, 2008 

is the last meeting date for oral 

comments. Requests to present oral 

comments at this meeting must be in 

writing (e-mail or fax) and received by 

the Designated Federal Official, Pat 

Brooks, at the below address ten (10) 

business days prior to the meeting date. 

Each individual or group requesting an 

oral presentation will be limited to a 

total time of five minutes. Speakers 

should bring at least 50 copies of their 

comments for distribution to the 

reviewers and public at the meeting. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be received ten (10) business days 

prior to the meeting date so that the 

comments may be provided to the Panel 

for their consideration prior to the 

meeting. Comments should be supplied 

to Ms. Brooks at the address/contact 

information noted below in the 

following format: one hard copy with 

original signature and one electronic 

copy via email in Microsoft Word. 

Subsequent meeting dates, locations, 

and times will be published at least 15 

days prior to the meeting date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information on the Panel meetings, 

agendas, and other information can be 

obtained at www.gsa.gov/ 

masadvisorypanel or you may contact 

Ms. Pat Brooks, Designated Federal 

Officer, Multiple Award Schedule 

Advisory Panel, U.S. General Services 

Administration, 2011 Crystal Drive, 

Suite 911, Arlington, VA 22205; 

telephone 703 605–3406, Fax 703 605–

3454; or via e-mail at 

mas.advisorypanel@gsa.gov. 

AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS: 

All meeting materials, including 

meeting agendas, handouts, public 

comments, and meeting minutes will be 

posted on the MAS Panel website at 

www.gsa.gov/masadvisorypanel or 

www.gsa.gov/masap. 

MEETING ACCESS: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodations at any of these 

meetings should contact Ms. Brooks at 

least ten (10) business days prior to the 

meeting date so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. 

Dated: August 21, 2008. 

David A. Drabkin, 

Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of 

the Chief Acquisition Officer, General 

Services Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–19772 Filed 8–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health; Determination 

Concerning a Petition to Add a Class 

of Employees to the Special Exposure 

Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 

determination concerning a petition to 

add a class of employees at the Sandia 

National Laboratory—Livermore, 

Livermore, California, to the Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 

(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On July 29, 

2008, the Secretary of HHS determined 

that the following employees do not 

meet the statutory criteria for addition 

to the SEC as authorized under 

EEOICPA: 

Department of Energy employees or its 

contractor or subcontractor employees who 

worked as x-ray technologists and materials 

scientists at Sandia National Laboratory—

Livermore in the X-ray Diffraction and 

Fluorescence Laboratory, Building 913—

Room 113 and Building 913—Room 128 from 

December 1, 1967 through December 31, 

1990. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1–

800–CDC–INFO (1–800–232–4636) or 

directly at 1–513–533–6800 (this is not 

a toll-free number). Information requests 

can also be submitted by e-mail to 

OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: August 5, 2008. 

Christine M. Branche, 

Acting Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–19732 Filed 8–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–17–P 


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