58292 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 194 / Monday, October 6, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: September 8, 2008. 

A. Joseph Shepard, 

Associate Administrator for Investment. 

[FR Doc. E8–23468 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[License No. 09/79–0454] 

Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, 

L.P.; Notice Seeking Exemption Under 

Section 312 of the Small Business 

Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest 

Notice is hereby given that Emergence 

Capital Partners SBIC, L.P., 160 Bovet 

Road, Suite 300, San Mateo, CA 94402, 

a Federal Licensee under the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1958, as 

amended (‘‘the Act’’), in connection 

with the financing of a small concern, 

has sought an exemption under section 

312 of the Act and section 107.730, 

Financings which Constitute Conflicts 

of Interest of the Small Business 

Administration (‘‘SBA’’) Rules and 

Regulations (13 CFR 107.730). 

Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P. 

proposes to provide equity/debt security 

financing to PivotLink, Inc., 15325 SE 

30th Place, Suite 300, Bellevue, WA 

98007. 

The financing is brought within the 

purview of § 107.730(a)(1) of the 

Regulations because Emergence Capital 

Partners, L.P. and Emergence Capital 

Associates, L.P., Associates of 

Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P., 

own in the aggregate more than ten 

percent of PivotLink, Inc. Therefore this 

transaction is considered a financing of 

an Associate requiring prior SBA 

approval 

Notice is hereby given that any 

interested person may submit written 

comments on the transaction, within 

fifteen days of the date of this 

publication, to the Associate 

Administrator for Investment, U.S. 

Small Business Administration, 409 

Third Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20416. 

August 29, 2008. 

A. Joseph Shepard, 

Associate Administrator for Investment. 

[FR Doc. E8–23469 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6374] 

Notice of Intent To Establish the Global 

AIDS Coordinator’s Expert Panel on 

Prevention of Mother-to-Child 

Transmission of HIV 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 309 of the 

United States Global Leadership Against 

HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 

Reauthorization Act of 2008, (‘‘the 

Act’’), Public Law 110–293, this is a 

notice of intent to establish the Global 

AIDS Coordinator’s Expert Panel on 

Prevention of Mother-to-Child 

Transmission of HIV. 

Purpose: The objectives and scope of 

activities of the Expert Panel are to 

provide an objective review of activities 

to prevent mother-to-child transmission 

of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, 

the pathogen that causes Acquired 

Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)), 

and to provide a report and 

recommendations to the Global AIDS 

Coordinator and to the appropriate 

congressional committees for scale-up of 

prevention of Mother-to-Child 

transmission prevention services. 

Membership: The Panel shall consist 

of not more than fifteen members 

appointed by the Global AIDS 

Coordinator. Members of the Panel shall 

be drawn from governmental and 

private sector organizations, in 

accordance with the requirements under 

section 309 of the Act. All meetings of 

this Panel will be announced ahead of 

time by notice published in the Federal 

Register. 

Further information regarding this 

Panel may be obtained from Rebecca 

Hooper, Office of the Global AIDS 

Coordinator, U.S. Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20520, (202) 663–2440. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

Thomas Walsh, 

Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Acting 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–23564 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6383] 

Department of State Performance 

Review Board Members 

In accordance with section 4314(c)(4) 

of 5 United States Code, the Department 

of State has appointed the following 

individuals to the Department of State 

Performance Review Board for career 

Senior Executive Service members: 

Alexander A. Arvizu, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East 

Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of 

State; (Outside Member); 

Linda Jacobson, Assistant Legal 

Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, 

Department of State; 

Susan H. Swart, Chief Information 

Officer, Bureau of Information Resource 

Management, Department of State; 

(Outside Member); 

Linda S. Taglialatela, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human 

Resources, Department of State; and 

James E. Tyckoski, Office Director, 

Office of Resource Planning and Budget, 

Bureau of Resource Management, 

Department of State. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

Harry K. Thomas, Jr., 

Director General of the Foreign Service and 

Director of Human Resources, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–23570 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[DOT–0ST–2008–0296] 

Notice of Rights and Protections 

Available Under the Federal 

Antidiscrimination and Whistleblower 

Protection Laws 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: No FEAR Act Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice implements Title 

II of the Notification and Federal 

Employee Antidiscrimination and 

Retaliation Act of 2002 concerning the 

annual obligation of Federal agencies to 

notify all employees, former employees, 

and applicants for Federal employment 

of the rights and protections available to 

them under the Federal 

Antidiscrimination Laws and 

Whistleblower Protection Laws. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caffin Gordon, Associate Director of 

Policy and Quality Control Division, S– 

35, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

202 366–4648 or (TTY) 202–366–8538. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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each year. Electronic retrieval help and 

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