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Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than September 14, 

2010. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. Benefit Financial Group, Inc., Fort 

Smith, Arkansas; to become a bank 

holding company upon the conversion 

of its subsidiary bank, Benefit Bank, 

Fort Smith, Arkansas, from a federally 

chartered savings institution to a state 

chartered bank. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 25, 2010. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21519 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

Maximum Per Diem Rates for the 

Continental United States (CONUS) 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy (OGP), General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 11– 

01, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Continental 

United States (CONUS) per diem rates. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration’s (GSA) annual per diem 

review has resulted in lodging and meal 

allowance changes for locations within 

CONUS to provide for the 

reimbursement of Federal employees’ 

expenses covered by per diem. This Per 

Diem Bulletin updates the maximum 

per diem amounts in existing per diem 

localities and updates the standard 

CONUS rate. The CONUS per diem rates 

prescribed in Bulletin 11–01 may be 

found at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem. 

GSA bases the lodging per diem rates on 

the average daily rate that the lodging 

industry reports to an independent 

organization. The use of such data in the 

per diem rate setting process enhances 

the government’s ability to obtain 

policy-compliant lodging where it is 

needed. In conjunction with the annual 

lodging study, GSA identified five new 

non-standard areas (NSAs): West Des 

Moines, Iowa (Dallas County); Queen 

Anne County, Maryland; Moab, Utah 

(Grand County); Richland, Washington 

(Benton County); and Berkeley County, 

West Virginia. 

If a per diem rate is insufficient to 

meet necessary expenses in any given 

location, Federal executive agencies can 

request that GSA review that location. 

Please review numbers five and six of 

GSA’s per diem Frequently Asked 

Questions at (http://www.gsa.gov/ 

perdiemfaqs) for more information on 

the special review process. 

In addition, the Federal Travel 

Regulation allows for actual expense 

reimbursement as directed in § 301– 

11.300 through 301–11.306. GSA may 

begin asking agencies for data related to 

their use of actual expense approvals; if 

so, more information will be 

forthcoming. 

DATES: This notice is effective October 

1, 2010, and applies for travel 

performed on or after October 1, 2010 

through September 30, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Ms. Jill 

Denning, Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, Office of Travel, Transportation, 

and Asset Management, at (202) 208– 

7642, or by e-mail at 

travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please cite Notice 

of Per Diem Bulletin 11–01. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

After analyzing recent lodging data, 

GSA determined that lodging rates for 

certain localities do not adequately 

reflect the current lodging markets. GSA 

used the same lodging rate setting 

methodology for establishing the FY 

2011 per diem rates as when 

establishing the FY 2010 rates. 

GSA issues and publishes the CONUS 

per diem rates, formerly published in 

Appendix A to 41 CFR Chapter 301, 

solely on the Internet at http:// 

www.gsa.gov/perdiem. This process, 

implemented in 2003, ensures more 

timely changes in per diem rates 

established by GSA for Federal 

employees on official travel within 

CONUS. Notices published periodically 

in the Federal Register, such as this 

one, now constitute the only 

notification of revisions in CONUS per 

diem rates to agencies. 

Dated: August 23, 2010. 

Craig Flynn, 

Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21489 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0162; 60- 

day Notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including any of the following subjects: 

(1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. To obtain copies of 

the supporting statement and any 

related forms for the proposed 

paperwork collections referenced above, 

e-mail your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and OS document identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60 

days. 

Proposed Project: State Medicaid 

Fraud Control Units’ Reports—OMB No. 

0990–0162—Extension-Office of the 

Inspector General (OIG). 

Abstract: Office of the Inspector 

General (OIG) is requesting an extension 

by Office of Management and Budget for 

the collection of information to 

specifically comply with the 

requirements in Title 19 of the Social 

Security Act at 1903(q) and 42 


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CFR1007.15 and 1007.17, in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

information collected consists of fifty 

separate annual reports and fifty 

separate application requests for Federal 

grant certification/re-certification. The 

collection is submitted yearly to the 

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) by 

the fifty established State Medicaid 

Fraud Control Units (Units). OIG uses 

the information received to assess and 

determine the Units’ eligibility for 

continued participation in the Federal 

Medicaid fraud control grant program. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Respondent Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

State (MFCU) Units ..................... Annual Report ........................................ 50 1 88 4,400 

State (MFCU) Units ..................... Certification/Recertification Application 50 1 5 250 

Total ...................................... ................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,650 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21400 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4152–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0162; 60- 

Day Notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including any of the following subjects: 

(1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above email address within 60- 

days. 

Proposed Project: State Medicaid 

Fraud Control Units’ Reports—OMB No. 

0990–0162–Extension—Office of the 

Inspector General (OIG). 

Abstract: Office of the Inspector 

General (OIG) is requesting an extension 

by Office of Management and Budget for 

the collection of information to 

specifically comply with the 

requirements in Title 19 of the Social 

Security Act at 1903 (q) and 42 

CFR1007.15 and 1007.17, in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

information collected consists of fifty 

separate annual reports and fifty 

separate application requests for Federal 

grant certification/re-certification. The 

collection is submitted yearly to the 

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) by 

the fifty established State Medicaid 

Fraud Control Units (Units). OIG uses 

the information received to assess and 

determine the Units’ eligibility for 

continued participation in the Federal 

Medicaid fraud control grant program. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Respondent Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondents 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

State (MFCU) Units ..................... Annual Report ........................................ 50 1 88 4,400 

State (MFCU) Units ..................... Certification/Recertification Application 50 1 5 250 

Total ...................................... ................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,650 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21433 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4152–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0162; 60- 

Day Notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 


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