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3Those who cannot submit comments by the 

filing deadline should contact Mr. Sharfman. 

Service requested to have the contract in 

Docket No. CP2010–71 serve as the 

baseline contract for future functional 

equivalence analyses of the GEPS 3 

product. 

The instant contracts. The Postal 

Service filed the instant contracts 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition, 

the Postal Service contends that each 

contract is in accordance with Order No. 

86. The term of each contract is 1 year 

from the date the Postal Service notifies 

the customer that all necessary 

regulatory approvals have been 

received. Notice at 3. 

In support of its Notice, the Postal 

Service filed four attachments as 

follows: 

Attachments 1A through 1H— 

redacted copies of the eight contracts 

and applicable annexes; 

Attachments 2A through 2H— 

certified statements required by 39 CFR 

3015.5(c)(2) for each contract; 

Attachment 3—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–7 which 

establishes prices and classifications for 

GEPS contracts, a description of 

applicable GEPS contracts, formulas for 

prices, an analysis of the formulas, and 

certification of the Governors’ vote; and 

Attachment 4—an application for 

non-public treatment of materials to 

maintain redacted portions of the 

contracts and supporting documents 

under seal. 

The Notice advances reasons why the 

instant GEPS 3 contracts fit within the 

Mail Classification Schedule language 

for the GEPS 3 product. The Postal 

Service identifies customer-specific 

information and general contract terms 

that distinguish the instant contracts 

from the baseline GEPS 3 agreement. Id. 

at 4–5. It states that the differences, 

which include price variations based on 

updated costing information and 

volume commitments, do not alter the 

contracts’ functional equivalency. Id. at 

3–4. The Postal Service asserts that 

‘‘[b]ecause the agreements incorporate 

the same cost attributes and 

methodology, the relevant 

characteristics of these eight GEPS 

contracts are similar, if not the same, as 

the relevant characteristics of previously 

filed contracts.’’ Id. at 4. 

The Postal Service concludes that its 

filings demonstrate that each of the new 

GEPS 3 contracts complies with the 

requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633 and is 

functionally equivalent to the baseline 

GEPS 3 contract. Therefore, it requests 

that the instant contracts be included 

within the GEPS 3 product. Id. at 5. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. CP2011–5 through CP2011–12 for 

consideration of matters related to the 

contracts identified in the Postal 

Service’s Notice. 

These dockets are addressed on a 

consolidated basis for purposes of this 

order. Filings with respect to a 

particular contract should be filed in 

that docket. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s contracts are consistent with 

the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 

3642.3 Comments are due no later than 

October 19, 2010. The public portions of 

these filings can be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Paul L. 

Harrington to serve as Public 

Representative in the captioned 

proceedings. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. CP2011–5 through CP2011–12 for 

consideration of matters raised by the 

Postal Service’s Notice. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

October 19, 2010. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. 

Harrington is appointed to serve as the 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Board of Governors; Sunshine Act 

Meeting 

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, November 

11, 2010, at 10:30 a.m.; and Friday, 

November 12, at 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 

a.m. 

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

Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin 

Room. 

STATUS: Thursday, November 11 at 

10:30 a.m.—Closed; Friday, November 

12 at 8:30 a.m.—Open; and at 11:30 

a.m.—Closed 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Thursday, November 11 at 10:30 a.m. 

(Closed) 

1. Strategic Issues 

2. Financial Matters 

3. Pricing 

4. Personnel Matters and Compensation 

Issues 

5. Governors’ Executive Session— 

Discussion of prior agenda items 

and Board Governance 

Friday, November 12 at 8:30 a.m. 

(Open) 

1. Approval of Minutes of Previous 

Meetings 

2. Remarks of the Chairman of the Board 

3. Remarks of the Postmaster General 

and CEO 

4. Committee Reports 

5. Consideration of Fiscal Year 2010 

10K, Financial Statements, and 

Postal Service Annual Report 

6. Consideration of Fiscal Year 2011 

Integrated Financial Plan 

7. Consideration of Final Fiscal Year 

2012 Appropriation Request 

8. Consideration of Fiscal Year 2010 

Comprehensive Statement and 

Annual Performance Plan 

9. Quarterly Report on Service 

Performance 

10. Tentative Agenda for the December 

6–7, 2010, meeting in Washington, 

DC 

11. Election of Chairman and Vice 

Chairman of the Board of Governors 

Friday, November 12 at 11:30 a.m. 

(Closed—if needed) 

1. Continuation of Thursday’s closed 

session agenda 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Julie S. Moore, Secretary of the Board, 

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

SW., Washington, DC 20260–1000. 

Telephone (202) 268–4800. 

Julie S. Moore, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Request for Public Comment on the 

Draft 2010 National Nanotechnology 

Initiative Strategic Plan 

AGENCY: White House Office of Science 

and Technology Policy. 

ACTION: Notice: request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: With this notice, the White 

House Office of Science and Technology 

Policy and the Nanoscale Science, 

Engineering, and Technology 

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67150 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 210 / Monday, November 1, 2010 / Notices 

Subcommittee of the National Science 

and Technology Council request 

comments from the public regarding the 

draft 2010 National Nanotechnology 

Initiative (NNI) Strategic Plan. The draft 

plan is posted at http:// 

strategy.nano.gov. Comments of 

approximately one page or less in length 

(4,000 characters) are requested. This 

request will be active from November 1, 

2010 to November 30, 2010. 

DATES: Comments are invited beginning 

November 1, 2010 and must be received 

by 11:59 p.m. EST on November 30, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Respondents are 

encouraged to register online at the NNI 

Strategy Portal at http:// 

strategy.nano.gov to post their 

comments (4,000 characters or less) as a 

response to the request for public 

comment. Alternatively, comments of 

one page in length or less may be 

submitted via e-mail to: 

nnistrategy@ostp.gov. Please do not 

include in your comments information 

of a confidential nature, such as 

sensitive personal information or 

proprietary information. 

Overview: The National 

Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) 

Strategic Plan is the framework that 

underpins the nanotechnology work of 

the NNI member agencies. It aims to 

ensure that advances in nanotechnology 

research and development (R&D) and 

their applications to agency missions 

and the broader national interest 

continue unabated in this still-young 

field. Its purpose is to facilitate 

achievement of the NNI vision by laying 

out targeted guidance for agency 

leaders, program managers, and the 

research community regarding planning 

and implementation of nanotechnology 

R&D investments and activities. 

The NNI is a U.S. Government R&D 

program of 25 agencies working together 

toward the common challenging vision 

of a future in which the ability to 

understand and control matter at the 

nanoscale leads to a revolution in 

technology and industry that benefits 

society. The combined, coordinated 

efforts of these agencies have 

accelerated discovery, development, 

and deployment of nanotechnology 

towards agency missions and the 

broader national interest. Established in 

2001, the NNI involves nanotechnologyrelated activities by the 25 member 

agencies, 15 of which have budgets for 

nanotechnology R&D for Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2011. 

The NNI is managed within the 

framework of the National Science and 

Technology Council (NSTC), the 

Cabinet-level council that coordinates 

science and technology across the 

Federal government and interfaces with 

other sectors. The Nanoscale Science, 

Engineering, and Technology (NSET) 

Subcommittee of the NSTC coordinates 

planning, budgeting, program 

implementation, and review of the NNI. 

The NSET Subcommittee is composed 

of senior representatives from agencies 

participating in the NNI (http:// 

www.nano.gov). 

The NSET Subcommittee has solicited 

multiple streams of input to inform the 

development of a revised NNI Strategic 

Plan. Independent reviews of the NNI 

by the President’s Council of Advisors 

on Science and Technology and the 

National Research Council of the 

National Academies have made specific 

recommendations for improving the 

NNI. Additional input has come from 

the NNI Strategic Planning Stakeholders 

Workshop in Arlington, Virginia, on 

July 13–14, 2010 (details available 

online: http://www.nano.gov/html/ 

meetings/NNISPWorkshop/index.html) 

as well as in responses to a Request for 

Information published in the Federal 

Register on July 6, 2010 and comments 

posted online in response to challenge 

questions from July 13–August 15, 2010, 

at the NNI Strategy Portal (http:// 

strategy.nano.gov). 

The NNI Strategic Plan represents the 

consensus of the participating agencies 

as to the high-level goals and priorities 

of the NNI and specific objectives for at 

least the next three years. It describes 

the four overarching goals of the NNI, 

the major Program Component Areas 

established in 2004 to broadly track the 

categories of investments needed to 

ensure the success of the initiative, and 

the near-term objectives that will be the 

concrete steps taken toward collectively 

achieving the NNI vision and goals. 

Finally, the plan describes collaborative 

interagency activities, including three 

Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives 

that are a new model of specifically 

targeted and closely coordinated 

interagency, cross-sector collaboration 

designed to accelerate innovation in 

areas of national priority. 

Your comments on this draft of the 

plan must be received by 11:59 p.m. 

EST on Sunday, November 30, 2010. 

Please reference page and line numbers 

as appropriate, and keep your responses 

to 4,000 characters or less. You may also 

e-mail your responses, no more than one 

page in length, to nnistrategy@ostp.gov. 

Responses to this notice are not offers 

and cannot be accepted by the Federal 

Government to form a binding contract 

or issue a grant. Information obtained as 

a result of this notice may be used by 

the Federal Government for program 

planning on a non-attribution basis. Do 

not include any information that might 

be considered proprietary or 

confidential. Please be aware that your 

comments may be posted online. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

questions about the content of this 

notice should be sent to 

NNIStrategy@ostp.gov. Questions and 

responses may also be sent by mail 

(please allow additional time for 

processing) to the address: Office of 

Science and Technology Policy, ATTN: 

NNI Strategic Plan Comments, 

Executive Office of the President, 725 

17th Street, Room 5228, Washington, 

DC 20502. Phone: (202) 456–7116, Fax: 

(202) 456–6021. 

Ted Wackler, 

Deputy Chief of Staff. 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549. 

Extension: 

Rule 301 and Forms ATS and ATS–R; SEC 

File No. 270–451; OMB Control No. 

3235–0509. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Regulation ATS provides a regulatory 

structure for alternative trading systems. 

Regulation ATS allows an alternative 

trading system to choose between 

registering as a broker-dealer and 

complying with Regulation ATS, or 

registering as a national securities 

exchange. Regulation ATS provides the 

regulatory framework for those 

alternative trading systems that choose 

to be regulated as broker-dealers. Rule 

301 of Regulation ATS contains certain 

notice and reporting requirements, as 

well as additional obligations that apply 

only to alternative trading systems with 

significant volume. Rule 301 describes 

the conditions with which an 

alternative trading system must comply 

to be registered as a broker-dealer. The 

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