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1 45 CFR 1622.5(e) protects information the 

disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. 

Closed Session 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Approval of Minutes of the Board’s 

October 19, 2010 closed session 

meeting. 

3. Briefing on Management’s plans for 

addressing reported problems at one of 

LSC’s grantees. 

4. Briefing on status of Management’s 

response to the Inspector General’s 

audit report regarding the Technology 

Initiatives Grants (‘‘TIG’’) program. 

5. Consider and act on proposal 

regarding a research project. 

6. Consider and act on a Management 

recommendation regarding an employee 

benefits matter. 

a. Presentation by Alice Dickerson, 

Director, Office of Human Resources, 

and David L. Richardson, Comptroller. 

7. Briefing on internal employment 

matter. 

a. Presentation by Linda Mullenbach, 

Senior Assistant General Counsel, and 

Alice Dickerson, Director, Office of 

Human Resources. 

8. Consider and act on other business. 

9. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to 

the Vice President & General Counsel, at 

(202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent 

by electronic mail to 

FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. 

SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting 

notices will be made available in 

alternate formats to accommodate visual 

and hearing impairments. Individuals 

who have a disability and need an 

accommodation to attend the meeting 

may notify Katherine Ward, at (202) 

295–1500 or 

FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

Patricia D. Batie, 

Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27809 Filed 10–29–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice 

TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services 

Corporation Board of Directors’ Search 

Committee for LSC President (‘‘Search 

Committee’’ or ‘‘Committee’’) will meet 

on November 8, 2010. The meeting will 

begin at 2 p.m. (Central Time) and 

continue until conclusion of the 

Committee’s agenda. 

LOCATION: Sidley Austin, LLP, 1501 K 

Street, 1 South Dearborn Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60603. 

STATUS OF MEETING: Closed. The 

meeting of the Search Committee will be 

closed to the public pursuant to a vote 

of the Board of Directors authorizing the 

Committee to consider the qualifications 

of applicants for the position of LSC 

President for the purpose of identifying 

candidates to interview. 

Such closure is authorized by the 

relevant provisions of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act [5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6)] and LSC’s implementing 

regulation 45 CFR 1622.5(e).1

A verbatim written transcript will be 

made of the closed session of the Board 

meeting. However, the transcript of any 

portions of the closed session falling 

within the relevant provisions of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act [5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6)] and LSC’s 

implementing regulation 45 CFR 

1622.5(e), will not be available for 

public inspection. A copy of the General 

Counsel’s Certification that in his 

opinion the closing is authorized by law 

will be available upon request. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Closed Session: 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Review and discuss applications for 

the position of LSC President and select 

from among those candidates for further 

consideration. 

3. Consider and act on other business. 

4. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Kathleen Connors, Executive Assistant 

to the President, at (202) 295–1500. 

Questions may be sent by electronic 

mail to 

FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. 

SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting 

notices will be made available in 

alternate formats to accommodate visual 

and hearing impairments. Individuals 

who have a disability and need an 

accommodation to attend the meeting 

may notify Kathleen Connors at (202) 

295–1500 or 

FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

Patricia D. Batie, 

Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27808 Filed 10–29–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Proposed Guidance on Appointment of 

Lobbyists to Federal Boards and 

Commissions 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed guidance. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) is issuing proposed 

guidance to Executive Departments and 

agencies concerning the appointment of 

federally registered lobbyists to boards 

and commissions. On June 18, 2010, 

President Obama issued ‘‘Lobbyists on 

Agency Boards and Commissions,’’ a 

memorandum directing agencies and 

departments in the Executive Branch 

not to appoint or re-appoint Federally 

registered lobbyists to advisory 

committees and other boards and 

commissions. The Presidential 

Memorandum further directed the 

Director of OMB to ‘‘issue proposed 

guidance to implement this policy to the 

full extent permitted by law.’’ Final 

guidance will be issued by OMB after a 

thirty-day public comment period on 

the proposed guidance. The Presidential 

Memorandum is available at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/ 

presidential-memorandum-lobbyistsagency-boards-and-commissions. 

Comment Date: OMB invites 

comments from interested parties in 

both the public and private sectors to be 

considered in the formulation of the 

final guidance. Interested parties should 

submit comments in writing to the 

address below on or before 30 days from 

the publication of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: ogc@omb.eop.gov. 

• Facsimile: (202) 395–7289. 

• Mail: Office of General Counsel, 

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

Room 289, 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20500. 

A. Proposed Guidance 

On June 18, 2010, President Obama 

signed a Presidential Memorandum 

directing agencies in the Executive 

Branch not to appoint or re-appoint 

Federally registered lobbyists to 

advisory committees and other boards 

and commissions. That memorandum 

directed the Office of Management and 

Budget to propose implementing 

guidance, which follows in the form of 

questions and answers: 

Q1: Who is affected by the policy 

directed in the June 18, 2010 

Presidential Memorandum (the 

‘‘Memorandum’’)? 

A1: This policy applies to Federally 

registered lobbyists and does not apply 

to individuals who are registered as 

lobbyists only at the State level. A 

lobbyist for purposes of the 

Memorandum is any individual who is 

subject to the registration and reporting 

requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure 


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1Lobbying Disclosure, Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

House of Representatives: http:// 

lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov; LDA Reports, U.S. 

Senate: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/ 

Public_Disclosure/LDA_reports.htm. 

Act of 1995 (LDA), as amended, 2 U.S.C. 

1605, at the time of appointment or 

reappointment to an advisory board or 

commission. Databases maintained by 

the House of Representatives and the 

Senate may be helpful in identifying 

Federally registered lobbyists.1

Any individual who previously 

served as a Federally registered lobbyist 

may be appointed or re-appointed only 

if he or she has either filed a bona fide 

de-registration or has been de-listed by 

his or her employer as an active lobbyist 

reflecting the actual cessation of 

lobbying activities or if they have not 

appeared on a quarterly lobbying report 

for three consecutive quarters as a result 

of their actual cessation of lobbying 

activities. 

Q2: Does the policy restrict the 

appointment of individuals who are 

themselves not Federally registered 

lobbyists but are employed by 

organizations that engage in lobbying 

activities? 

A2: The policy established by the 

Memorandum applies to Federally 

registered lobbyists and does not apply 

to non-lobbyists employed by 

organizations that lobby. 

Q3: What entities constitute ‘‘boards 

and commissions’’ under the policy? 

A3: The policy directed in the 

Memorandum applies to any committee, 

board, commission, council, delegation, 

conference, panel, task force, or other 

similar group (or subgroup) created by 

the President, the Congress, or an 

Executive Branch department or agency 

to serve a specific function to which 

formal appointment is required, 

regardless of whether it is subject to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.). Boards and 

commissions include Federal advisory 

committees. 

Q4: Does the policy apply to nonFederal members of delegations to 

international bodies? 

A4: Delegations organized to present 

the Unites States’ position to 

international bodies are considered to 

be boards or commissions for the 

purposes of this policy. Therefore, 

agencies should not appoint Federally 

registered lobbyists to these delegations. 

Q5: Which ‘‘members’’ of those boards 

and commissions are covered by the 

policy? 

A5: The policy applies to all members 

of boards and commissions who are not 

full-time Federal employees, including 

both those who have been designated to 

serve in a representative capacity on 

behalf of an interested group or 

constituency and those who have been 

designated to serve as Special 

Government Employees, and who are 

appointed by the President or an 

Executive Branch agency or official. 

Members of boards and commissions do 

not include individuals who are invited 

to attend meetings of boards or 

commissions on an ad hoc basis. 

Q6: How does the policy apply if a 

statute or presidential directive provides 

for appointments to be made by State 

Governors or by members of Congress? 

A6: While the discretion of 

appointing authorities outside of the 

Executive Branch will be respected, 

those appointing authorities should be 

encouraged to appoint individuals who 

are not Federally registered lobbyists 

whenever possible. 

Q7: How does the policy apply when 

a statute or presidential directive 

requires the appointment of a specific 

representative from an organization and 

that representative is a Federally 

registered lobbyist? 

A7: The policy does not supersede 

board or commission membership 

requirements established by statute or 

presidential directive. Committee 

charters in effect at the time of the new 

policy that require a lobbyist to be 

appointed as a member of the committee 

should, wherever possible and at the 

earliest possible time, be amended to 

remove that requirement, consistent 

with statutes and presidential 

directives. 

Q8: How will the guidance affect 

lobbyists who were serving on boards 

and commissions at the time the policy 

was established? 

A8: The prohibition on the 

appointment of Federally registered 

lobbyists to boards and commissions 

established by the Memorandum applies 

to appointments and re-appointments 

made after June 18, 2010. In order to 

ensure that there is no disruption of 

ongoing work of boards and 

commissions, Federally registered 

lobbyists who already were serving on 

boards and commissions on that date 

may serve out the remainder of their 

terms, but may not be reappointed so 

long as they remain registered lobbyists. 

Q9: Does this policy also restrict the 

participation of lobbyists as members of 

a subcommittee or other work group 

that performs preparatory work for its 

parent board or commission? 

A9: Yes, the policy does not permit 

the appointment of Federally registered 

lobbyists to a subcommittee or any other 

subgroup that performs preparatory 

work for a parent board or commission, 

whether or not its members are 

appointed in the same manner as are 

members to the parent committee. The 

goal of the Memorandum is to restrict 

the undue influence of lobbyists on 

Federal government through their 

membership on boards and 

commissions, which would include 

subcommittees and other bodies that 

require formal appointment. 

Q10: Does this policy also restrict the 

participation of lobbyists as witnesses or 

experts who appear before boards and 

commissions or submit advice or 

materials to them? 

A10: Lobbyists may still appear before 

or otherwise communicate with a board 

or commission to provide testimony, 

information, or input in the same 

manner as non-lobbyists who are not 

members of or appointees to the board, 

commission, or any of its subgroups, to 

the extent permitted by law and 

regulation. The purpose of the policy is 

to prevent lobbyists from being in 

privileged positions in government. It is 

not designed to prevent lobbyists or 

others from petitioning their 

government. When lobbyists do testify, 

boards and commissions should make 

reasonable efforts to ensure that they 

hear a balance of perspectives and are 

not gathering information or advice 

exclusively from registered lobbyists. 

Q11: What should an agency do if it 

appoints to a board or commission an 

individual who is not a Federally 

registered lobbyist at the time of 

appointment, but who, after 

appointment, becomes a Federally 

registered lobbyist? 

A11: Agencies should make clear to 

all board and commission members, 

whether appointed as representatives or 

Special Government Employees, that 

their conduct of activities that would 

require them to be Federally registered 

lobbyists after appointment would 

necessitate their resignation or removal 

from membership on boards or 

commissions. The appointing officers or 

their delegates shall ensure, at least 

annually, that board or commission 

members are not Federally registered 

lobbyists and, upon reappointment of 

the members, either shall require each 

member to certify that he or she is not 

a Federally registered lobbyist or shall 

check the Federal lobbyist databases to 

confirm that each member has not 

registered as a lobbyist since 

appointment. If an agency finds that, 

following appointment to a board or 

commission, a member subsequently 

has become a Federally registered 

lobbyist or has engaged in activities that 

would require registration, the agency 

shall request the resignation of the 

member. 

Q12: Will there be any waivers 

available for circumstances in which a 


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Federally registered lobbyist possesses 

unique or exceptional value to a board 

or commission? 

A12: The policy makes no provisions 

for waivers, and waivers will not be 

permitted under this policy. 

Preeta D. Bansal, 

OMB General Counsel and Senior Policy 

Advisor, Office of Management and Budget. 

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BILLING CODE P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (10–144)] 

Performance Review Board, Senior 

Executive Service (SES) 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of Membership of SES 

Performance Review Board. 

SUMMARY: The Civil Service Reform Act 

of 1978, Public Law 95–454 (Section 

405) requires that appointments of 

individual members to the Performance 

Review Board (PRB) be published in the 

Federal Register. 

The National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration published a document 

in the Federal Register on October 12, 

2010, announcing membership of the 

Performance Review Board (PRB) and 

the Senior Executive Committee. In 

addition to the members previously 

announced, another member was added 

to the PRB, Associate Administrator for 

Independent Program and Cost 

Evaluation. 

Performance Review Board 

Chairperson, Chief of Staff, NASA 

Headquarters 

Executive Secretary, Director, Workforce 

Management and Development 

Division, NASA Headquarters 

Associate Administrator, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Deputy Administrator, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Administrator for Exploration 

Systems Mission Directorate, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Administrator for Space 

Operations Mission Directorate, 

NASA Headquarters 

Associate Administrator for Science 

Mission Directorate, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Administrator for Aeronautics 

Research Mission Directorate, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Administrator for Mission 

Support Directorate, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Administrator for Diversity 

and Equal Opportunity, NASA 

Headquarters 

Assistant Administrator for Human 

Capital Management, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Administrator for 

Independent Program and Cost 

Evaluation, NASA Headquarters 

Chief Engineer, NASA Headquarters 

General Counsel, NASA Headquarters 

Chief Technologist, NASA Headquarters 

Chief Scientist, NASA Headquarters 

Chief Information Officer, NASA 

Headquarters 

Chief, Safety and Mission Assurance, 

NASA Headquarters 

Director, Ames Research Center 

Director, Dryden Flight Research Center 

Director, Glenn Research Center 

Director, Goddard Space Flight Center 

Director, Johnson Space Center 

Director, Kennedy Space Center 

Director, Langley Research Center 

Director, Marshall Space Flight Center 

Director, Stennis Space Center 

Senior Executive Committee 

Chairperson, Deputy Administrator, 

NASA Headquarters 

Chair, Executive Resources Board, 

NASA Headquarters 

Chair, NASA Performance Review 

Board, NASA Headquarters 

Associate Administrator, NASA 

Headquarters 

Associate Deputy Administrator, NASA 

Headquarters 

Chief Information Officer, NASA 

Headquarters 

Charles F. Bolden, Jr., 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27551 Filed 11–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2010–0336] 

Biweekly Notice; Applications and 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses Involving No Significant 

Hazards Considerations 

I. Background 

Pursuant to section 189a. (2) of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission or NRC) 

is publishing this regular biweekly 

notice. The Act requires the 

Commission publish notice of any 

amendments issued, or proposed to be 

issued and grants the Commission the 

authority to issue and make 

immediately effective any amendment 

to an operating license upon a 

determination by the Commission that 

such amendment involves no significant 

hazards consideration, notwithstanding 

the pendency before the Commission of 

a request for a hearing from any person. 

This biweekly notice includes all 

notices of amendments issued, or 

proposed to be issued from October 7, 

2010 to October 20, 2010. The last 

biweekly notice was published on 

October 19, 2010 (75 FR 64359). 

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

following amendment requests involve 

no significant hazards consideration. 

Under the Commission’s regulations in 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), § 50.92, this 

means that operation of the facility in 

accordance with the proposed 

amendment would not (1) involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of 

a new or different kind of accident from 

any accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. The basis for this 

proposed determination for each 

amendment request is shown below. 

The Commission is seeking public 

comments on this proposed 

determination. Any comments received 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice will be 

considered in making any final 

determination. 

Normally, the Commission will not 

issue the amendment until the 

expiration of 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. The 

Commission may issue the license 

amendment before expiration of the 60- 

day period provided that its final 

determination is that the amendment 

involves no significant hazards 

consideration. In addition, the 

Commission may issue the amendment 

prior to the expiration of the 30-day 

comment period should circumstances 

change during the 30-day comment 

period such that failure to act in a 

timely way would result, for example in 

derating or shutdown of the facility. 

Should the Commission take action 

prior to the expiration of either the 

comment period or the notice period, it 

will publish in the Federal Register a 

notice of issuance. Should the 

Commission make a final No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

any hearing will take place after 


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