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the conversion factors for units of 

measure into square meter equivalents 

used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. For purposes of 

this notice, the most recent 12-month 

period for which data are available as of 

December 20, 2014 is the 12-month 

period ending on October 31, 2014. 

Therefore, for the one-year period 

beginning on December 20, 2014 and 

extending through December 19, 2015, 

the quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under the valueadded program is 332,915,916 square 

meters equivalent. Apparel articles 

entered in excess of these quantities will 

be subject to otherwise applicable 

tariffs. 

Dated: December 9, 2014. 

Joshua Teitelbaum, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, 

Consumer Goods and Materials. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29253 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–C–2014–0047] 

Notice of Public Meeting on Trade 

Secret Topics 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of symposium. 

SUMMARY: The protection of U.S. trade 

secrets from misappropriation is an 

Administration priority. As noted in the 

Administration Strategy on Mitigating 

the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets 

(February 2013), ‘‘trade secret theft 

threatens American businesses, 

undermines national security, and 

places the security of the U.S. economy 

in jeopardy.’’ In pursuit of the goals of 

the Administration Strategy through 

information sharing and discussion, the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office will hold a public symposium on 

issues relevant to the protection of trade 

secrets. Topics to be discussed include 

losses due to trade secret theft and 

challenges to protecting trade secrets, 

the intersection of patent and trade 

secret protection, trade secret issues in 

civil litigation, trade secret protection in 

foreign jurisdictions, and proposed 

responses to the threat of trade secret 

theft in the U.S. 

DATES: The symposium will be held on 

January 8, 2015. The symposium will 

begin at 9 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The symposium will be 

held at the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Madison Building, 

600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding the 

symposium, please contact Michael 

Smith, Jenny Blank, or Hollis Robinson 

at the Office of Policy and International 

Affairs, by telephone at (571) 272–9300, 

by email at tradesecrets@uspto.gov, or 

by postal mail addressed to: Mail Stop 

OPIA, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, ATTN: 

Michael Smith, Jenny Blank, or Hollis 

Robinson. Please direct all media 

inquiries to the Office of the Chief 

Communications Officer, USPTO, at 

(571) 272–8400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Trade Secret Symposium 

Under U.S. law, trade secrets 

comprise commercially valuable 

information not generally known or 

readily ascertainable to the public that 

are subject to reasonable measures to 

maintain confidentiality. The protection 

of U.S. trade secrets from 

misappropriation is an Administration 

priority. As stated in the Administration 

Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. 

Trade Secrets (February 2013), ‘‘trade 

secret theft threatens American 

businesses, undermines national 

security, and places the security of the 

U.S. economy in jeopardy.’’ Likewise, 

increased mobility, globalization, and 

the anonymous/pseudonymous nature 

of the internet result in new challenges 

to protecting trade secrets. In pursuit of 

the goals of the Administration Strategy 

through information sharing and 

discussion, the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office will hold a public 

symposium on issues relevant to the 

protection of trade secrets. Topics to be 

discussed include losses due to trade 

secret theft and challenges in protecting 

trade secrets, the intersection of patent 

and trade secret protection, trade secret 

matters that arise in civil litigation, 

trade secret protection in foreign 

jurisdictions, and proposed responses to 

the threat of trade secret theft in the U.S. 

The symposium will feature panel 

discussions, and there will be 

opportunities for attendees to ask 

questions. It is expected that experts 

from academia, the legislative and 

executive branches, the judiciary, 

private legal practice, and industry will 

serve as panelists. 

Instructions and Information on the 

Public Symposium 

The symposium will be held on 

January 8, 2015, at the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, Madison 

Building, 600 Dulany Street, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. The 

symposium will begin at 9 a.m. and end 

at 3 p.m. The agenda will be available 

a week before the symposium on the 

USPTO Web site, http://www.uspto.gov/ 

. Registration is available at http://

events.SignUp4.com/tradesecrets. 

Attendees may also register at the door 

one half-hour prior to the beginning of 

the symposium. 

The symposium will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Individuals requiring accommodation, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other ancillary aids, should 

communicate their needs to Hollis 

Robinson at the Office of Policy and 

International Affairs, by telephone at 

(571) 272–9300, by email at 

hollis.robinson@uspto.gov, or by postal 

mail addressed to: Mail Stop OPIA, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450, ATTN: Hollis Robinson, at 

least seven (7) business days prior to the 

symposium. 

Dated: December 9, 2014. 

Michelle K. Lee, 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29350 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

Fair Credit Reporting Act Disclosures 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice regarding charges for 

certain disclosures under the Fair Credit 

Reporting Act. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer 

Financial Protection (Bureau) 

announces that the ceiling on allowable 

charges under section 612(f) of the Fair 

Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) will 

increase from $11.50 to $12.00, effective 

for 2015. The Bureau is required to 

increase the $8.00 amount referred to in 

section 612(f)(1)(A)(i) of the FCRA on 

January 1 of each year, based 

proportionally on changes in the 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers (CPI–U), with fractional 

changes rounded to the nearest fifty 

cents. The CPI–U increased 47.66 

percent between September 1997, when 

the FCRA amendments took effect, and 

September 2014. This increase in the 

CPI–U, and the requirement that any 

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1This provision, originally section 612(a), was 

added to the FCRA in September 1996 and became 

effective in September 1997. It was relabeled 

section 612(f) by section 211(a)(1) of the Fair and 

Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT 

Act), Public Law 108–159, which was signed into 

law on December 4, 2003. 

2Public Law 111–203, title X, section 1088. 

cents, result in a maximum allowable 

charge of $12.00. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Wylie, Counsel, Office of 

Regulations, at (202) 435–7700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

612(f)(1)(A) of the Fair Credit Reporting 

Act (FCRA) provides that a consumer 

reporting agency may charge a 

consumer a reasonable amount for 

making a disclosure to the consumer 

pursuant to section 609 of the FCRA.1

Section 612(f)(1)(A)(i) of the FCRA 

provides that, where a consumer 

reporting agency is permitted to impose 

a reasonable charge on a consumer for 

making a disclosure to the consumer 

pursuant to section 609 of the FCRA, the 

charge shall not exceed $8.00 and shall 

be indicated to the consumer before 

making the disclosure. Section 612(f)(2) 

of the FCRA states that the Bureau shall 

increase the $8.00 maximum amount on 

January 1 of each year, based 

proportionally on changes in the 

Consumer Price Index, with fractional 

changes rounded to the nearest fifty 

cents. 

In 2011, the responsibility for 

performing this task was transferred 

from the Federal Trade Commission to 

the Bureau pursuant to the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act of 2010.2 Like the 

Federal Trade Commission, the Bureau’s 

calculations are based on the CPI–U, 

which is the most general Consumer 

Price Index and covers all urban 

consumers and all items. 

Section 211(a)(2) of the FACT Act 

added a new section 612(a) to the FCRA 

that gives consumers the right to request 

free disclosures once every 12 months. 

The maximum allowable charge 

established by this notice does not 

apply to requests made under that 

provision. The charge does apply when 

a consumer who orders a file disclosure 

has already received a free annual 

disclosure and does not otherwise 

qualify for an additional free disclosure. 

The Bureau is using the $8.00 amount 

set forth in section 612(f)(1)(A)(i) of the 

FCRA as the baseline for its calculation 

of the increase in the ceiling on 

reasonable charges for certain 

disclosures made under section 609 of 

the FCRA. Since the effective date of the 

amended FCRA was September 30, 

1997, the Bureau calculated the 

proportional increase in the CPI–U from 

September 1997 to September 2014. The 

Bureau then determined what 

modification, if any, from the original 

base of $8.00 should be made effective 

for 2015, given the requirement that 

fractional changes be rounded to the 

nearest fifty cents. 

Between September 1997 and 

September 2014, the CPI–U increased by 

47.66 percent—from an index value of 

161.2 in September 1997 to a value of 

238.031 in September 2014. An increase 

of 47.66 percent in the $8.00 base figure 

would lead to a new figure of $11.81. 

However, because the statute directs 

that the resulting figure be rounded to 

the nearest $0.50, the new maximum 

allowable charge is $12.00. The Bureau 

therefore determines that the maximum 

allowable charge for the year 2015 will 

be $12.00, effective January 1, 2015. 

Dated: December 4, 2014. 

Richard Cordray, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29215 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS), as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirement on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, CNCS is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposed 

renewal of the following proposed 

Generic Information Collection Request 

(Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Agency Service Delivery’’ for 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. 

seq.). This collection was developed as 

part of a Federal Government-wide 

effort to streamline the process for 

seeking feedback from the public on 

service delivery. This notice announces 

our intent to submit this collection to 

OMB for approval and solicits 

comments on specific aspects for the 

proposed information collection. 

Copies of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the Addresses section 

of this Notice or on 

www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

February 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service; 

Attention Amy Borgstrom, Room 

10508B; 1201 New York Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the 

mail address given in paragraph (1) 

above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through www.regulations.gov. 

For this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Borgstrom, 202–606–6930, or by 

email at aborgstrom@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 


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