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1 (67 FR 76603). 

2Public Law No. 106–102, 113 Stat. 1338 (1999). 

was made under general consent, prior 

notice, or specific consent authority. 

With respect to investments made under 

general consent authority, information 

also must be maintained that 

demonstrates compliance with the 

various limits set out in Section 211.9 

of Regulation K. 

3. Report titles: Request for Proposal 

(RFP) and Request for Price Quotations 

(RFPQ). 

Agency form numbers: RFP/RFPQ. 

OMB control number: 7100–0180. 

Frequency: On-occasion. 

Reporters: Vendors and suppliers. 

Annual reporting hours: RFP, 7,500 

hours; and RFPQ, 1,600 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

RFP, 50 hours; and RFPQ, 2 hours. 

Number of respondents: RFP, 150; 

and RFPQ, 800. 

Small businesses are affected. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is required to 

obtain a benefit (12 U.S.C. 243, 244, and 

248(l)). The information obtained in 

evaluating a contract bid or price 

quotation is not regarded as confidential 

unless offeror requests confidentiality. 

The Board staff must review each 

request received under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. 

552(b)(4)) to determine if the 

information may be withheld pursuant 

to applicable FOIA exemptions. 

Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses 

the RFP and the RFPQ as needed to 

obtain competitive bids and contracts 

submitted by vendors (offerors). 

Depending upon the goods and services 

for which the Federal Reserve is seeking 

bids, the offeror is requested to provide 

either prices for providing the goods or 

services (RFPQ) or a document covering 

not only prices, but the means of 

performing a particular service and a 

description of the qualification of the 

staff of the offeror who will perform the 

service (RFP). This information is used 

to analyze the proposals and select the 

offer providing the best value. 

4. Report title: Notice Requirements in 

Connection with Regulation W (12 CFR 

Part 223 Transactions Between Member 

Banks and Their Affiliates). 

Agency form number: Reg W. 

OMB control number: 7100–0304. 

Frequency: Event-generated. 

Reporters: Insured depository 

institutions and uninsured member 

banks. 

Annual reporting hours: 220 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Loan participation renewal notice, 2 

hours; Acquisition notice, 6 hours; 

Internal corporate reorganization 

transactions notice, 6 hours; and Section 

23A additional exemption notice, 10 

hours. 

Number of respondents: 28. 

Small businesses are not affected. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is required to 

evidence compliance with sections 23A 

and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act (12 

U.S.C. 371c(f) and 371c–1(e)). 

Confidential and proprietary 

information collected for the purposes 

of the Loan Participation Renewal 

notice 12 CFR 223.15(b)(4) may be 

protected under the authority of the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552(b)(4) and (b)(8)). Section (b)(4) 

exempts information deemed 

competitively sensitive from disclosure 

and Section (b)(8) exempts information 

‘‘contained in or related to examination, 

operating, or condition reports prepared 

by, on behalf of, or for the use of an 

agency responsible for the regulation or 

supervision of financial institutions.’’ 

Abstract: On December 12, 2002, the 

Federal Reserve published a Federal 

Register notice 1 adopting Reg W to 

implement sections 23A and 23B. The 

Regulation was effective April 1, 2003. 

The Board issued Reg W for several 

reasons. First, the regulatory framework 

established by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley 

Act 2 emphasizes the importance of 

sections 23A and 23B as a means to 

protect depository institutions from 

losses in transactions with affiliates. 

Second, adoption of a comprehensive 

rule simplified the interpretation and 

application of sections 23A and 23B, 

ensured that the statute is consistently 

interpreted and applied, and minimized 

burden on banking organizations to the 

extent consistent with the statute’s 

goals. Third, issuing a comprehensive 

rule allowed the public an opportunity 

to comment on Federal Reserve 

interpretations of sections 23A and 23B. 

Current Actions: On March 4, 2009, 

the Federal Reserve published a notice 

in the Federal Register (74 FR 9401) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, without revision, of 

the FR H–4, FR 2064, RFP/RFPQ, and 

Reg W. The comment period for this 

notice expired on May 4, 2009. The 

Federal Reserve did not receive any 

comments. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, May 11, 2009. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–11355 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Meetings; Sunshine Act 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Federal 

Maritime Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: May 20, 2009—1:30 p.m. 

PLACE: 800 North Capitol Street, NW., 

First Floor Hearing Room, Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: A portion of the meeting will be 

in Open Session and the remainder of 

the meeting will be in Closed Session. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Open Session 

1. Docket No. 02–15 Passenger Vessel 

Financial Responsibility—Request of 

Commissioner Brennan. 

2. FMC Agreement No. 012067: U.S. 

Supplemental Agreement to HLC 

Agreement. 

3. Public Access to Number and Type 

of Filings in FMC’s SERVCON System. 

4. FY 2009 Budget Status Update. 

Closed Session 

1. Docket No. 08–07: Petition of 

Olympus Growth Fund III, L.P. and 

Olympus Executive Fund, L.P. for 

Declaratory Order, Rulemaking or Other 

Relief. 

2. Marine Terminal Agreements 

Exemption at 46 CFR 535.308. 

3. Proof of Financial Responsibility 

for Windstar Sail Cruises Limited. 

4. Investigative and Enforcement 

Matters. 

5. Internal Administrative Practices 

and Personnel Matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, (202) 523– 

5725. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–11529 Filed 5–13–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Appointments to the Medicare 

Payment Advisory Commission 

AGENCY: Government Accountability 

Office (GAO). 

ACTION: Notice of appointments. 

SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 

1997 established the Medicare Payment 

Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and 

gave the Comptroller General 

responsibility for appointing its 

members. This notice announces the 

appointment of two new members and 

the reappointments of five existing 

members. 

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DATES: Appointments are effective May 

1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES:

GAO: 441 G Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20548. 

MedPAC: 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 

Suite 9000, Washington, DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

GAO: Office of Public Affairs, (202) 

512–4800. 

MedPAC: Mark E. Mifier, PhD, (202) 

220–3700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To fill this 

year’s vacancies I am announcing the 

following: 

Newly appointed members are Robert 

A. Berenson, M.D., F.A.C.P., senior 

fellow at the Urban Institute, and Herb 

B. Kuhn, an independent health care 

consultant specializing in Medicare and 

Medicaid issues. 

Reappointed members are Mitra 

Behroozi, J.D., executive director of 

1199 SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds; 

Karen R. Borman, M.D., professor of 

surgery at the University of Central 

Florida College of Medicine; Ronald D. 

Castellanos, M.D., urologist at 

Southwest Florida Urologic Associates; 

Glenn M. Hackbarth, J.D., (chair); and 

Bruce Stuart, PhD, a professor and 

executive director of the Peter Lamy 

Center on Drug Therapy and Aging at 

the University of Maryland Baltimore. 

(Sec. 4022, Pub. L. 105–33, 111 Stat. 251, 

350) 

Gene L. Dodardo, 

Acting Comptroller General of the United 

States. 

[FR Doc. E9–11403 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–02–M 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control NO. 3090–00283] 

Office of the Chief Information Officer; 

Information Collection; Temporary 

Contractor Information Worksheet 

AGENCY: Office of Enterprise Solutions 

(IA), Office of the Chief Information 

Officer (OCIO), General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), the General Services 

Administration invites the general 

public and Federal agencies to comment 

on a new information collection request 

for the collection of personal data to 

authorize and initiate investigation 

requests for GSA temporary contractors. 

[xx] GSA requires OMB approval for 

this collection to ensure that contractors 

meet eligibility requirements. The 

approval is critical for GSA to meet the 

anticipated increase in number of 

temporary contractors as a result of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5). In the 

Federal Register Notice published at 74 

FR 7439 on February 17, 2009, the 

portion that references the GSA Form 

176T will be withdrawn in a subsequent 

Federal Register Notice.] 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary and whether it 

will have practical utility; whether our 

estimate of the public burden of this 

collection of information is accurate, 

and based on valid assumptions and 

methodology; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

July 14, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William Erwin, [xx] Program Manager, 

HSPD–12 Program Management Office, 

GSA, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20405; or telephone (202) 501–0758. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 3090– 

00XX, Temporary Contractor 

Information Worksheet. The form can be 

downloaded from the GSA Forms 

Library at http://www.gsa.gov/forms. 

Type GSA850 in the form search field. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted via http:// 

www.regulations.gov—a Federal E– 

Government Web site that allows the 

public to find, review, and submit 

comments on documents that agencies 

have published in the Federal Register 

and that are open for comment. Simply 

type a key term in the information 

collection title such as ‘‘temporary 

contractor information worksheet’’ in 

quotes in the Comment or Submission 

search box, click Go, and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments received by the date 

specified above will be included as part 

of the official record. 

Submit comments regarding this 

burden estimate or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, including 

suggestions for reducing this burden to 

the Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 

General Services Administration, Room 

4041, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20405. Please cite Temporary 

Contractor Information Worksheet in all 

correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The U.S. Government conducts 

criminal checks to establish that 

applicants or incumbents working for 

the Government under contract may 

have unescorted access to GSAcontrolled facilities. GSA will use the 

Temporary Contractor Information 

Worksheet and the FBI Form FD–258 

Fingerprint Card to conduct an FBI 

National Criminal History Check 

(NCHC) for each temporary contractor 

(working on contract for six (6) months 

or less and require physical access only) 

to determine eligibility to work on GSA 

contracts including those awarded 

under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 

111–5). GSA is anticipating a large 

influx in temporary contractors due to 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Guidance M–05–24 for 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive (HSPD) 12 authorizes Federal 

departments and agencies to ensure that 

temporary contractors have limited/ 

controlled access to facilities and 

information systems. GSA Directive CIO 

P 2181.1 Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive-12 Personal 

Identity Verification and Credentialing 

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

hspd12) states that GSA temporary 

contractors must undergo a minimum of 

an FBI National Criminal History Check 

(NCHC) to receive unescorted physical 

access. Temporary contractors’ Social 

Security Number is needed to keep 

records accurate, because other people 

may have the same name and birth date. 

Executive Order 9397 Numbering 

System for Federal Accounts Relating to 

Individual Persons also allows Federal 

agencies to use this number to help 

identify individuals in agency records. 

GSA describes how information will be 

maintained in the Privacy Act system of 

record notice published in the Federal 

Register at 73 FR 35690 on June 24, 

2008. 

This is a request to collect new 

information. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 24,480. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Hours per Response: .25. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,120. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F 

Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite Temporary Contractor