Notices. Announcement of meeting

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BILLING CODE 6730-01-P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System SUMMARY: SUMMARY: Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public).

Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83-I's and supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer -- Michelle Long-- Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829). OMB Desk Officer -- Mark Menchik -- Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or email to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov. Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority to Conduct the Following Survey: *Report title:* 2007 Survey of Consumer Finance *Agency form number:* FR 3059 *OMB control number:* 7100-0287 *Frequency:* One-time survey *Reporters:* U.S. families *Annual reporting hours:* 7,500 hours *Estimated average hours per response:* Pretest and Survey, 75 minutes each *Number of respondents:* Pretest, 400 families;

Survey 5,600 families *General description of report:* This information collection is voluntary. The Federal Reserve's statutory basis for collecting this information is section 2A, 14, and 19 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 225(a), 353, and 461); the Bank Merger Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(c)); and sections 3 and 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1842 and 1843). The names and other characteristics that would permit identification of respondents are deemed confidential by the Board and are exempt from disclosure pursuant to exemption 6 in the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6)). *Abstract:* For many years, the Board has sponsored consumer surveys to obtain information on the financial behavior of households.

The 2007 Survey of Consumer Finance

(SCF)will be the latest in a triennial series, which began in 1983, that provides comprehensive data for U.S. families on the distribution of assets and debts, along with related information and other data items necessary for analyzing financial behavior. These are the only surveys conducted in the United States that provide such financial data for a representative sample of households. Data for the SCF are collected by interviewers using a computer program. While some questions may be deleted and others modified, only minimal changes will be made to the questionnaire in order to preserve the time series properties of the data. The pretest would be conducted later this year and the survey would be conducted between May 2007 and January 2008. *Current Actions:* On July 11, 2006, the Federal Reserve published a notice in the **Federal Register** (71 FR 39118) requesting public comment for 60 days on the proposal to conduct the FR 3059. The comment period for this notice expired on September 11, 2006. No comments were received. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 20, 2006. Jennifer J. Johnson Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-15695 Filed 9-25-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 *et seq.* ) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application 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 October 20, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta** (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309: *1. United Community Banks, Inc.* , Blairsville, Georgia; to merge with Southern Bancorp, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Southern National Bank, Marietta, Georgia. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 21, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-15750 Filed 9-25-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup ACTION: Announcement of meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces the second meeting of the American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., app.) DATES: October 4, 2006 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building (330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201), Conference Room 4090 (you will need a photo ID to enter a Federal building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: *http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/workgroups.html* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the meeting, the Workgroup will continue their discussion on a core set of quality measures and an environmental scan. The meeting will be available via Internet access. Go to *http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/quality_instruct.html* for additional information on the meeting. Dated: September 19, 2006. Judith Sparrow, Director, American Health Information Community, Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. [FR Doc. 06-8192 Filed 9-25-06; 8:45 am]

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