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BILLING CODE 4510-23-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Veterans' Employment Training Service Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Reports VETS-100 and VETS-100A ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, 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 requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Veterans' Employment and Training Service

(VETS)is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the currently approved information collection request for the “Federal Contractor Veterans” Employment Report VETS-100” to include the “Federal Contractor Veterans” Employment Report VETS-100A.” A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section below on or before December 3, 2007. ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to Robert Wilson, Chief, Division of Investigation and Compliance, VETS, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1316, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Electronic transmission is the preferred method for submitting comments. E-mail may be sent to *FCP-PRA-04-VETS@dol.gov.* Include ”VETS-100A” in the subject line of the message. Written comments of 10 pages or fewer also may be transmitted by facsimile to

(202)693-4755 (this is not a toll free number). Receipt of submissions, whether by U.S. Mail, e-mail or FAX transmittal, will not be acknowledged; however, the sender may request confirmation that a submission has been received, by telephoning VETS at

(202)693-4719 (VOICE) (this is not a toll-free number) or

(202)693-4753 (TTY/TDD). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”), 38 U.S.C. 4212(d), requires Federal contractors and subcontractors subject to the Act's affirmative action provisions in 38 U.S.C. 4212(a) to track and report annually to the Secretary of Labor the number of employees in their workforces, by job category and hiring location, who belong to the specified categories of covered veterans. VETS has issued regulations set forth in 41 CFR part 61-250 that currently require contractors to use the Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100 (“VETS-100 Report”) form for reporting information on the number of covered veterans in their workforces. The VETS-100 Report is currently approved under OMB No. 1293-0005. The Jobs for Veterans Act

(JVA)(Pub. L. 107-288), which was enacted in 2002, amended VEVRAA by making two changes to the reporting requirements applicable to contracts entered into on or after December 1, 2003. The JVA amendments:

(1)Increased from $25,000 to $100,000, the dollar amount of the contract that subjects a Federal contractor to the requirement to report on veterans' employment; and

(2)changed the categories of covered veterans under VEVRAA, and thus the categories of veterans that contractors are required to track and report on annually. The JVA amendments to the reporting requirements under VEVRAA apply only to contracts entered into on or after December 1, 2003. Some contractors have Government contracts that were entered into before December 1, 2003, and are still subject to the reporting requirements in 41 CFR part 61-250. Therefore, VETS has determined that it will be necessary to maintain two sets of regulations to implement the reporting requirements under VEVRAA, and use two different forms for providing the required information on the employment of covered veterans. On August 8, 2006, VETS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), (71 FR 44945), to implement the changes made by JVA to the reporting requirements under VEVRAA. The NPRM proposed to adopt a new set of regulations that would be codified in a new 41 CFR part 61-300. The NPRM also proposed to adopt a new form for reporting the information on veterans' employment required by the JVA amendments to VEVRAA and name it the Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100A. The existing regulations at 41 CFR part 60-250 and the VETS-100 reporting requirements will continue to apply to Government contracts entered into before December 1, 2003. II. Desired Focus of Comments Currently VETS is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the currently approved information collection request to include the “Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100A.” The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which: • Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; • evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and • minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses. III. Current Actions The Department of Labor seeks approval of the revision of the currently approved information collection request to include the Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100A in order to carry out its responsibilities to administer and enforce compliance with the contractor reporting requirements under VEVRAA, as amended by the JVA. *Type of Review:* Revision of currently approved collection. *Agency:* Veterans' Employment and Training Service. *Title:* Federal Contractor Veterans' Report VETS-100. *OMB Number:* 1293-0005. *Affected Public:* Government contractors and subcontractors with a contract of $25,000 or more entered into before December 1, 2003, that are required to comply with the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. *Title:* Federal Contractor Veterans' Report VETS-100A. *OMB Number:* 1293-0005. *Affected Public:* Government contractors and subcontractors with a contract of $100,000 or more entered into or modified on or after December 1, 2003, that are required to comply with the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. Federal Contractor Veterans' VETS-100 and VETS-100A OMB Number: 1293-0005 Submission from Federal contractors VETS-100 only VETS-100A only Both VETS-100 VETS-100A Total reporting Total Respondents 6,000 10,000 4,000 20,000 Total Annual Responses 66,000 110,000 88,000 264,000 Avg. Paper Response (35%) 1 hr 1 hr 45 min Avg. Electronic Response (65%) 30 min 30 min 15 min Burden Hours Paper 23,100 38,500 23,100* 84,700 Electronic 21,450 35,750 14,300** 71,500 Total Filing Burden Hours 44,550 74,250 37,400 156,200 One-Time Implementation Burden (VETS-100) 308,000 308,000 Total Filing Burden Cost $712,800 $1,188,000 $598,400 $2,499,200 One Time Implementation Burden Cost (VETS-100A) $0 $4,180,000 $1,672,000 $5,852,000 *Paper both 88,000*.35 x 0.75 = 23,100. **Electronic both: 88,000 x 0.65 x 0.25 = 14,300. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record. Dated: September 25, 2007. John M. McWilliam, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training. [FR Doc. E7-19331 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-79-P MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD Membership of the Merit Systems Protection Board's Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the members of the Performance Review Board. DATES: October 2, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marion Hines, Human Resources Director, Office of Finance and Administrative Management, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20419. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Merit Systems Protection Board is publishing the names of the new and current members of the Performance Review Board

(PRB)as required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). Deborah Miron will continue to serve as Chair of the PRB. B. Chad Bungard will serve as a new member. An-Ming “Tommy” Hwang and Gail T. Lovelace, General Services Administration, will continue to serve as members. Dated: September 25, 2007. Matthew D. Shannon, Acting Clerk of the Board. [FR Doc. E7-19347 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7401-01-P NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). ACTION: Request for comment. SUMMARY: The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is published to obtain comments from the public. DATES: Comments will be accepted until December 3, 2007. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to NCUA Clearance Officer listed below: *Clearance Officer:* Mr. Neil McNamara, National Credit Union Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3428, Fax No.

(703)837-2861, E-mail: *mcnamara@ncua.gov* . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or a copy of the information collection request should be directed to Tracy Sumpter at the National Credit Union Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3428, or at

(703)518-6444. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal for the following collection of information: *OMB Number:* 3133-0101. *Form Number:* N/A. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Title:* 12 CFR 723.5—Develop written loan policies—and 723.11—Provide waiver requests. *Description:* The general purpose of the requirements imposed by the rule is to ensure that loans are made, documented, and accounted for properly and for the ultimate protection of the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Respondents are federally insured credit unions who make business loans as defined in the regulation. *Respondents:* Federally Insured Credit Unions. *Estimated No. of Respondents/Recordkeepers:* 1,500. *Estimated Burden Hours per Response:* 4 hours. *Frequency of Response:* Recordkeeping. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 6000 hours. *Estimated Total Annual Cost:* $0. By the National Credit Union Administration Board on September 26, 2007. Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E7-19388 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7535-01-P NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board AGENCY: National Institute for Literacy. ACTION: Notice of an open meeting with a closed session. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming open meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board. The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of its opportunity to attend. DATES: October 23-24, 2007. *Time:* October 23 from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; October 24 from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; closed session October 24 from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: On October 23: Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street, SW., Room 11139 (Auditorium), Washington, DC 20024. The general public is advised to notify Steve Langley no later than October 18, 2007 to attend the first day of the meeting at the U.S. Department of Education. Mr. Langley can be reached at telephone number

(202)233-2043 or by e-mail at *slangley@nifl.gov.* All attendees must have valid photo identification. ADDRESSES: On October 24: 1775 I St., NW., Suite 730, Washington, DC 20006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Langley, Staff Assistant, the National Institute for Literacy; 1775 I St., NW., Suite 730; phone:

(202)233-2043; fax:

(202)233-2050; e-mail: *slangley@nifl.gov.* Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FRS)at 1-800-877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board is authorized by section 242 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220 (20 U.S.C. 9252). The Board consists of 10 individuals appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Board advises and makes recommendations to the Interagency Group that administers the Institute. The Interagency Group is composed of the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services. The Interagency Group considers the Board's recommendations in planning the goals of the Institute and in implementing any programs to achieve those goals. Specifically, the Board performs the following functions:

(a)Makes recommendations concerning the appointment of the Director and the staff of the Institute;

(b)provides independent advice on operation of the Institute; and

(c)receives reports from the Interagency Group and the Institute's Director. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Institute's future and current program priorities; status of ongoing Institute work; other relevant literacy activities and issues; and other Board business as necessary. On October 24, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the Board meeting will meet in closed session to discuss personnel issues. This discussion relates to the internal personnel rules and practices of the Institute, including consideration of the Director's term of appointment and performance. The discussion is likely to disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personnel privacy. The discussion must therefore be held in closed session under exemptions 2 and 6 of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). A summary of the activities at the closed session and related matters that are informative to the public and consistent with the policy of 5 U.S.C. 552b will be available to the public within 14 days of the meeting. Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistance listening devices, or materials in alternative format) should notify Steve Langley at

(202)233-2043 no later than October 12, 2007. We will attempt to meet requests for accommodations after this date but cannot guarantee their availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. *Request for Public Written Comment:* The public may send written comments to the Advisory Board no later than 5 p.m. on October 15, 2007, to Steve Langley at the National Institute for Literacy, 1775 I St., NW., Suite 730, Washington, DC 20006, e-mail: *slangley@nifl.gov.* Records are kept of all Committee proceedings and are available for public inspection at the National Institute for Literacy, 1775 I St., NW., Suite 730, Washington, DC 20006, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday. *Electronic Access to This Document:* You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

(PDF)on the Internet at the following site: *http://www.ed.gov/news/federegister.* To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at

(202)512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the **Federal Register** . Free Internet access to the official edition of the **Federal Register** and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.* Dated: September 26, 2007. Sandra Baxter, Director, The National Institute for Literacy. [FR Doc. E7-19380 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6055-01-P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Advisory Committee for Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting: *Name:* Advisory Committee for Computer and Information Science and Engineering—(1115). *Date and Time:* October 19, 2007, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. *Place:* The National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., room 1235, Arlington, VA 22230. *Type of Meeting:* Open. *Contact Person:* Maggie Whiteman, Office of the Assistant Director, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1105, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone:

(703)292-8900. *Minutes:* May be obtained from the contact person listed above. *Purpose of Meeting:* To discuss strategic priorities in computing. To advise NSF on the impact of its policies, programs and activities on the CISE community. To provide advice to the Assistant Director/CISE on issues related to long-range planning, and to form ad hoc subcommittees to carry out needed studies and tasks. *Agenda:* Report from the Assistant Director. Discussion of research, education, diversity, workforce issues in IT and long-range funding outlook. Dated: September 26, 2007 Susanne Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E7-19355 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555-01-P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources; Notice of Meeting In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting: *Name:* Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources (#1119). *Date/Time:* November 7, 2007; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 8, 2007; 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. *Place:* National Science Foundation Headquarters, Conference Room 1235, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. *Type of Meeting:* Open. *Contact Person:* James Colby, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230,

(703)292-5331. If you are attending the meeting and need access to the NSF, please contact the individual listed above so your name may be added to the building access list. *Purpose of Meeting:* To provide advice with respect to the Foundation's education and human resources programming. Agenda Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Assistant Director's Remarks *Issue Discussion:* Broadening Participation to Improve Workforce. Development *Issue Discussion:* Enriching the Education of STEM Teachers *Issue Discussion:* Furthering Public Understanding of Science and Advancing STEM Literacy Thursday, November 8, 2007 *Issue Discussion:* Promoting Learning Through Research and Evaluation *Issue Discussion:* Promoting Cyber-Enabled Learning Strategies to Enhance STEM Education Review and Acceptance of Committee of Visitor Reports Future Issues for Consideration Dated: September 26, 2007. Susanne Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E7-19356 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555-01-P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering Notice of Meeting In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following Meeting: *Name:* Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering (25104). *Date and Time:* October 29, 2007; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. *Place:* National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 375, Arlington, Virginia. *Type of Meeting:* Open. *For Further Information Contact:* Eduardo Feller, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 935, Arlington, VA 22230,

(703)292-8710. If you are attending the meeting and need access to the NSF, please contact the individual listed above so that your name may be added to the building access list. *Purpose of Meeting:* To provide advice on the programs and plans of the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE). *Agenda:* Update on OISE Activities, Reflections on the OISE Role in NSF, OISE Collaboration with the NSF Education and Human, Resources Directorate, Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms Report, NSF Broadening Participation Working Group, International Cooperation with Developing Countries, Partnerships for International Research and Education, Cooperation with the Department of State. Dated: September 26, 2007. Susanne Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E7-19357 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Federal Register Notice Date: Weeks of October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 2007. Place: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Status: Public and closed. Matters to be Considered: Week of October 1, 2007 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 2 p.m. Briefing on NRC's International Programs, Performance, and Plans (Public Meeting) (Contact: Karen Henderson, 301-415-0202). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address— *http://www.nrc.gov.* Friday, October 5, 2007 10 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative) a. PPL Susquehanna LLC (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2) Extended Power Uprate—Eric Joseph Epstein's Appeal of LBP-07-10 (Tentative). Week of October 8, 2007—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of October 8, 2007. Week of October 15, 2007—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of October 15, 2007. Week of October 22, 2007—Tentative Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:30 a.m. Periodic Briefing on New Reactor Issues, Part 1 (Public Meeting) (Contact: Roger Rihm, 301-415-7807). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address— *http://www.nrc.gov.* 1:30 p.m. Periodic Briefing on New Reactor Issues, Part 2 (Public Meeting) (Contact: Roger Rihm, 301-415-7807). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address— *http://www.nrc.gov.* Week of October 29, 2007—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of October 29, 2007. Week of November 5, 2007—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 5, 2007. *The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meetings, call (recording)—(301) 415-1292. Contact person for more information: Michelle Schroll,

(301)415-1662. Additional Information The “Periodic Briefing on Security Issues (Closed-Ex. 1 & 3)” previously scheduled on Monday, October 1, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. has been cancelled. The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet at: *http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policy-making/schedule.html.* The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format (e.g. braille, large print), please notify the NRC's Disability Program Coordinator, Rohn Brown, at 301-492-2279, TDD: 301-415-2100, or by e-mail at *REB3@nrc.gov.* Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. This notice is distributed by mail to several hundred subscribers; if you no longer wish to receive it, or would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969). In addition, distribution of this meeting notice over the Internet system is available. If you are interested in receiving this Commission meeting schedule electronically, please send an electronic message to *dkw@nrc.gov.* Dated: September 27, 2007. R. Michelle Schroll, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 07-4881 Filed 9-28-07; 11:01 am]

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