2068 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No.
8 / Thursday, January 12, 2006 / Notices
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Executive Office of the President;
Acquisition Advisory Panel;
Notification of Upcoming Meetings of
the Acquisition Advisory Panel
January 9, 2006.
AGENCY: Office of Management and
Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Cancellation and
Announcement of a Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management
and Budget is issuing this notice to
advise the public that the January 19,
2006 public meeting of the Acquisition
Advisory Panel (AAP or ‘‘Panel’’)
established in accordance with the
Services Acquisition Reform Act
(SARA) of 2003 has been cancelled and
replaced with a January 31, 2006 public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting being cancelled by
this notice is the January 19, 2006
meeting and a new meeting is
announced for January 31, 2006,
beginning at 9 a.m. eastern time and
ending no later than 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The January 31, 2006
meeting will be held at the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
Basement auditorium, 801 17th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20434. The public
is asked to pre-register one week in
advance for all meetings due to security
and/or seating limitations (see below for
information on pre-registration).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Members of
the public wishing further information
concerning this notice or the Panel
itself, or to pre-register for the meeting,
should contact Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at:
laura.auletta@gsa.gov, phone/voice mail
(202) 208–7279, or mail at: General
Services Administration, 1800 F. Street,
NW., Room 4006, Washington, DC,
20405. Members of the public wishing
to reserve speaking time must contact
Anne Terry, AAP Senior Staff Analyst,
in writing at: anne.terry@gsa.gov, by
FAX at 202–501–3341, or mail at the
address given above for the DFO, no
later than one week prior to the meeting
at which they wish to speak.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(a) Background: The purpose of the
Panel is to provide independent advice
and recommendations to the Office of
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Federal Procurement Policy and
Congress pursuant to Section 1423 of
the Services Acquisition Reform Act of
2003. The Panel’s statutory charter is to
review Federal contracting laws,
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regulations, and governmentwide
policies, including the use of
commercial practices, performance-
based contracting, performance of
acquisition functions across agency
lines of responsibility, and
governmentwide contracts. Interested
parties are invited to attend the
meetings. Opportunity for public
comments will be provided at the
January 31, 2006 meeting. The Panel has
been extended from one year to 18
months by the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006.
Therefore, additional public meetings
are anticipated and will be announced
in the Federal Register.
January 31, 2006 Meeting. The
preliminary recommendations of one or
more selected working groups,
established at the February 28, 2005 and
May 17, 2005 public meetings of the
AAP (see http://www.acqnet.gov/aap for
a list of working groups), will be
discussed by the full Panel during this
meeting. The Panel may also hear from
some additional invited speakers. The
Panel welcomes oral public comments
at this meeting and has reserved one
hour for this purpose. Members of the
public wishing to address the Panel
during the meeting must contact Anne
Terry, in writing, as soon as possible to
reserve time (see contact information
above).
(b) Posting of Draft Reports and
Preliminary Findings and
Recommendations: Members of the
public are encouraged to regularly visit
the Panel’s Web site at http://
www.acqnet.gov/aap for draft reports
(under ‘‘Working Group Reports’’) and
preliminary findings and
recommendations (under ‘‘Meeting
Materials’’ or ‘‘Meeting Minutes’’).
Currently, the working groups are
staggering the posting of various
sections of their draft reports.
(c) Availability of Materials for the
Meetings: Please see the Panel’s Web
site for any available materials,
including draft agendas and minutes
(http://www.acqnet.gov/aap).
Questions/issues of particular interest to
the Panel are also available to the public
on this web site on its front page,
including ‘‘Questions for Government
Buying Agencies,’’ ‘‘Questions for
Contractors that Sell Commercial Goods
or Services to the Government,’’
‘‘Questions for Commercial
Organizations,’’ and an issue raised by
one Panel member regarding the rules of
interpretation and performance of
contracts and liabilities of the parties
entitled ‘‘Proposal for Public
Comment.’’ The Panel encourages the
public to address any of these
questions/issues when presenting either
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oral public comments or written
statements to the Panel.
(d) Procedures for Providing Public
Comments: It is the policy of the Panel
to accept written public comments of
any length, and to accommodate oral
public comments whenever possible.
The Panel Staff expects that public
statements presented at Panel meetings
will be focused on the Panel’s statutory
charter and working group topics, and
not be repetitive of previously
submitted oral or written statements,
and that comments will be relevant to
the issues under discussion.
Oral Comments: Speaking times will
be confirmed by Panel staff on a ‘‘first-
come/first-served’’ basis. To
accommodate as many speakers as
possible, oral public comments must be
no longer than 10 minutes. Because
Panel members may ask questions,
reserved times will be approximate.
Interested parties must contact Anne
Terry, in writing (via mail, e-mail, or fax
identified above for Ms. Terry) at least
one week prior to the meeting in order
to be placed on the public speaker list
for the meeting. Oral requests for
speaking time will not be taken.
Speakers are requested to bring extra
copies of their comments and
presentation slides for distribution to
the Panel at the meeting. Speakers
wishing to use a Power Point
presentation must e-mail the
presentation to Ms. Terry one week in
advance of the meeting.
Written Comments: Although written
comments are accepted until the date of
the meeting (unless otherwise stated),
written comments should be received by
the Panel Staff at least one week prior
to the meeting date so that the
comments may be made available to the
Panel for their consideration prior to the
meeting. Written comments should be
supplied to the DFO at the address/
contact information given in this FR
Notice in one of the following formats
(Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or
Rich Text files, in IBM–PC/Windows
98/2000/XP format). Please note: Since
the Panel operates under the provisions
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, all public presentations
will be treated as public documents and
will be made available for public
inspection, up to and including being
posted on the Panel’s Web site.
(e) Meeting Accommodations:
Individuals requiring special
accommodation to access the public
meetings listed above should contact
Ms. Auletta at least five business days
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prior to the meeting so that appropriate
arrangements can be made.
Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive
Director), Acquisition Advisory Panel.
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BILLING CODE 3110–01–P
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
Sunshine Act; Public Hearing
January 12, 2006.
OPIC’s Sunshine Act notice of its
Public Hearing in Conjunction with
each Board meeting was published in
the Federal Register (Volume 70,
Number 246, Page 7633) on December
23, 2005. No requests were received to
provide testimony or submit written
statements for the record; therefore,
OPIC’s public hearing in conjunction
with OPIC’s January 19, 2006 Board of
Directors meeting scheduled for 3 p.m.
on January 12, 2006 has been cancelled.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information on the hearing cancellation
may be obtained from Connie M. Downs
at (202) 336–8438, via facsimile at (202)
218–0136, or via e-mail at
cdown@opic.gov.
January 9, 2006.
Connie M. Downs,
OPIC Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06–335 Filed 1–10–06; 1:20 pm]
BILLING CODE 3210–01–M
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
Sunshine Act; OPIC Annual Public
Hearing
January 12, 2006.
OPIC’s Sunshine Act notice of its
annual public hearing was published in
the Federal Register (Volume 70,
Number 246, Pages 76333 and 76334) on
December 23, 2005. No requests were
received to provide testimony or submit
written statements for the record;
therefore, OPIC’s annual public hearing
scheduled for 2 p.m. on January 12,
2006 has been cancelled.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Information on the hearing cancellation
may be obtained from Connie M. Downs
at (202) 336–8438, via facsimile at (202)
218–0136, or via e-mail at
cdown@opic.gov.
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Dated: January 9, 2006.
Connie M. Downs,
OPIC Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06–336 Filed 1–10–06; 1:20 pm]
BILLING CODE 3210–01–M
PEACE CORPS
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities: Career
Information Consultants Waiver Form
(PC–DP–969.1.2)
AGENCY: Peace Corps.
ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of OMB
Control Number 0420–0531, with
changes, of a previously approved
collection for which approval has
expired.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Peace Corps has
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget, a request for approval of
Reinstatement of OMB Control Number
4020–0531, the Career Information
Consultants Waiver Form (PC–DP–
969.1.2). The purpose of this
information collection is to gather and
update contact information for
individuals who volunteer to share
information about their career field,
their past or current employer(s), and
their career and educational paths with
current and returned Peace Corps
Volunteers. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for public comments on
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Peace Corps, including whether the
information will have practical use; the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed information
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
the clarity of the information to be
collected; and, ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques, when appropriate, and other
forms of information technology. A copy
of the information collection may be
obtained from Ms. Tamara Webb, Peace
Corps, Office of Domestic Programs,
Returned Volunteer Services, 1111 20th
Street, NW., Room 2132, Washington,
DC 20526. Ms. Webb can be contacted
by telephone at 202–692–1435 or 800–
424–8580 ext 1435.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 13, 2006.
Need for and Use of this Information:
The Career Information Consultants
Waiver Form is used to gather contact
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information from individuals who have
volunteered to serve as career resources
for current Peace Corps Volunteers and
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. The
form is distributed and collected by the
Peace Corps Office of Domestic
Programs, Returned Volunteer Services
Division. The Returned Volunteer
Services division provides transition
assistance to returning and recently-
returned Volunteers through the Career
Information Consultants project and
other career, educational, and
readjustment activities. The purpose of
this information collection is to gather
and update contact information for the
Career Information Consultants database
and publication. There is no other
means of obtaining the required data.
The Career information Consultants
project supports the need to assist
returned volunteers and enhance the
agency’s capability to serve this
population as required by Congressional
legislation.
Respondents: Professionals interested
in supporting current and Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers.
Respondent’s Obligation to Reply:
Voluntary.
Burden on the Public:
a. Annual reporting burden: 208
hours.
b. Annual record keeping burden: 0
hours.
c. Estimated average burden per
response: 5 minutes.
d. Frequency of response: Annually.
e. Estimated number of likely
respondents: 2500.
f. Estimated cost to respondents: $0.
At this time, responses will be
returned by mail.
This notice is issued in Washington, DC on
December 19, 2005.
Gilbert Smith,
Associated Director for Management.
[FR Doc. 06–247 Filed 1–11–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6051–01–M
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application
of Atlantis Plastics, Inc. To Withdraw
Its Class A Common Stock, $.10 Par
Value, From Listing and Registration
on the American Stock Exchange LLC
File No. 1–09487
January 5, 2006.
On March 8, 2005, Atlantis Plastics,
Inc., a Florida corporation (‘‘Issuer’’),
filed an application with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
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