[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 48 (Friday, March 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10965-10966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5468]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Temporary Change to Filing Procedures

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States International Trade Commission (Commission) 
hereby notifies all users of its Electronic Document Information System 
(EDIS) that the system will not be available for use from 6 p.m. on 
Thursday, March 26, 2009, until 6 a.m. on Monday, March 30, 2009. 
Alternative filing procedures will apply, as outlined below.

DATES: March 26-March 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Telephone inquiries should be directed 
to EDIS Help (202-205-3347) or Docket Services (202-205-1802). E-mail 
inquiries should be directed to ([email protected]). Written inquiries 
should be directed to Marilyn R. Abbott, Secretary, United States 
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 112, 
Washington, DC 20436. At

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times other than the period specified herein, EDIS may be viewed at 
http://edis.usitc.gov. General information concerning the Commission 
may also be obtained by accessing its World Wide Web site (http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, the Commission established EDIS to 
store and provide access to docket records in agency proceedings. In 
2003, the Commission implemented a document management system (EDIS-II, 
http://edis.usitc.gov) with the capability to accept documents 
electronically. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 
currently provide for the filing of certain documents in electronic 
form.
    Since 2003, EDIS technologies have become outdated and the hardware 
is beyond its useful life. The Commission has developed and is ready to 
implement a new EDIS system in order to improve its technical 
performance. The newly re-engineered system, known as EDIS3, will 
become operational on March 30, 2009.
    In order to switch from the existing EDIS to EDIS3, the Commission 
must turn the system off for approximately 84 hours to accommodate data 
migration, system testing, and related tasks. As a result, EDIS will 
not be available from 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 2009, until 6 a.m. 
Monday, March 30, 2009.
    Section 335 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1335) authorizes 
the Commission to adopt such reasonable procedures, rules, and 
regulations as it deems necessary to carry out its functions and 
duties. The Commission is temporarily suspending its filing procedures 
for the period of system unavailability, specifically prohibiting 
electronic filing and access to electronic viewing of documents during 
the period when EDIS is not available. All paper filings will be 
accepted in accordance with applicable rules. However, no EDIS Cover 
Sheets will be available because they cannot be generated by EDIS. A 
temporary Docket Cover Sheet is available on the Commission Web site as 
a fillable .pdf form at the following location: http://www.usitc.gov/docketservices/temporary_edis_cover.pdf . In order to comply with the 
requirements of Commission rule 201.8 (19 CFR 201.8), a person filing a 
document with the Commission while EDIS is shut down, must submit with 
the filing a valid Docket Cover Sheet prepared using this temporary 
form.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: March 10, 2009.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-5468 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]
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