[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37389-37390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15117]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Renewal of the Technology Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Renewal.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has determined to 
renew the charter of its Technology Advisory Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Scott, Committee Management 
Officer, at 202-418-5139. Written comments should be submitted to David 
A. Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. 
Electronic comments may be submitted to [email protected].
    Comments may also be submitted by any of the following methods:
    The agency's Web site, at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mail above.
    Please submit your comments using only one method and identity that 
it is for the renewal of the Technology Advisory Committee.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to 
www.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information 
that you believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act, a petition for confidential treatment of the exempt 
information may be submitted according to the procedures established in 
Sec.  145.9 of the Commission's regulations.\1\
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    \1\ See 17 CFR 145.9.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(``Commission'') has determined to renew its Technology Advisory 
Committee (``TAC''). The Commission has determined that renewing the 
advisory committee is in the public interest in connection with the 
duties imposed on the Commission by the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 
U.S.C. 1-26, as amended. The TAC will operate for two years from the 
date of renewal unless, before the expiration of that time period, its 
charter is renewed in accordance with section 14(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, or the Chairman of the Commission, with the 
concurrence of the other Commissioners, shall direct that the advisory 
committee terminate on an earlier date.
    The purpose of the TAC is to conduct public meetings, to submit 
reports and recommendations to the Commission, and to otherwise assist 
the Commission in identifying and understanding how new developments in 
technology are being applied and utilized in the industry, and their 
impact on the operation of the markets. The committee will allow the 
Commission to be an active participant in market innovation, explore 
the appropriate investment in technology, and advise the Commission on 
the need for strategies to implement rules and regulations to support 
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Commission's mission of ensuring the integrity of the markets. Meetings 
of the TAC are public.
    The TAC will be renewed by filing a renewal charter with the 
Commission; the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and 
Forestry; the House Committee on Agriculture; the Library of Congress; 
and the General Services Administration's Committee Management 
Secretariat concurrently with the publication of the notice of renewal 
in the Federal Register. A copy of the renewal charter also will be 
posted on the Commission's Web site at www.cftc.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2012, by the Commission.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012-15117 Filed 6-20-12; 8:45 am]
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