83 FR 2470 - Sunshine Act Meetings
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 11 (January 17, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 11 (January 17, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-00739 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 2470] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-00739] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 18, 2018. PLACE: Closed Commission Hearing Room 10800. STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the closed meeting. Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters also may be present. The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and (a)(10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the closed meeting. Commissioner Stein, as duty officer, voted to consider the items listed for the closed meeting in closed session. The subject matters of the closed meeting will be: Institution and settlement of injunctive actions; Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; and Other matters relating to enforcement proceedings. At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting items. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed; please contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400. Dated: January 11, 2018. Brent J. Fields, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-00739 Filed 1-12-18; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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not be released under the Freedom of Commissioner Stein, as duty officer, a reasonable annual accounting support
Information Act. voted to consider the items listed for the fee, as may be necessary or appropriate
ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the closed meeting in closed session. to establish and maintain the PCAOB.
prospective license may be submitted to The subject matters of the closed Under Section 109(f) of the Sarbanes-
Patent Counsel, Bryan A. Geurts, meeting will be: Oxley Act, the aggregate annual
Institution and settlement of accounting support fee shall not exceed
Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800
injunctive actions; the PCAOB’s aggregate ‘‘recoverable
Greenbelt Road M/S 140.1, Greenbelt Institution and settlement of
MD 20771. Phone (301) 286–7351. budget expenses,’’ which may include
administrative proceedings; and operating, capital and accrued items.
Facsimile (301) 286–9502. Other matters relating to enforcement The PCAOB’s annual budget and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: proceedings. accounting support fee are subject to
Enidia Santiago-Arce, Innovative At times, changes in Commission approval by the Commission. In
Partnerships Program Office, Goddard priorities require alterations in the addition, the PCAOB must allocate the
Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt scheduling of meeting items. annual accounting support fee among
Road M/S 504, Greenbelt, MD 20771. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: issuers and among brokers and dealers.
Phone (301) 286–5810. For further information and to ascertain Section 109(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This what, if any, matters have been added, Act directs the PCAOB to establish a
notice of intent to grant a partially- deleted or postponed; please contact budget for each fiscal year in accordance
exclusive term patent license is issued Brent J. Fields from the Office of the with the PCAOB’s internal procedures,
in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and Secretary at (202) 551–5400. subject to approval by the Commission.
37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights Dated: January 11, 2018. Rule 190 of Regulation P governs the
in these inventions have been assigned Brent J. Fields, Commission’s review and approval of
to the United States of America as Secretary. PCAOB budgets and annual accounting
represented by the Administrator of the support fees.3 This budget rule
[FR Doc. 2018–00739 Filed 1–12–18; 11:15 am]
National Aeronautics and Space provides, among other things, a
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Administration. The prospective timetable for the preparation and
partially exclusive license will comply submission of the PCAOB budget and
with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE for Commission actions related to each
and 37 CFR 404.7. COMMISSION budget, a description of the information
Information about other NASA that should be included in each budget
[Securities Act of 1933 Release No. 33– submission, limits on the PCAOB’s
inventions available for licensing can be
10453/January 10, 2018; Securities ability to incur expenses and obligations
found online at http:// Exchange Act of 1934 Release No. 34–
technology.nasa.gov. except as provided in the approved
82483/January 10, 2018]
budget, procedures relating to
Mark P. Dvorscak, supplemental budget requests,
Order Approving Public Company
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property. Accounting Oversight Board Budget requirements for the PCAOB to furnish
[FR Doc. 2018–00661 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] and Annual Accounting Support Fee on a quarterly basis certain budget-
BILLING CODE 7510–13–P for Calendar Year 2018 related information, and a list of
definitions that apply to the rule and to
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as general discussions of PCAOB budget
amended (the ‘‘Sarbanes-Oxley Act’’),1 matters.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE established the Public Company In accordance with the budget rule, in
COMMISSION Accounting Oversight Board (‘‘PCAOB’’) March 2017 the PCAOB provided the
to oversee the audits of companies that Commission with a narrative
Sunshine Act Meetings are subject to the securities laws, and description of its program issues and
related matters, in order to protect the outlook for the 2018 budget year. In
TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, interests of investors and further the response, the Commission provided the
January 18, 2018. public interest in the preparation of PCAOB with economic assumptions and
PLACE: Closed Commission Hearing informative, accurate and independent general budgetary guidance for the 2018
Room 10800. audit reports. Section 982 of the Dodd- budget year. The PCAOB subsequently
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer delivered a preliminary budget and
STATUS: This meeting will be closed to
Protection Act (the ‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’) 2 budget justification to the Commission.
the public.
amended the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to Staff from the Commission’s Office of
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: provide the PCAOB with explicit the Chief Accountant and Office of
Commissioners, Counsel to the authority to oversee auditors of broker- Financial Management dedicated a
Commissioners, the Secretary to the dealers registered with the Commission. substantial amount of time to the review
Commission, and recording secretaries The PCAOB is to accomplish these goals and analysis of the PCAOB’s programs,
will attend the closed meeting. Certain through registration of public projects, and budget estimates; reviewed
staff members who have an interest in accounting firms and standard setting, the PCAOB’s estimates of 2017 actual
the matters also may be present. inspection, and disciplinary programs. spending; and attended several meetings
The General Counsel of the The PCAOB is subject to the with management and staff of the
Commission, or his designee, has comprehensive oversight of the PCAOB to further develop their
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certified that, in his opinion, one or Securities and Exchange Commission understanding of the PCAOB’s budget
more of the exemptions set forth in 5 (the ‘‘Commission’’). and operations. During the course of
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act this review, Commission staff relied
and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), provides that the PCAOB shall establish upon representations and supporting
(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and documentation from the PCAOB. Based
(a)(10), permit consideration of the 1 15 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.
scheduled matters at the closed meeting. 2 Public Law 111–203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010). 3 17 CFR 202.190.
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| Dates | 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 18, 2018. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 2470 |
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