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 the ( printed page 37390) 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.