Subject: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Privacy Rule, 16 CFR Part 313---Comment

Secretary
Federal Trade Commission
Room H-159
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20580

The Education Department is pleased to provide the attached comments on the proposed rule implementing provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (P.L. 106-102). I am forwarding these comments on behalf of Dr. A. Lee Fritschler, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

Maureen A. McLaughlin
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Innovation