Comment on FR Doc # E6-11763

I am a civilian professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and Canadian Forces College in Toronto. I regularly use the NARA College Park reading room during evening hours and on Saturdays during research trips once or twice per year. I customarily spend a week to ten days at NARA College Park during these research trips. The shorter hours will limit my productivity and entail greater expense in terms of accommodation for a longer stay. Can some consideration be given to making the hours at NARA Downtown 9- 5 and keeping at least Saturday and perhaps one or two evenings open at the NARA College Park reading room. I understand the financial restraints involved, but consider this curtailment of hours a serious limitation in terms of accessibility to researchers and I also am concerned about the employees that will be thrown out of work or reduced in hours to meet this change. At least some opportunity should be made available for those researchers who cannot come to NARA during normal business hours or like myself research for extended hours during a specific period of time. comment received