81_FR_10714 81 FR 10674 - NASA Advisory Council; Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM Education; Meeting

81 FR 10674 - NASA Advisory Council; Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM Education; Meeting

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 40 (March 1, 2016)

Page Range10674-10675
FR Document2016-04428

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Task Force reports to the NAC.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10674-10675]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04428]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (16-018)]


NASA Advisory Council; Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM Education; 
Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 
Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration announces a meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Science, 
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) of the NASA Advisory 
Council (NAC). This Task Force reports to the NAC.

DATES: Thursday, March 24, 2016, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., EST.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Beverly Girten, Executive 
Secretary for the NAC Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM Education, NASA 
Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, 202-358-0212, or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public 
telephonically and by WebEx. You must use a touch tone phone to 
participate in this meeting. Any interested person may dial the toll 
free access number 844-467-6272 or toll access number 720-259-6462, and 
then the numeric participant passcode: 329152 followed by the # sign. 
To join via WebEx on March 24, the link is https://nasa.webex.com/, the 
meeting number is 993 607 814 and the password is Educate1! (Password 
is case sensitive). Note: If dialing in, please ``mute'' your 
telephone. The agenda for the meeting will include the following:

--Opening Remarks by Chair
--Discussion of Observations Presented to NAC
--Plans to Implement Observations
--Office of Education Organization Update
--Future Topics
--Other Related Topics

    It is imperative that the meeting be held on this date to 
accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants.

Patricia D. Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-04428 Filed 2-29-16; 8:45 am]
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10674 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 40 / Tuesday, March 1, 2016 / Notices establishing a project management office contractors for short-term projects, These objectives include the value of and adopting a transition plan to consider traditional contracting, copyright registration and recordation, facilitate migration to a cloud-based consider no-cost contracting, and review and registration must remain relatively system, while retaining necessary other alternatives as well. affordable to encourage applications, support from current vendors. Core IT which are voluntary. The Office most B. Funding a Modern Information governance and procedures will be recently adjusted its fees in 2014, when Technology System adopted during this phase, and market it issued a revised fee schedule that analysis of potential vendors completed. Creating a more flexible and robust IT increased some fees, reduced others, • Phase 1: The Office would assume system will require the Office to fund and introduced a reduced fee for interim control of existing IT systems both capital and operating expenses, not individual authors of single works. and coordinate support for legacy only during the five-year IT Plan, but on The Office fee-setting is an iterative systems. Phase 1 also would: Build core an ongoing basis. regulatory process. In assessing its fees, infrastructure and stand up the key Currently, the Office has two main the Office need not assume ‘‘one size back-office and desktop capabilities funding sources: (1) Fees paid by fits all’’; indeed, the more flexible the IT necessary to run IT operations; migrate individual authors, corporate entities, of the Office, the more likely the Office the national recordation system to its and other customers; and (2) annual can institute practices and regulations target electronic platform; and continue appropriated dollars reflecting the value that meet the targeted needs of design on solutions for additional core of the Office’s mission to entrepreneurs, applicants, e.g., software developers or applications and services. the public, and the economy. photographers or digital filmmakers. • Phase 2: This phase includes full Historically, fees have made up the deployment of the remaining core lion’s share of the Office’s basic budget, II. Subjects of Inquiry mission Office applications. The ranging from 59% to 67% in the past To assess both how to implement and existing registration system will be five years. Congress decides, in the fund a modern copyright IT system, the replaced in a way that improves user course of the federal budget Office is interested in public comment experience and includes a highly authorization, how much income the on the following subjects: secure, certified digital repository, with Office may use to cover its costs. Thus, 1. Please comment on the proposed appropriately serious attention to the Office may spend incoming fees, but five-year timeline for IT modernization protecting electronically transmitted only up to the amount authorized by based on the phases set forth in detail deposits. Existing copyright data would Congress. Tax dollars comprise a in the IT Plan, which incorporate best be migrated to a cloud-based system of smaller, but critical, part of the Office’s practices of the federal government. records, linking registration with budget and reflect the value of the 2. Should the modernization be recordation data. Effective data Office’s services to the general public— funded from fees, appropriated dollars, management would facilitate efficient for example, by providing the public or a combination of both, and, if both, updating of records, promoting data with a searchable database of copyright is there an ideal formula or ratio? accuracy. The Office would have the registration and ownership information. 3. What authorities or flexibilities, if capability of directly interacting with The Office also has a small reserve any, should be included in 17 U.S.C. outside organizations to share relevant account, which includes any fees that 708 regarding whether and how the data through APIs, thus facilitating exceeded the Office’s annual spending Office may recover its reasonable costs business investment and limit, de-obligated prior year funds, and of operation (including in the aggregate entrepreneurship. By the end of Phase 2, other fees authorized for expenditure as opposed to based upon individual the Office would have full control over but not spent. The reserve fund, services), differentiate between its IT management, and some legacy however, is not a revolving fund customers or users, and/or fund future support agreements could be phased account and is subject to congressional investments, not only as to the five-year out. review every year. The Office is plan but on an ongoing basis? • Phase 3: In Phase 3, the Office considering changes to the structure 4. Should the Copyright Office fund would be fully transitioned to its new overall, including the option to migrate capital and operating expenses environment. Focus will turn toward costs previously categorized as capital differently? If so, how? enhancing core Office services with expenses to operating expenses in order 5. Please identify anything else that continuous improvement. The CIO will to fund infrastructure improvements, as the Copyright Office should consider in identify future desired technology reflected in the IT Plan. relation to the funding strategy, benefits, investments to increase service Since 1997, the Office has conducted or implementation of IT modernization. capabilities. studies every several years to assess and Dated: February 25, 2016. At the conclusion of the four phases, set appropriate fees for its services. The Maria A. Pallante, the Office IT will operate within a analysis is governed by section 708 of Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office. steady state environment. Operations the Copyright Act, which specifies [FR Doc. 2016–04423 Filed 2–29–16; 8:45 am] and maintenance will continue, with various services for which the Office BILLING CODE 1410–30–P performance of existing services may charge fees and provides that the assessed relative to identified Register may adjust these fees to ‘‘not benchmarks. At the same time, the more than necessary to cover the Office would continue to engage with reasonable costs incurred by the NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND stakeholders to identify potential new Copyright Office for . . . [such SPACE ADMINISTRATION asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES capabilities and services. services], plus a reasonable inflation [Notice: (16–018)] Within this phased framework, there adjustment to account for any estimated are a variety of ways to proceed with increase in costs.’’ 9 Additionally, fees NASA Advisory Council; Ad Hoc Task development. The Office is interested in for core services must be ‘‘fair and Force on STEM Education; Meeting maximizing flexible opportunities for equitable and give due consideration to AGENCY: National Aeronautics and outside entities to efficiently aid the the objectives of the copyright system.’’ Space Administration. effort. The Office would expect to ACTION: Notice of meeting. leverage the experience of expert 9 17 U.S.C. 708(b)(2). VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:18 Feb 29, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01MRN1.SGM 01MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 40 / Tuesday, March 1, 2016 / Notices 10675 SUMMARY: In accordance with the SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as http://www.regulations.gov and search Law 92–463, as amended, the National amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear for Docket ID NRC–2016–0040. Aeronautics and Space Administration Regulatory Commission (NRC) is • NRC’s Agencywide Documents announces a meeting of the Ad Hoc publishing this regular biweekly notice. Access and Management System Task Force on Science, Technology, The Act requires the Commission to (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) of publish notice of any amendments available documents online in the the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). issued, or proposed to be issued, and ADAMS Public Documents collection at This Task Force reports to the NAC. grants the Commission the authority to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ DATES: Thursday, March 24, 2016, 10:00 issue and make immediately effective adams.html. To begin the search, select a.m. to 2:00 p.m., EST. any amendment to an operating license ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. or combined license, as applicable, select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Beverly Girten, Executive Secretary for upon a determination by the Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, the NAC Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM Commission that such amendment please contact the NRC’s Public Education, NASA Headquarters, involves no significant hazards Document Room (PDR) reference staff at Washington, DC 20546, 202–358–0212, consideration, notwithstanding the 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by or beverly.e.girten@nasa.gov. pendency before the Commission of a email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The request for a hearing from any person. ADAMS accession number for each SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The This biweekly notice includes all document referenced (if it is available in meeting will be open to the public notices of amendments issued, or ADAMS) is provided the first time that telephonically and by WebEx. You must proposed to be issued from February 2, it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY use a touch tone phone to participate in 2016, to February 12, 2016. The last INFORMATION section. this meeting. Any interested person may • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and dial the toll free access number 844– biweekly notice was published on February 16, 2016. purchase copies of public documents at 467–6272 or toll access number 720– the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 259–6462, and then the numeric DATES: Comments must be filed by White Flint North, 11555 Rockville participant passcode: 329152 followed March 31, 2016. A request for a hearing Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. by the # sign. To join via WebEx on must be filed by May 2, 2016. March 24, the link is https:// B. Submitting Comments ADDRESSES: You may submit comments nasa.webex.com/, the meeting number by any of the following methods (unless Please include Docket ID NRC–2016– is 993 607 814 and the password is this document describes a different 0040, facility name, unit number(s), Educate1! (Password is case sensitive). method for submitting comments on a application date, and subject in your Note: If dialing in, please ‘‘mute’’ your specific subject): comment submission. telephone. The agenda for the meeting The NRC cautions you not to include • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to will include the following: identifying or contact information that http://www.regulations.gov and search —Opening Remarks by Chair for Docket ID NRC–2016–0040. Address you do not want to be publicly —Discussion of Observations Presented disclosed in your comment submission. questions about NRC dockets to Carol to NAC The NRC posts all comment Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; —Plans to Implement Observations submissions at http:// —Office of Education Organization email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. www.regulations.gov as well as entering Update • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, the comment submissions into ADAMS. —Future Topics Office of Administration, Mail Stop: The NRC does not routinely edit —Other Related Topics OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear comment submissions to remove It is imperative that the meeting be Regulatory Commission, Washington, identifying or contact information. held on this date to accommodate the DC 20555–0001. If you are requesting or aggregating scheduling priorities of the key For additional direction on obtaining comments from other persons for participants. information and submitting comments, submission to the NRC, then you should see ‘‘Obtaining Information and inform those persons not to include Patricia D. Rausch, Submitting Comments’’ in the Advisory Committee Management Officer, identifying or contact information that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of they do not want to be publicly National Aeronautics and Space this document. disclosed in their comment submission. Administration. [FR Doc. 2016–04428 Filed 2–29–16; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Your request should state that the NRC BILLING CODE 7510–13–P Janet Burkhardt, Office of Nuclear does not routinely edit comment Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear submissions to remove such information Regulatory Commission, Washington DC before making the comment NUCLEAR REGULATORY 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–1384, submissions available to the public or COMMISSION email: Janet.Burkhardt@nrc.gov. entering the comment submissions into SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADAMS. [NRC–2016–0040] I. Obtaining Information and II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance Biweekly Notice: Applications and Submitting Comments of Amendments to Facility Operating asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Licenses and Combined Licenses A. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThursday, March 24, 2016, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., EST.
ContactDr. Beverly Girten, Executive Secretary for the NAC Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM Education, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, 202-358-0212, or [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 10674 
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