81 FR 67401 - NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Heliophysics Subcommittee; Meeting
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 190 (September 30, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 190 (September 30, 2016)
| Page Range | 67401-67401 | |
| FR Document | 2016-23657 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)] [Notices] [Page 67401] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-23657] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice: (16-069)] NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Heliophysics Subcommittee; Meeting AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Heliophysics Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning. DATES: Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: KarShelia Henderson, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-2355, fax (202) 358-2779, or khenderson@nasa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public telephonically and via WebEx. Any interested person may call the USA toll free conference call number 1-888-625-1623, passcode 5538265, to participate in this meeting by telephone. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/; the meeting number is 999 356 448 and the password is HPS2016!. The agenda for the meeting includes the following topics: --Living With a Star (LWS) Vision --LWS Focus Topics for Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2017 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. 2016-23657 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510-13-P
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administrative reporting. These include, assessment, and enforcement of existing NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
among others: laws and judicial decisions, bearing in SPACE ADMINISTRATION
• Enforcing the requirements of the mind that the standards are not
Voting Rights Act; intended to be used to establish [Notice: (16–069)]
• reviewing State congressional eligibility for participation in any
redistricting plans; Federal program. NASA Advisory Council; Science
• collecting and presenting 6. While Federal data needs for racial Committee; Heliophysics
population and population and ethnic data are of primary Subcommittee; Meeting
characteristics data, labor force data, importance, consideration should also
education data, and vital and health be given to needs at the State and local AGENCY:National Aeronautics and
statistics; government levels, including American Space Administration.
• establishing and evaluating Federal Indian tribal and Alaska Native village
affirmative action plans and evaluating governments, as well as to general ACTION: Notice of meeting.
affirmative action and discrimination in societal needs for these data.
employment in the private sector; 7. The categories should set forth a SUMMARY: In accordance with the
• monitoring the access of minorities minimum standard; additional Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
to home mortgage loans under the Home categories should be permitted provided Law 92–463, as amended, the National
Mortgage Disclosure Act; they can be aggregated to the standard Aeronautics and Space Administration
• enforcing the Equal Credit categories. The number of standard (NASA) announces a meeting of the
Opportunity Act; categories should be kept to a Heliophysics Subcommittee of the
• monitoring and enforcing
manageable size, as determined by NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This
desegregation plans in the public
statistical concerns and data needs. Subcommittee reports to the Science
schools;
• assisting minority businesses under 8. A revised set of categories should Committee of the NAC. The meeting
the minority business development be operationally feasible in terms of will be held for the purpose of
programs; and burden placed upon respondents and soliciting, from the scientific
• monitoring and enforcing the Fair the cost to agencies and respondents to community and other persons, scientific
Housing Act. implement the revisions. and technical information relevant to
To most effectively promote 9. Any changes in the categories program planning.
information quality, the intended uses should be based on sound
methodological research and should DATES: Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 10:00
of data on race and ethnicity should be
include evaluations of the impact of any a.m.–4:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
considered when changes to the
standards are contemplated. changes not only on the usefulness of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additionally, the possible effects of any the resulting data but also on the KarShelia Henderson, Science Mission
proposed changes on the quality and comparability of any new categories Directorate, NASA Headquarters,
utility of the resulting data must be with the existing ones. Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–2355,
considered. 10. Any revision to the categories fax (202) 358–2779, or khenderson@
General Principles for the Review of should provide for a crosswalk at the nasa.gov.
the Racial and Ethnic Data Categories: time of adoption between the old and
When providing comment on particular the new categories so that historical data SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
areas of the current standard, it also may series can be statistically adjusted and meeting will be open to the public
be helpful to consult the principles that comparisons can be made. telephonically and via WebEx. Any
framed the 1977 and 1997 revisions. 11. Because of the many and varied interested person may call the USA toll
Comments on these principles are needs and strong interdependence of free conference call number 1–888–625–
welcomed. Federal agencies for racial and ethnic 1623, passcode 5538265, to participate
1. The racial and ethnic categories set data, any changes to the existing in this meeting by telephone. The
forth in the standard should not be categories should be the product of an WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/;
interpreted as being scientific or interagency collaborative effort. the meeting number is 999 356 448 and
anthropological in nature. OMB recognizes that these principles the password is HPS2016!. The agenda
2. Respect for individual dignity may in some cases represent competing for the meeting includes the following
should guide the processes and methods goals for the standard. Through the
for collecting data on race and ethnicity; topics:
review process, it will be necessary to
respondent self-identification should be balance statistical issues, needs for data, —Living With a Star (LWS) Vision
facilitated to the greatest extent and social concerns. The application of —LWS Focus Topics for Research
possible. these principles to guide the review and Opportunities in Space and Earth
3. To the extent practicable, the possible revision of the standard Sciences (ROSES) 2017
concepts and terminology should reflect ultimately should result in consistent,
clear and generally understood publicly accepted data on race and It is imperative that the meeting be
definitions that can achieve broad ethnicity that will meet the needs of the held on this date to accommodate the
public acceptance. government and the public while scheduling priorities of the key
4. The racial and ethnic categories recognizing the diversity of the participants.
should be comprehensive in coverage
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population and respecting the
and produce compatible, Patricia D. Rausch,
individual’s dignity.
nonduplicated, exchangeable data Advisory Committee Management Officer,
across Federal agencies. Howard A. Shelanski, National Aeronautics and Space
5. Foremost consideration should be Administrator, Office of Information and Administration.
given to data aggregations by race and Regulatory Affairs. [FR Doc. 2016–23657 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am]
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of meeting. | |
| Dates | Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. | |
| Contact | KarShelia Henderson, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-2355, fax (202) 358-2779, or [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 67401 |
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