81_FR_67591 81 FR 67401 - NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Heliophysics Subcommittee; Meeting

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)

Page Range67401-67401
FR Document2016-23657

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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 67401]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-23657]


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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.

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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 (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 [email protected].

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]
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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]
                                                  ethnicity that are useful for statistical               [FR Doc. 2016–23672 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am]           BILLING CODE 7510–13–P
                                                  analysis, program administration and                    BILLING CODE 3110–01–P




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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesTuesday, October 25, 2016, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
ContactKarShelia Henderson, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-2355, fax (202) 358-2779, or [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 67401 

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