83_FR_46701 83 FR 46523 - Proposal Review Panel for International Science and Engineering; Notice of Meeting

83 FR 46523 - Proposal Review Panel for International Science and Engineering; Notice of Meeting

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 178 (September 13, 2018)

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FR Document2018-19891

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46523-46524]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19891]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Proposal Review Panel for International Science and Engineering; 
Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the 
following meeting:
    Name and Committee Code: Proposal Review Panel for Office of 
International Science and Engineering--PIRE: Crafting Optimal Learning 
in Science Environments--Reverse Site Visit (#10749).
    Date and Time: October 12, 2018; 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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    Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
    Type of Meeting: Part--Open.
    Contact Person: Cassandra Dudka, PIRE Program Manager, National 
Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 
Telephone 703/292-7250.
    Purpose of Meeting: NSF reverse site visit to conduct a review 
during year 3 of the five-year award period. To conduct an in-depth 
evaluation of performance, to assess progress towards goals, and to 
provide recommendations.
    Agenda: See attached.
    Reason for Closing: Topics to be discussed and evaluated during 
closed portions of the reverse site review will include information of 
a proprietary or confidential nature, including technical information; 
and information on personnel. These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act.

    Dated: September 7, 2018.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Reverse 
Site Visit Agenda PIRE-1545684 (PI: Barbara Schneider)

NSF Room C3080

Friday, October 12, 2018

8:00 a.m. Panelists arrive. Coffee/light refreshments available
8:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Panel Orientation (CLOSED), PIRE Rationale and 
Goals, Charge to Panel
8:45 a.m. PIs arrive. Introductions (OPEN)
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. PIRE Project Presentation should cover the 
following: (OPEN)
    Research
    Integrating Research & Education
    Students (e.g. involvement in project, recruitment, diversity)
    Project Management and Communication
    Evaluation & Assessment
    Institutional Support
    International Partnerships
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Questions and Answers
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Working Lunch--Panel Discussion (CLOSED)
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Initial Feedback to Project Team (CLOSED)
2:30 p.m. PIRE PI and presenters are dismissed
2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Panel meets for Reverse Site Visit Report 
Preparation (CLOSED)
4:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Report presented to and discussion held with NSF 
staff (CLOSED)
5:00 p.m. End of Reverse Site Visit

[FR Doc. 2018-19891 Filed 9-12-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 178 / Thursday, September 13, 2018 / Notices 46523 Enforcement Coordinator at innovators and creators, where their • Establishing effective and efficient intellectualproperty@omb.eop.gov using innovations and creations are respected training programs and other forms of the subject line ‘‘Development of the and protected, and for systems to be in technical assistance to enhance the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual place that allow American businesses to enforcement efforts of foreign Property Enforcement’’ to arrange for an operate in a free, fair and open governments through: alternate method of transmission. The marketplace. Æ Minimizing the duplication of U.S. regulations.gov website is a Federal E- As the United States government Government training and assistance Government website that allows the works to advance American economic efforts; public to find, review and submit interests overseas, a significant Æ Prioritizing deployment of U.S. comments on documents that have component of our enforcement and Government resources to those published in the Federal Register and protection efforts includes addressing countries where programs can be carried that are open for comment. Submissions trade enforcement, market access, out most effectively with the greatest filed via the regulations.gov website will competition, digital trade, cybersecurity, impact on reducing the number of be available to the public for review and and rule of law concerns in the infringing products imported into the inspection. For this reason, please do intellectual property space around the United States, while also protecting the not include in your comments world. American innovators and intellectual property rights of U.S. rights information of a confidential nature, creators must be able to operate in holders and the interests of U.S. persons such as sensitive personal information foreign markets that provide them with otherwise harmed by infringements in or proprietary business information. clear paths to secure and use their IP. other countries. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Countries and foreign companies should IPEC welcomes input and Levock, 202–395–3826, Office of the not be allowed to profit from the theft recommendations from the public for U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement or misappropriation of American improving the U.S. Government’s Coordinator, at intellectualproperty@ intellectual property through actions intellectual property enforcement omb.eop.gov. including trade secret theft, IP efforts. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since infringement, piracy, forced technology In submitting comments for the January 2017, President Trump and his transfers or localization requirements. development of the fourth Joint Administration have worked to promote Additionally, American brand holders Strategic Plan, comments should be strong intellectual property rights must have full and fair opportunity to organized along the lines of the protection and enforcement, both market and sell their products and use Administration’s four-part strategic domestically and abroad. As part of an their properly registered trademarks approach to promote and protect integrated approach, the Trump across the globe, without undue intellectual property (as discussed Administration views our intellectual restrictions. above and in IPEC’s Annual Intellectual property strategy, policy and To that end, and as set forth by the Property Report to Congress): enforcement efforts, together, as key to PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8113), the • Engagement with our trading partners helping secure the future of our objectives of the Joint Strategic Plan • Effective use of all our legal innovative economy and to maintaining include: authorities, including our trade tools our competitive advantage. As the • Reducing the supply of infringing • Expanded law enforcement action and Administration continues to build on goods, domestically and internationally; cooperation past strategic efforts in all areas of • Identifying weaknesses, duplication • Engagement and partnership with the intellectual property policy (including of efforts, waste, and other unjustified private sector and other stakeholders. patents, copyrights, trademarks and impediments to effective enforcement actions; Vishal J. Amin, trade secrets), both domestically and abroad, the Administration also • Promoting information sharing United States Intellectual Property between participating agencies to the Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of recognizes that for the United States to the President. maintain its future economic extent permissible by law; competitiveness, we need to think • Disrupting and eliminating [FR Doc. 2018–19863 Filed 9–12–18; 8:45 am] strategically and shift the paradigm to infringement networks in the U.S. and BILLING CODE 3110–01–P one where we not only place America in other countries; First, but regard America’s inventive • Strengthening the capacity of other and creative capacity as something that countries to protect and enforce intellectual property rights; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION we must protect, promote and prioritize. As explained in the Annual • Reducing the number of countries Proposal Review Panel for Intellectual Property Report to Congress that fail to enforce intellectual property International Science and Engineering; (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp- rights effectively; Notice of Meeting content/uploads/2017/11/2018Annual_ • Assisting other countries to more IPEC_Report_to_Congress.pdf), the effectively enforce intellectual property In accordance with the Federal Trump Administration has taken rights; Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– significant actions to promote and • Protecting intellectual property 463, as amended), the National Science protect intellectual property. The rights in other countries by: Foundation (NSF) announces the Administration’s four-part strategic Æ Working with other countries to following meeting: approach includes engagement with our reduce intellectual property crimes in Name and Committee Code: Proposal daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES trading partners; effective use of all our other countries; Review Panel for Office of International legal authorities, including our trade Æ Improving information sharing Science and Engineering—PIRE: tools; expanded law enforcement action between U.S. and foreign law Crafting Optimal Learning in Science and cooperation; and engagement and enforcement agencies; and Environments—Reverse Site Visit partnership with the private sector and Æ Establishing procedures for (#10749). other stakeholders. The goal is to ensure consulting with interested groups Date and Time: October 12, 2018; 8:00 a level playing field for American within other countries; a.m.–5:30 p.m. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:20 Sep 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1

46524 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 178 / Thursday, September 13, 2018 / Notices Place: National Science Foundation, 5:00 p.m. End of Reverse Site Visit Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, [FR Doc. 2018–19891 Filed 9–12–18; 8:45 am] Washington, DC 20555–0001. Virginia 22314. BILLING CODE 7555–01–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Type of Meeting: Part—Open. Contact Person: Cassandra Dudka, I. Obtaining Information and PIRE Program Manager, National Submitting Comments NUCLEAR REGULATORY Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower A. Obtaining Information COMMISSION Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– Telephone 703/292–7250. [Docket No. NRC–2018–0168] 0168 when contacting the NRC about Purpose of Meeting: NSF reverse site Weld Residual Stress Finite Element the availability of information for this visit to conduct a review during year 3 Analysis Validation action. You may obtain publicly- of the five-year award period. To available information related to this conduct an in-depth evaluation of AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory action by any of the following methods: performance, to assess progress towards Commission. • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to goals, and to provide recommendations. ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for http://www.regulations.gov and search Agenda: See attached. for Docket ID NRC–2018–0168. comment. Reason for Closing: Topics to be • NRC’s Agencywide Documents discussed and evaluated during closed SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Access and Management System portions of the reverse site review will Commission (NRC) is requesting public (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- include information of a proprietary or comment on a draft NUREG entitled, available documents online in the confidential nature, including technical ‘‘Weld Residual Stress Finite Element ADAMS Public Documents collection at information; and information on Analysis Validation: Part II— http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ personnel. These matters are exempt Acceptance and Guidelines.’’ This adams.html. To begin the search, select under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the report proposes a methodology by ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For Government in the Sunshine Act. which analysts can increase confidence problems with ADAMS, please contact Dated: September 7, 2018. in modeling capabilities for regulatory the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) Crystal Robinson, applications involving weld residual reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– Committee Management Officer. stress calculation. Specifically, the NRC 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@ staff posed four questions for nrc.gov. The draft NUREG on ‘‘Weld Partnerships for International Research consideration by the public (see Residual Stress Validation’’ is available and Education (PIRE) Reverse Site Visit SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). in ADAMS under Accession No. Agenda PIRE–1545684 (PI: Barbara DATES: Submit comments by November ML18242A007. Schneider) 13, 2018. Comments received after this • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and NSF Room C3080 date will be considered if it is practical purchase copies of public documents at to do so, but the Commission is able to the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Friday, October 12, 2018 ensure consideration only for comments White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 8:00 a.m. Panelists arrive. Coffee/light received before this date. Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. refreshments available ADDRESSES: You may submit comments B. Submitting Comments 8:15 a.m.–8:45 a.m. Panel Orientation by any of the following methods: Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– (CLOSED), PIRE Rationale and • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to Goals, Charge to Panel 0168 in your comment submission. http://www.regulations.gov and search The NRC cautions you not to include 8:45 a.m. PIs arrive. Introductions for Docket ID NRC–2018–0168. Address (OPEN) identifying or contact information that questions about NRC dockets in you do not want to be publicly 9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PIRE Project Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; Presentation should cover the disclosed in your comment submission. telephone: 301–287–9127; email: The NRC will post all comment following: (OPEN) Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical Research submissions at http:// questions, contact the individual listed www.regulations.gov as well as enter the Integrating Research & Education in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Students (e.g. involvement in project, comment submissions into ADAMS. CONTACT section of this document. The NRC does not routinely edit recruitment, diversity) • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office Project Management and comment submissions to remove of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– identifying or contact information. Communication A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory If you are requesting or aggregating Evaluation & Assessment Institutional Support Commission, Washington, DC 20555– comments from other persons for International Partnerships 0001. submission to the NRC, then you should 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Questions and For additional direction on obtaining inform those persons not to include Answers information and submitting comments, identifying or contact information that 12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Working Lunch— see ‘‘Obtaining Information and they do not want to be publicly Panel Discussion (CLOSED) Submitting Comments’’ in the disclosed in their comment submission. 2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Initial Feedback to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of Your request should state that the NRC Project Team (CLOSED) this document. does not routinely edit comment 2:30 p.m. PIRE PI and presenters are FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: submissions to remove such information daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES dismissed Michael Benson, Office of Nuclear before making the comment 2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Panel meets for Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– submissions available to the public or Reverse Site Visit Report 415–2425, email: michael.benson@ entering the comment into ADAMS. Preparation (CLOSED) nrc.gov; or Patrick Raynaud, Office of 4:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Report presented to Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: II. Background and discussion held with NSF staff 301–415–1987, email: patrick.raynaud@ Between 2008–2015, the Electric (CLOSED) nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Power Research Institute and the NRC VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:20 Sep 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1


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