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practices or in the explicit specification of
Dkm (MMS). This is discussed in the ISG
section on modeling conservatism.
Glossary
Application: calculation of a fissionable
system in the facility performed to
demonstrate subcriticality under normal or
credible abnormal conditions.
Area of applicability (AOA): the ranges of
material compositions and geometric
arrangements within which the bias of a
calculational method is established.
Benchmark experiment: a critical
experiment that has been peer-reviewed and
published and is sufficiently well-defined to
be used for validation of calculational
methods.
Bias: a measure of the systematic
differences between calculational method
results and experimental data.
Bias uncertainty: a measure of both the
accuracy and precision of the calculations
and the uncertainty in the experimental data.
Calculational method: includes the
hardware platform, operating system,
computer algorithms and methods, nuclear
reaction data, and methods used to construct
computer models.
Critical experiment: a fissionable system
that has been experimentally determined to
be critical (with keff ≈ 1).
Margin of safety: the difference between
the actual value of a parameter and the value
of the parameter at which the system is
expected to be critical with critical defined
as keff = 1 ¥ bias ¥ bias uncertainty.
Margin of subcriticality (MoS): the
difference between the actual value of keff
and the value of keff at which the system is
expected to be critical with critical defined
as keff = 1 ¥ bias ¥ bias uncertainty.
Minimum margin of subcriticality (MMS): a
minimum allowed margin of subcriticality,
which is an allowance for any unknown
uncertainties in calculating keff.
Subcritical limit: the maximum allowed
value of a controlled parameter under normal
case conditions.
Upper subcritical limit (USL): the
maximum allowed value of keff (including
uncertainty in keff), under both normal and
credible abnormal conditions, including
allowance for the bias, the bias uncertainty,
and a minimum margin of subcriticality.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Executive Office of the President;
Acquisition Advisory Panel;
Notification of Upcoming Meetings of
the Acquisition Advisory Panel
Office of Management and
Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meetings.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of Management
and Budget announces one meeting of
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the Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or
‘‘Panel’’) established in accordance with
the Services Acquisition Reform Act of
2003.
DATES: There is one meeting announced
in this Federal Register Notice. A public
meeting of the Panel will be held on
July 12, 2006 beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern
Time and ending no later than 5 p.m.
There are additional public meetings of
the Acquisition Advisory Panel for June
and July 2006 previously published in
the Federal Register. For a schedule of
all public meetings, visit https://
acquisition.gov/comp/aap/
and select the link called ‘‘Schedule.’’
ADDRESSES: The July 12th meeting will
be held at the new FDIC Building, 3501
N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA in the
new auditorium Room C3050D. This
facility is 1⁄4 block off of the orange line
metro stop for Virginia Square. The
public is asked to pre-register one week
in advance of the meeting due to
security and/or seating limitations (see
below for information on preregistration).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public wishing further
information concerning these meetings
or the Panel itself, or to pre-register for
the meeting, should contact Ms. Laura
Auletta, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), at: laura.auletta@gsa.gov, phone/
voice mail (202) 208–7279, or mail at:
General Services Administration, 1800 F
Street, NW., Room 4006, Washington,
DC 20405. Members of the public
wishing to reserve speaking time must
contact Mr. Emile Monette, AAP Staff
Analyst, in writing at:
emile.monette@gsa.gov or by fax at 202–
501–3341, or mail at the address given
above for the DFO, no later than one
week prior to the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(a) Background: The purpose of the
Panel is to provide independent advice
and recommendations to the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy and
Congress pursuant to Section 1423 of
the Services Acquisition Reform Act of
2003. The Panel’s statutory charter is to
review Federal contracting laws,
regulations, and governmentwide
policies, including the use of
commercial practices, performancebased contracting, performance of
acquisition functions across agency
lines of responsibility, and
governmentwide contracts. Interested
parties are invited to attend the meeting.
Opportunity for public comments will
be provided at this meeting. Any change
will be announced in the Federal
Register.
Meeting—While the Panel may hear
from additional invited speakers, the
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focus of this meeting will be discussions
of and voting on working group findings
and recommendations from selected
working groups, established at the
February 28, 2005 and May 17, 2005
public meetings of the AAP (see
https://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/
index.html for a list of working groups).
The Panel welcomes oral public
comments at this meeting and has
reserved one-half hour for this purpose.
Members of the public wishing to
address the Panel during the meeting
must contact Mr. Monette, in writing, as
soon as possible to reserve time (see
contact information above).
(b) Posting of Draft Reports: Members
of the public are encouraged to regularly
visit the Panel’s Web site for draft
reports. Currently, the working groups
are staggering the posting of various
sections of their draft reports at https://
acquisition.gov/comp/aap/
under the link for ‘‘Working Group
Reports.’’ The most recent posting is
from the Commercial Practices Working
Group. The public is encouraged to
submit written comments on any and all
draft reports.
(c) Adopted Recommendations: The
Panel has adopted recommendations
presented by the Small Business,
Interagency Contracting, and
Performance-Based Acquisition
Working Groups. While additional
recommendations from some of these
working groups are likely, the public is
encouraged to review and comment on
the recommendations adopted by the
Panel to date by going to https://
acquisition.gov/comp/aap/
and selecting the link for ‘‘Adopted
Recommendations.’’
(d) Availability of Meeting Materials:
Please see the Panel’s Web site for any
available materials, including draft
agendas and minutes. Questions/issues
of particular interest to the Panel are
also available to the public on this Web
site on its front page, including
‘‘Questions for Government Buying
Agencies,’’ ‘‘Questions for Contractors
that Sell Commercial Goods or Services
to the Government,’’ ‘‘Questions for
Commercial Organizations,’’ and an
issue raised by one Panel member
regarding the rules of interpretation and
performance of contracts and liabilities
of the parties entitled ‘‘Revised
Commercial Practices Proposal for
Public Comment.’’ The Panel
encourages the public to address any of
these questions/issues when presenting
either oral public comments or written
statements to the Panel.
(e) Procedures for Providing Public
Comments: It is the policy of the Panel
to accept written public comments of
any length, and to accommodate oral
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public comments whenever possible.
The Panel Staff expects that public
statements presented at Panel meetings
will be focused on the Panel’s statutory
charter and working group topics, and
not be repetitive of previously
submitted oral or written statements,
and that comments will be relevant to
the issues under discussion.
Oral Comments: Speaking times will
be confirmed by Panel staff on a ‘‘firstcome/first-served’’ basis. To
accommodate as many speakers as
possible, oral public comments must be
no longer than 10 minutes. Because
Panel members may ask questions,
reserved times will be approximate.
Interested parties must contact Mr.
Emile Monette, in writing (via mail, email, or fax identified above for Mr.
Monette) at least one week prior to the
meeting in order to be placed on the
public speaker list for the meeting. Oral
requests for speaking time will not be
taken. Speakers are requested to bring
extra copies of their comments and/or
presentation slides for distribution to
the Panel at the meeting. Speakers
wishing to use a Power Point
presentation must e-mail the
presentation to Mr. Monette one week in
advance of the meeting.
Written Comments: Although written
comments are accepted until the date of
the meeting (unless otherwise stated),
written comments should be received by
the Panel Staff at least one week prior
to the meeting date so that the
comments may be made available to the
Panel for their consideration prior to the
meeting. Written comments should be
supplied to the DFO at the address/
contact information given in this FR
Notice in one of the following formats
(Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or
Rich Text files, in IBM–PC/Windows
98/2000/XP format).
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the
Securities and Exchange Commission
will hold the following meetings during
the week of June 26, 2006:
A Closed Meeting will be held on
Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 2 p.m.
Commissioners, Counsel to the
Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries
will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain
staff members who have an interest in
the matters may also be present.
The General Counsel of the
Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in this opinion, one or
more of the exemptions set forth in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (9)(B), (10)
and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (6), (7),
(9)(ii), and (10) permit consideration of
the scheduled matters at the Closed
Meeting.
Commissioner Nazareth, as duty
officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meetings in closed
session.
The subject matter of the Closed
Meeting scheduled for Thursday, June
29, 2006 will be:
Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of injunctive
actions;
Institution and settlement of
administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature; and
Litigation matters.
(f) Meeting Accommodations:
Individuals requiring special
accommodation to access the public
meetings listed above should contact
Ms. Auletta at least five business days
prior to the meeting so that appropriate
arrangements can be made.
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Please note: Because the Panel operates
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, all public
presentations will be treated as public
documents and will be made available for
public inspection, up to and including being
posted on the Panel’s Web site.
At times, changes in Commission
priorities require alterations in the
scheduling of meeting items.
For further information and to
ascertain what, if any, matters have been
added, deleted or postponed, please
contact:
The Office of the Secretary at (202)
551–5400.
Dated: June 22, 2006.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
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Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive
Director), Acquisition Advisory Panel.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change Regarding Position
Limits for VIX Options
June 20, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on May 31,
2006, the Chicago Board Options
Exchange, Incorporated (‘‘Exchange’’ or
‘‘CBOE’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Exchange filed
this proposal as a ‘‘non-controversial’’
proposed rule change pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 3 and
Rule 19b–4(f)(6) thereunder,4 which
renders the proposed rule change
effective upon filing with the
Commission.5 The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
CBOE is filing this rule change to
eliminate the position limits for the
regular-size options on the CBOE
Volatility Index (‘‘VIX’’); the CBOE
Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index (‘‘VXN’’);
and the CBOE Dow Jones Industrial
Average Volatility Index (‘‘VXD’’).6
The text of the proposed rule change is
available on the Exchange’s Web site
(https://www.cboe.com), at the
Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, and
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
5 The Exchange requested the Commission to
waive the five-day pre-filing notice requirement and
the 30-day operative delay, as specified in Rule
19b–4(f)(b)(iii). 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii).
6 CBOE also has an increased-value version of
VIX, VXN, and VXD, which is calculated by
multiplying the corresponding index level of the
regular-size VIX, VXN, and VXD, respectively, by
ten. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 49698
(May 13, 2004), 69 FR 29152 (May 20, 2004)
(‘‘Notice of Filing Order Granting Accelerated
Approval of a Proposed Rule change by [CBOE]
Relating to Options on Certain CBOE Volatility
Indexes’’). Telephone conversation between Angelo
Evangelou, Assistant General Counsel, CBOE, and
Geoffrey Pemble, Special Counsel, Division of
Market Regulation, Commission, on June 19, 2006.
2 17
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Executive Office of the President; Acquisition Advisory Panel;
Notification of Upcoming Meetings of the Acquisition Advisory Panel
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget announces one meeting of
the Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or ``Panel'') established in
accordance with the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003.
DATES: There is one meeting announced in this Federal Register Notice.
A public meeting of the Panel will be held on July 12, 2006 beginning
at 9 a.m. Eastern Time and ending no later than 5 p.m. There are
additional public meetings of the Acquisition Advisory Panel for June
and July 2006 previously published in the Federal Register. For a
schedule of all public meetings, visit https://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/
index.html and select the link called ``Schedule.''
ADDRESSES: The July 12th meeting will be held at the new FDIC Building,
3501 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA in the new auditorium Room C3050D.
This facility is \1/4\ block off of the orange line metro stop for
Virginia Square. The public is asked to pre-register one week in
advance of the meeting due to security and/or seating limitations (see
below for information on pre-registration).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public wishing further
information concerning these meetings or the Panel itself, or to pre-
register for the meeting, should contact Ms. Laura Auletta, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), at: laura.auletta@gsa.gov, phone/voice mail
(202) 208-7279, or mail at: General Services Administration, 1800 F
Street, NW., Room 4006, Washington, DC 20405. Members of the public
wishing to reserve speaking time must contact Mr. Emile Monette, AAP
Staff Analyst, in writing at: emile.monette@gsa.gov or by fax at 202-
501-3341, or mail at the address given above for the DFO, no later than
one week prior to the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(a) Background: The purpose of the Panel is to provide independent
advice and recommendations to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
and Congress pursuant to Section 1423 of the Services Acquisition
Reform Act of 2003. The Panel's statutory charter is to review Federal
contracting laws, regulations, and governmentwide policies, including
the use of commercial practices, performance-based contracting,
performance of acquisition functions across agency lines of
responsibility, and governmentwide contracts. Interested parties are
invited to attend the meeting. Opportunity for public comments will be
provided at this meeting. Any change will be announced in the Federal
Register.
Meeting--While the Panel may hear from additional invited speakers,
the focus of this meeting will be discussions of and voting on working
group findings and recommendations from selected working groups,
established at the February 28, 2005 and May 17, 2005 public meetings
of the AAP (see https://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/ for a list
of working groups). The Panel welcomes oral public comments at this
meeting and has reserved one-half hour for this purpose. Members of the
public wishing to address the Panel during the meeting must contact Mr.
Monette, in writing, as soon as possible to reserve time (see contact
information above).
(b) Posting of Draft Reports: Members of the public are encouraged
to regularly visit the Panel's Web site for draft reports. Currently,
the working groups are staggering the posting of various sections of
their draft reports at https://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/ under
the link for ``Working Group Reports.'' The most recent posting is from
the Commercial Practices Working Group. The public is encouraged to
submit written comments on any and all draft reports.
(c) Adopted Recommendations: The Panel has adopted recommendations
presented by the Small Business, Interagency Contracting, and
Performance-Based Acquisition Working Groups. While additional
recommendations from some of these working groups are likely, the
public is encouraged to review and comment on the recommendations
adopted by the Panel to date by going to https://acquisition.gov/comp/
aap/ and selecting the link for ``Adopted Recommendations.''
(d) Availability of Meeting Materials: Please see the Panel's Web
site for any available materials, including draft agendas and minutes.
Questions/issues of particular interest to the Panel are also available
to the public on this Web site on its front page, including ``Questions
for Government Buying Agencies,'' ``Questions for Contractors that Sell
Commercial Goods or Services to the Government,'' ``Questions for
Commercial Organizations,'' and an issue raised by one Panel member
regarding the rules of interpretation and performance of contracts and
liabilities of the parties entitled ``Revised Commercial Practices
Proposal for Public Comment.'' The Panel encourages the public to
address any of these questions/issues when presenting either oral
public comments or written statements to the Panel.
(e) Procedures for Providing Public Comments: It is the policy of
the Panel to accept written public comments of any length, and to
accommodate oral
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public comments whenever possible. The Panel Staff expects that public
statements presented at Panel meetings will be focused on the Panel's
statutory charter and working group topics, and not be repetitive of
previously submitted oral or written statements, and that comments will
be relevant to the issues under discussion.
Oral Comments: Speaking times will be confirmed by Panel staff on a
``first-come/first-served'' basis. To accommodate as many speakers as
possible, oral public comments must be no longer than 10 minutes.
Because Panel members may ask questions, reserved times will be
approximate. Interested parties must contact Mr. Emile Monette, in
writing (via mail, e-mail, or fax identified above for Mr. Monette) at
least one week prior to the meeting in order to be placed on the public
speaker list for the meeting. Oral requests for speaking time will not
be taken. Speakers are requested to bring extra copies of their
comments and/or presentation slides for distribution to the Panel at
the meeting. Speakers wishing to use a Power Point presentation must e-
mail the presentation to Mr. Monette one week in advance of the
meeting.
Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the
date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), written comments should
be received by the Panel Staff at least one week prior to the meeting
date so that the comments may be made available to the Panel for their
consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments should be supplied
to the DFO at the address/contact information given in this FR Notice
in one of the following formats (Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or
Rich Text files, in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Please note: Because the Panel operates under the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, all public
presentations will be treated as public documents and will be made
available for public inspection, up to and including being posted on
the Panel's Web site.
(f) Meeting Accommodations: Individuals requiring special
accommodation to access the public meetings listed above should contact
Ms. Auletta at least five business days prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive Director), Acquisition Advisory
Panel.
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