Centennial Challenges: 2014 Night Rover Challenge, 19742-19743 [2013-07552]

Download as PDF 19742 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 63 / Tuesday, April 2, 2013 / Notices BILLING CODE 4510–30–C srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES III. Attachment C Dislocated Worker State Formula PY 2012 Reallotment Methodology Reallotment Summary: This year ETA analyzed State WIA Dislocated Worker 9130 financial reports from the June 30, 2012 reporting period for program year (PY) 2011 to determine if any State had unobligated funds in excess of twenty percent of their PY 2011 allotment amount. If so, we will recapture that amount from PY 2012 funds and reallot among eligible States. • Source Data: State WIA 9130 financial status reports • Programs: State Dislocated Worker (DW) State Rapid Response Local Dislocated Worker (includes local administration) • Period: June 30, 2012 • Years covered: PY 2011 and FY 2012 Reallotment Calculations: (1) ETA computes the State’s total amount of PY 2011 State obligations (including Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds) for the Dislocated Worker (DW) program. State obligations are considered to be the total of the DW statewide activities obligations, Rapid Response obligations, and 100 percent of local DW program authorized (which includes local admin authorized). The State’s total unobligated balance for the DW program is the PY 2011 DW allotment amount (minus the total DW obligations) (adjusted for recapture/ reallotment and statutory formula-based rescissions, if applicable. This year a rescission was applicable to all States that the recapture for Maine was applicable, but reallotment for all other States was not applicable). (For reallotment purposes, DW allotted funds transferred to the Navajo Nation are added back to Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah Local DW authorized amounts.) (2) Section 667.150 of the regulations provides that the recapture calculations exclude the reserve for state administration. Data on State administrative authorized and obligated amounts are not normally available on WIA 9130 financial reports. In the preliminary calculation to determine States potentially liable for recapture, the DW portion of the State administrative amount authorized is estimated by calculating the five percent maximum amount for State DW administrative costs using the DW State allotment amounts (adjusted for recapture/reallotment and statutory formula-based rescissions). For the DW portion of the State administrative VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:35 Apr 01, 2013 Jkt 229001 amount obligated, 100 percent of the estimated authorized amount is treated as obligated, although this estimate of State administration obligations is limited by reported statewide activities obligations overall. (3) ETA requests that those States potentially liable for recapture provide additional data on state administrative amounts which are not regularly reported on the PY 2011 and FY 2012 statewide activities reports. The additional information requested is the amount of statewide activities funds that were authorized and obligated for State administration as of June 30, 2012. If a State provides actual State DW administrative costs, authorized and obligated, in the comments section of revised 9130 reports, this data replaces the estimates. Based on the requested additional actual data submitted by potentially liable States on revised reports, the DW total allotment for these States is reduced by the DW portion of the State administrative amount authorized. Likewise, the DW total obligations for these States are reduced by the DW portion of the obligated State administrative funding. (4) States (including those adjusted by State administrative data) with unobligated balances exceeding 20 percent of the combined PY2011/ FY2012 DW allotment amount (adjusted for recapture/reallotment and statutory formula-based rescissions) will have their PY 2012 DW funding (from the FY 2013 portion) reduced (recaptured) by the amount of the excess. (5) Finally, States with unobligated balances which do not exceed 20 percent (eligible states) will receive a share of the total recaptured amount (based on their share of the total PY 2011/FY2012 DW allotments of eligible states) in their PY 2012 DW funding (FY 2013 portion). Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of March, 2013. Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. 2013–07570 Filed 4–1–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice 13–032] Centennial Challenges: 2014 Night Rover Challenge National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges 2014 Night Rover Challenge. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 This notice is issued in accordance with 51 U.S.C. 20144(c). The 2014 Night Rover Challenge is scheduled and teams that wish to compete may register. Centennial Challenges is a program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies of interest and value to NASA and the nation. The 2014 Night Rover Challenge is a prize competition designed to encourage development of new energy storage technologies or application of existing storage technologies in unique ways for application in extreme space environments. Competitors will need to demonstrate high energy density storage systems (>330w–hr/kg) that would enable a rover to operate throughout lunar darkness cycles. Cleantech Open of Palo Alto, California administers the Challenge for NASA. NASA is providing the $1,500,000 prize purse. DATES: 2014 Night Rover Challenge will be held January 20–April 4, 2014. ADDRESSES: 2014 Night Rover Challenge will be conducted at the NASA Glenn Research Center, Plumbrook Station located in Sandusky, OH. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for or get additional information regarding the 2014 Night Rover Challenge, please visit: https:// nightrover.org For general information on the NASA Centennial Challenges Program please visit: www.nasa.gov/challenges. General questions and comments regarding the program should be addressed to Dr. Larry Cooper, Centennial Challenges Program, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20546– 0001. Email address: larry.p.cooper@nasa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Summary Solar energy is a renewable source that would be available on the Moon and at other destinations in space. To enable practical system demonstrations of diverse design solutions by independent teams, Phase I of this Challenge will be conducted in an ambient Earth environment in a NASA test chamber. The Phase I Challenge will be to demonstrate a portable energy storage system through two cycles of lunar daylight and darkness. During the daylight period, systems will receive electrical energy from a simulated solar collector. During darkness, the stored energy will be used for simulated tasks of thermal management, scientific experimentation, communications, and rover movement. The competitors may store and extract the energy by any means they desire. The winning system E:\FR\FM\02APN1.SGM 02APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 63 / Tuesday, April 2, 2013 / Notices will be the one that has the highest energy storage density in excess of 330 Watt-hours/kg. The available prize purse is $1.5 million. A planned future Phase II Challenge will entail testing energy storage systems in NASA thermal and thermalvacuum chambers to demonstrate applicability to the space and lunar environment. I. Prize Amounts The total Night Rover Challenge purse is $1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand U.S. dollars). Prizes will be offered for entries that meet specific requirements detailed in the Night Rover Challenge Rules. II. Eligibility To be eligible to win a NASA prize, competitors must (1) Register and comply with all requirements in the rules and team agreement; (2) in the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and (3) shall not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within the scope of their employment. III. Rules The NASA prize purse will be awarded to the energy storage systems with the highest energy density that meet all requirements of the competition. The complete rules and team agreement for the 2014 Night Rover Challenge can be found at: https://nightrover.org Dated: March 26, 2013. Michael J. Gazarik, Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 13-032]


Centennial Challenges: 2014 Night Rover Challenge

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges 2014 Night Rover Challenge.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 51 U.S.C. 20144(c).
    The 2014 Night Rover Challenge is scheduled and teams that wish to 
compete may register. Centennial Challenges is a program of prize 
competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies of interest and 
value to NASA and the nation. The 2014 Night Rover Challenge is a prize 
competition designed to encourage development of new energy storage 
technologies or application of existing storage technologies in unique 
ways for application in extreme space environments. Competitors will 
need to demonstrate high energy density storage systems (>330w-hr/kg) 
that would enable a rover to operate throughout lunar darkness cycles. 
Cleantech Open of Palo Alto, California administers the Challenge for 
NASA. NASA is providing the $1,500,000 prize purse.

DATES: 2014 Night Rover Challenge will be held January 20-April 4, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: 2014 Night Rover Challenge will be conducted at the NASA 
Glenn Research Center, Plumbrook Station located in Sandusky, OH.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for or get additional 
information regarding the 2014 Night Rover Challenge, please visit: 
https://nightrover.org
    For general information on the NASA Centennial Challenges Program 
please visit: www.nasa.gov/challenges. General questions and comments 
regarding the program should be addressed to Dr. Larry Cooper, 
Centennial Challenges Program, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20546-0001. Email address: larry.p.cooper@nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary

    Solar energy is a renewable source that would be available on the 
Moon and at other destinations in space. To enable practical system 
demonstrations of diverse design solutions by independent teams, Phase 
I of this Challenge will be conducted in an ambient Earth environment 
in a NASA test chamber. The Phase I Challenge will be to demonstrate a 
portable energy storage system through two cycles of lunar daylight and 
darkness. During the daylight period, systems will receive electrical 
energy from a simulated solar collector. During darkness, the stored 
energy will be used for simulated tasks of thermal management, 
scientific experimentation, communications, and rover movement. The 
competitors may store and extract the energy by any means they desire. 
The winning system

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will be the one that has the highest energy storage density in excess 
of 330 Watt-hours/kg. The available prize purse is $1.5 million.
    A planned future Phase II Challenge will entail testing energy 
storage systems in NASA thermal and thermal-vacuum chambers to 
demonstrate applicability to the space and lunar environment.

I. Prize Amounts

    The total Night Rover Challenge purse is $1,500,000 (one million 
five hundred thousand U.S. dollars). Prizes will be offered for entries 
that meet specific requirements detailed in the Night Rover Challenge 
Rules.

II. Eligibility

    To be eligible to win a NASA prize, competitors must (1) Register 
and comply with all requirements in the rules and team agreement; (2) 
in the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain 
a primary place of business in the United States, and in the case of an 
individual, whether participating singly or in a group, shall be a 
citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and (3) shall not 
be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within the scope of 
their employment.

III. Rules

    The NASA prize purse will be awarded to the energy storage systems 
with the highest energy density that meet all requirements of the 
competition. The complete rules and team agreement for the 2014 Night 
Rover Challenge can be found at: https://nightrover.org

    Dated: March 26, 2013.
Michael J. Gazarik,
Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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