Business and Operations Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting, 59422-59423 [2018-25451]

Download as PDF 59422 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 226 / Friday, November 23, 2018 / Notices OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET Cost Accounting Standards Board Meeting Agenda Cost Accounting Standards Board, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget. ACTION: Notice of agenda for closed Cost Accounting Standards Board meetings. AGENCY: The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (CAS Board) is publishing this notice to advise the public of planned meetings on November 27, 2018 and January 24, 2019. The notice is published pursuant to section 820(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, which requires the CAS Board to publish agendas of its meetings in the Federal Register. The meetings are closed to the public. DATES: November 27, 2018 and January 24, 2019. ADDRESSES: New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raymond Wong, Staff Director, Cost Accounting Standards Board (telephone: 202–395–6805; email: rwong@ omb.eop.gov). SUMMARY: Section 820 amended section 1501(d) of title 41 of the United States Code to require that the CAS Board meet at least quarterly and publish a notice of its meetings, including the meeting agenda, in the Federal Register. The CAS Board has scheduled meetings for Tuesday, November 27, 2018 and Thursday, January 24, 2019. The list of agenda items for both meetings is set forth below. In light of the complexity of the issues to be discussed, and the proximity of the two meetings, the CAS Board expects to use the same agenda for both sessions and is issuing this notice to provide public awareness for both meetings. Additional notices will be published to announce further CAS Board meetings in FY 2019 and beyond. The CAS Board will discuss its accomplishments and activities for FY 2019 in its annual report to Congress, which will be transmitted after the end of the fiscal year, in accordance with section 820(e). amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Planned Agenda for CAS Board Meetings on November 27, 2018 and January 24, 2019 1. Review of Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:33 Nov 21, 2018 Jkt 247001 Pension Adjustments for Extraordinary Events. The CAS Board intends to continue its review of the ANPR addressing Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 412 Composition and Measurement of Pension Costs and CAS 413, Pension Adjustments for Extraordinary Events. The ANPR is the second step of a four-step process the CAS Board uses when it is considering a rulemaking. As the Board previously announced, this initiative is intended to address revisions to the treatment of extraordinary pension adjustments in a defined benefit pension plan (i.e., plan terminations, plan curtailments, and segment closings). The CAS Board issued a final rule on December 27, 2011 to harmonize CAS with the Pension Protection Act (PPA). The PPA was enacted by Congress to help ensure that promised pension obligations would be adequately funded to pay workers their promised retirement benefits. As part of the PPA, Congress instructed the CAS Board to ‘‘harmonize’’ its standards for measuring pension costs with the PPA to avoid undue hardship on contractors that could arise from the faster funding required by the PPA. The final rule did not reconcile the PPA requirements with respect to the CAS pension segment closing adjustment requirements and other extraordinary events. The ANPR, supported by a dedicated interagency working group, examines these extraordinary events. The CAS Board contemplates it will also issue a Staff Discussion Paper (SDP), the first step of the four-step process, addressing fact-finding that was made by the working group and public outreach conducted subsequent to the issuance of the 2011 final rule to help inform the CAS Board in its deliberations. 2. Conformance of CAS to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Section 820 requires the CAS Board to review and conform CAS, where practicable, to GAAP. The Board intends to discuss development of an SDP addressing conformance of CAS 404, Capitalization of Tangible Assets, and CAS 411, Accounting for Acquisition Costs of Material, to GAAP. This is the second SDP addressing CAS– GAAP conformance and will build on the first SDP (under final review for publication and public comment) that (i) lays out a proposed conceptual framework and guiding principles to prioritize the evaluation of whether and to what extent CAS may be conformed to GAAP and (ii) presents an initial comparison of CAS 408, Accounting for Costs of Compensated Personal Absence, and CAS 409, Cost Accounting PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Standard Depreciation of Tangible Capital Assets, for public comment. The Board intends to receive and review public comment on the first SDP before publishing the second SDP. 3. CAS Applicability Thresholds. The Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Regulations, established by section 809 of the FY 2016 NDAA (the Panel), has issued a recommendation addressing potential increases in the CAS applicability thresholds. The recommendation appears in volume 2 of the 809 Panel’s report, issued in June 2018. The Board will continue its discussion of the Panel’s recommendation. 4. Review of Section 809 Panel Recommendation on Defense Cost Accounting Standards Board (Defense CAS Board). The Board will discuss the analysis and recommendation made by the Panel (in volume 2 of its report) to repeal the provisions in section 820 of the FY 2017 NDAA that created the Defense CAS Board. See section 820(b), which amends title 10 by adding a new section 190. Lesley A. Field, Deputy Administrator. [FR Doc. 2018–25437 Filed 11–21–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3110–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Business and Operations Advisory Committee; 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: Business and Operations Advisory Committee (9556). Date and Time: December 12, 2018; 1:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. (EST). December 13, 2018; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST). Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314; Room E 2030. Type of Meeting: Open. Contact Person: Joan Miller, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22314; (703) 292–8200. Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice concerning issues related to the oversight, integrity, development and enhancement of NSF’s business operations. E:\FR\FM\23NON1.SGM 23NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 226 / Friday, November 23, 2018 / Notices • NSB Vision Project Discussion/ Decision Agenda Wednesday, December 12, 2018; 1:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Committee on Strategy (CS) Welcome/Introductions; BFA/OIRM/ OLPA/Budget Updates; Results from the 2018 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey; Facilities Subcommittees Updates; CFO Office of the Future. Thursday, December 13, 2018; 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Renewing NSF; Renewing NSF— Partnerships Pillar; Meeting with Drs. Co´rdova and Crim; Committee Business/ Wrap Up. Dated: November 16, 2018. Crystal Robinson, Committee Management Officer. • • • • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes FY 2019 Budget Request Update Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Portfolio Review • NSB Vision Project Committee on Oversight (CO) Open Session: 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. [FR Doc. 2018–25451 Filed 11–21–18; 8:45 am] • • • • BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Sunshine Act Meetings amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 The National Science Board (NSB), pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR part 614), the National Science Foundation Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5), and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice of the scheduling of meetings for the transaction of NSB business as follows: TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, November 29, 2018, from 8:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. EST. PLACE: These meetings will be held at the NSF headquarters, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. Meetings are held in the boardroom on the 2nd floor. The public may observe public meetings held in the boardroom. All visitors must contact the Board Office (call 703–292–7000 or send an email to nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov) at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and provide your name and organizational affiliation. Visitors must report to the NSF visitor’s desk in the building lobby to receive a visitor’s badge. STATUS: Some of these meetings will be open to the public. Others will be closed to the public. See full description below. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes Merit Review Report Update Report on Status of OIG Semiannual Report and NSF Management Response Inspector General’s Update Chief Financial Officer’s Update Responsible Conduct of Research Reducing Administrative Burdens on Research Committee on Strategy (CS) Closed Session: 1:15–1:30 p.m. • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks • Approval of Prior Minutes • FY 2020 Budget Submission Update Committee on Awards and Facilities (A&F) Closed Session: 1:30–3:20 p.m. • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks • Approval of Prior Minutes • Action Item: Sacramento Peak Observatory • Update on Astronomy Facility Transitions • Information Item: International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) • Information Item: Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science (AIMS) • Chief Officer for Research Facilities Report Committee on Awards and Facilities (A&F) Open Session: 3:30–4:00 p.m. Plenary Board meeting • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks • Approval of Prior Minutes • CY 2018–2019 Schedule of Planned Action and Information Items • Status of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) • Discussion and Vote on the A&F Action Approval Process Policy Document Open Session: 8:00–9:15 a.m. Plenary Board Wednesday, November 28, 2018 • NSB Chair’s Opening Remarks Introduction of new NSB members • NSF Director’s Remarks • Summary of DC Meetings VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:26 Nov 21, 2018 Jkt 247001 Open Session: 4:00–5:00 p.m. • White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Briefing PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Thursday, November 29, 2018 Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy (SEP) Open Session: 9:15–10:45 a.m. • • • • 59423 Open Session: 8:15–9:20 a.m. • • • • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes Update on Future Indicators Project Update on Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) Thematic Reports and Roadmap • Discussion of Draft SEI 2018 Policy Companion • Discussion of Future Policy Topics Committee on External Engagement (EE) Open Session: 9:20–10:00 a.m. • • • • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes NSB One-page Resources NSB Congressional Home District Office Meetings • NSB Alumni Network Pilot Project Task Force on the Skilled Technical Workforce (STW) Open Session: 10:00–10:45 a.m. • Chair’s Opening Remarks • Approval of Prior Minutes • NSB/SBE National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics STW Data Update • Discussion of Task Force Progress and Next Steps Plenary Board Closed Session: 11:00–11:15 a.m. • • • • • Chair’s Opening Remarks Director’s Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes Closed Committee Reports Vote: Sacramento Peak Record of Decision Plenary Board (Executive) Closed Session: 11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. • • • • • Chair’s Opening Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes Director’s Remarks Board Member Award Review Honorary Award Recommendations Plenary Board Open Session: 1:15–1:45 p.m. • • • • • Chair’s Opening Remarks Director’s Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes Open Committee Reports Vote: OIG Semiannual Report and Management Response • Chair’s Closing Remarks Meeting Adjourns: 1:45 p.m. MEETINGS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: E:\FR\FM\23NON1.SGM 23NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59422-59423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25451]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Business and Operations Advisory Committee; 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: Business and Operations Advisory Committee 
(9556).
    Date and Time: December 12, 2018; 1:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. (EST).
    December 13, 2018; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST).
    Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 22314; Room E 2030.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Joan Miller, National Science Foundation, 2415 
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22314; (703) 292-8200.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice concerning issues related to 
the oversight, integrity, development and enhancement of NSF's business 
operations.

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Agenda

Wednesday, December 12, 2018; 1:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.

    Welcome/Introductions; BFA/OIRM/OLPA/Budget Updates; Results from 
the 2018 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey; Facilities Subcommittees 
Updates; CFO Office of the Future.

Thursday, December 13, 2018; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

    Renewing NSF; Renewing NSF--Partnerships Pillar; Meeting with Drs. 
C[oacute]rdova and Crim; Committee Business/Wrap Up.

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25451 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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