Public Listening Sessions on Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking, 38363-38364 [2021-15309]

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AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:00 Jul 19, 2021 Jkt 253001 38363 virtual listening sessions to hear from members of the public who produce, communicate, and use scientific and technical information. Perspectives gathered during the virtual listening sessions will inform the Task Force’s assessment of Federal agencies’ scientific-integrity policies and identification of best practices and lessons-learned. Each of three listening sessions will be organized around a particular theme and audience, described below: Session 1 (Wednesday, July 28, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT): Communications, including effective policies and practices to improve the communication of scientific and technological information, including for engagement of Federal scientists and contractors with news media and on social media. The target audience DATES: includes individuals from news media, Virtual listening sessions (all times science writers, and science Eastern Daylight Time): communicators. 1. Communications: Wednesday, July Session 2 (Thursday, July 29, 2021, 28, 2021, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT): Science 2. Science and Education: Thursday, and Education, including effective July 29, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. policies and practices to support 3. Use of Scientific and Technical professional development of scientists Information: Friday, July 30, 2021, 2:00 and researchers of all genders, races, p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ethnicities, and backgrounds; address Registration deadline: Friday, July 23, scientific-integrity issues related to 2021, 5:00 p.m. emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine-learning, and ADDRESSES: Register for a virtual evolving scientific practices, such as listening session using the sessioncitizen science and community-engaged specific links below: research; improve training of scientific 1. Communications: https://idastaff about scientific integrity; and org.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/ handle disagreements about scientific vJIsdeGrqTstHfZnmethods and conclusions. The target KhEXlhuusJW7sGzvx0. 2. Science and Education: https://ida- audience includes scientists, engineers, and educators from the Federal and org.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/ non-Federal sectors. vJIsdeyspjgrG4tLkU3xiX8wbbxq_ Session 3 (Friday, July 30, 2021, 2:00 DPsDIM. p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT): Use of Scientific 3. Use of Scientific and Technical and Technical Information, including Information: https://idaorg.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItd- the effectiveness of Federal scientific integrity policies in promoting trust in 2grjMiHcF1JwMUaZQ9hxBRY9iJEKI. Federal science and concerns about a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For lack of scientific integrity impeding the additional information, please contact equitable delivery of the Federal Ryan Donohue, 202–456–4444, Government’s programs. Target ScientificIntegrity@ostp.eop.gov. audience includes individuals who use SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal scientific and technical Presidential Memorandum on Restoring information for decision-making or Trust in Government Through Scientific provision of services; individuals from Integrity and Evidence-Based disadvantaged communities; and other Policymaking, issued on January 27, consumers of science. Participants in all sessions may also 2021, calls for the establishment of an comment on the predominant interagency Task Force on Scientific challenges they perceive to scientific Integrity of the National Science and integrity in Federal agencies and Technology Council to review the effective practices for minimizing effectiveness of agency scientific political or other inappropriate integrity policies developed since the interference in the conduct, issuance of the Presidential communication, or use of Federal Memorandum of March 9, 2009 on scientific integrity. To inform its review, science. Speakers will have up to two minutes each to make a comment. As the Task Force is organizing a series of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is organizing a series of three virtual listening sessions to hear about issues and concerns related to scientific integrity from members of the public who produce, communicate, and use scientific and technical information. Perspectives gathered during the virtual listening sessions will inform the assessment of Federal agencies’ scientific-integrity policies and identification of best practices and lessons-learned that the National Science and Technology Council’s Task Force on Scientific Integrity is preparing, pursuant to the January 2021 Presidential Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1 38364 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 136 / Tuesday, July 20, 2021 / Notices many speakers will be accommodated as the scheduled time allows. Staff from the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute will facilitate the meeting, which will be recorded for use by the Task Force. Participation in a listening session will imply consent to capture participant’s names, voices, and likenesses. Anything said may be recorded and transcribed for use by the Task Force. Moderators will manage the discussion and order of remarks. Individuals unable to attend the listening sessions or who would like to provide more detailed information may respond to the Request for Information (RFI) to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies that was published in the Federal Register [86 FR 34064, June 28, 2021]. Dated: July 13, 2021. Stacy Murphy, Operations Manager. [FR Doc. 2021–15309 Filed 7–19–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3270–F1–P [Release No. 34–92408; File No. SR– CboeBZX–2021–050] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Fee Schedule To Eliminate the Opt-In Functionality Offered Under the Lead Market Maker Pricing July 14, 2021. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that on July 12, 2021, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a proposed rule change to amend the Fee Schedule. The text of 2 17 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:00 Jul 19, 2021 Jkt 253001 II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 1 15 the proposed rule change is provided in Exhibit 5. The text of the proposed rule change is also available on the Exchange’s website (https://markets.cboe.com/us/ equities/regulation/rule_filings/bzx/), at the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. 1. Purpose The Exchange proposes to amend the Fee Schedule applicable to its equities trading platform (‘‘BZX Equities’’) to eliminate the opt-in functionality offered under the Lead Market Maker (‘‘LMM’’) Pricing provided under footnote 14. Specifically, the Exchange is proposing to automatically provide an LMM with the greater of the LMM Liquidity Provision Rates or the LMM Add Liquidity Rebate instead of requiring an LMM to opt-in.3 The Exchange currently offers a comprehensive liquidity provision program to incentivize LMMs to provide enhanced market quality across all BZXlisted securities. Specifically, as provided in paragraph (A) of footnote 14, the Exchange offers the LMM Liquidity Provision Rates which provide LMMs daily incentives that are based on whether the LMM meets certain performance based criteria (i.e., the applicable Minimum Performance Standard 4).5 The Exchange provides 3 The Exchange initially filed the proposed fee changes July 1, 2021 (SR–CboeBZX–2021–049). On July 12, 2021, the Exchange withdrew that filing and submitted this proposal. 4 As defined in Rule 11.8(e)(1)(E), the term ‘‘Minimum Performance Standards’’ means a set of standards applicable to an LMM that may be determined from time to time by the Exchange. Such standards will vary between LMM Securities depending on the price, liquidity, and volatility of the LMM Security in which the LMM is registered. The performance measurements will include: (A) Percent of time at the NBBO; (B) percent of PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 each LMM with a daily incentive based on how many Qualified Securities or Enhanced Securities 6 the LMM has and the average aggregate daily auction volume in the BZX-listed securities for which it is an LMM (‘‘LMM Securities’’). The LMM Liquidity Provision Rates were implemented to incentivize LMMs to meet the Minimum Performance Standards across all of their LMM Securities, especially for newly listed and other lower volume securities. The Exchange also currently offers, as provided in paragraph (B) of footnote 14, the LMM Add Liquidity Rebate which is available to LMMs in BZX-listed securities that have a consolidated average daily volume (‘‘CADV’’) 7 equal to or greater than 1,000,000 (an ‘‘ALR Security’’). The LMM Add Liquidity Rebate allows the Exchange to offer LMM pricing comparable to other traditional LMM programs available on other listing executions better than the NBBO; (C) average displayed size; and (D) average quoted spread..[sic]. 5 The current Minimum Performance Standards include: (i) Registration as a market maker in good standing with the Exchange; (ii) time at the inside requirements (generally between 3% and 15% of Regular Trading Hours for Qualified Securities and between 5% to 50% for Enhanced Securities, depending on the average daily volume of the applicable LMM Security); (iii) auction participation requirements (generally requiring that the auction price is between 3% and 5% of the last Reference Price, as defined in Rule 11.23(a)(19), for a Qualified Security and 1%–3% for an Enhanced Security (the ‘‘Enhanced Auction Range’’); (iv) market-wide NBB and NBO spread and size requirements (generally requiring between 200 and 750 shares at both the NBB and NBO for both Qualified Securities and Enhanced Securities with an NBBO spread between 1% and 10% for a Qualified Security and .25% to 4% for Enhanced Securities, depending on price of the security and underlying asset class); and (v) depth of book requirements (generally requiring between $25,000 and $250,000 of displayed posted liquidity for both Qualified Securities and Enhanced Securities within 1% to 10% of both the NBB and NBO for Qualified Securities and 0.25% and 5% for Enhanced Securities, depending on price of the security and underlying asset class). See Securities Exchange Act No. 86213 (June 27, 2019) 84 FR 31951 (July 3, 2019) (SR–CboeBZX–2019–058) (the ‘‘Original Filing’’). The Exchange notes that as of February 1, 2021, the Enhanced Auction Range will be .50%–3%. The Original Filing provides that ‘‘[b]efore diverging significantly from the ranges described above, the Exchange will submit a rule filing to the Commission describing such proposed changes.’’ The Exchange does not believe that this change represents a ‘‘significant divergence’’ but is instead noting the change in order to provide transparency regarding the current state of the Minimum Performance Standards. 6 An ‘‘Enhanced Security’’ refers to a BZX-listed security which meets certain enhanced qualifying market quality standards. 7 ‘‘CADV’’ means consolidated average daily volume calculated as the average daily volume reported for a security by all exchanges and trade reporting facilities to a consolidated transaction reporting plan for the three calendar months preceding the month for which the fees apply and excludes volume on days when the market closes early and on the Russell Reconstitution Day. E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38363-38364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15309]


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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


Public Listening Sessions on Scientific Integrity and Evidence-
Based Policymaking

AGENCY: Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), The White 
House.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 
is organizing a series of three virtual listening sessions to hear 
about issues and concerns related to scientific integrity from members 
of the public who produce, communicate, and use scientific and 
technical information. Perspectives gathered during the virtual 
listening sessions will inform the assessment of Federal agencies' 
scientific-integrity policies and identification of best practices and 
lessons-learned that the National Science and Technology Council's Task 
Force on Scientific Integrity is preparing, pursuant to the January 
2021 Presidential Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through 
Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking.

DATES: 
    Virtual listening sessions (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
    1. Communications: Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    2. Science and Education: Thursday, July 29, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 
1:00 p.m.
    3. Use of Scientific and Technical Information: Friday, July 30, 
2021, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Registration deadline: Friday, July 23, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Register for a virtual listening session using the session-
specific links below:
    1. Communications: https://ida-org.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdeGrqTstHfZn-KhEXlhuusJW7sGzvx0.
    2. Science and Education: https://ida-org.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdeyspjgrG4tLkU3xiX8wbbxq_DPsDIM.
    3. Use of Scientific and Technical Information: https://ida-org.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItd-2grjMiHcF1JwMUaZQ9hxBRY9iJEKI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please 
contact Ryan Donohue, 202-456-4444, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Presidential Memorandum on Restoring 
Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based 
Policymaking, issued on January 27, 2021, calls for the establishment 
of an interagency Task Force on Scientific Integrity of the National 
Science and Technology Council to review the effectiveness of agency 
scientific integrity policies developed since the issuance of the 
Presidential Memorandum of March 9, 2009 on scientific integrity. To 
inform its review, the Task Force is organizing a series of virtual 
listening sessions to hear from members of the public who produce, 
communicate, and use scientific and technical information. Perspectives 
gathered during the virtual listening sessions will inform the Task 
Force's assessment of Federal agencies' scientific-integrity policies 
and identification of best practices and lessons-learned.
    Each of three listening sessions will be organized around a 
particular theme and audience, described below:
    Session 1 (Wednesday, July 28, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT): 
Communications, including effective policies and practices to improve 
the communication of scientific and technological information, 
including for engagement of Federal scientists and contractors with 
news media and on social media. The target audience includes 
individuals from news media, science writers, and science 
communicators.
    Session 2 (Thursday, July 29, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT): 
Science and Education, including effective policies and practices to 
support professional development of scientists and researchers of all 
genders, races, ethnicities, and backgrounds; address scientific-
integrity issues related to emerging technologies, such as artificial 
intelligence and machine-learning, and evolving scientific practices, 
such as citizen science and community-engaged research; improve 
training of scientific staff about scientific integrity; and handle 
disagreements about scientific methods and conclusions. The target 
audience includes scientists, engineers, and educators from the Federal 
and non-Federal sectors.
    Session 3 (Friday, July 30, 2021, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT): Use 
of Scientific and Technical Information, including the effectiveness of 
Federal scientific integrity policies in promoting trust in Federal 
science and concerns about a lack of scientific integrity impeding the 
equitable delivery of the Federal Government's programs. Target 
audience includes individuals who use Federal scientific and technical 
information for decision-making or provision of services; individuals 
from disadvantaged communities; and other consumers of science.
    Participants in all sessions may also comment on the predominant 
challenges they perceive to scientific integrity in Federal agencies 
and effective practices for minimizing political or other inappropriate 
interference in the conduct, communication, or use of Federal science. 
Speakers will have up to two minutes each to make a comment. As

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many speakers will be accommodated as the scheduled time allows.
    Staff from the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute will 
facilitate the meeting, which will be recorded for use by the Task 
Force. Participation in a listening session will imply consent to 
capture participant's names, voices, and likenesses. Anything said may 
be recorded and transcribed for use by the Task Force. Moderators will 
manage the discussion and order of remarks.
    Individuals unable to attend the listening sessions or who would 
like to provide more detailed information may respond to the Request 
for Information (RFI) to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies 
that was published in the Federal Register [86 FR 34064, June 28, 
2021].

    Dated: July 13, 2021.
Stacy Murphy,
Operations Manager.
[FR Doc. 2021-15309 Filed 7-19-21; 8:45 am]
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