Sunshine Act Meetings, 86380 [2024-25376]

Download as PDF 86380 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 30, 2024 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 question is voluntary and optional. The response to each question has a 4,000character limit including spaces. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please direct questions to Jason Borenstein through email: CHIPSethicsRFI@nsf.gov, phone: 703–292–4207, or mail: 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 10343 (‘‘Research Ethics’’) of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Pub. L. 117– 167) directs NSF to incorporate ethical, social, safety, and security considerations into the merit review process that is used to evaluate research projects or other activities for funding. 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 86380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25376]


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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m. EDT, November 19, 2024.

PLACE: NTSB Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 
20594.

STATUS: The one item is open to the public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 
72737 Highway Investigation Report--Box Truck Centerline Crossover 
Collision With Bus, Louisville, NY, January 28, 2023

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Candi Bing at (202) 590-8384 or by 
email at [email protected].
    Media Information Contact: Sarah Sulick by email at 
[email protected] or at (202) 314-6100.
    The public may view it through a live or archived webcast by 
accessing a link under ``Upcoming Events'' on the NTSB home page at 
www.ntsb.gov.
    Schedule updates, including weather-related cancellations, are also 
available at www.ntsb.gov.
    The National Transportation Safety Board is holding this meeting 
under the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b).

     Dated: October 28, 2024.
LaSean R. McCray,
Assistant Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-25376 Filed 10-28-24; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 7533-01-P
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