National Institute of Standards and Technology July 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces that a free two-day public workshop on Smart Grid interoperability standards will be held on August 3-4, 2009, in the Washington, DC area. Space is limited to about 300 people. Registration will be on a first come, first served basis. Opening and closing plenary sessions will be Webcast, and the breakout sessions will be teleconferenced. Information on how to view the Webcasts and join the teleconferences will be posted in advance on the NIST smart grid Web site at: https://www.nist.gov/ smartgrid/.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a document in the Federal Register on July 15, 2008 (73 FR 40500) setting forth modifications to its Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS). The document erroneously contained ``I'' in two places. The correction set forth in this notice clarifies that ``I'' is a unit of salary increase, not a percentage.

The invention listed below is owned in part by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and George Mason University. The U.S. Government's ownership in the invention is available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development.