Department of Defense September 13, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee will meet in closed session at the Pentagon on September 22, 2005 from 0900 to 2000 and September 23, 2005 from 0830 to 1500. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy with independent, informed advice on major matters of defense policy. The Board will hold classified discussions on national security matters. In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended [5 U.S.C. App II (1982)], it has been determined that this meeting concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552B(c)(1)(1982), and that accordingly this meeting will be closed to the public.

In compliance with 37 CFR 404 et seq., the Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Extreme Endeavors and Consulting, a corporation having its principal place of business at P.O. Box 2093, Philippi, WV 26416, exclusive license to practice in the United States, the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,515,865 issued May 14, 1996 entitled, ``Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Monitor and Simulator,'' U.S. Patent No. 5,684,460 issued in November 4, 1997 entitled ``Motion and Sound Monitor Simulator,''; and U.S. Patent No. 5,853,005 issued in December 29, 1998 entitled ``Acoustic Monitoring System,''.

DoD has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to add policy pertaining to package marking with passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The rule requires contractors to affix passive RFID tags at the case and palletized unit load levels when shipping packaged operational rations, clothing, individual equipment, tools, personal demand items, or weapon system repair parts, to the Defense Distribution Depot in Susquehanna, PA, or the Defense Distribution Depot in San Joaquin, CA.