Department of Defense 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning preaward survey forms (Standard Forms 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, and 1408.) The clearance currently expires on October 31, 2006. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning the clauses and provisions required for use in commercial item acquisitions. The OMB clearance expires on October 31, 2006. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning contractors' purchasing systems reviews (CPSRs). This OMB clearance expires on October 31, 2006. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Defense Science Board Task Force on VTOL/STOL will meet in closed session on July 20-21, 2006; at Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. This meeting continues the task force's work and will consist of a FOUO briefing and the remaining is executive session on current technologies and programs. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At these meetings, the Defense Science Board Task Force will: assess the features and capabilities VTOL/STOL aircraft should have in order to support the nation's defense needs through at least the first half of the 21st century. In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been determined that these Defense Science Board Task Force meetings concern matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the meetings will be closed to the public.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Elemental Wireless, LLC, a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government-Owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,062,083: PING ELONGATOR-MODULATOR FOR REALISTIC ECHO SYNTHESIS, issue date October 29, 1991.//U.S. Patent No. 5,073,784: TRANSMITTER LOCATION SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCIES BELOW Hf, issue date December 17, 1991.//U.S. Patent No. 5,264,693: MICROELECTRONIC PHOTOMULTIPLIER DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY, issue date November 23, 1993.//U.S. Patent No. 5,272,476: DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM HAVING NOVEL, LOW POWER CIRCUIT FOR TIME- DIVISION- MULTIPLEXING SENSOR ARRAY SIGNALS, issue date December 21, 1993.//U.S. Patent No. 5,276,695: MULTIFREQUENCY, RAPIDLY SEQUENCED OR SIMULTANEOUS TUNABLE LASER, issue date January 4, 1994.//U.S. Patent No. 5,285,467: COMPACT, EFFICIENT, SCALABLE NEODYMIUM LASER CO-DOPED WITH ACTIVATOR IONS AND PUMPED BY VISIBLE LASER DIODES, issue date February 8, 1994.//U.S. Patent No. 5,306,904: MULTILAYER MICROELECTRONIC PHOTOMULTIPLIER DEVICE WITH A STACKED SERIES OF DYNODE AND INSULATING LAYERS, issue date April 26, 1994.//U.S. Patent No. 5,310,989: METHOD FOR LASER-ASSISTED ETCHING OF III-V AND II-VI SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOUNDS USING CHLOROFLUOROCARBON AMBIENTS, issue date May 10, 1994.//U.S. Patent No. 5,310,990: METHOD OF LASER PROCESSING FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS, issue date May 10, 1994.//U.S. Patent No. 5,341,463: SELECTIVE POLYGON MAP DISPLAY METHOD, issue date August 23, 1994.//U.S. Patent No. 5,475,802: SELECTIVE POLYGON MAP DISPLAY METHOD, issue date December 12, 1995.//U.S. Patent No. 5,648,940: PULSE CODED SONAR HAVING IMPROVED DOPPLER DETERMINATION FEATURE, issue date July 15, 1997.//U.S. Patent No. 5,736,950: SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR WITH TUNABLE SIGNAL PASSBAND, issue date April 7, 1998.//U.S. Patent No. 5,737,347: LASER WITH MULTIPLE GAIN ELEMENTS, issue date April 7, 1998.//U.S. Patent No. 5,754,496: DETECTOR EMPLOYING LOGIC CIRCUITRY FOR THE SELECTIVE SCREENING OF SIGNALS (U), issue date May 19, 1998.// U.S. Patent No. 5,757,867: DIGITAL MIXING TO BASEBAND DECIMATION FILTER, issue date May 26, 1998.//U.S. Patent No. 5,760,722: DISTRIBUTED QUANTIZATION NOISE TRANSMISSION ZEROS IN CASCADED SIGMA- DELTA MODULATORS, issue date June 2, 1998.//U.S. Patent No. 5,764,677: LASER DIODE POWER COMBINER, issue date June 9, 1998.//U.S. Patent No. 5,789,961: NOISE- AND COUPLING-TUNED SIGNAL PROCESSOR WITH ARRAYS OF NONLINEAR DYNAMIC ELEMENTS, issue date August 4, 1998.//U.S. Patent No. 5,805,635: SECURE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, issue date September 8, 1998.// U.S. Patent No. 5,892,765: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTUATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN NETWORKS OPERATING ASYNCHRONOUSLY WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, issue date April 6, 1999.//U.S. Patent No. 6,008,642: STOCHASTIC RESONANCE DETECTOR FOR WEAK SIGNALS, issue date December 28, 1999.//U.S. Patent No. 6,040,801: LOW DUTY CYCLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, issue date March 21, 2000.//U.S. Patent No. 6,052,100: COMPUTER CONTROLLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUMETRIC DISPLAY, issue date April 18, 2000.//U.S. Patent No. 6,061,821: CONTEXT BASED ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR BINARY ENCODED TEXT MESSAGES, issue date May 9, 2000.// U.S. Patent No. 6,067,448: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS, issue date May 23, 2000.//U.S. Patent No. 6,133,865: Cw CONVERTER CIRCUIT, issue date October 17, 2000.//U.S. Patent No. 6,137,609: OVER-THE-HORIZON OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS TRANSCEIVER, issue date October 24, 2000.//U.S. Patent No. 6,138,572: THREE-BEAM PASSIVE INFRARED GUIDED MISSILE FUSE (U), issue date October 31, 2000.//U.S. Patent No. 6,166,680: RANGE DEPENDENT TIME DELAY TARGET DETECTING DEVICE, issue date December 26, 2000.//U.S. Patent No. 6,177,913: VOLUMETRIC DISPLAY, issue date January 23, 2001.//U.S. Patent No. 6,198,425: PULSE DOPPLER TARGET DETECTING DEVICE, issue date March 6, 2001.//U.S. Patent No. 6,229,847: SIGNAL QUALITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE, issue date May 8, 2001.//U.S. Patent No. 6,232,931: OPTO-ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE, issue date May 15, 2001.//U.S. Patent No. 6,342,866: WIDEBAND ANTENNA SYSTEM, issue date January 29, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,395,435: PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIC MASK HAVING TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIVE SURFACES, issue date May 28, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,404,038: COMPLEMENTARY VERTICAL BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS FABRICATED OF SILICON- ON-SAPPHIRE UTILIZING WIDE BASE Pnp TRANSISTORS, issue date June 11, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,414,305: AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MINIMUM RESOLVABLE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES, issue date July 2, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,437,890: LASER COMMUNICATIONS LINK, issue date August 20, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,448,941: METHOD FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS USING SPIRAL ANTENNAS, issue date September 10, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,459,745: FREQUENCY/TIMING RECOVERY CIRCUIT FOR ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXED SIGNALS, issue date October 1, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,466,184: THREE DIMENSIONAL VOLUMETRIC DISPLAY, issue date October 15, 2002.//U.S. Patent No. 6,507,252: HIGH REJECTION EVANESCENT MIC MULTIPLEXERS FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS, issue date January 14, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,525,325 SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING THE HYDROCARBON CONTENT OF AQUEOUS MEDIA, issue date February 25, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,549,560: COMB LIMITER COMBINER FOR FREQUENCY-HOPPED COMMUNICATIONS, issue date April 15, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,584,300: OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING SONAR TARGET ACOUSTIC SCATTERING, issue date June 24, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,619,866: DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENDED FOR OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS, issue date September 16, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,622,092: PREDICTOR FOR OPTIMAL BROADBAND IMPEDANCE MATCHING, issue date September 16, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,625,896: ELECTROLYTIC TILT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, issue date September 30, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,631,156: DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, issue date October 7, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,661,566: METHOD AND OPTICAL SWITCH FOR ALTERING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY WAVE IN RESPONSE TO ACCELERATION FORCES, issue date December 9, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,671,304: AMPLITUDE-MODULATED LASER FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, issue date December 30, 2003.//U.S. Patent No. 6,710,737: CALIBRATOR FOR RADAR TARGET SIMULATOR, issue date March 23, 2004.//U.S. Patent No. 6,727,941: UNIVERSAL DIGITAL CAMERA CONTROLLER WITH AUTOMATIC IRIS TUNING, issue date April 27, 2004.//U.S. Patent No. 6,753,994: SPATIALLY CONFORMABLE TUNABLE FILTER, issue date June 22, 2004.//U.S. Patent No. 6,782,063: AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL, issue date August 24, 2004.//U.S. Patent No. 6,784,670: DUAL CHAMBERED ANECHOIC CHAMBER, issue date August 31, 2004.//U.S. Patent No. 6,802,132: ELECTROLYTIC TILT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, issue date October 12, 2004.//U.S. Patent No. 6,822,522: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR, issue date November 23, 2004.//U.S. Patent No. 6,842,013: METHOD FOR MAKING TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS IN A DUAL- CHAMBERED ANECHOIC CHAMBER USING SPATIAL AVERAGING, issue date January 11, 2005.//U.S. Patent No. 6,925,136: SIMULTANEOUS FREQUENCY AND PHASE SYNCHRONIZER, issue date August 2, 2005.//U.S. Patent No. 6,943,358: METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A CALIBRATION ALGORITHM FOR QUANTIFYING THE HYDROCARBON CONTENT OF AQUEOUS MEDIA, issue date September 13, 2005.// U.S. Patent No. 6,947,504: FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZER, issue date September 20, 2005.//U.S. Patent No. 6,948,388: WIRELESS REMOTE SENSOR, issue date September 27, 2005.//U.S. Patent No. 6,958,466: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING TARGETS KNOWN UP TO A SIMPLEX FROM MULTI-SPECTRAL AND HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGERY EMPLOYING THE NORMAL COMPOSITIONAL MODEL, issue date October 25, 2005.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Hart Biologicals, Ltd., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the field of use for production of calibration and control materials for use in the International Normalized Ratio monitor blood coagulation test market in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,358,678: Applications of Reversible Crosslinking and Co-Treatment in Stabilization and Viral Inactivations of Erythrocytes, Navy Case No. 78,253.//U.S. Patent No. 6,436,705: Shape Stabilized Erythrocytes, Navy Case No. 83,638 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning rights of first refusal of employment. The clearance currently expires on October 31, 2006. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement earned value management system (EVMS) policy. FAR coverage is necessary to help standardize the use of EVMS across the Government. The final rule specifically impacts contracting officers, program managers, and offerors/contractors required to manage contracts by utilizing earned value management systems for major acquisitions.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide a single reference to acquisition flexibilities that may be used to facilitate and expedite acquisitions of supplies and services during emergency situations.

The Department of the Navy announces its decision to conduct all components of ``air-to-ground ordnance delivery and training'' of integrated and sustainment levels of the Fleet Forces Command's Fleet Readiness Training Program at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida. Air- to-ground readiness training includes delivery of inert and high- explosive ordnance from tactical jets such as the Navy's Hornet and Super Hornet strike/fighter aircraft.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is initiating this study under the authority provided by the resolutions adopted by the Committees on Public Works of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, dated April 19, 1967 and October 19, 1967, respectively, an expansion of the authority created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902. The Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Program will optimize the use of dredged material resulting from the maintenance of federally maintained navigational channels to (1) restore formerly existing coastal wetlands; (2) reduce, halt or reverse the loss of existing coastal wetlands; (3) create coastal wetlands where none existed previously; or (4) provide protection to any of the above wetland situations or other coastal landscape features within the study placement area. The LCA Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Program costs are those costs incurred above and beyond the ordinary costs incurred with USACE Operations and Maintenance dredging and disposal operations in accordance with their established base plan for maintenance dredging activities. The base plan is determined by applying the Federal Standard which requires maintenance dredging and disposal activities to be conducted in the most cost effective, environmentally acceptable manner. The study area is Louisiana's coastal area from Mississippi to Texas. Louisiana parishes included in the study area include Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Vermilion. The following seven navigation channels represent an initial list of areas with the most significant opportunities (1) Calcasieu River and Pass; (2) Houma Navigation Canal; (3) Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and Black; (4) Bayou Lafourche; (5) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, Head of Passes and Southwest Pass; (6) Barataria Bay Waterway; and (7) Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (although this channel is not currently funded for O&M dredging).

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following committee meeting: Name of Committee: Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board (EAB). Date of Meeting: July 19, 2006. Place: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180- 6199. Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following committee meeting: Name of Committee: Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy. Date: Monday, July 17, 2006. Place of Meeting: Superintendent's Conference Room, Taylor Hall, 2nd Floor, Bldg. 600, West Point, NY. Start Time of Meeting: Approximately 9 a.m.

In accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed construction of a dredged material containment facility (DMCF) by the Maryland Port Administration (MPA). This DEIS was prepared as part of the submission of MPA's application for a Department of the Army permit to construct the facility in the Patapsco River, Baltimore City, MD. This application will be evaluated pursuant to Section 10 or the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The preferred alternative is for the construction of a stone, sand, and cofferdam structure that would impact approximately 131 acres of waters of the United States, including jurisdictional wetlands. The structure would be initially constructed to 10 feet above the mean lowe low water (MLLW) elevation, with a future temporary elevation to 42 feet above MLLW, and an ultimate elevation of 36 feet above MLLW. The project would also include mechanical dredging of approximately 1.7 million cubic yards of overburden material within the footprint of the proposed disposal site, and the placement of this material at the Hart Miller Island disposal site, Baltimore County, MD. On-site and off-site borrow material would be used for the construction of the containment facility. This proposal was advertised in the Federal Register on May 19, 2006 (71 FR 29128). The need to prepare a Supplement is due to the applicant's proposal to change the source of borrow material for the proposed construction of the preferred alternative. The applicant wishes to use suitable material dredged from the channel at the Seagirt Marine Terminal for the construction of a portion of the containment structure. Approximately 0.5 to 0.8 million cubic yards of sand and gravel obtained from dredging to a maximum of 54 feet below mean low water at Seagirt Marine Terminal would be used at the proposed Masonville DMCF. Detailed description of the proposed modifications and effects to the human environment are discussed in the supplement to the DEIS for the Masonville DMCF.

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service announces the proposed extension of public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to include the process of validating a Central Contractor Registration (CCR) registrant's taxpayer identification number (TIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to improve the quality of data in the Federal procurement system. Additionally, the amendment removes outdated language requiring modifications of contracts prior to December 31, 2003, regarding CCR.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide internal procedures to cover situations when the FAR requires interaction with a procurement center representative and one has not been assigned to the procuring activity or contract administration office.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement with respect to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

This document amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to make editorial changes.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension and revision of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning small business procurement credit programs. A request for public comments was published in the Federal Register at 71 FR 16563 on April 3, 2006. No comments were received. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of thepublic burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of the Navy herby gives notice of its intent to grant to Soil and Topography Information, LLC., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government-Owned invention(s) described in U.S. Patent Number 5,316,950 entitled ``Method for quantitative calibration of in situ optical chemical measurements in soils using soil class and characteristics'', issue date May 31, 2002.

This proposed rule amends the exclusion of services and supplies provided as part of or under a research study, grant or research program to add coverage for routine patient care that would have been necessary in the absence of the study as well as care of complications that result from participation in the trial.