Department of Defense March 21, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, and in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law, the following meeting is announced: Name of Committee: Defense Health Board (DHB). Dates: April 23 and 24, 2008. Times: April 23, 2008: 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (Open Session). 1 p.m.-4:15 p.m. (Open Session). April 24, 2008: 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (Open Session). Place of Meeting: Hotel Murano, 1320 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, Washington 98402. Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the meeting is to address and deliberate pending and new Board issues and provide briefings for Board members on topics related to ongoing Board business. Agenda: The Board will receive an update on the Department's efforts to reengineer the Disability Evaluation Program. The Board will receive reports from the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence and the Traumatic Brain Injury External Advisory Subcommittees. The Board will also deliberate recommendations regarding the DoD Pandemic Inflluenza Preparedness Update and Influenza Update. On April 24, 2008, the Board will receive a Military Vaccine Agency Update of the Vaccine Healthcare Centers and the Biowarfare Countermeasures Subcommittee Report will also be discussed. A question to the Board will be presented on the Joint Pathology Center. A presentation on the DoD Biological Specimen Repositories and Health Risk Assessment, Burn Pit Exposures Balad Air Base. Recommendations on Convalescent Plasma and DHB Chlamydia Recommendations to ASD (HA) will be presented. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165 and subject availability of space, the Defense Health Board meeting from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on April 23, 2008 and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 24, 2008 is open to the public. Any member of the public wishing to provide input to the Defense Health Board should submit a written statement in accordance with 41 CFR 102-3.140(C) and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the procedures described in this notice. Written statement should be not longer than two type-written pages and must address the following detail: The issue, discussion, and a recommended course of action. Supporting documentation may also be included as needed to establish the appropriate historical context and to provide any necessary background information. Individuals desiring to submit a written statement may do so through the Board's Designated Federal Officer at the address detailed below at any point. However, if the written statement is not received at least 10 calendar days prior to the meeting, which is subject to this notice, then it may not be provided to or considered by the Defense Health Board until the next open meeting. The Designated Federal Officer will review all timely submissions with the Defense Health Board Chairperson, and ensure they are provided to members of the Defense Health Board before the meeting that is subject to this notice. After reviewing the written comments, the Chairperson and the Designated Federal Officer may choose to invite the submitter of the comments to orally present their issue during an open portion of this meeting or at a future meeting. The Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Defense Health Board Chairperson, may, if desired, allot a specific amount of time for members of the public to present their issues for review and discussion by the Defense Health Board.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. The following patents are available for licensing: U.S. Patent Number 5,520,331 entitled ``Liquid Atomizing Nozzle'', issued on May 28, 1996; U.S. Patent Number 6,105,382 entitled ``Chest Mounted Armored Microclimate Conditioned Air Device'', issued on August 22, 2000; U.S. Patent Number 6,233,740 entitled ``Aircrew Integrated Recovery Survival Vest'', issued on May 22, 2001; U.S. Patent Number 6,241,164 entitled ``Effervescent Liquid Fine Mist Apparatus and Method'', issued on June 05, 2001; U.S. Patent 6,598,802 entitled ``Effervescent Liquid Fine Mist Apparatus and Method'', issued on July 29, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 6,659,963 entitled ``Apparatus for Obtaining Temperature and Humidity Measurements'', issued on December 09, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,010,399 entitled ``Hybrid Lidar-Radar for Medical Diagnostics'', issued on March 07, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,025,304 entitled ``Helicopter Messenger Cable Illumination'', issued on April 11, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,156,161 entitled ``Lightweight Thermal Heat Transfer Apparatus'', issued on January 02, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,176,812 B1 entitled ``Wireless Blade Monitoring System and Process'', issued on February 13, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,180,442 B1 entitled ``Target Identification Method Using Cepstral Coefficients'', issued on February 20, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,225,999 entitled ``Spray Array Apparatus'', issued on June 05, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,239,311 entitled ``Global Visualization Process (GVP) and System for Implementing a GVP'', issued on July 03, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,284,600 B2 entitled ``Process of Making a Lightweight Thermal Heat Transfer Apparatus'', issued October 23, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,331,183 B2 entitled ``Personal Portable Environmental Control System'', issued February 18, 2008; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/ 417,283 filed on May 01, 2006, Navy Case Number 83036 entitled ``Imagery Analysis Tool''; U.S. Patent Number 11/820,034 filed on April 10, 2002, Navy Case Number 83825 entitled ``System and Method of Operation thereof for Increasing Acoustic Bandwidth of Transmitting Devices''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/001,599 filed on November 30, 2004, Navy Case Number 84051 entitled ``Rapid Release Mechanism for Textile Apparel Pockets (Receptacles) and Packs (Stowage Receptacles); U.S. Patent Application Number 11/543,277 filed on October 06, 2006, Navy Case Number 84818 entitled ``Method for Dyeing High Density Polyethylene Fiber Fabric''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/726,204 filed on March 16, 2007, Navy Case Number 84896 entitled ``Radar Altimeter Model for Simulator''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/ 449,977 filed on August 03, 2006, Navy Case Number 84935 entitled ``Cleaning Device for Fiber Optic Connectors''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/251,535 filed on September 29, 2005, Navy Case Number 85000 entitled ``Just In Time Wiring Information System (JITWIS)''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/417,287 filed on May 01, 2006, Navy Case Number 95903 entitled ``Bond Integrity Tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/499,179 filed June 05, 2006; Navy Case Number 96399 entitled ``Fluids Mixing Nozzle''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/357,460 filed on February 14, 2006, Navy Case Number 96400 entitled ``Apparatus and Method to Amalgamate Substances''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/251,539 filed on October 03, 2005, Navy Case Number 96569 entitled ``Method for Fabrication for a Polymeric Conductive Optical Transparency''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/482,300 filed on July 11, 2006, Navy Case Number 96614 entitled ``Embedded Dynamic Vibration Absorber''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/801,771 filed on May 31, 2007, Navy Case 96940 entitled ``Large Area Hybrid Photomultiplier Tube''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/801,770 filed on May 31, 2007, Navy Case Number 96941 entitled ``Gating Large Area Hybrid Photomultiplier Tube''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/482,303 filed on July 11, 2006, Navy Case Number 97495 entitled ``Hoisting Harness Assembly Tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/481,227 filed on July 07, 2006, Navy Case Number 97763 entitled ``Portable Medical Equipment Suite''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,120 filed on April 04, 2007, Navy Case Number 97943 entitled ``Transceiver Optical Subassembly''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,121 filed on April 04, 2007, Navy Case Number 97944 entitled ``Hybrid Fiber Optic Transceiver Optical Subassembly''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/ 726,202 filed on March 05, 2007 entitled ``Image Enhancer for Detecting and Identifying Objects in Turbid Media''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,119 filed on April 05, 2007, Navy Case Number 98491A entitled ``Adjustable Liquid Atomization Nozzle''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,118 filed on April 05, 2007, Navy Case Number 98491b entitled ``Method of Producing and Controlling the Atomization of an Output Flow from a C-D Nozzle''.