Department of Defense June 3, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are hosting six public meetings to continue a dialogue with industry and Government agencies about ways to develop greater assurances regarding the authenticity of information technology (IT) products acquired by the Government. The public meetings will include dialogues on the impact of counterfeit IT products on matters of performance and security; contractor liability and consequential damages; competitiveness issues associated with procuring IT products from the original equipment manufacturer or authorized distributor; identifying viable means of authenticating IT products; and contractor supply chain risk management requirements as an evaluation factor in the procurement of IT products.

The National Security Agency hereby gives notice of its intent to grant University of Maryland a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive license to practice the following Government-Owned invention as described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 61/081,998 entitled: ``Flexible, High Specific Energy Density, Rechargeable Battery,'' filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on July 18, 2008, and any related non-provisional patent application and all Letters Patent issuing thereon, and any continuation, continuation-in-part or division of said non-provisional patent application and any reissue or extension of said Letters Patent, in the field of thin film batteries. The above- mentioned invention is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the National Security Agency.