Department of Defense 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The inventions listed below are those in which the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy has an ownership interest and are made available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/383,086 entitled ``System and method for controlling the power output of an internal combustion engine'' filed on April 13, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/383,082 entitled ``Submarine mast antenna controller'' filed on March 13, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/454,483 entitled ``Head window potting fixture method'' filed on April 30, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/383,080 entitled ``Multi-element patch antenna and method'' filed on March 13, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/313,789 entitled ``A low-cost energy-efficient amplitude phase-frequency modulator for low power wired and wireless command, control and communication'' filed on November 24, 2008; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/322,959 entitled ``An energy efficient method for changing the voltage of a DC source to another voltage in order to supply a load that requires a different voltage'' filed on January 26, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/714,629 entitled ``Uniformly distributed lead zirconate titanate strain sensor'' filed on March 1, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/462,938 entitled ``Three-dimensional tactical display and method for visualizing data with a probability of uncertainty'' filed on August 3, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/131,472 entitled ``Remote blood pressure sensing method and apparatus'' filed on June 2, 2008; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/255,258 entitled ``Non-contact system and method for monitoring a physiological condition'' filed on October 27, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/460,178 entitled ``Disposable chemical sensor for building collapse investigation'' filed on July 10, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/701,909 entitled ``Laser-based method for docking an unmanned underwater vehicle to a submarine'' filed on February 8, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/566,841 entitled ``Thermal wick cooling for vibroacoustic transducers'' filed on September 25, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/560,528 entitled ``Acoustic shotgun system'' filed on September 16, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/383,433 entitled ``Underwater acoustic tracer system'' filed on April 13, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/386,185 entitled ``Deployment system for fiber optic line sensors'' filed on March 27, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/386,182 entitled ``Method and system for interface detection'' filed on March 27, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/701,007 entitled ``Cable fairing attachment'' filed on February 5, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/383,088 entitled ``Shape-control actuated nose shell for multiple speed undersea vehicles'' filed on April 13, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/683,687 entitled ``Acoustically focused optical lens'' filed on January 5, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/566,852 entitled ``Method for displaying intersections and expansions of three dimensional volumes'' filed on September 25, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/700,987 entitled ``Particle characterization via the doppler distribution'' filed on February 5, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/587,331 entitled ``Rigid inflatable bridge'' filed on May 17, 2006; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/454,494 entitled ``Towed array deployment system for unmanned surface vehicle'' filed on April 30, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/562,542 entitled ``Biologically-inspired control of stator wakes for blade rate signature reduction'' filed on September 18, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/560,523 entitled ``Water entry system'' filed on September 16, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/587,327 entitled ``Subsurface deployable antenna array'' filed on September 25, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/646,281 entitled ``Supercavitating launch system and method'' filed on December 23, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/646,318 entitled ``Supercavitating projectile tracking system and method'' filed on December 23, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/699,176 entitled ``A towed acoustic source'' filed on February 3, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/462,061 entitled ``Cooling acoustic transducers with heat pipes'' filed on July 30, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/699,185 entitled ``Tow body position measurement method and system'' filed on February 3, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/383,085 entitled ``Low cost inertial measurement unit isolation mount'' filed on April 13, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/ 460,907 entitled ``Membrane pump for synthetic muscle actuation'' filed on September 28, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/383,081 entitled ``Telescoping cavitator'' filed on April 13, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/587,330 entitled ``Deployable and inflatable hybrid fendering apparatus'' filed on September 25, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/460,908 entitled ``Electronic equipment rack'' filed on September 28, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/ 383,084 entitled ``Secondary interference mitigation for fiber optic array'' filed on March 4, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/ 291,048 entitled ``Acceleration strain transducer with increased sensitivity'' filed on September 22, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/702,529 entitled ``Low noise compensator for fiber-optic interferometric sensor systems'' filed on February 9, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/683,503 entitled ``A method and apparatus for underwater environmental energy transfer with a long lead zirconate titanate transducer'' filed on January 5, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/462,106 entitled ``Bentitled ``ow riding unmanned water- borne vehicle'' filed on July 30, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/560,786 entitled ``Fuel reformer integration with carbon dioxide scrubbers'' filed on September 16, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/587,332 entitled ``An autonomous hydrophone position locating and target tracking system'' filed on September 30, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/ 587,323 entitled ``Power conditioner for microbial fuel cells'' filed on September 30, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/730,398 entitled ``Outboard optical cable sensor system and method'' filed on March 24, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/651,559 entitled ``A method to generate propulsor side forces'' filed on January 4, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/291,053 entitled ``Fiber optic accelerometer mandrel with shear prevention'' filed on July 2, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/536,157 entitled ``Class- specific iterated subspace classifier'' filed on August 5, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/322,960 entitled ``A multi-resolution hidden markov model using class-specific features'' filed on January 29, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/380,863 entitled ``Crimp imbalanced protective fabric'' filed on March 4, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/728,451 entitled ``Tsunami detection system'' filed on March 22, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/587,328 entitled ``Parallel plate antenna'' filed on September 30, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/587,329 entitled ``Compact and stand- alone combined multi-axial and shear test apparatus'' filed on September 25, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/693,708 entitled ``Battery electrolyte-level detector apparatus'' filed on January 26, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/460,909 entitled ``A method for mitigating spatial aliasing'' filed on October 15, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/386,183 entitled ``A method for determining a concentration of hydrogen peroxide'' filed on April 10, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/386,184 entitled ``A method of making a bipolar electrode'' filed on April 10, 2009; U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/462,659 entitled ``Material with improved adhesion surface'' filed on August 6, 2009.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for evaluation of the feasibility of providing hurricane and storm damage reduction (HSDR), and related purposes to the shores of St. Johns County, Florida. In cooperation with St. Johns County, the study will evaluate alternatives that will maximize HSDR while minimizing environmental impacts within three reaches designated critically eroded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP): (1) South Ponte Vedra Beach (R84-R110/5 miles), (2) Vilano Beach (R110-R122/2.5 miles) and (3) Summer Haven Beach (R197-R209/2.3 miles).

The U.S. Marine Corps is proposing to add a new system of records notice to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency proposes to amend a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DOD has issued Phase III Final-Draft Business Rules for the Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) in the Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). The Phase III Business Rules encompass procedures for Non-temporary Storage (NTS), Domestic Small Shipments (dS2, formerly DPM), Domestic and International Local Moves (dLM and iLM) and International Intra-Country Moves (iCM). DP3 Phase III Business Rules will appear as DTR Part IV, Appendix V, and are available for review on the USTRANSCOM Web site at https:// www.transcom.mil/j5/pt/dtr_part_iv_phase_iii.cfm.

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Board of Visitors National Defense University (hereafter referred to as the Board).

Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the Department of Defense Wage Committee will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), announcement is made of a prospective exclusive license of the following U.S. Patent Application No. 12/432,842 Filed April 30, 2009.

In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service announces the extension of a proposed 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 Defense Intelligence Agency proposes to amend a system of records notice of its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DoD is issuing the updated Charter of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), dated May 14, 2007. The ASBCA is chartered to serve as the authorized representative of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force in hearing, considering, and determining appeals by contractors from decisions of contracting officers or their authorized representatives or other authorities regarding claims on contracts under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 or other remedy-granting provisions.

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

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that the Defense Business Board (DBB or Board) will meet on April 22, 2010. Subject to the availability of space, the meeting is open to the public.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement concerning rights in data and copyrights.

This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of the summary of the rule appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-40 which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information regarding this rule by referring to FAC 2005-40 which precedes this document. These documents are also available via the Internet at http:/ /www.regulations.gov.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), as required by section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. FAPIIS is designed to improve the Government's ability to evaluate the business ethics and expected performance quality of prospective contractors and protect the Government from awarding contracts to contractors that are not responsible sources.

Pursuant to the provisions of The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meeting of the Board of Advisors to the President, Naval Postgraduate School will be held. This meeting will be open to the public.

This document makes an amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in order to make an editorial change.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (the Councils) have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Dominican RepublicCentral America United States Free Trade Agreement with respect to Costa Rica, the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

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 revise FAR parts 15 and 53 instructions for use of the Standard Form (SF) 26 to strengthen the prohibition against using block 18 of the form when awarding a negotiated procurement and emphasize that block 18 should only be checked when awarding a sealed bid contract. In addition, the final sentence of the current FAR 53.214 is being amended because the updated SF 26 was issued in April 2008, making the sentence unnecessary.

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 revise subpart 13.5, ``Test Program for Certain Commercial Items,'' to implement section 816 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 (Pub. L. 111-84). The rule extends the program for two more years. The program was to expire January 1, 2010.

The Department of the Army has prepared an FEIS that analyzes environmental and socioeconomic impacts connected with the proposed acquisition (hereinafter to mean including purchase and lease) and use of up to 100,000 additional acres of commercial and private lands for training in the vicinity of Fort Polk, Louisiana. This Proposed Action to acquire additional lands supports the training requirements of the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Fort Polk's current and future resident units. The FEIS analyzes three alternatives that are deemed feasible and meet the purpose and need for this Proposed Action.

The Defense Information Systems Agency is proposing to add a system of records to its inventory of records system subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

Under the provisions of Public Law 101-510, the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(c), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors (hereafter referred to as the Board).

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.