Department of Defense 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

DoD, GSA, and NASA are adopting as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a final rule issued by the Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) that replaced the VETS-100 and VETS-100A Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report forms with the VETS-4212, Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report form.

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-91. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

This rule contains amendments to an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2013, which provided guidance and procedures for the SAPR Program. This included establishing the processes and procedures for the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) Kit; establishing the multidisciplinary Case Management Group (CMG), providing guidance on how to handle sexual assault; and establishing minimum program standards, training requirements, and requirements for the DoD Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military. This rule adds amendments from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016, which contains a provision that preempts state laws that require disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) of the adult sexual assault victim or alleged perpetrator to local or state law enforcement. This interim final rule implements this provision with respect to care sought at DoD Installations.

Pursuant to the provisions of The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meeting of the Board of Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval War College Committee (NPS/NWC BOA) and its two subcommittees will be held. This meeting will be open to the public. For more information about the Committee, please visit https://my.nps.edu/web/board-of-advisors.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy. U.S. Patent Number 6,664,915 entitled ``Identification Friend or Foe System Including Short Range UV Shield'' issued on December 16, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,661,271 entitled ``Integrated Electric Gas Turbine'' issued on February 16, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 6,600,694 entitled ``Digital Signal Processor Based Torpedo Counter-measure'' issued on July 29, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 6,820,025 entitled '' Method and Apparatus for Motion Tracking of an Articulated Rigid Body'' issued on November 16, 2004; U.S. Patent Number 6,717,525 entitled ``Tactical Vectoring Equipment (TVE)'' issued on April 6, 2004; U.S. Patent Number 6,624,780 entitled ``False Target Radar Image Generator for Countering wideband and Imaging Radars'' issued on September 11, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,725,595 entitled ``Embedded Communications System and Method'' issued on May 25, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 8,443,101 entitled ``Method for Identifying and Blocking Embedded Communications'' issued on May 14, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 7,675,198 entitled ``Inductive Pulse Forming Network for High-current, High-power Applications'' issued on March 9, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 8,018,096 entitled ``Inductive Pulse Forming Network for High-current, High-power Applications'' issued September 13, 2011; U.S. Patent Number 7,074,697 entitled ``Doping- assisted Defect Control in Compound Semiconductors'' issued on July 11, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,089,148 entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Motion Tracking of an Articulated Rigid Body'' issued August 8, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,627,003 entitled ``Automatic Clock Synchronization and Distribution Circuit for Counter Clock Flow Pipelined Systems'' issued on December 1, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 8,085,817 entitled ``Automatic Clock Synchronization and Distribution Circuit for Counter Clock Flow Pipelined Systems'' issued December 27, 2011; U.S. Patent Number 8,019,090 entitled ``Active Feedforward Noise Vibration Control System'' issued September 13, 2011; U.S. Patent Number 8,064,541 entitled ``Hyperphase Shift Keying'' issued November 22, 2011; U.S. Patent Number 8,050,849 entitled ``Method to Reduce Fuel Consumption by Naval Vessels that Operate in Mixed Propulsion Modes'' issued November 1,2011; U.S. Patent Number 8,006,937 entitled ``Spacecraft Docking Interface Mechanism'' issued October 12, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 7,811,918 entitled ``Electric Current Induced Liquid Metal Flow and Metallic Conformal Coating of Conductive Templates'' issued on October 12, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 8,467,548 entitled ``Miniature Directional Sound Sensor Using Micro-Electro- Mechanical-System (MEMS)'' issued on June 8, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,579,535 entitled ``Micro-coupling Active Release Mechanism'' issued on November 12, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 9,003,627 entitled ``Micro-coupling Active Release Mechanism'' issued on April 14, 2015; U.S. Patent Number 8,654,672 entitled ``Method for Optimal Transmitter Placement in Wireless Mesh Networks'' issued on February 18, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,473,826 entitled ``Hybrid Soft Decision Hard Decision Reed-Solomon Decoding'' issued June 25, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,433,959 entitled ``Method for Determining Hard Drive Contents Through Statistical Drive Sampling'' issued on April 30, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,446,096 entitled ``Terahertz (THz) Reverse Micromagnetron'' issued on May 21, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,624,497 entitled ``Terahertz (THz) Reverse Micromagnetron'' issued on January 7, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,724,598 entitled ``Method for Energy-efficient, Traffic-adaptive, Flow-specific Medium Access For Wireless Networks'' issued on May 13, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,269,658 entitled ``Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion Using the Robust Symmetrical Number System'' issued on September 18, 2012; U.S. Patent Number 9,194,379 entitled ``Field Ionization Based Electrical Space Ion Thruster Using A Permeable Substrate'' issued on November 24, 2015; U.S. Patent Number 8,800,930 entitled ``Aerial Delivery System with High Accuracy Touchdown'' issued on August 12, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,730,098 entitled ``Method for Radar Detection of Persons Wearing Wires'' issued on May 20, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,525,393 entitled ``Bimaterial Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) Solar Power Generator'' issued on September 3, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,526,746 entitled ``Near Lossless Data Compression Method Using Nonuniform Sampling” issued on September 3, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,489,256 entitled ``Automatic Parafoil Turn Calculation Method and Apparatus'' issued on July 16, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,437,891 entitled ``Method And Apparatus for Parafoil Guidance That Accounts For Ground Winds'' issued on May 7, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,818,581 entitled ``Parafoil Electronic Control Unit Having Wireless Connectivity'' issued on August 26, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 9,331,773 entitled ``Instantaneous Wireless Network Established By Simultaneously Descending Parafoils'' issued on May 3, 2016; U.S. Patent Number 8,483,891 entitled ``Automatically Guided Parafoil Directed to Land on a Moving Target'' issued on July 9, 2013; U.S. Patent Number 8,693,365 entitled ``Method and Apparatus for State-Based Channel Selection Method in Multi-Channel Wireless Communications Networks'' issued on April 8, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,810,121 entitled ``Method and Device to Produce Hot, Dense, Long-lived Plasmas'' issued on August 19, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,746,120 entitled ``Boosted Electromagnetic Device and Method to Accelerate Solid Metal Slugs to High Speeds'' issued on June 10, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 8,878,742 entitled ``Dipole with an Unbalanced Microstrip Feed'' issued on November 4, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 9,038,958 entitled ``Method And Apparatus For Contingency Guidance Of A CMG-Actuated Spacecraft'' issued on May 26, 2015; U.S. Patent Number 8,880,246 entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Determining Spacecraft Maneuvers'' issued on November 4, 2014; U.S. Patent Number 9,248,501 entitled ``Method for Additive Manufacturing Using pH and Potential Controlled Powder Solidification'' issued on February 2, 2016; U.S. Patent Number 9,234,732 entitled ``Explosives Storage System'' issued on January 12, 2016; U.S. Patent Number 9,417,044 entitled ``Explosives Storage System'' issued on August 16, 2016; U.S. Patent Number 9,419,920 entitled ``Gateway Router and Method for Application-Aware Automatic Network Selection'' issued on August 16, 2016; U.S. Patent Number 9,321,529 entitled ``Hybrid Mobile Buoy for Persistent Surface and Underwater Exploration'' issued on April 26, 2016; U.S. Patent Number 9,418,080 entitled ``Method and System for Mobile Structured Collection of Data and Images'' issued on August 16, 2016. U.S. Patent Application Number 14/625,869 filed on February 19, 2015, entitled ``Navigation System and Method Using an Adaptive-Gain Complementary Filter Device''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/ 671,143 filed on March 27, 2015, entitled ``Landing Signal Officer (LSO) Information Management and Trend Analysis (IMTA) Tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 13/662,786 filed on October 29, 2012, entitled ``Electromagnetic Device and Method to Accelerate Solid Metal Slugs to High Speeds''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/978,769 filed on December 22, 2015, entitled ``Bi-Material Terahertz Sensor and Terahertz Emitter Using Metamaterial Structures''; U.S. Patent Application Number 13/901,308 filed on May 23, 2013, entitled ``Apparatus and Method for Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Network Analysis''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/188,505 filed on June 21, 2016, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Guidance and Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/ 853,330 filed on September 14, 2015, entitled ``Method and System for Determining Shortest Oceanic Routes''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/247,657 filed on April 8, 2014, entitled ``A Method for Conducting Architecture Model-based Interoperability Assessment''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/073,831 filed on March 18, 2016, entitled ``Multirotor Mobile Buoy for Persistent Surface and Underwater Exploration''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/338,222 filed on July 22, 2014, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Passive Geolocation of a 4G WIMAX Mobile Station Using a Single Base Station''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/316,639 filed on June 26, 2014, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Singularity Avoidance for Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) Systems Without Using Null Motion''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/459,662 filed on August 14, 2014, entitled ``Apparatus and Method for Full Planform Deployment at High Altitude''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/480,220 filed on September 8, 2014, entitled ``Solid-state Spark Chamber for Detection of Radiation''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/555,798 filed on November 28, 2014, entitled ``Method for Computer Vision Analysis of Cannon-launched Artillery Video''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/945,781 filed on November 19, 2015, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Computer Vision Analysis of Cannon-launched Artillery Video''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/699,051 filed on April 29, 2015, entitled ``Unscented Control for Uncertain Dynamical Systems''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/ 833,728 filed on August 24, 2015, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Rapid Acoustic Analysis''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/810,026 filed on July 27, 2015, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Detection and Hazardous Environmental Conditions and Initiation of Alarm Devices''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/883,384 filed on October 14, 2015, entitled ``Wireless Signal Localization and Collection from an Airborne Symmetric Line Array Network''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/852,734 filed on September 14, 2015, entitled ``Network Monitoring Method Using Phantom Nodes''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/851,404 filed on September 11, 2015, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Hybrid Time Synchronization Based on Broadcast Sequencing for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/919,346 filed on October 21, 2015, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Robust Symmetrical Number System (RSNS) Photonic Direction Finding (DF) System''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/624,321 filed on February 17, 2015, entitled ``Super Dielectric Materials''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/ 665,865 filed on March 23, 2015, entitled ``Method for Producing A Coating''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/939,032 filed on November 12, 2015, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Computer Vision Analysis of Spin Rate of Marked Projectiles''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/979,836 filed on December 28, 2015, entitled ``Method for Interference-Robust Transmitter Placement in Wireless Mesh Networks''; U.S. Patent Application Number 14/850,410 filed on September 10, 2015, entitled ``Capacitor with Ionic-solution-infused, Porous, Electrically Non-conductive Material''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/208,784 filed on July 13, 2016, entitled ``Unscented Optimization and Control Allocation''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/225,174 filed on August 1, 2016, entitled ``Device and Method for Cellular Synchronization Assisted Location Estimation''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/ 082,225 filed on March 28, 2016, entitled ``Automated Multi-plane Propulsion System''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/131,733 filed on April 18, 2016, entitled ``Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launcher System''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/137,090 filed on April 25, 2016, entitled ``Device and Method for Applying Internal Pressure to a Hollow Cylinder''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/137,285 filed on April 25, 2016, entitled ``Life Preserver Location System''; U.S. Patent Application Number 62/293,376 filed on February 10, 2016, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Satellite Mission Planning''; U.S. Patent Application Number 62/303,186 filed on March 03, 2016, entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Medium Voltage Pulsed Current Supplies Using Wide Bandgap Solid State Devices''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/ 147,568 filed on May 05, 2016, entitled ``MEMS Thermal Creep Cantilever''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/093,047 filed on April 07, 2016, entitled ``Light Activated Rotor''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/130,189 filed on April 15, 2016, entitled ``Light Activated Generator''; U.S. Patent Application Number 15/207,128 filed on July 11, 2016, entitled ``AIGaAs/GaAs Solar Cell with Back-surface Alternating Contacts (GaAs BAC Solar Cell)''; U.S. Patent Application Number 62/370,066 filed on August 02, 2016, entitled ``Chemical Method to Create Metal Films on Metal and Ceramic Substrates''.

The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military education operations; and provide such oversight and advice, as is necessary, to facilitate high educational standards and cost effective operations. The Board will be focusing primarily on the internal procedures of Marine Corps University. All sessions of the meeting will be open to the public.

DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 that provides amendments to the DoD Pilot Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program.

DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide needed editorial changes.

DoD is issuing a final rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 that addresses rights in technical data relating to major weapon systems, expanding application of the presumption that a commercial item has been developed entirely at private expense.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce an open meeting of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). This meeting will be open to the public.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (Military Personnel Policy) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Defense Innovation Board (``the Board''). This meeting is partially closed to the public.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group. This meeting will be closed to the public.

This rule updates policies and responsibilities for basic entrance qualification standards for enlistment, appointment, and induction into the Armed Forces and delegates the authority to specify certain standards to the Secretaries of the Military Departments. It establishes the age, aptitude, character/conduct, citizenship, dependents, education, medical, physical fitness, and other disqualifying conditions that are causes for rejection from military service. Other standards may be prescribed in the event of mobilization or national emergency. This rule sets standards designed to ensure that individuals under consideration for enlistment, appointment, and/or induction are able to perform military duties successfully, and to select those who are the most suitable for Service life.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (NY District), is withdrawing its intent to prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Study. The Notice of Intent to prepare the SEIS was published in the Friday, January 24, 2014, issue of the Federal Register (79 FR 4155).

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-130, notice is hereby given that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) proposes to alter a system of records, S375.80, entitled ``DLA Telework Program Records'' last published at 78 FR 17384, March 21, 2013. The system of records exists to administer the DLA Alternate Worksite/Telework program. Information on participation in the Telework Program, minus personal identifiers, is provided in management reports and to the DoD for a consolidated response to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) annual data call. Portions of the records are also used to validate and reimburse participants for costs associated with telephone and Internet usage. This update reflects considerable administrative changes that in sum warrant an alteration to the systems of records notice. The applicable DoD Routine Uses have been incorporated in the notice to provide clarity for the public. Additionally, the categories of individuals has been updated to clearly identify the population of individuals who are included in the system of records and the categories of records has been updated to better define the information collected in the records. There are also modifications to system name, system location, authority, purpose, storage, retrievability, safeguards, retention and disposal, system manager(s) and address, notification procedure, record access procedures, and record source categories.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to raise the dollar threshold requirement for the audit of prime contract settlement proposals and subcontract settlements from $100,000 to $750,000.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Government-Industry Advisory Panel. This meeting is open to the public.

The National Security Agency hereby gives notice of its intent to grant Kapalya, Inc. a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive, license to practice the following Government-Owned invention as described and claimed in United States Patent Number (USPN), 7,827,408, ``Device and method of authenticated cryptography.''

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-130, notice is hereby given that the Department of the Army proposes to alter a system of records, A0001-20 SALL, entitled ``Congressional Inquiry File,'' last published at 66 FR 13054, March 2, 2001. The system of records exists to respond to inquiries from members of Congress who request information from the Department of Defense on behalf of their constituents. This update reflects considerable administrative changes that in sum warrant an alteration to the systems of records notice. The applicable DoD Routine Uses have been incorporated in the notice to provide clarity for the public. There are also modifications to the system location, categories of individuals, categories of records, authority, purpose, routine uses, storage, retrievability, safeguards, retention and disposal, system managers and address, notification and record access procedures, and contesting record procedures to improve readability and update the notice to meet current departmental standards.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records, DSCA 04, entitled ``Adjunct Faculty Information Database.'' The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) supports U.S. foreign policy and national security policy with rule of law training and education focused on human rights, international humanitarian law, and the law of armed conflict. The purpose of the Adjunct Faculty Information Database is to collect supplied information from qualified adjunct faculty members to make preparations for their overseas travel assignments as well as maintain a record of their qualifications for participation in future training programs. This data will also be used as a resource for future travel and training assignments, as a record of adjunct assignments and a basis to identify training requirements for the adjunct faculty.