National Aeronautics and Space Administration July 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Copyright Office is extending the deadline for public comments that address topics listed in the Office's June 9, 2015 Notice of Inquiry regarding a mass digitization ``pilot program'' for certain copyrighted works.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Technology, Innovation and Engineering (TI&E) Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Committee reports to the NAC. This meeting will include a joint session with the NAC Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Committee.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Institutional Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This committee reports to the NAC.

This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially exclusive license in the United States to practice the inventions described and claimed in USPN 8,255,079, Human Grasp Assist Device and Method of Use, NASA Case No. MSC-24741-1; USSN 13/408,675, Control of a Glove-Based Grasp Assist Device, NASA Case No. 25320-1; USSN 13/408,668, Human Grasp Assist Device Soft Good, NASA Case No. MSC-25318-1; Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-064953, Human Grasp Assist Soft, NASA Case No. MSC-25318-2; USPN 8,849,453, Human Grasp Assist Device with Exoskeleton, NASA Case No. 25319-1 and USSN 14/ 175,094, Grasp Assist Device with Shared Tendon Actuator Assembly, NASA Case No. MSC-25783-1 to CSSDP Investments, Inc., having its principal place of business in Newport Coast, California. The fields of use may be limited to assistive wearable devices for humans. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective partially exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division 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 delivery schedules. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 22735, on April 23, 2015. No comments were received.

This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make editorial changes.

DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the continuing Governmentwide statutory prohibition on the use of appropriated (or otherwise made available) funds for contracts with any foreign incorporated entity that is an inverted domestic corporation or any subsidiary of such entity.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to correct the terminology relating to preparation and transmittal of synopses and update the descriptions of Federal product and service codes related to exemptions from service contract labor standards, to conform to the current Federal Procurement Data System Product and Service Codes Manual.

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) 2005-83. 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.