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#  DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY

**NIH Manual 1130: {Insert Category and Number}**

**Title: {Insert Title of Delegation}**

**Issuing Office & Phone: {Insert Organization and Phone Number}**

**Release Date: {Leave Blank}**

1.  **Explanation of Material Transmitted:** {Insert brief

statement describing \"new\" or \"revised\" delegation, including

any impact or enhancements to current program or operations,

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on redelegation, thereby permitting this authority to now be

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**PLEASE NOTE:** For information on

-   Content of this delegation, contact the issuing office listed above.

-   NIH Manual 1130, contact the Office of Management Assessment at
    496-4606.

-   NIH Manual System, contact the Office of Management Assessment at
    496-2832.

-   On-line information, enter this URL
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Jan Painter \<jpainter@lamar.colostate.edu\>

03/17/2005 03:42 AM To

Group A-AND-R-DOCKET@EPA

Subject Strengthen air quality standards for particulate matter

March 17, 2005

Dr. Mary Ross, Project Officer

Attention Docket ID No. OAR-2001-0017

Environmental Protection Agency

Air and Radiation Docket Center, MC 6102T

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20460

Dear Dr. Ross,

I am a fairly recent asthma victim, my 13 year old granddaughter is an
asthma victim, and our 38 year old son is beginning to have asthma
symptoms.

When both I and our son go to higher altitudes, even in the winter, we
are both able to breathe better.

My allergist was trained at National Jewish Respiratory Hospital, one of
the premier allergy and asthma hospitals in the country. When I recently
asked her to tell me why we are all having such trouble, this is what
she said:

\"In the present political climate, we are Deregulating when we should
be REGULATING particulates in our air. As long as we Deregulate, many
people are going to get awfully sick.

It appears that ALOT of people are going to have to get VERY sick before
this country wakes up to their serious problems.\"

The EPA says it has passed more restrictive rules about air pollution,
but the particulate levels allowed in these rules are apparently still
to high to stop, for instance, my family\'s respiratory problems and the
problems of millions of other people who are having trouble just getting
enough clean air to breathe.

PLEASE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS. YOU ARE THERE TO PROTECT
ALL OF US AND YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

The right to sell and buy pollution rights is IMMORAL and should be the
first thing that is changed in the new EPA rules.

Pray about what you are doing to sick and elderly people all over this
nation.

This is not right and should be stopped NOW so we may all have the right
to a

healthy life here on this earth.

Sincerely,

Jan Painter

900 Cheyenne Drive

Fort Collins, CO 80525-1558

USA

jpainter@lamar.colostate.edu
Corps releases final Environmental Assessment for Mini Test Flows

**Omaha, Neb.**--- The final Environmental Assessment (EA) for a \"mini
test\" of water discharge down the spillway at Fort Peck Dam is now
available from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The mini test was originally scheduled for implementation during the
summer of 2001; however, prolonged drought in the upper Missouri River
basin precluded the implementation of the test. Based on current water
storage, the earliest the mini test could be implemented would be the
summer of 2005, but it could be even later. Once conditions are
favorable for the test, the public will be notified through the media
and existing mailing lists, as well as through the Corps\' annual
operating plan for the Missouri River main stem system.

\"The final EA is quite lengthy due to several appendices,\" says
Project Manager Kevin Mayberry. An online version of the full EA is
currently available on the Fort Peck Web page
<http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/fortpeck/minitest.html>.
An executive summary of the EA will be distributed to the entire mailing
list for the test and will be available at the Corps\' Fort Peck Lake
Office when reproduction is complete. A smaller, hard copy version of
the EA, without appendices, is available upon request. The full version
of the EA---hard copy as well as on compact disk, should be distributed
to public libraries by May 1.

\-- 30 \--

For more information: Project Manager Kevin Mayberry (402) 221-4897

EA Becky Latka (402) 221-4602

**Fort Peck Mini Test Distribution**

#### Associated Press, Helena (406) 442-5162

Billings Gazette (406) 657-1208

#### Great Falls Tribune (406) 791-1460

Glasgow Courier (406) 228-2665

Helena Independent-Record (406) 447-4052

Lewistown News-Argus (406) 538-3405

Miles City Star (406) 232-6687

Wolf Point Herald News (406) 653-2221

Sen. Max Baucus (202) 228-3687

Sen. Conrad Burns (202) 224-8594

Rep. Dennis Rehberg (202) 225-5687

Associated Press-Bismarck (701) 224-0158

Bismarck Tribune (701) 223-2063

Minot Daily News (701) 857-1961

Williston Herald (701) 572-1965

Williston Plains Reporter (701) 572-1965

Sen. Kent Conrad (202) 224-7776

Sen. Byron Dorgan (202) 224-1193

Rep. Earl Pomeroy (202) 226-0893
**PART 7. SENSOR WEB/TESTBED INITIATIVES**

**3. AUTONOMOUS SCIENCECRAFT EXPERIMENT**

NASA is successfully using onboard autonomous decision-making software,
known as Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment (ASE), to change a science
satellite's priorities without the involvement, or even knowledge, of
ground controllers so it can observe unexpected phenomena in its path
such as an active volcano. Normally, an ongoing event such as an
eruption might be missed because of the time required for the spacecraft
to send its data to ground controllers, who have to process and study
the data and then send commands back to the spacecraft to make further
observations. On future interplanetary space missions, ASE software will
enable onboard capture of short-lived science phenomena at the finest
time-scales without overwhelming onboard memory or downlink capacities.
Examples include: eruption of volcanoes on Io, formation of jets on
comets, and phase transitions in ring systems. The approach can cut
lengthy time lags inherent to taking an observation, transmitting it to
the ground for study, and later decisions by scientists to direct the
satellite to take further measurements.

The ASE software aboard EO-1 consists of three parts that work together
to spot science targets autonomously. First, there is a set of science
algorithms that contain specific instructions on what to look for in
incoming data. The ASE software also uses an onboard planner computer
program to prioritize which science investigations EO-1 should conduct
on its own and take control of the satellite. Thirdly, there is a
spacecraft command language (SCL) that is used to communicate with
onboard instruments.

Documentation of efforts to create an above described unified autonomous
operations system, using EO-1 as a testbed, can be obtained from the
links contained in the Table of Contents for Part 7, Section 3.
**CALL FOR PAPERS!!**

####### 

####### SPEAKER/TOPIC REGISTRATION 

**Technical session presentations will be either 25 minutes or 50
minutes in duration. Please indicate time desired. Please complete the
form below and return with the conference registration forms as soon as
possible.**

**SPEAKER NAME:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**SPEAKER TOPIC:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**TIME REQUIRED: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 25 minutes \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
50 minutes**

**SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Audio Visual Requirements: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_LCD Data Projector
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Slide Projector \_\_\_\_\_\_\_Overhead Projector
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Other, Please Specify**

**Mail or Fax To:** **Georgia Department of Transportation (STGEC)**

> **Thomas Scruggs, P.E.**

**15 Kennedy Drive**

**Forest Park, Georgia 30297**

**Phone 404-363-7546 Fax: 404-363-7684**

**E-MAIL: <thomas.scruggs@dot.state.ga.us> or
<marie.holland@dot.state.ga.us>**

**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**TENTATIVE AGENDA**

**[Monday -- October 31, 2005]{.underline}**

**3^rd^ Annual Golf Tournament (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM)**

**Registration at the Emerald Pointe Conference Center (2:00 PM - 5:00
PM)**

**Icebreaker Reception Emerald Pointe (6:00 PM -- 8:00 PM)**

**[Tuesday - November 1, 2005]{.underline}**

**Technical Sessions (8:30AM -- 5:00 PM)**

**[Wednesday -- November 2, 2005]{.underline}**

**Technical Sessions (8:30 AM - 5:00 PM)**

**[Thursday - November 3, 2005]{.underline}**

**Field Trip (8:30 AM - 3: 00 PM)**

**Banquet (7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)**

**[Friday -- November 4, 2005]{.underline}**

**Technical Sessions (8:30 AM - Noon)**

**An updated agenda will be sent to all participants as soon as
speaker\'s topics are confirmed.**
**EXTRA LONG STAPLE (ELS) COTTON ANNOUNCEMENT October 9, 2008**

The Department of Agriculture\'s Commodity Credit Corporation announced
that the competitiveness payment program payment rate in effect from
12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, Friday, October 10, 2008, through midnight,
Eastern Time, Thursday, November 6, 2008, is zero. The next ELS payment
rate announcement will be on November 6, 2008, at 5 p.m., Eastern Time.

ELS competitiveness payments are provided whenever, for 4 consecutive
weeks, the lowest Friday through Thursday average adjusted price
quotation for foreign growths (LFQ) is less than the Friday through
Thursday average price quotation for U.S. Pima cotton, CFR Far East
(USPFE); and the adjusted LFQ is less than 134 percent of the current
crop year loan level for ELS cotton grade 2, staple 46, micronaire 3.5
or higher, strength 37.5 grams per tex and above (82.25 cents per
pound). Relevant data for the ELS competitiveness program follow:

Adjusted

Fri/Thur LFQ as % USPFE

Period of ELS USPFE LFQ Less Payment Dates

[Ending Loan Rate Price Price LFQ Rate Applicable]{.underline}

\...\...\.... cents/lb \...\...\.....

09/18/08 NA 148.00 NQ NA 0.00 (09/19-09/25)

09/25/08 NA 148.00 NQ NA 0.00 (09/26-10/02)

10/02/08 NA 148.00 NQ NA 0.00 (10/03-10/09)

10/09/08 NA 148.00 NQ NA 0.00 (10/10-11/06)

Adjusted LFQ = LFQ adjusted for transportation differential, 14.54,
between the United States and the Far East.

Future payments will be established if price conditions warrant.

To obtain an ELS agreement or to inquire regarding operational issues,
please contact Richard Mashek, Kansas City Commodity Office at (816)
823-1134 or by e-mail Richard.Mashek@kcc.usda.gov

For further information: Thomas W. Bickerton, 202-720-3008, e-mail
Thomas.Bickerton@wdc.usda.gov
> ![](media/image1.wmf) FAA WILLIAM J. HUGHES

TECHNICAL CENTER

#  AWARD NOTIFICATION

AWARDED TO (ADDRESS):

Delaware Technical & Community College

PO Box 610

Rt. 18 Seashore Hwy

Georgetown, DE 19947

DATE OF AWARD:

7/15/08

CONTRACT OR GRANT AMOUNT:

\$328,000.00

**CONTRACT AWARD NO.:**

**     **

**GRANT AWARD NO.:**

08-G-005

GRANT OR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE PERIOD (DURATION):

29 months

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

Georgetown, Delaware

SUMMARY OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

The purpose of this research is to implement and evaluate a new Aviation
Maintenance Technology associate degree program that not only prepares
highly knowledgeable and skilled aviation mechanics but also prepares
them for positions in a fast-paced, constantly changing and demanding
environment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (OPTIONS-TIME AND DOLLARS,
IMPORTANCE/SIGNIFICANCE):

     

**NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE**

**CONTRACTING OFFICER:**

     

**NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE GRANTS OFFICER:**

**Michael Latyn, 609-485-6336     **

**ROUTING SYMBOL OF THE REQUISITIONING ORGANIZATION: AJP-7950**

**Note: If a Grant, please fill out the appropriate Grants information.
If a Contract, please fill out the appropriate Contracts information.**

**Please complete the following information for Grants:**

**PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (P/I) (NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL
ADDRESS):**

**Mr. Barry Weiss, 302-855-1664. bweiss@dtcc.edu**

**FAA TECHNICAL MONITOR (NAME, ORGANIZATION, PHONE NUMBER AND**

**E-MAIL ADDRESS: Dave Galella, 609-485-5784**

**TITLE OF GRANT: \"Evaluation of a ^21^st Century AMT Program.\"**

**GRANT COMPLETION DATE: 12/14/10**
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION

FILED BY BELLSOUTH

**Report No. NCD-1108 May 27, 2005**

Re: NETWORK CHANGE CERTIFICATION RECEIVED

BellSouth, an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed
certification that public notice of network change has been provided
through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section
51.329(a) of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
*See* 47 C.F.R. § 51.329(a). Specific network change information can be
obtained on the Internet at:

[**http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/notifications/network/index.html**](http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/notifications/network/index.html)

The incumbent LEC\'s certification refers to the changes shown below.

  ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
  **Number**              **Type of Change**      **Location of Change**

  20050046 **Revision**   Replacing Copper        Hendersonville, TN
  20040120                Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    

  20050047 **Revision**   Replacing Copper        Portland, TN
  20040109                Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    

  20050048 **Revision**   Replacing Copper        Cross Plains-Orlinda,
  20040059                Facilities with Fiber   TN
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    
  ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------

The network change identified herein shall not be implemented within six
months of the date it was filed with the Commission. *See* 47 C.F.R. §
51.331.

Incumbent LEC contact:

Mary L. Henze

Assistant Vice President - Federal Regulatory

BellSouth

1133-21^st^ Street, N.W., Suite 900

Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 463-4109

The original filing is available for inspection and copying at the FCC
Public Reference Room, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Suite CY‑A257,
Washington, DC 20554.

For further information, contact Carmell Weathers, (202) 418-2325
(voice), or
[**carmell.weathers@fcc.gov**](mailto:carmell.weathers@fcc.gov) (email),
of the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. The TTY
number is (202) 418-0484. **-FCC-**
### September 16, 2003

# Support America's Military Academies

## Co-Sponsor H.R. 2999, Military Academy First Amendment Protection Act 

Dear Colleague,

Earlier this year, the 4^th^ Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision
by a federal judge against the voluntary, nondenominational prayer
offered before meals at the Virginia Military Institute. Virginia's
Attorney General and VMI have vowed to fight on in an appeal to the US
Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, the ACLU will not rest until it can convince federal courts
to strike down similar voluntary nondenominational prayers at America's
federal military service academies. In a letter to the US Naval Academy,
the Maryland ACLU called upon the Academy to reconsider its 148-year
tradition of offering a voluntary, nondenominational prayer before
lunchtime.

This bill will follow the previous direction of the Courts, and give
deference to "our military authority." Our aim is to exercise the power
of Congress to "make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land
and naval Forces" and in doing so give the Superintendent of each
Academy the authority to have a voluntary, nondenominational prayer at
Academy activities

Fourth Circuit Judge Paul V. Niemeyer in his strongly worded dissent
called the April panel decision \"a major abandonment of values embraced
by the founders and by our society during the 18th and 19th centuries .
. . the panel opinion regrettably treats religion as a virus that
somehow will infect the public square if acknowledged in even the most
unobtrusive of circumstances.\"

I ask that you join me in supporting the history and integrity of our
Academies, and their ability to prepare tomorrow's military leaders. I
hope that together, we can draw a line in the sand, which represents the
bipartisan voice of this Congress and our great nation.

> Sincerely,
>
> Walter B. Jones Jr.
>
> Member of Congress
January 20, 2000

In the Matter of Review of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal
Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies and Termination of the EEO
Streamlining Proceeding, MM Dockets Nos. 98-24, 96-16.

**Press Statement of Commissioner Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth**

In the *Lutheran Church* case, the United States Court of Appeals for
the D.C. Circuit ruled that this Commission's Equal Employment
Opportunity regulations denied the equal protection of the laws to
persons seeking employment at broadcast stations. Those regulations also
made broadcasters, the Court said, "involuntary participant\[s\] in a
discriminatory scheme." To enforce a program that requires regulatees to
engage in the most historically odious sort of discrimination \--
discrimination based on race \-- is a most grievous offense.

After careful consideration, I am not persuaded that the Commission's
efforts to conform these regulations to the requirements of Equal
Protection \-- and thus to avoid committing this offense again \-- are
adequate. The revised regulations bear some of the same characteristics
that led the Court of Appeals to find the original rules
unconstitutional. In particular, the Commission's continued insistence
on requiring broadcasters to classify applicants and employees based on
their race and gender, factors that should be irrelevant to a person's
job qualifications, is legally troublesome.

Perhaps, at the end of the day, the Commission will successfully defend
these regulations against the claim that they do not afford equal
protection to all people. Because I cannot conclude that the rules are
free from reasonable constitutional doubt, however, I cannot support
their adoption. I therefore dissent from this item.

\# \# \#
**§1.657 Determination of rights.**

The General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel
for Professional Staff Group IV will make a determination of rights
subject to review where required by the Secretary of Commerce. The
determination will be in accordance with 37 CFR 501.7.

\[31 FR 5291, Apr. 2, 1966. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 29658,
June 12, 1996; 62 FR 14822, Mar. 28, 1997\]

**Supplement *Highlights* references**: 15(9), 21(1).

**§1.658 Right of appeal.**

In accordance with 37 CFR 501.8, the employee has a right of appeal to
the Secretary of Commerce within 30 days of receipt of the Department's
determination of ownership rights. The decision reached by the Secretary
of Commerce will be communicated to the employee.

\[61 FR 29658, June 12, 1996\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 15(9)

**§1.659 Relationship to incentive awards program.**

Procedures set out in the regulations concerning inventions by employees
of the Department of Veterans Affairs are not affected by the submission
or proposed submission of an employee suggestion or idea on an item
which may be patentable. Consideration of an item for a determination of
ownership rights and also for an incentive award will proceed
simultaneously, usually on separate correspondence. An employee
suggestion or copies and extracts of the file may be forwarded to the
General Counsel by the reviewing or awarding authority, or by the
facility head, for an ownership determination where the employee idea or
suggestion involves an invention. The employee shall be directed to
submit a disclosure of invention in accordance with these regulations if
such has not been previously submitted.

\[31 FR 5291, Apr. 2, 1966, as amended at 61 FR 29659, June 12, 1996\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 15(9)
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Tammi Schone - (605) 352-1102

# RURAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS FUNDS TO LOWER BRULE ECONOMIC INITIATIVE[ *\$98,217 Grant to Facilitate Business Start-ups and Job Creation* ]{.underline}

**(Lower Brule, South Dakota -- October 29, 2008)** Aspiring
entrepreneurs and small business start-ups will continue to get
assistance from the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in part to a USDA Rural
Development rural business enterprise grant (RBEG) in the amount of
\$98,217.

"Entrepreneurs and starting businesses face a number of challenges to be
successful," said USDA Rural Development State Director Jafar Karim.
"This assistance will help provide the tribe with continuing to provide
classes on business principles, advice, and counsel to someone looking
to take an idea and turn it into a good or a service to sell. Working
together, the federal, state and tribal governments have opportunities
to help Native Americans promote sustainable economic development and
create jobs on the reservations."

The RBEG funds, along with other contributions of \$47,120, will be used
for the start-up of a Business Development and Financial Literacy
project which will offer technical support and training to entrepreneurs
and businesses on the Lower Brule Reservation. This project will equip
and empower the attendees to improve their quality of life and their
local economy.

"The grant will help us continue offering assistance to persons
interested in developing businesses and job opportunities on the Lower
Brule Reservation, with special emphasis on growing business leaders, by
offering financial literacy to our children grades 1-12. The grant will
also allow us to educate people on the importance of credit and help
people understand credit and how to improve their credit, which is a
major roadblock when it comes to wanting to borrow money to start and
expand businesses," said Toni Wells, Tribal Planning Director and
Co-Director of the USDA RBEG.

USDA Rural Development Area Director Dave Waisanen and Rural Development
Specialist Clark Guthmiller also attended the event. USDA Rural
Development has eight offices in the state that assist rural
communities. Office locations include a state office in Huron, along
with area offices in Aberdeen, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux
Falls, Watertown, and Yankton.

USDA Rural Development's mission is to increase economic opportunity and
improve the quality of life for rural residents. Rural Development has
invested more than \$90 billion since 2001 for equity and technical
assistance to finance and foster growth in homeownership, business
development, and critical community and technology infrastructure. More
than 1.7 million jobs have been created or saved through these
investments. Further information on rural programs is available at a
local USDA Rural Development office or by visiting USDA's web site at
[[http://www.rurdev.usda.gov]{.underline}](http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/).

**- USDA -**
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height="0.7451388888888889in"}

Science Fair to be held on Saturday May 3, 2008

On-line Registration begins January 1, 2008

Registration deadline April 18, 2008

**Eligibility:**

-   Suffolk County School students in grades K -- 6 who are grade level
    winners of their school science fair.

-   Only individual projects are acceptable for grades 4 -- 6.

-   Individual or group projects are acceptable for grades K -- 3.

-   Participants of group projects must be of the same grade level. Size
    of group project is limited to one class (a.m. and p.m. kindergarten
    taught by the same teacher can be considered as one class).

The number of projects which can be entered per grade level is
determined by the number of students enrolled in that grade level.

  ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----------------
  \# of students    1 - 199           200 - 399         400 - 599
  enrolled per                                          
  grade level                                           

  \# of projects    1                 2                 3
  that can be                                           
  entered per grade                                     
  level                                                 
  ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----------------

**Registration:**

-   The school contact person is responsible for submitting names of
    entrants.

-   Registration is requested electronically. The on-line registration
    form can be found at
    [http://www.bnl.gov/education/contests/sciencefair](http://www.bnl.gov/education/contests/scienceFair)

-   **Late entries cannot be accepted**.

-   A registration number will be assigned and sent after registration.
    It must be clearly displayed on the project.

-   Each project must include a completed [Summary of
    Project]{.underline} form prominently displayed on the project.

-   The [Summary of Project]{.underline} form must be signed on the
    reverse by a school official (teacher, principal, or science
    coordinator) who will interview the student and certify that the
    student completed the work and has a thorough understanding of the
    project.

Please see the [Judges' Rubric]{.underline} for criteria that will be
used in judging the projects. The scientific method is a pattern of
inquiry that forms a structure for advancing scientific understanding. 
The process:  identify a problem, form a hypothesis, design and conduct
an experiment, collect data, analyze results, and form a conclusion. 
Scientists, using this approach, have answered questions ranging from
the simplest to the most complex.

Exhibitors or their representatives are responsible for setting up and
removing their displays on the day of the Fair. BNL is not responsible
for any projects not collected upon completion of the ceremonies on the
day of the Fair. Projects left after 4:30PM on the day of the Fair will
be discarded. **NO EXCEPTIONS.**

**Any exhibit that does not meet the project requirements**

**will not be considered for awards.**

**All decisions of the judges are final.**
![](media/image1.png){width="0.55in"
height="0.7027777777777777in"}**Conservation Study Institute**

**News Release**

**New Publication - *Stewardship Begins With People: An Atlas of Places,
People, and Handmade Products***

The National Park Service Conservation Study Institute has released a
new publication entitled *Stewardship Begins with People: An Atlas of
Places, People, and Handmade Products.* The *Atlas* tells the many
stories of friends and neighbors of national parks, national heritage
areas, and national historic landmarks who are practicing a stewardship
ethic and demonstrating a commitment to sustainability. The publication
chronicles people's work and craftsmanship and how their products add
value to the preservation of authentic traditional cultures and
significant cultural landscapes in and around national parks. The
*Atlas* was undertaken to both recognize and encourage this often
intergenerational stewardship and explore new ways national park areas
and their neighbors can work together.

The stories in *Stewardship Begins with People: An Atlas of Places,
People, and Handmade Products* come from two dozen national park areas -
from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Hawaiian Islands - and were
selected as illustrative of many similar efforts and enterprises. At
first glance this "park atlas" may appear to be a little different from
conventional map-oriented cousins. Like other atlases, this one helps us
to understand the geography of people and special places and helps us
gain a deeper appreciation of a special relationship many of our park
neighbors and gateway communities have with their national parks.

The *Atlas* was assembled with the help of the park managers,
cooperating associations, concessionaires, craftspeople and producers
from all around the national park system who contributed the many
stories and photographs that fill the 58 page publication. Highlighted
parks include Blue Ridge Parkway, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Golden
Gate National Recreation Area, Haleakala National Park, Point Reyes
National Seashore, Sitka National Historical Park and many others.

*Stewardship Begins with People: An Atlas of Places, People, and
Handmade Products* is a cooperative project of the National Park Service
Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service Northeast Region,
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Shelburne Farms
National Historic Landmark, Eastern National, and Quebec-Labrador
Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment.

**-MORE-**

The National Park Service Conservation Study Institute advances
innovation in collaborative conservation for the stewardship of our
national system of parks and special places.

To receive a copy, please contact Liesbeth Neisingh at (802) 457-3368 x
10 or at Liesbeth_Neisingh@nps.gov.

**-NPS-**
**FY-05 Performance Period**

Reference Program Worked 1 2 3 4 5

+----------+----------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| 5        | Primary        | 23   | 23   | 23   | 23   | 23   | 23   |
| .2.5.1.1 | Standards      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
|          |                | 813  | 750  | 750  | 750  | 750  | 750  |
| 5        | Working        |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| .2.5.1.2 | Standards      | 18   | 20   | 20   | 23   | 23   | 25   |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.a  | EQ             | 2093 | 2000 | 1950 | 1900 | 1900 | 1825 |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.b  | ER             | 239  | 250  | 250  | 260  | 260  | 275  |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.c  | FE             | 197  | 210  | 210  | 210  | 210  | 210  |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.d  | IE             | 1486 | 1500 | 1500 | 1510 | 1525 | 1550 |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.e3 | IP             | 268  | 285  | 325  | 340  | 360  | 360  |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.f  | RR             | 19   | 30   | 30   | 35   | 35   | 40   |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.g  | SP             | 1588 | 1568 | 1525 | 1525 | 1500 | 1500 |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 5.2.2.h  | SS             | 5908 | 5863 | 5810 | 5803 | 5813 | 5785 |
|          |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| Totals   |                |      |      |      |      |      |      |
+----------+----------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

These estimates may vary significantly in either direction.
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 **N1738**

# ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 Document Processing and Related Communication--- Document Description and Processing Languages {#isoiec-jtc1sc18wg8-document-processing-and-related-communication-document-description-and-processing-languages .Heading-0-(nobreak)}

  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------
  Title:               Endorsement of GCARI application for SC18 liaison

  Source:              WG8/SGML RG

  Project:             1.18.15.1

  Project editor:      Charles F. Goldfarb

  Status of document:  Approved by WG8

  Requested action:    For information

  Date                 30 August 1994

  Distribution:        JTC1, SC18, WG8 and liaisons

  References:          

  Supersedes:          
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------

# Endorsement of GCARI application for SC18 liaison

WG8 would like to call to the attention of JTC1 and SC18 the application
of the Graphic Communications Association Research Institute (GCARI) for
Category A liaison membership of SC18, and to request that it be given
favorable consideration.

GCARI is an independent non-profit corporation dedicated to research and
development of standards and standards applications, standards reference
materials, and related technologies in information and image management,
production, and dissemination. It was founded by the Graphic
Communications Association (GCA), a technology management association
with over 300 corporate and government agency members from nineteen
nations.

GCARI members have made substantial contributions to the development and
utilization of SC18 standards.

-   They participate in SC18 member body committees.

-   GCARI has conducted requirements workshops for SC18 standards in
    development (e.g., HyTime, SGML, DSSSL) and communicated those
    requirements to the relevant SC18 rapporteur groups.

-   GCARI sponsors projects for the development of applications of SC18
    standards.

WG8 believes that establishment of the requested liaison will improve
the effective participation of GCARI in SC18 activities, to the benefit
of both organizations.
PUBLIC NOTICE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

445 12th STREET, S.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554

News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet:
http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov

**Released: November 8, 2001**

## 

## [E R R A T U M]{.underline}

**WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU RESCINDS**

**CONSENT TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF**

**C BLOCK BROADBAND PCS LICENSES**

By this Erratum, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau rescinds its
consent to the assignment of C block broadband PCS licenses as reported
in a Public Notice, DA01-2598 (Corrected), released on November 7, 2001.

For additional information, contact Yolanda Lee, Auctions and Industry
Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202)
418-0660.

**- FCC -**
**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.7388888888888889in"
height="0.7458333333333333in"}

**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION**

**445 TWELFTH STREET, S.W.; TW-A325**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554**

News Media Information: (202) 418-0500

Fax-On-Demand: (202) 418-2830

Internet: http://www.fcc.gov

ftp.fcc.gov

**DA 00-1191**

**Released: May 31, 2000**

### FCC\'S OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TO HOST

###  FORUM ON 90 GHz TECHNOLOGIES

On July 14, 2000, the Office of Engineering and Technology will host a
forum on \"New Horizons: 90 GHz Technologies\" in the Commission Meeting
Room at 445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC from 9 AM until 12:30 PM.
Informal technology demonstrations will continue until 2 PM.

At present, 77 GHz is the highest electromagnetic radiofrequency for
which service rules exist that permit the development and sale of
commercial products. This forum will explore possible commercial uses
for the 92-95 GHz, a band presently allocated for both government and
nongovernment use but lacking service rules.[^1]

The potential transmission range in the 92-95 GHz band more closely
resembles that of the 40 GHz band rather than the very short
transmission range of the 59-64 GHz band.[^2] The wavelength at 90 GHz
permits the design of narrow beam antennas that are very small. While
components for 90 GHz are not in regular production, the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency's MIMIC Program developed monolithic
microwave integrated circuit technology for this band in anticipation of
both military and commercial use. Thus there may be an opportunity for
the development of new and innovative communications systems in this
band.

Topics to be discussed include:

1\) Technologies available for the 92-95 GHz band;

2\) Possible system applications for this band;

3\) Alternative frameworks for services rules (licensed, unlicensed,
band manager, etc.);

> 4\) Technical rules including issues of protecting adjacent passive
> allocation at 86-92 GHz;

5\) Approaches the FCC might take to stimulate technical innovation in
this band; and

> 6\) Whether, and the extent to which, sharing all or part of the band
> with the Federal Government systems is practical.

Private companies, industry, trade groups, academics, and other agencies
interested in speaking at this forum or presenting exhibits and
demonstrations of 90 GHz technology should contact

Dr. Michael Marcus, Associate Chief for Technology, OET, at
202-418-2418, Fax 202-418-1944, TTY 202-418-2989, e-mail:
mmarcus@fcc.gov

# 

[^1]: The international allocation in 94-94.1 GHz for Earth Exploration
    Satellite Active and Space Research Active that was made at WRC-97
    is outside the scope of this forum.

[^2]: *See* OET Bulletin No. 70 (July 1997) Millimeter Wave Propagation:
    Spectrum Management Implications, available by internet at
    http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet70/oet70a.pdf
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SHORT TERM NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION

FILED BY BELLSOUTH

Report No. NCD-1089 March 28, 2005

Re: NETWORK CHANGE SHORT TERM CERTIFICATION RECEIVED

BellSouth, an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed
certification that short term public notice of network change has been
provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by
section 51.329(a) of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), together with certification of service on identified
interconnecting carriers, as required by section 51.333(a). Specific
network change information can be obtained on the Internet at:
<http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/notifications/network/index.html>

The incumbent LEC\'s certification refers to the change identified
below:

  ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
  **Number**              **Type of Change        **Location of Change**
                          Planned**               

  20050012 **Revision**   Replacing Copper Feeder Tuscumbia, AL
  to 20040140             Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    

  20050013                Replacing Copper Feeder Marietta, GA
                          Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    
  ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------

The incumbent LEC contact:

Mary L. Henze

Assistant Vice President - Federal Regulatory

BellSouth

1133-21^st^ Street, N.W., Suite 900

Washington, D.C. 20031-3351 Phone: (202) 463-4109

An objection to an incumbent LEC\'s short term notice may be filed by an
information service provider or telecommunication service provider that
directly interconnects with the incumbent LEC network. Such objections
must be filed with the Commission, and served on the incumbent LEC, no
later than the ninth business day following the release of this public
notice. *See* 47 C.F.R. § 51.333(c).

The original filing is available for inspection and copying at the FCC
Public Reference Room, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Suite
CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554.

For further information, contact Carmell Weathers, (202) 418-2325
(voice), or
[**carmell.weathers@fcc.gov**](mailto:carmell.weathers@fcc.gov),
(email), of the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau. The TTY number is (202) 418-0484.

**-FCC-**
![](media/image1.png){width="7.25in" height="1.43125in"}

> [NEWS]{.underline} [CONTACT]{.underline}: DARIN THACKER
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (202) 225-3076 (W); (443) 624-2721 (C)
>
> **APRIL 24, 2008 <Darin.Thacker@mail.house.gov>**

# Herger Calls on Speaker Pelosi to 

# Allow Vote on "Win-Win" Colombia FTA

**(WASHINGTON, D.C.) \-- Congressman Wally Herger (CA-02), ranking
member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today joined
Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, Senate Republican Leader Mitch
McConnell, House Republican Leader John Boehner, and other leaders at a
press conference to call on Speaker Pelosi to reverse course and
promptly allow an up-or-down vote on the Colombia Trade Promotion
Agreement. Herger issued the following statement:**

"Nancy Pelosi\'s decision to shelve the Colombia agreement is tragic. It
sends the wrong message to potential trading partners, and only
encourages Colombia\'s adversaries in South America. The U.S.-Colombia
Trade Promotion Agreement would create jobs for U.S. workers by leveling
the playing field for our exports. Rather than turning our back on this
critical Latin American ally, Congress should pass the Colombia trade
agreement as soon as possible. Doing so would be a win-win for U.S.
workers and Colombia\'s continuing efforts to improve security, bolster
the rule of law, and expand its market economy."
**WG8 Programme of Work**

**Project No. Title Ref. Doc. WG Editor WD DP DIS IS**

**JTC1.18.15** Computer Languages for Processing Text

**JTC1.18.15.1** ISO 8879-1986ðInformation Processingð ISO 8879-1986 8
Charles F. Goldfarb Approved ISO Standard

Text and Office Systemsð

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

Amendment 1 8 Published July 1988

Amendment 2 WG8 N680, 701 8 1/89 7/89

**JTC1.18.15.2** TR XXXX Information Processingð WG8 N484, 565, 8 John
Oberholzer

Text and Office Systemsð 650

Operational Model for Text Description

and Processing Languages

**JTC1.18.15.3** DTR 9544 Information Processingð WG8 N545 8 Mike
Cowlishaw 7/86 10/86 1/88 7/88

Computer-Assisted PublishingðVocabulary

**JTC1.18.15.5** Information Processingð

SGML and Text-entry Systems

**JTC1.18.15.5.1** TR XXXX Information Processingð WG8 N626, 707 8 Mike
Cowlishaw 12/87 9/88 2/89

SGML and Text-entry Systemsð

Guidelines for SGML Syntax-Directed

Editing Systems

**JTC1.18.15.5.2** TR XXXX Information Processingð WG8 N672 8 Martin
Bryan 10/89 6/90

SGML and Text-entry Systemsð

Retroactive Conversion

**JTC1.18.15.6** Information Processingð

Text Compositionð

**JTC1.18.15.6.1** ISO XXXX Information Processingð WG8 N538, 540 8
Sharon Adler 9/88 6/89 4/90 5/91

Text Compositionð 581, 606, 706

Document Style Semantics and

Specification Language

**JTC1.18.15.6.2** ISO XXXX Information Processingð SC18 N1402 8 Matt
Foley, 2/88 2/89 10/89

Text Compositionð WG8 N509, 559, Steve Strasen

Standard Page Description Language 560, 561

**JTC1.18.15.7** Information Processingð

SGML Support Facilitiesð

**JTC1.18.15.7.**1 ISO 9069 Information Processingð SC18 N1112Rev 8
Charles F. Goldfarb 5/86 10/86 6/88

SGML Support Facilitiesð

SGML Document Interchange Format (SDIF)

**JTC1.18.15.7.2** DTR 9573 Information Processingð WG8 N693, 694 8
Anders Berglund 5/87 9/87 2/88 9/88

SGML Support Facilitiesð

Techniques for Using SGML

**JTC1.18.15.7.3** ISO 9070 Information Processingð SC18 N1113Rev 8
Charles F. Goldfarb 5/86 10/86 5/87\*

SGML Support Facilitiesð

Registration Procedures for Public Text

Owner Identifiers

**JTC1.18.27** Information Processingð 8 Edwin J. Smura

Description and Identification of Glyph Fonts

**JTC1.18.27.1** DIS 9541-1ðInformation Processingð WG8 N687, 689, 8
Edwin J. Smura 5/86 5/87 5/89 2/90

Font and Glyph Information Interchangeð 700

Architecture

**JTC1.18.27.2** DIS 9541-2ðInformation Processingð WG8 N 687, 689 8
Alan Griffee 10/86 5/87 5/89 2/90

Font and Character Information Interchangeð 700

Interchange Format

**JTC1.18.27.**3 DIS 9541-3ðInformation Processingð WG8 N 686, 687, 8
Alan Griffee 5/89 2/90

Font and Character Information Interchangeð 689, 700

Glyph-Shape Representations\*

**JTC1.18.27.?** DIS 10036-1ðInformation Processingð WG8 N686, 688 8
Edwin J. Smura 5/86 5/87 5/89 2/90

Font and Character Information Interchangeð 689, 700

Procedure for Registration of

Glyph and Glyph-Collection Identifiers

\* Whether this will be Part 3 of 9541 or a separately numbered standard
is not yet determined.
**25 NGOs Receive USAID Grants to Promote**

**Potable Water, Hygiene**

***Islamabad, June 30, 2008*** \-- The United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) today awarded grants to 25 local
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to create community awareness
about clean water and hygiene practices in 19 districts, the Federally
Administered Tribal Area, and the Frontier Regions.

"Water- and sanitation-related diseases are responsible for 60 percent
of child deaths in Pakistan," said Anne Aarnes, Mission Director of
USAID/Pakistan. "USAID is helping Pakistani communities access clean
water and adopt sanitary practices that save lives."

The grants are part of USAID's \$17.9 million Pakistan Safe Drinking
Water and Hygiene Promotion Project. The three-year project complements
the Government of Pakistan's Clean Drinking Water Initiative by working
with communities to ensure proper maintenance of government-provided
water filtration plants.

In areas that do not have access to water filtration plants, the project
conducts campaigns to improve hygiene and sanitation practices, teach
effective household methods of cleaning water, and establish health
education programs in schools.

The program targets the districts of Zhob, Turbat-Kech, Gujrat, Khushab,
Thatta, Jamshoro, Khairpur Mir, Larkana, Swat, Bunair, Khyber Agency,
Orakzai Agency, North Waziristan Agency, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki,
Tank,, and D.I. Khan.

Since 2002, the U.S. Government on behalf of the American people has
provided more than \$2 billion to Pakistan to improve economic growth,
education, health, and governance, and to assist with earthquake
reconstruction.

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*(For more press releases, please visit our website:
http://islamabad.usembassy.gov)*
**How to use the IQCS Active/Inactive Course List (Posted 6/14/05)**

Active courses are those you can enroll students into. Inactive courses
(usually denoted by the Course Code being preceded by an "X", as in
"XS-390") remain in IQCS as historical records, and can be applied to
responders' training records to document past training.

Inactive courses cannot be used to set up sessions, nor can students be
enrolled into inactive courses.

Some inactive ("X-xxxx" courses) were set by NWCG direction to award
credit for current curricula. For example, XS-390 represents the S-390
course that was presented prior to 1994; anyone who passed S-390 prior
to 1994 was given credit for the current versions of S-390 AND S-290 in
order to maintain qualifications dependent on S-290. Should you have an
employee who presents evidence of successful completion of S-390 prior
to January 1, 1994, you can award that person XS-390 and IQCS will post
S-290 AND S-390 to the responder's records.

The list is sorted alphabetically by the first column, "Course". To sort
by course title ("Descr") you'll need to open the Print Version and save
the file to your local disk or directory, and open it as an Excel
spreadsheet. (The Print Version opens in an Internet Explorer---or
whatever browser you're using---window, and you can sort the file in
that window. If you want to preserve the sort criteria, you'll need to
save the file to your local disk.)