BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS**

**Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Provisions of SAFETEA-LU**

> **1. Is there dedicated funding for ITS deployment?**
>
> Appropriations in FY 2005 designated over 100 ITS deployment projects.
> SAFETEA-LU has funds to cover these projects. After that, there are no
> dedicated ITS deployment funds. Although the ITS integration program
> is no longer available, ITS are an eligible capital expense in FTA
> Federal funding programs.
>
>  
>
> **2. Is the regional ITS architecture still required?**
>
> Yes. SAFETEA-LU maintains FTA's ITS architecture policy. FTA's website
> includes the latest information on the ITS architecture policy:

http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/ITS_Architecture_Guidance_Update.doc

>  
>
> **3. Are transit agencies required to use ITS standards?**
>
> The ITS architecture policy requires that transit agencies use United
> States Department of Transportation (US DOT) standards. The US DOT has
> not adopted transit ITS standards yet. However, FTA is working with
> the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) to develop two
> ITS standards that APTA hopes to have approved by the spring of 2006:
> Transit Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP) and Universal Transit
> Fare Card (UTFS). FTA encourages the industry to use APTA standards.
>
> **4. How much discretionary funding is available?**
>
> The ITS Research and Development Program is funded at \$110 million
> per year through FY 2009. Of that amount, \$7 million per year will go
> to the I-95 Corridor Coalition . The Road Weather Research and
> Development Program will receive \$5 million. A study on Rural
> Interstate Communication Corridors is funded at \$1 million in 2006
> and \$2 million in 2007. The rest of the funding is discretionary, and
> all funding is subject to the Congressional appropriations process.
>
> **5. Where will the ITS Joint Program Office (JPO) be located?**
>
> Although SAFETEA-LU does not address this issue, the DOT \[note: is
> this correct?? DOT is doing this??\] has initiated a process to move
> the ITS JPO to the Research and Innovative Technology Administration
> (RITA) .
>
>  
>
> **6. Is there an ITS Advisory Committee, \[note: IS IT A COMMITTEE OR
> COUNCIL? You call it a committee below\] and what is its role?**
>
> SAFETEA-LU requires that the Secretary establish an ITS Advisory
> Committee to provide input on aspects of the Strategic Plan \[note:
> One thing? Should it be capitalized?\] that deal with ITS, and to
> review ITS research areas under consideration for funding by the DOT.
> No more than 20 members from various disciplines and interest areas
> will comprise the Advisory Committee. DOT is required to prepare an
> annual report to Congress outlining the Committee's recommendations
> and how it plans to implement them. The first annual report is due to
> Congress on February 1, 2006.
Gaps/Progress Review for QoS:

2006 Topics:

-   Robust Availability \-- what happens when we scale the machine

-   Defining QoS as it relates to HEC

    -   There\'s a need for more information on this (?)

    -   Policy Management \-- need minimum expectation allowed, or
        maximum

Gaps (2007):

-   Need a standard API for QoS

-   Need to determine what we can guarantee before we offer this to an
    application.

-   The other approach is to make request of what is needed (not what is
    offered).

-   The application needs to be able to ask the system what type of
    capabilities are available and map back to application.

-   Need to be able to specify attributes of job for QoS in terms of
    different size runs for example (few nodes, large node counts, etc.)

-   Multimedia, backup requirements, virtual machines, service-level
    agreements characterization is available; with these classes,
    distill into more general.

-   

New Areas:

Need policy management to cover these (or more) issues:

-   How to limit the max QoS request

-   How to provide a min for apps.

QoS Heuristics, Learning, and dynamically adjusting policy

Open API and Common format for storing information on Heuristics

How to use non-seeking (diskless) storage for this.

Need to define (or determine commonality) in definitions of QoS.
A typical meeting of BNL Toastmasters includes the following:

-   **Impromptu** **Speaking**

People are asked to respond to a "Table Topic". The goal is to give a
coherent, logical, or imaginative response one to two minutes in length.

-   **Prepared Speeches**

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height="1.8in"}Speeches are prepared according to projects in a manual
from Toastmasters International. Each speech has an objective and a time
limit. The objective may be to introduce yourself, to practice vocal
variety, to organize your thoughts, or to inspire. The time limit is
typically 5 to 7 minutes.

-   **Evaluation**

Feedback from listeners is supportive and constructive. The speaker is
encouraged to build on strong points and given suggestions for
improvement.

**The cost is reasonable:**

-   The one-time new member fee for Toastmasters International is
    \$20.00.

-   The membership dues for Toastmasters International are \$27.00 for 6
    months.

-   The local club dues are \$7.00 for 6 months.

**The benefits are many:**

-   Members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a
    supportive environment.

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-   You receive educational materials.

A variety of manuals and resources on speaking, and the monthly
Toastmaster Magazine that offers the latest insights on speaking and
leadership techniques.

-   You are connected to a network of people.

Members from clubs on Long Island, the greater New York metropolitan
area, and even nation-wide share their expertise.

-   You may participate in conferences and contests.

Twice a year Toastmasters sponsors a series of speech contests and
workshops at regional and national levels.

**The meetings are convenient.**

Meetings are held twice a month at Brookhaven National Laboratory, in
the Biology Department, Building 463, room #160.

Meetings are on the 1^st^ and 3^rd^ Tuesdays, 5:30 to 7:00 PM.

BNL Toastmasters Club is open to the public. All visitors to Brookhaven
Lab age 16 and over must RSVP in advance and bring photo ID.

**Guests are always welcome.**

**Contact for more information:**

Beth Lin 631-344-3372

> bylin@bnl.gov

Margaret Foster 631-591-4078

> foster@aps.org

E-mail: **toastmasters@bnl.gov**

**www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/toastmstrs/**

***Would you like to:***

-   *Lose your fear of public speaking?*

-   *Deliver great presentations?*

-   *Have fun while polishing your public speaking skills?*

-   *Conduct meetings that are effective and fun?*

-   *Improve your English speaking skills?*

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> ***Then BNL Toastmasters Club may be what you have been looking
> for!***
**Deletion Docket Documentation Bibliography**

\[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005\]

Site Name: T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co.

EPA ID: CAD 009106220

> Deletion Docket Locations:
>
> Fresno County Library
>
> Sunnyside Branch
>
> 5562 E. Kings Canyon Rd.
>
> Fresno, CA 93727
>
> \(559\) 255-6594

Available hours: M -- T 9AM -- 9PM; F -- Sat. 9 -- 5 PM; Sun. 12 -- 5

> CA DTSC, Clovis Office,
>
> File Room
>
> 1515 Tollhouse Rd.
>
> Clovis, CA 93612
>
> \(559\) 297-3961
>
> Available hours: M-F 8 AM -- 5 PM
>
> By appointment only,
>
> Fax request to Barbara Doerhing at (559) 297-3904

U.S. EPA

Superfund Records Center

95 Hawthorn Street, 4^th^ floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

\(415\) 536-2000

Available Hours: M-F 8 AM - 5 PM

> Contact:
>
> Luis Garcia-Bakarich (SFD-3)
>
> Community Involvement Coordinator
>
> 75 Hawthorne Street
>
> San Francisco, CA 94105
>
> 1(800) 231-3075

List of documents in docket:

Remedial Investigation Summary Report (2 volumes) - 5/01/93

Feasibility Study Report with Apps A-C - 6/30/93

Final Remedial Action Plan - 6/01/99

Bibliography of Administrative Record -- 6/25/99

Documentation rpt for implementation of soil component of final remedy -
6/26/03

Remedial Action Complete Report - 9/29/04

Operations, Maintenance & Monitoring Plan - 9/22/05

Covenant & agreement to restrict use of property - environmental
restriction -- 9/26/05

Final Close-out Report - 9/29/05

Operations, Maintenance & Monitoring Enforceable Agreement - 9/29/05

Site Certification Package (DTSC) - 1/12/06

State Concurrence Letter on Deletion - 3/27/06
**Low-T Transport Induced by Coulomb Interaction in an Anderson
Insulator**

*Dmitry Polyakov*

*Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe*

At low temperature, transport in low-dimensional disordered electron
systems is governed by two effects: Anderson localization and dephasing
due to electron-electron interaction. I will outline recent progress in
our understanding of the interplay of these two effects, with emphasis
on the prediction of a metal-insulator transition at a finite critical
temperature, below which the system does not conduct. The critical
temperature is proportional to the strength of disorder and inversely
proportional to the strength of electron-electron interaction. The
critical behavior of the conductivity is determined by inelastic
scatterings involving a large number of particles (\`\`electron-hole
strings\"). I will discuss the role of the long-range Coulomb
interaction on the conductivity. In particular, in a 3D Anderson
insulator, the long-range nature of electron-electron interaction drives
the critical temperature to zero, but the low-T transport mediated by
the Coulomb

interaction is very much different from the conventional variable-range
hopping.

Work done in collaboration with Igor Gornyi and Alexander Mirlin.
> DA 07-1830
>
> April 24, 2007

Mr. Jeff L. Daniels

Teledata Solutions, Inc. d/b/a TSI

200 N. Westlake Boulevard

Suite 104

Westlake Village, CA 91362

> Re: **NOTICE OF DISMISSAL**
>
> FRN: 0014871925
>
> File No. ITC-214-20060404-00185

Dear Mr. Daniels:

This letter dismisses without prejudice an application filed by Teledata
Solutions, Inc. d/b/a TSI (TSI) on April 24, 2006 for an International
Section 214 Authorization to provide facilities-based and resale
services in accordance with Sections 63.18(e)(1) and 63.18(e)(2) of the
Commission's rules. We dismiss this application because of TSI's failure
to pay its delinquent debts to the Commission.

Pursuant to Section 1.1910(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, the
Commission examines each application to determine whether the applicant
is delinquent in any non-tax debt owed to the Commission.[^1] On April
7, 2006, the Commission notified TSI that it was delinquent on the
payment of debts owed to the Commission.[^2] The letter stated that if
full payment or satisfactory arrangement to pay the delinquent debt was
not made within 30 days of the date of the letter, TSI's application
would be dismissed pursuant to Section 1.1910(b)(3) of the rules.[^3]
The Commission has not received payment of the debts identified in the
letter, nor has TSI made other satisfactory payment arrangements with
the Commission. TSI also failed to respond to a request from the FCC for
financial data required for approval of a payment plan TSI had
requested, and it also failed to respond to a February 5, 2007 e-mail
notification that its application will be dismissed if its Commission
debt is not paid.[^4]

Accordingly, pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 1.1910(b)(3) and the Commission's
rules on delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, the above-referenced
application filed by Teledata Solutions, Inc. d/b/a TSI is DISMISSED
without prejudice.

Sincerely,

James L. Ball

Chief, Policy Division

International Bureau

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. § 1.1910(a)(1). *See* *Amendment of Parts 0 and 1 of the
    Commission's Rules -- Implementation of the Debt Collection
    Improvement Act of 1996 and Adoption of Rules Governing Applications
    or Requests for Benefits by Delinquent Debtors*, Report and Order,
    19 FCC 6540 (2004); 47 C.F.R. § 1.1910. For the purpose of
    determining if an applicant is delinquent, the Commission checks the
    status of all entities with whom an applicant shares the same tax
    payer identification number.

[^2]: Letter from M. Washington, Acting Chief, Revenue and Receivables
    Operations Group, Office of Managing Director, FCC to Teledata
    Solutions, Inc. d/b/a TSI (April 7, 2006).

[^3]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.1910(b)(3).

[^4]: E-mail from James L. Ball, Chief, Policy Division, International
    Bureau, FCC, to Mr. Jeff L. Daniels, President, Teledata Solutions,
    Inc. d/b/a TSI. (February 5, 2007).
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology

Weights and Measures Division

Laws and Metric Group

As a member of the U. S. Metric Association I have been invited to the

meeting of the NIST and the National Conference on Weights and Measures.

Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend. If possible, please mail me a

set of the handouts, which will be available at the meeting.

A few comments on metric labeling:

I am totally in favor of metric only labeling and feel that all barriers
to

this effort should be removed. Furthermore, in light of the Omnibus
Trade

Act of the 1988 all canned goods, etc. not labeled metric only be
required

to be dual labeled with the metric unit first and any other unit be in

parentheses. In addition, the agencies checking products for proper

weights and measures do so with metric units first and then convert
those

numbers into any subsidiary unit to check for accuracy there.

Richard W. Rusk, LCMS

225 Price Street NE

Blacksburg, VA 24060
[The Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act of 2001]{.smallcaps}

[Summary]{.smallcaps}

-   Establishes an expedited procedure to obtain criminal record
    background checks through the FBI for security officers or alarm
    technicians.

-   Directs the Attorney General to establish a system to use
    fingerprints provided by employers to determine whether prospective
    employees have criminal records ***before*** they are hired.

**[How It Works]{.smallcaps}**

-   The system will be run by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and
    closely coordinated with state officials. **The system is completely
    voluntary.**

-   User fees collected from the private security firms will fund the
    system; hence no direct cost to the federal government.

-   An association of private security firms collect fingerprints from
    applicants, which are then compared against criminal history records
    on file.

-   The records would then be forwarded to the appropriate state
    regulators who would decide the qualifications of applicants, based
    on state law.

# [Based on Existing Models]{.smallcaps}

-   Congress has already established such procedures for banks, the
    pari-mutual industry, and the financial securities industry. For
    these agencies, the entire process takes an average of three weeks.

**[History]{.smallcaps}**

***The House has passed this bill twice.*** In the 104^th^ Congress, the
bill passed, as H.R. 2092, by a vote of 415-6. In the 105^th^ Congress,
the bill passed, as H.R. 103, by a voice vote.

The Judiciary Committee approved this legislation as an amendment to the
PATRIOT Act, but the language was subsequently removed, along with many
other Committee-passed amendments.

**[Endorsements]{.smallcaps}**

**National Association of Security Companies**

**National Association of Security and Investigative Regulators**

**National Association for Industry Security**

**Contact:** Susan Mosychuk, Congressman Barr, x.52931
## 1. Introduction

This paper describes the pixel detector system for the ATLAS experiment
at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC). The ATLAS detector is a general
purpose detector for the study of primarily proton-proton collisions at
the LHC.[^1] The pixel detector system is a critical component of the
inner tracking detector (ID) of ATLAS.[^2] The ATLAS Inner Detector
provides highly efficient charge-particle track reconstruction over the
pseudo-rapidity range \|\| ≤ 2.5.[^3] The pixel detector, with
approximately 80 million channels, is essential to provide pattern
recognition capability to meet the track reconstruction requirements of
ATLAS at the full luminosity of the LHC of 10^34^ cm^-2^sec^-1^. The
pixel detector system is the innermost element of the Inner Detector. It
is therefore the most important contributor to the precision needed for
efficient identification and reconstruction of secondary vertices from
the decay of, for example, particles containing the b-quark (b-tagging).
In addition, it provides the essential resolution required to
reconstruct primary vertices in the proton-proton interaction region
within ATLAS even in the presence of the many multiple interactions
present at the LHC design luminosity of 10^34^ cm^-2^sec^-1^.

In the sections below, we first present an overview of the pixel
detector and its relationship to the Inner Detector. This is followed by
a description of the performance requirements for the pixel detector and
a brief summary of the tracking and b-tagging performance. We then
describe in detail the principal components of the pixel detector system
-- electronics, sensors, modules, mechanical systems and services.
Finally, we summarize critical test beam studies of pixel components and
the operation of about 10% of the pixel system using cosmic ray tracks.

[^1]: ATLAS Collaboration, ATLAS Detector and Physics Performance,
    Technical Design Report, Volume I, CERN/LHCC/99-14 and Volume II,
    CERN/LHCC/99-15.

[^2]: ATLAS Collaboration, ATLAS Inner Detector, Technical Design
    Report, CERN/LHCC

[^3]: ATLAS Pixel Collaboration, ATLAS Pixel Detector, Technical Design
    Report, CERN/LHCC/98-13.
**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, DC 20554**

In the Matter of )

)

Request for Review of the )

Decision of the )

Universal Service Administrator by )

)

Torah High School of Long Beach ) File No. SLD-137640

Long Beach, New York )

)

Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45

Universal Service )

)

Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97-21

National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. )

**order**

**Adopted: July 16, 2001 Released: July 17, 2001**

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1\. The Accounting Policy Division (Division) has under consideration a
Request for Review filed by Torah High School of Long Beach (Torah),
Long Beach, New York.[^1] Torah seeks review of a decision of the
Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Company
(Administrator), pursuant to which SLD denied Torah's request for
telecommunication services.[^2] On June 20, 2001, Torah filed a Motion
to Withdraw its Request for Review.[^3] The Division grants Torah's
Motion to Withdraw and, accordingly, dismisses Torah's Request for
Review.

2\. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under
sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission\'s rules, 47
C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a), that the Motion to Withdraw filed
by Torah High School of Long Beach, Long Beach, New York, on June 20,
2001, IS GRANTED.

3\. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under
sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission\'s rules, 47
C.F.R. §§ 0.91. 0.291, and 54.722(a), that the Request for Review filed
by Torah High School of Long Beach, Long Beach, New York, on June 27,
2000, IS DISMISSED.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Mark G. Seifert

Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division

Common Carrier Bureau

[^1]: Letter from Shlomo Lesin, Torah High School of Long Beach, Long
    Beach, New York, to the Federal Communications Commission, filed
    June 27, 2000.

[^2]: Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company, to Shlomo Lesin, Torah High School of Long
    Beach, issued June 13, 2000.

[^3]: In the Matter of Request for Review by Torah High School of Long
    Beach, Motion to Withdraw, filed June 20, 2001.
PCIMS FOCUS REPORTING SYTEM

PROD CARGO AVAILABLE FOR FLAGGING DATE 04/29/03

MFE374AD INVITATION 043B TIME 08.36.25

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For Immediate Release**   **                                       
       Contact: Mary MacLean

Monday, September 24, 2007 Phone: 202-226-0443

**Garrett Speaks out Against**

**Ahmadinejad's Visit to the United States  **

** **

(Washington, DC) Today, US Representative Scott Garrett (NJ-5) spoke at
a rally outside the United Nations to protest the President of Iran's
visit to the United States.  Rep. Garrett condemned Iran's pursuit of
nuclear weapons, open hostility to the State of Israel, sponsoring of
terrorism and other hostile behavior, calling this "one of the most
critical foreign affairs issues of our time."  Excerpts from Rep.
Garrett's prepared remarks are below:

 

"Iran claims that they only want to use uranium for peaceful purposes
and yet they say they will give there nuclear technology to: 'those who
are determined to confront the bullying powers and aggressors.'  A
peaceful nuclear weapons program has nothing to do with confrontation.

 

Their own words show how dangerous it is for the free countries of the
world to sit by idly as Iran develops nuclear weapons.  Some say that
the principle of mutually assured destruction will keep a nuclear Iran
contained.  But that tried and true principle will not work with an
enemy who glorifies suicide attacks.

 

As Americans stand in harm's way in the Middle East, I find it shameful
that an American institution of "supposedly" higher learning would
invite this man to our shores to speak.  In Ahmadinejad's world, the
global war on terror in a holy war against the United State and against
our ally, Israel.  He should not be given the opportunity or the
credibility that Columbia today affords him.  We must all stand with our
troops today---united against our foreign aggressors and their
apologists.

 

We should not put faith in the words of a man who has no sense of
truth.  We cannot be safe with a nuclear Iran.  The free nations of the
world must stop buying Iran's lies and prevent them from acquiring and
using the most fearsome weapons of war."

 

 

\###
DA-02-1909

August 5, 2002

FCC Seeks Customer Input On Improvements to the International Bureau
Filing System (IBFS)

International Bureau (IB) is continually interested in soliciting
opinions from interested parties on ways to improve services associated
with its International Bureau Electronic Filing System, IBFS. IBFS, an
E-Gov 2001 award winner, has been and will continue to be designed based
on customer needs, and insight from our customers is extremely valuable
to our improvement initiatives. We are currently interested in hearing
public opinion on the following specific issues:

-   General Correspondence: Types of general correspondence items
    relating to IB license applications that could be filed
    electronically -- e.g. name changes.

-   Search options: Additional search options that should be available
    in IBFS e.g. applicant ownership information, technical information.

-   Application History: Information that should be included in an IB
    application history search.

Please send your comments to the International Bureau via electronic
mail to <IBFSPT25@fcc.gov> by C.O.B on Friday, August 9, 2002. Please
provide us with your name, the name of your organization, your e-mail
and a daytime phone number. Wherever possible, we would also like you to
give us details of specific data fields that you would like to view for
each of the items above.

Please call Michele Lamptey at 202-418-2829 should you have any
questions on this request. Thank you for your help in gathering this
important information.
### STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE -- 1006 

# 

# **[PATIENT CARE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE]{.underline}**

PURPOSE: To establish a standard operating procedure for maintenance of
equipment that is used for patient care.

POLICY: All patient care equipment must be dependable and operating
properly when needed. In addition, the equipment must be properly
decontaminated between patient use.

RESPONSIBILITY: SPD Supervisor and SPD Staffs

INFORMATION: Anyone who operates, transports, handles or cleans
equipment, plays an important role in equipment maintenance. It is
therefore imperative that everyone who works with patient care equipment
have a basic knowledge of the purpose and function of such equipment. A
good maintenance program should include training in operating such
equipment. It is also important that those handling the equipment know
the procedure for reporting defective equipment.

PROCEDURE:

1\. Technically, the equipment maintenance is a responsibility of
specially trained personnel such as the Biomedical Engineering staff.
They will be responsible for safety and function checks, routine
preventive maintenance, repairs and other maintenance required by the
original equipment manufacturer.

2\. It is the responsibility of the users to report equipment that is
defective or not functioning properly. This can be done by "tagging" the
equipment and noting the exact problem/s. Such equipment must be
decontaminated in SPD prior to servicing.

3\. SPD personnel also play an important role in equipment maintenance.
These include checking for proper operation, cleaning, decontamination,
and proper storage.

4\. All pieces of used equipment must go through a detailed cleaning
process. During this process the equipment is checked for signs of
damage such as frayed cords, cracked covers, broken switches, and
missing parts. Any equipment that appears damaged must be taken out of
service and sent to Biomed for further inspection.

5\. After cleaning and decontamination, place equipment in appropriate
size plastic bag or similar material to protect from environmental
contaminants while in storage, include the date when it was processed
and name of individual who processed the item.

6\. It is important that cleaning of the equipment is performed in the
manner recommended by the equipment manufacturer.

Reference: VA Handbook 7176 -- Supply, Processing and Distribution
Operational

> Requirements

Equipment Manufacturer Operator's Manual
N030690

July 10, 2008

CLA-2-84:RR:NC:1:102

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 8413.91.9010

Mr. Kevin Hardy

AFCO

1100 Scotts Bridge Road

P.O. Box 1326

Anderson, SC 29622

RE: The tariff classification of housing inlets/jet pumps for a fuel
pump module from Japan

Dear Mr. Hardy:

In your letter dated June 10, 2008 you requested a tariff classification
ruling. Technical drawings and samples were submitted.

The articles in question are described as housing inlets for an
electronic fuel pump module. These plastic housing inlets (part numbers
167750-0840, 167750-0383 and 167750-0830) are also known as jet pumps.
The function is very similar for each housing inlet/jet pump.

Part number 167750-0840 is made of Ticona M90 (polyacetal) non
conductive molded material. The purpose of this assembly is to take
excess fuel flow not required by the engine to the subtank and use it to
keep the subtank full of fuel to prevent stall conditions resulting from
fuel sloshing. The fuel pump pushes fuel through a tube into the housing
inlet. As the fuel passes through the housing inlet, fuel is suctioned
from the fuel tank into the subtank through a hole in the subtank
filling the subtank.

Part number 167750-0830 is designed to use the excess fuel flow not
required by the engine in order to pull fresh fuel from the saddle tank.
As the fuel passes through the jet pump on its way to the subtank, the
fuel flow creates a suction that draws fuel in the saddle tank into the
jet pump assembly. This process insures that fresh fuel in the saddle
tank is mixed with unused fuel that was returned from the engine to
provide a cleaner mixture to the engine. This jet assembly also includes
a filter that prevents the orifice opening from clogging.

Part number 167750-0383 performs the same function as the 167750-0830
jet pump. The only difference between the two jet pumps is that part
number 167750-0383 incorporates a tiny check valve and spring to prevent
backflow of fuel.

You indicate that the housing inlets are used exclusively in the
production of your electronic fuel pump module. Based on the information
provided, we note that the pump module is provided for in subheading
8413.30.90, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
which provides for fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for
internal combustion engines.

The applicable subheading for the housing inlets/jet pumps will be
8413.91.9010, HTSUS, which provides for parts of pumps of subheading
8413.30.90. The rate of duty is free.

Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change.
The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are
provided on World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.

This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the
Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).

A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be
provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is
imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact
National Import Specialist Kenneth T. Brock at 646-733-3009.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski

Director,

National Commodity

Specialist Division
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The Office of AIDS Research requests the contractor to prepare wire
transfer for \$149,300 in support for a series of agenda setting
workshops and panel sessions on HIV prevention research. The funds will
support travel expenses for panel presenters, participants and
logistical support for the workshops.

Description of Work:

The Contractor will complete the following task.

Prepare a wire transfer for \$149,300.

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  BANK NAME                           Bank of America

  BANK ADDRESS                        1525 Market St.

                                      San Francisco, CA 94103

  BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER               1-650-615-4700

  ABA or SORT CODE                    121000358

                                       

                                       

  ACCOUNT NAME                        San Francisco AIDS Foundation

  ADDRESS                             P.O. Box 426182

                                      San Francisco, CA 94142-6182

  Bank ACCOUNT NUMBER                 04082-20000
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**Senator Brooke Statement**

Good Morning:

Thank you for this great honor, and for inviting me to be a part of your
special dedication ceremony. I deeply regret that I could not join you
today. However, I sincerely appreciate having my name associated with an
organization that has played such an important role in the creation of
vibrant, diverse communities.

When President Lyndon Johnson established the Department of Housing and
Urban Development in September 1965 as part of his Great Society, he
envisioned an agency that would be on the forefront of the battle to
eliminate poverty and end racial inequity. President Johnson understood
that if America were to reach its full potential, it could not afford to
treat certain segments of the nation's population differently.

I have always believed, and still believe, that the insidious cluster of
urban problems, including poor schools and a lack of jobs and
opportunity, can be eased by an end to discrimination in housing. I
believe that open housing can help break education and employment
barriers and show that the ghetto is not an immutable institution in
America.

Some forty years ago I was proud to introduce and co-sponsor the 1968
Fair Housing Act with my friend and colleague on the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee, the indomitable Democratic Senator Walter Mondale of
Minnesota. Passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act did not come easy. After
early rejection by the White House and fierce opposition from both sides
of the aisle, with an unheard of four cloture votes, the measure was
passed because of the courage, conviction and perseverance of Walter
Mondale, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois, Republican
Representative John Anderson of Illinois and Republican Senator Jack
Miller of Iowa, and many other stalwart members of Congress. What has
since come to be regarded as landmark legislation was signed into law by
President Lyndon Johnson on April 11, 1968.

By diligently enforcing the Fair Housing Act, HUD affirms the nation's
commitment to protecting the rights of anyone who faces discrimination
because of their race, color, nationality, religion, sex, familial
status, or disability.

We know that America still has work to do before there is true equality
for all, but the Department of Housing and Urban Development has every
reason to be proud of its record of energizing communities, empowering
individuals, and establishing justice as the standard by which every
great society should be measured.

Again, thank you for honoring me in this way, and I congratulate HUD on
all it is doing to make America a better place. Through your numerous
programs and initiatives that benefit every segment of our society, you
demonstrate just how unshakeable our values are, how strong our resolve
is, and how deep our dedication is to the ideals of justice and
equality.
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  **U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service**

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BioBlitz Press Kit

*Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge*

13751 Upper Embankment Road, Nampa, ID 83686

208/467 9278 Fax: 208 467-1019 http://deerflat.fws.gov

May 2006

**BioBlitz 2006 Schedule of Activities**

Surveying activities and public activities are summarized below.
Surveyors will be active throughout the refuge. Most public activities
begin at the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center at the
west end of the Upper Dam. All public activities are free.

**Surveying Activities**

> **Friday, June 2**
>
> Morning
>
> Plant survey
>
> Insect collection
>
> Afternoon
>
> Plant survey
>
> Insect collection
>
> Ant survey
>
> Fish electroshocking and netting
>
> Evening
>
> Insect collection
>
> Mammal trapping
>
> **Saturday, June 3**
>
> Morning
>
> Mammal trapping
>
> Insect identification
>
> Bird watching
>
> Fish electroshocking and netting
>
> Afternoon
>
> Insect collection
>
> Ant survey

**BioBlitz Festival Public Activities**

> **Saturday, June 3**
>
> 7:30 A.M. Small mammal trapping demonstration
>
> 8:00 A.M. Bird mist-netting demonstration
>
> 8:00 A.M. Boat trip to net fish
>
> 8:30 A.M. Bird walk
>
> 9:00 A.M. Boat trip to net fish         
>
> 10:00 A.M. BioBlitz festival begins
>
> (Live fish, bug tent, kids crafts and activities, displays and booths)
>
> 10:00 A.M. Boat trip to net fish
>
> 10:30 A.M. Bird walk
>
> 11:00 A.M. Boat trip to net fish
>
> 11:30 A.M. Plant walk
>
> 1:30 P.M. Butterfly talk
>
> 2:45 P.M. Closing ceremony with announcement of total species count

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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed revision to
NARA

Regulations 36 CFR 1220 through 1242. As a consultant and practitioner
both in

government and industry I have found these regulations to be
representative of sound

and practical records management procedures. Of particular note is that
the "shall"

concept has been replaced by "must." This gives added emphasis to the
regulations. I

never found the regulations cumbersome therefore, much of the change,

unfortunately, appears to be change for the sake of change. The FAQ is a
popular

concept and is now used throughout rather than only in specific places.
Questions

should be reviewed since they are not consistent, .i.e, "What standards
are used as

guidance?." What standards are used as guidelines? There are also typos
that I'm

certain will be caught in the final issuance.

Although the preface to the change notification summarizes the changes,
it is quite a

task to really review changes. I found it advisable to prepare a
comparison matrix for

meaningful evaluation and have included it with this response.

The use of ISO 15489 provides the needed exposure to this very
significant standard.

Since PART 1220(Federal Records-General) states that the standard is
applicable

throughout, I question the need to state it in each part thereafter.
This means

considerable change each time there is a revision. The ISO issue is
dated 2001. I

understand that ISO Standards require revision every five years. I
assume no change

was implemented in 2006. Also, added listing of specific sections of the
ISO is not

consistent. In 1236.4, however, only the Standard is cited yet its Part
9.6 specifically

references electronic records.

In highlighting definition changes in the "Supplemental Information, the

term "commercial records center" is omitted. Including additional
definition in specific

PARTS is understandable, but in terms of general coverage the term
"vital records"

and "electronic records" should also be covered in 1220.18.

What reports, if any, are required from NARA (Archivist) since 1220.16
has been

dropped?

Since 1228 is to be retained "as is" in 1234, references to old number
parts will need to

be reviewed. Publication dates also require updating.

Part 1223-Managing Vital Records makes no reference to records safety
procedures

that should be followed in the day to day operations of an agency.

There does not seem to be any consistency when action requires written
approval of

NARA and when written approval of the Archivist is required (Old
regulation 1228.122

and new 1231.10). What is the rational for these variables?

NARA inspection "starting date" is now "no more than 30 days after the
date of the

letter." This should generate some reactions.

All in all, this is a very timely and meaningful updating of NARA's
regulations. It should

inject some new life into the needed regulations governing the
management of Federal

records.
TESTIMONY OF MR. CHARLES E. DORKEY III

NOMINEE FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Chairman Stevens, Co-Chairman Inouye and Members of the Committee, it is
an honor for me to appear before you today as President Bush's nominee
to serve as a Member of the Advisory Board at the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation. If confirmed, I look forward to working closely
with the committee on issues related to the vital work performed by the
Seaway Corporation.

I am humbled to be asked to serve as a public member of this board. As a
lawyer in private practice, I believe that it is essential for one to
give back to society and to assist in the administration of government.
I am flattered and pleased that I will be able to do so for this
wholly-owned government corporation. My past experience has prepared me
for this board.

For the last 10 years, I have served as a board member of the New York
State Economic Development Corporation and know how essential it is to
help the economy of New York's North Country - where the Seaway has its
operations. For the last four years, I have served as Chairman of the
Hudson River Park Trust and have gotten to learn how important waterways
are for business and recreational interests of our citizens. As someone
who has worked as a public member of government entities and
corporations, I know how important it is that there be communication
with all stakeholders, that decisions affecting people and interests be
principled, explained and transparent and that the public interest
always comes first.

As a partner in a U.S.-Canadian law firm, I have learned a great deal
about the society and culture about our important neighbor to the north
and believe that this experience will give me a deep and sensitive
understanding of shared cross-border issues.

In closing, let me assure you that I will do everything in my power and
within my ability to ensure that the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation continues to operate in a cost-effective and transparent
manner and that it continues to serve as an environmentally-responsible
impetus to trade and the economic well-being of not only to the Great
Lakes region it directly serves, but the entire United States.
For Immediate Release

April 11, 2003

Contact: Matt Hoskins \-- 202-225-6030

Matt.Hoskins@mail.house.gov

**DeMint Introduces Bill to Protect Employers**

**Against Unfair Union Attacks**

***Legislation would end harmful labor practice of "salting"***

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Jim DeMint (R-SC) today introduced The
Truth in Employment Act to protect employers against the dishonest and
coercive practice of "salting." Salting is a union tactic in which a
union agent attempts to gain access to a business and exert economic
pressure under the guise of seeking employment. U.S. Representatives
Cass Ballenger (R-NC) and John Carter (R-TX) joined DeMint in offering
the legislation.

"In America, freedom and common sense dictates that business owners
should have the right to not hire applicants who are intent on
sabotaging their businesses," DeMint said. "Yet, as strange as this may
sound, many business owners would rather hire 'salts' than face costly
litigation that can result from denying those non bona fide applicants a
job. My bill would protect such employers from frivolous and coercive
lawsuits intended to damage their businesses."

The Truth in Employment Act addresses problems that have arisen due to
overly-broad interpretations of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
When a "salt" applicant has been denied employment they can file a claim
with the National Labor Relations Board, which often initiates a legal
battle that employers find more costly to win than lose unjustly.

"I support the right of unions to organize, but we also must protect the
rights of non-union businesses and their employees. In our society, the
freedom to not organize is as precious as the freedom to organize. Both
sides in labor discussions should advance their interests through
persuasion, not coercion. My bill will take important steps to protect
businesses from anti-competitive, disruptive and unethical practices,"
DeMint said.

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**Greg Kaufmann**

**Institute for Global Security Studies**

**Austin Peay State University**

**P.O. Box 4657**

**Clarksville, TN 37044**

**(931) 221-7911**

**kaufmanng@apsu.edu**

**Background and Goal:** I retired in July 2005 after a 30 year Army
career, and accepted the position of founding Director of the Institute
for Global Security Studies (IGSS) at Austin Peay State University in
Clarksville, Tennessee. We opened the doors of the IGSS on 1 August 2005
after the Tennessee Board of Regents chartered the IGSS as a unique
organization within the higher education system in Tennessee. The
charter includes not just the expected, multidisciplinary development of
academic courses and degree programs, research, and consultative
services relating to the expanding field of global security studies, but
also explicitly directs us to support state and municipal homeland
security and emergency management elements and personnel in program and
course development and training offerings. Finally, APSU enjoys a long
association with Fort Campbell, another focus in our charter; APSU has
the largest educational presence on Fort Campbell in terms of both
enrollments and degree programs through its independent campus on the
base. APSU has notable competencies in military history, forensic
sciences, criminal justice with a homeland security focus, terrorism
\[including agriterrorism\] and counterterrorism, geo-information
systems, and the religion and culture of Islam, Judaism, and
Christianity. Our Continuing Education division offers a full range of
applicable courses to our many emergency management organizations,
including a recently developed Emergency Management Leadership
certificate program.

I hope to meet people with successful baccalaureate degree programs in
emergency management as our plan includes the movement from an emergency
management concentration to a baccalaureate over the coming years.
Seeking insight from others, learning of future challenges and needs of
the emergency management community to which we might contribute
solutions, gathering lessons learned, building relationships, seeking
future collaborative partners: fulfillment of these goals will make the
conference a success.