Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 43 / Wednesday, March 5, 2014 / Notices 12563 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

including by Delegation of Authority 

No. 236–3 (August 28, 2000), and to the 

extent permitted by law, I hereby redelegate to the Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs the functions in section 

102 of the Mutual Educational and 

Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as 

amended (22 U.S.C. § 2452) relating to 

the provision by grant, contract or 

otherwise for a wide variety of 

educational and cultural exchanges. 

Notwithstanding this Delegation, the 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, the 

Deputy Secretary for Management and 

Resources, the Under Secretary for 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 

and the Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs may at 

any time exercise the functions 

delegated herein. 

Any reference in this Delegation of 

Authority to any statute or delegation of 

authority shall be deemed to be a 

reference to such statute or delegation of 

authority as amended from time to time. 

This Delegation shall be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: January 31, 2014. 

Evan Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04869 Filed 3–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 370] 

Authority To Promulgate Regulations 

Under Department of State 

Standardized Regulation 013 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of State by the Department 

of State Standardized Regulations and 

the authorities therefore, and pursuant 

to the authority vested in me by 

Delegation of Authority No. 198, dated 

September 16, 1992, I hereby delegate to 

the Executive Director for the Bureau of 

Human Resources, to the extent 

authorized by law, the authority of the 

Secretary to promulgate implementing 

regulations pursuant to Department of 

State Standardized Regulation 013, and 

to set appropriate policies and 

procedures. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary for 

Management and Resources, and the 

Under Secretary for Management, may 

at any time exercise the authority herein 

delegated. 

This delegation of authority will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 16, 2014. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary of State for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04896 Filed 3–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Global Positioning System PreOperational Civil Navigation; Message 

Continuous Broadcast 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to seek comment from the public and 

industry regarding plans by the United 

States Air Force to broadcast preoperational L2C and L5 civil navigation 

(CNAV) messages from certain Global 

Positioning System (GPS) satellites 

beginning in April 2014. These 

messages will be formatted in 

accordance with Interface Specifications 

IS–GPS–200G and IS–GPS–705C, each 

dated 31 Jan 2013. However, a preoperational signal means the availability 

and other characteristics of the 

broadcast signal may not comply with 

all requirements of the relevant Interface 

Specifications and should be employed 

at the users’ own risk. 

The Department of Transportation 

seeks comments on: (a) The benefits, 

risks, or issues to users from this plan, 

including comments on the appropriate 

timeline for broadcasting preoperational CNAV messages. Comments 

are requested from industry on: (b) the 

receiver development benefits and other 

intended uses of pre-operational signals, 

and (c) the benefits and potential 

impacts to users of continuous preoperational CNAV messages with L2C 

and L5 signals set healthy. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number [DOT– 

OST–2014–0028] using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

Confidential Business Information: If 

you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the address 

given below under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you 

should submit a copy from which you 

have deleted the claimed confidential 

business information to the docket. 

When you send a comment containing 

information identified as confidential 

business information, you should 

include a cover letter setting forth the 

reasons you believe the information 

qualifies as ‘‘confidential business 

information’’. (49 CFR 7.17) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice or 

would like to schedule a discussion, 

contact Karen L. Van Dyke, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology Administration, Director 

Positioning, Navigation, and Timing and 

Spectrum Management, telephone 202– 

366–3180 or email karen.vandyke@

dot.gov. If you have questions on 

viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, call Barbara Hairston, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The United States Government is 

currently adding new civil signals to the 

GPS constellation, including L2C and 

L5. The Commander of the United 

States Air Force Space Command 

directed that, beginning in April 2014, 

GPS satellites will broadcast navigation 

messages on the L2C and L5 signals to 

facilitate development of compatible 

user equipment and CNAV operational 

procedures. This extended preoperational continuous broadcast is the 

next phase of development of a new 

capability based on the testing done in 

June 2013, per 78 Federal Register 

Notice 17185, March 20, 2013. This 

broadcast message capability is to be 

implemented using current GPS ground 

control capabilities in advance of more 

automated capabilities to become 

operational with the Next Generation 

GPS Operational Control System, called 

OCX. 

The CNAV message broadcasts 

planned to begin in April 2014 will be 

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