### 64399 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 2014 / Notices

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Karin F Helmers, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3148, MSC 7770, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 254– 9975, helmersk@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel Clinical Trial Planning Grant for Interventions and Services to Improve Treatment and Prevention of HIV/ AIDS.

Date: November 19, 2014. Time: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call),

Contact Person: Jose H Guerrier, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5218, MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 1137, guerriej@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Date: November 20, 2014. Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting).

Contact Person: Laurent Taupenot, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4188, MSC 7850, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 1203, laurent.taupenot@nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National Institutes of Health, HHS).

Dated: October 23, 2014. Carolyn Baum, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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**DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY** 

**[Docket No. DHS–2014–0045]**

**Homeland Security Advisory Council— New Tasking** 

**AGENCY :**  The Office of Policy, DHS.

**ACTION :**  Notice of task assignment for the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

**SUMMARY :**  The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Jeh Johnson tasked his Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) to establish a DHS Employee Morale Task Force on Thursday, October 9, 2014. The DHS Employee Morale Task Force will provide recommendations on how to improve employee morale throughout the DHS enterprise. This notice informs the public of the establishment of the DHS Employee Morale Task Force and is not a solicitation for membership.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mike Miron, Director, Homeland Security Advisory Council and the DHS Employee Morale Task Force at 202–
447–3135 or mike.miron@dhs.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The Homeland Security Advisory Council provides organizationally independent, strategic, timely, specific, and actionable advice and recommendations for the consideration of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters related to homeland security. The Homeland Security Advisory Council is comprised of leaders of local law enforcement, first responders, state and local government, the private sector, and academia.

Tasking: The DHS Employee Morale Task Force should develop findings and recommendations in the following topic areas. The DHS Employee Morale Task Force should address, among other closely related topics, the following questions: (1) What are the core or root causes of continued low morale in the Department of Homeland Security? (2) How can DHS strengthen its leadership cadre, in order to both enhance mission effectiveness and also increase employee morale? (3) How can DHS work as a whole, across the agencies and recognizing their distinct cultures, to build a greater sense of belonging and improve employee morale? (4) Referencing the 2007 HSAC DHS Morale Assessment: which of those recommendations were successfully implemented? For those items that were not but still remain relevant, what changes should be made to increase the likelihood of successful implementation and organizational adoption?

Schedule: The DHS Employee Morale Task Force’s findings and recommendations will be submitted to the Homeland Security Advisory Council for their deliberation and vote during a public meeting. Once the report is approved it will be sent to the Secretary for his review and acceptance. DHS Employee Morale Task Force findings and recommendations should be submitted to the Homeland Security Advisory Council no later than nine months after the publication of the date of this tasking.

Dated: October 21, 2014. Ben Haiman, Deputy Executive Director, Homeland Security Advisory Council, DHS.
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**DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY** 

**Coast Guard**

**[Docket No. USCG–2014–0956]**

**Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee** 

**AGENCY :**  Coast Guard, DHS.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Teleconference Meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee will meet, via teleconference, to discuss Task Statement 87, concerning review of the policy documents providing guidance on the Coast Guard final rule entitled, ‘‘Implementation of the Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and Changes to National Endorsements.’’ This meeting will be open to the public.

**DATES :**  The teleconference meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, from 1 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please note that this meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished.

Written comments for distribution to Committee members and inclusion on the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee Web site must be submitted on or before November 25, 2014. Contact Mr. Breyer as indicated in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** section of this notice no later than December 3, 2014, to register as a speaker.

**ADDRESSES :**  To participate by phone, contact the Alternate Designated Federal Officer listed below in the **FOR FURTHER**
**INFORMATION CONTACT** section to obtain teleconference information. Note the number of teleconference lines islimited and will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis. To join those participating in this teleconference from U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, come to Room 6J07–02, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20593– 7509. Due to security at the Coast Guard Headquarters building, members of the public wishing to attend must register, on or before December 3, 2014, with Mr. Davis Breyer, Alternate Designated