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be granted unless within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, the NIH receives written evidence and argument that establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

Properly filed competing applications for a license filed in response to this notice will be treated as objections to the contemplated license. Comments and objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made available for public inspection, and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

Dated: June 4, 2013. Richard Rodriguez, Director, Division of Technology Development and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2013–13628 Filed 6–7–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4140–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY** 

**[DHS–2013–0037]**

**Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee**  **(HSINAC); Meeting**

**AGENCY :**  OPS/OCIO, DHS.

**ACTION :**  Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee (HSINAC) will meet on Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 from 1 p.m.– 3 p.m. EST by teleconference. The HSINAC provides advice and recommendations to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on matters relating to the HSIN Program. These matters include system requirements, operating policies, community organization, knowledge management, interoperability and federation with other systems, and any other aspect of HSIN that supports the operations of DHS and its federal, state, territorial, local, tribal, international, and private sector mission partners. The purpose of this next meeting is for the committee to receive an interim status update on the HSIN Program and progress made since the last meeting in February 2013. Specifically, the HSIN Program would like to request advice and recommendations on the user experience regarding the identity proofing process, HSIN Legacy to HSIN Release 3 migration process, and discuss communication tactics regarding the HSIN value proposition. The meeting will be conducted virtually through a teleconference line provided below. The meeting will be open to the public.

**DATES :**  HSINAC will meet Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. EST via teleconference. Please note that the meeting may end early if the committee has completed its business.

**ADDRESSES :**  Members of the public may monitor the meeting by calling: 1–800– 320–4330 Conference Pin: 673978. The teleconference lines will be open for the public and the meeting brief will be posted beforehand at this link: http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-securityinformation-network-advisorycommittee . There is a meeting room reserved at 131 M St. NE., Washington, DC, Floor 3, Room 03Q15, whereas members of the public may come to participate. The building is a Federal facility and all guests will need to show official government-issued photo identification to the security guards upon entrance. Guests will also be required to process through a metal detector and have their bags scanned. If the Federal government is closed, the meeting will be rescheduled.

For information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact Michael Brody, michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov, 202–357– 7661, as soon as possible.

To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment on the issues to be considered by the committee as listed in the ‘‘Summary’’ section below. Comments must be submitted in writing no later than June 20th and must be identified by DHS– 2013–0037 and may be submitted by

one of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• Email: Michael Brody, michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov. Please also include the docket number in the subject line of the message.

• Fax: 202–357–7678

• Mail: Michael Brody, Department of Homeland Security, OPS CIO–D Stop 0426, 245 Murray Lane SW., BLDG 410, Washington, DC 20528–0426.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the words ‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’ and the docket number for this action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received by the HSINAC go
to http://www.regulations.gov

. A public comment period will be held during the meeting on Tuesday, June 25th from 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., and speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please note that the public comment period may end before the time indicated, following the last call for comments. Contact the individual listed below to register as a speaker.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Designated Federal Officer, Michael Brody, Michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov, Phone: 202–357–7661, Fax: 202–357– 7678, or Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Sarah Schwettman, sarah.schwettman@hq.dhs.gov, Phone:
202–357–7882.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 United States Code Appendix. (Pub. L. 92–463).

The HSINAC will meet to review, discuss and make recommendations on key messaging to stakeholder community showcasing the vision of HSIN and its progressive development efforts. Agenda

• Review the HSINAC members’ HSIN Release 3 (R3) registration experiences

Æ Discuss the results of the HSIN Policy/HSIN Development informal analysis and capture feedback from the HSINAC members

• Update On HSIN R3 Migration Status, Latest advances in system development, and the HSIN Communications Implementation Strategy

• Obtain recommendations from the HSINAC on key messaging and delivery tactics regarding the following communication topics:

Æ Identity Proofing (IDP) Process

• An electronic based process whereas HSIN Release 3 applicants are required to answer knowledge-based questions pertaining to their personal financial history, credit history, etc. in order to successfully verify their identity before gaining access into HSIN Release 3. This new requirement advances overall system security. The HSIN Program would like to obtain advice on how to best communicate this IDP process to the user communities.

Æ HSIN Legacy to HSIN Release 3 Migration Process

• HSIN Legacy users are being migrated to the HSIN Release 3 platform. The objective for this discussion topic is for the HSIN Program to identify how well the user experience transition was implemented and ways that the process can be


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enhanced going forward. Additionally, the HSIN Program will obtain advice from the HSINAC on the current communication efforts regarding migration and how these efforts could be more effective.

Æ HSIN Release 3 Value Proposition

• The HSIN Release 3 platform has advanced features and functionalities associated with the upgrade. The HSIN Program is seeking advice from the HSINAC on how to best communicate the value proposition—including its advanced features/functionalities, enhanced security measures, and advanced information sharing capabilities—to the enterprise-wide user community.

Æ 15 minute public comment period

Æ HSINAC deliberation session and vote on recommendations

Dated: June 3, 2013. James Lanoue, HSIN Acting Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 2013–13617 Filed 6–7–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT** 

**[Docket No. FR–5718–N–01]**

**Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program—Fiscal Year (FY)**  **2013 Inflation Factors for Public Housing Agency (PHA) Renewal**  **Funding**

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, HUD.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The FY 2013 HUD Appropriations Act requires that HUD apply ‘‘an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by notice published in the Federal Register ’’ to adjust FY 2013 renewal funding for the Tenant-based Rental Assistance Program or Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program of each PHA. For FY 2011 and FY 2010, renewal funding was based on annual adjustment factors (AAFs) and HUD published separate Renewal Funding AAFs for this purpose. These Renewal Funding AAFs, based only on Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for rents and utilities, were replaced for FY 2012 by inflation factors that incorporate additional economic indices to measure the expected change in the per unit cost (PUC) for the HCV program. The methodology for FY 2013 remains unchanged from that used in FY 2012.

**DATES :**  Effective Date: June 10, 2013.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Michael S. Dennis, Director, Housing Voucher Programs, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, telephone number 202–708–1380; or Peter B. Kahn, Director, Economic and Market Analysis Division, Office of Policy Development and Research, telephone number 202–402–2409, for technical information regarding the development of the schedules for specific areas or the methods used for calculating the inflation factors, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or speech-impaired persons may contact the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– 8339 (TTY). (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TTY number, the above-listed telephone numbers are not toll free.)

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  I. Background

Tables showing Renewal Funding Inflation Factors will be available electronically from the HUD data information page at: http:// www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/rfif/ FY2013/FY2013

_IF

_ Table.pdf. In prior years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been using Renewal Funding AAFs based on Consumer Price Index data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on ‘‘rent of primary residence’’ and ‘‘fuels and utilities’’ as the inflation factor to calculate the renewal funding for each PHA. During this period, HUD undertook several projects to better understand the drivers of the annual change in housing subsidy costs for the tenant-based voucher program. Division F, Title VIII, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113–6, approved March 26, 2013) requires that the HUD Secretary, for the calendar year 2013 funding cycle, provide renewal funding for each public housing agency (PHA) based on validated voucher management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by notice published in the Federal Register . This notice provides the FY 2013 inflation factors and describes the methodology for calculating them. II. Methodology

The Department has focused on measuring the change in average PUC as captured in HUD’s administrative data in VMS. In order to predict the likely path of PUC over time, HUD has implemented a model that uses several economic indices that capture key components of the economic climate and assist in explaining the changes in PUC. These economic components are the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate (lagged twelve months) and the Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the ‘‘wages and salaries’’ component of personal income from the National Income and Product Accounts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This model subsequently forecasts the expected annual change in average PUC from Calendar Year (CY) 2012 to CY 2013 for the voucher program on a national basis by incorporating comparable economic variables from the Administration’s economic assumptions. For reference, these economic assumptions are described in the FY 2014 Budget.

The inflation factor for an individual geographic area is based on the change in the area’s Fair Market Rent (FMR) between FY 2012 and FY 2013. These changes in FMR are then scaled such that the voucher-weighted average of all individual area inflation factors is equal to the expected annual change in national PUC from FY 2012 to FY 2013, and also such that no area has a negative factor. HUD subsequently applies these calculated individual area inflation factors to eligible renewal funding for each PHA based on VMS leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year. For the CY 2013 PHA HCV allocation uses 0.41 percent as the annual change in PUC. This figure was calculated by using VMS data through December of 2012 and actual performance of economic indices through the December of 2012.

III. The Use of Inflation Factors

The inflation factors have been developed to account for relative differences in the PUC of vouchers so that HCV funds can be allocated among PHAs. HUD will continue to update the current model with available data in order to assess the expected annual change in PUC and intends to update the methodology for future funding estimates. HUD is also continuing to review and refine the methodology, especially for area differences in the factors, which will be described in future inflation factor notices. IV. Geographic Areas

Inflation factors based on PUC forecasts are produced for all Class A CPI cities (CPI cities with a population of 1.5 million or more) and for the four Census Regions. They are applied to core-based statistical areas (CBSAs), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), according to how much of the CBSA is covered by the CPI city-survey. If more than 75 percent ofthe CBSA is covered by the CPI citysurvey, the inflation factor that is based