35036 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 26, 2007 / Notices 

national importance of fostering 

technological innovation based upon 

solid science, resulting in commercially 

successful products and services. 

On March 2, 2007, the Technology 

Administration published a notice of 

solicitation for nominees for the 2007 

National Medal of Technology. The 

original deadline for nominees was May 

31, 2007. Due to server problems 

encountered during the submission 

period, which resulted in the inability 

for some nomination packages to be 

submitted before the deadline, the 

Technology Administration is extending 

the deadline from May 31, 2007, to July 

18, 2007. Nomination packages 

submitted and received between May 

31, 2007 and June 26, 2007 are deemed 

to be timely. All other program 

requirements and information published 

in the original solicitation remain 

unchanged. 

Eligibility and Criteria: Information on 

eligibility and nomination criteria is 

provided on the Nominations 

Guidelines Form at http:// 

www.technology.gov/medal. Applicants 

who do not have internet access should 

contact Connie Chang, Research 

Director, Technology Administration at 

the e-mail address or telephone number 

above to request this information. 

Dated: June 15, 2007. 

Robert C. Cresanti, 

Under Secretary for Technology, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. E7–12327 Filed 6–25–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Advisory Committee Meetings 

AGENCY: Defense Science Board. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

2007 Summer Study on Challenges to 

Military Operations in Support of 

National Interests will meet in closed 

session on August 6–16, 2007; at the 

Beckman Center, Irvine, CA. 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. At 

this meeting, the Board will review 

previous and ongoing studies regarding 

stressing wars; identify defining 

parameters for challenges to military 

operations; assess capability gaps; and 

identify possible solutions. 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

App. 2) and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the 

Department of Defense has determined 

that these Defense Science Board 

Summer Study meeting will be closed to 

the public. Specifically, the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics), with the 

coordination of the DoD Office of 

General Counsel, has determined in 

writing that all sessions of these 

meetings will be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned 

throughout with matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Science Board, Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the Designated 

Federal Official at the address detailed 

below, at any point, however, if a 

written statement is not received at least 

10 calendar days prior to the meeting, 

which is the subject of this notice, then 

it may not be provided to or considered 

by the Defense Science Board. The 

Designated Federal Official will review 

all timely submissions with the Defense 

Science Board Chairperson, and ensure 

they are provided to members of the 

Defense Science Board before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Debra Rose, Executive Officer, Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301–

3140, via e-mail at debra.rose@osd.mil, 

or via phone at (703) 571–0084. 

Dated: June 20, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[DoD–2007–OS–0066] 

National Information Assurance 

Program 

AGENCY: Department of Defense; 

National Security Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of new fees. 

SUMMARY: Section 933 of Pub. L. 109–

364, the John Warner National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 

provides that the Director, National 

Security Agency, may collect charges for 

evaluating, certifying, or validating 

information assurance products under 

the National Information Assurance 

Program (NIAP) or successor program. 

Table A sets forth the Fee-For-Service 

rates that will be assessed to NIAP 

accredited commercial Common Criteria 

Testing Labs (CCTLs) for ‘‘validation’’

services performed by NIAP validator 

personnel on information technology 

(IT) security products being evaluated 

by the NIAP CCTLs pursuant to the 

Common Criteria Evaluation and 

Validation Scheme (CCEVS). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 27, 2007. Do not 

submit comments directly to the point 

of contact or mail your comments to any 

address other than what is shown 

below. Doing so will delay the posting 

of the submission. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and or RIN 

number and title, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or Regulatory 

Information Number (RIN) for this 

Federal Register document. The general 

policy for comments and other 

submissions from members of the public 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing on the Internet at 

http://regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Audrey M. Dale, 410–854–4458. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSA and 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) formed the NIAP in 

order to promote information security in 

various ways, including the evaluation 

of IT security products. Commercial IT 

security product vendors initiate the 

NIAP evaluation process through 

submission of their IT security product 

to a nationally accredited commercial 

CCTL for evaluation against the 

internationally recognized Common 

Criteria (CC) Standard for Information 

Technology Security Evaluation (ISO 

Standard 15408). NIAP evaluation is 

voluntary for IT security products that 

are acquired by United States 

Government (USG) civil agencies and 

non-USG entities, but as per National 

Security Telecommunications & 

Information Systems Security Policy 

(NSTISSP) No. 11, mandatory for IT 


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