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provided will be the same, and the 

series will be continuous. 

The NCS will continue to provide 

employee benefit provision and 

participation data. These data include 

estimates of how many workers receive 

the various employer-sponsored 

benefits. The data also will include 

information about the common 

provisions of benefit plans. 

The NCS is revising the update 

collection forms from two (one benefits 

and one wages), to six forms by having 

unique private industry and government 

update collection forms and versions 

for: Benefits only collection, wages only 

collection, and combined benefit and 

wage collection. NCS update collection 

forms give respondents their previously 

reported information and the dates they 

expected change to occur to these data 

and space for reporting these changes. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: National Compensation Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0164. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and 

State, local, and tribal government. 

Total Respondents: 39,904 (three-year 

average). 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

All figures in the table below are 

based on a three-year average. The total 

respondents in the table are greater than 

the figure shown above because many 

respondents are asked to provide 

information relating to more than one 

form. 

Form 

Total 

respondents 

per form 

Frequency Total annual 

responses 

Avg. minutes 

for the 

predominant 

form use**

Total hours 

Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04–

1G).

(*) ........................................ (*) 19 (*) 

Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04–

1P).

6,065 Annual ............................ 6,065 19 1,921 

Earnings form (NCS Form 04–2G) ..................... (*) ........................................ (*) 20 (*) 

Earnings form (NCS Form 04–2P) ...................... 6,065 Annual ............................ 6,065 20 2,022 

Wage only—Government .................................... 2,272 Annual or quarterly ........ 2,526 20 842 

Wage only—Private Industry ............................... 15,042 Annual or quarterly ........ 20,486 20 6,828 

Work Level Form (NCS Form 04–3G) ................ (*) ........................................ (*) 25 (*) 

Work Level Form (NCS Form 04–3P) ................ 6,065 Annual ............................ 6,065 25 2,527 

Work Schedule Form (NCS 05–4G) ................... (*) ........................................ (*) 10 (*) 

Work Schedule Form (NCS 04–4P) .................... 6,065 Annual ............................ 6,065 10 1,011 

Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04–5G) .............. (*) ........................................ (*) 177 (*) 

Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04–5P) .............. 3,032 Annual ............................ 3,032 177 8,944 

Index benefits summary only—Government ....... 108 Quarterly ........................ 362 19 115 

Index benefits summary only—Private industry .. 2,316 Quarterly ........................ 7,759 19 2,457 

Index wage and benefits—Government .............. 2,055 Quarterly ........................ 6,884 39 4,475 

Index wage and benefits—Private industry ........ 9,266 Quarterly ........................ 31,040 39 20,176 

Collection not tied to a specific form for private industry and government (testing, 

QA/QM, etc.).

5,204 Unknown ........................ 6,819 38 4,319 

Totals ............................................................ 63,555 ........................................ 103,168 ........................ 55,637 

* Most NCS Government forms (NCS 04–XG), are only used for government sample initiations, but if any new metropolitan or non-metropolitan 

areas are added during collection period NCS Government initiation forms would be used. A non-substantive change request will be submitted to 

OMB if any new areas need to be added during the collection period. 

** Collection forms can have multiple uses. The table above shows the average collection times for the predominant uses of the forms. Record 

checks (for quality assurance and measurement) are done on a sub-sample of respondents verifying responses for pre-selected sections of the 

forms. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

August 2007. 

Cathy Kazanowski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E7–15540 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC 07–08] 

Notice of Quarterly Report (April 1, 

2007–June 30, 2007) 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge 

Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the 

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quarter April 1, 2007 through June 30, 

2007 with respect to both assistance 

provided under Section 605 of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. 

L. 108–199, Division D (the Act)), and 

transfers of funds to other federal 

agencies pursuant to Section 619 of that 

Act. The following report shall be made 

available to the public by means of 

publication in the Federal Register and 

on the Internet Web site of the MCC 

(www.mcc.gov) in accordance with 

Section 612(b) of the Act. 

ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605 

Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Madagascar Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $109,773,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: 3,485,000 

Land Tenure Project .................. $37,803,000 Increase Land Titling and Security.$2,279,000 Legislative proposal (‘‘loin de cadrage’’) 

reflecting the PNF submitted to Parliament and passed. 

Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored, and/or digitized. 

Average time and cost required to carry 

out property-related transactions at the 

local and/or national land services offices. Time/cost to respond to information request, issue titles and to modify 

titles after the first land right. 

Number of land disputes reported and resolved in the target zones and sites of 

implementation. 

Percentage of land in the zones that is 

demarcated and ready for titling. 

Promote knowledge and awareness of 

land tenure reforms among inhabitants 

in the zones (surveys). 

Finance Project .......................... $35,888,000 Increase Competition in the Financial Sector.$1,495,000 Submission to Parliament and passage of 

new laws recommended by outside experts and relevant commissions. 

CPA Association (CSC) list of accountants registered. 

Maximum check clearing delay. 

Volume of funds in payment system and 

number of transactions. 

Public awareness of new financial instruments (surveys). 

Report of credit and payment information 

to a central database. 

Number of holders of new denomination 

T-bill holdings, and T-bill issuance outside Antananarivo as measured by 

Central Bank report of redemption 

date. 

Volume of production covered by warehouse receipts in the zones. 

Volume of MFI lending in the zones. 

MFI portfolio-at-risk delinquency rate. 

Number of new bank accounts in the 

zones. 

Agricultural Business Investment 

Project.

$17,683,000 Improve Agricultural Projection 

Technologies and Market 

Capacity in Rural Areas.

$2,607,000 Number of rural producers receiving or 

soliciting information from ABCs about 

the opportunities. 

Zones identified and description of beneficiaries within each zone submitted. 

Number of cost-effective investment strategies developed. 

Number of plans prepared. 

Number of farmers and business employing technical assistance received. 

Program Administration* and 

Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.

$18,399,000 .................................................. $8,076,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** ........................ .................................................. $3,499,000 

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Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Honduras Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $215,000,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,497,000 

Rural Development Project ........ *$72,195,000 Increase the productivity and 

business skills of farmers 

who operate small and medium-size farms and their 

employees.

$5,264,000 Hours of technical assistance delivered to 

Program Farmers (thousands). 

Funds lent by MCA-Honduras to financial 

institutions (cumulative). 

Hours of technical assistance to financial 

institutions (cumulative). 

Lien Registry equipment installed. 

Kilometers of farm-to-market road upgraded (cumulative). 

Transportation Project ............... $125,700,000 Reduce transportation costs 

between targeted production 

centers and national, regional and global markets.

$478,000 Kilometers of highway upgraded. 

Kilometers of secondary road upgraded. 

Number of weight stations built. 

Program Administration* and 

Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.

$17,105,000 .................................................. $1,253,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** ........................ .................................................. $2,290,000 

Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Cape Verde Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $110,078,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,077,000 

Watershed and Agricultural Support.$10,848,000 Increase agricultural production 

in three targeted watershed 

areas on three islands.

$247,000 Productivity: Horticulture (tons per hectare). 

Value-added for farms and agribusiness 

(millions of dollars). 

Infrastructure Improvement ........ $78,760,000 Increase integration of the internal market and reduce 

transportation costs.

$4,084,000 Volume of goods shipped between Praia 

and other islands (tons). 

Mobility Ratio: Percentage of beneficiary 

population who take at least 5 trips per 

month. 

Savings on transport costs from improvements (million dollars). 

Private Sector Development ...... $7,200,000 Spur private sector development on all islands through 

increased investment in the 

priority sectors and through 

financial sector reform.

$88,000 Value added in priority sectors above current trends (escudos) 

Volume of private investment in priority 

sectors above current trends. 

Program Administration* and 

Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.

$13,270,000 .................................................. $4,979,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** ........................ .................................................. $3,815,000 

Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Nicaragua Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $174,925,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,300,000 

Property Regularization Project $26,400,000 Increase Investment by 

strengthening property rights.

$685,000 Automated registry-cadastre database installed. 

Number of parcels with a registered title, 

rural and urban (total of 21,000 and 

22,000, rural and urban, respectively). 

Projected areas demarcated. 

Number of projected area management 

plans implemented. 

Number of conflicts resolved by program 

mediation. 

Transportation Project ............... $92,800,000 Reduce transportation costs 

between Leon and 

Chinandega and national, regional and global markets.

$58,000 N–1 Road: Kilometers of road upgraded. 

Secondary Roads: Kilometers of secondary road upgraded. 

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Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Rural Business Development 

Project.

$33,500,000 Increase the value added of 

farms and enterprises in the 

region.

$1,623,000 Rural business development centers: 

Value of TA and support services delivered to program businesses. 

Improvement of water supply for farming 

and forest production: Watershed Management Action Plan. 

Funds disbursed for improvement of 

water supply for farming and forest production projects. 

Program Administration*, Due 

Diligence, Monitoring and 

Evaluation.

$22,225,000 .................................................. $2,700,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** $0 .................................................. $2,445,000 

Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Georgia Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $294,693,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,500,000 

Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitation.$211,700,000 Key Regional Infrastructure 

Rehabilitated.

$13,330,000 Reduction in journey time: AkhalkalakiNinotsminda-Teleti (hours). 

Reduction in vehicle operating costs (cumulative). 

Increase in internal regional traffic volumes (cumulative). 

Decreased technical losses. 

Reduction in the production of greenhouse gas emissions measured in tons 

of CO2 equivalent. 

Increased in collection rate of GGIC. 

Number of household beneficiaries 

served by RID projects (cumulative). 

Actual operations and maintenance expenditures (USD). 

Regional Enterprise Development.$47,500,000 Enterprises in Regions Developed.$6,439,000 Increase in annual revenue in portfolio 

companies (in 1,000 USD) 

Increase in number of portfolio company 

employees and number of local suppliers. 

Increase in portfolio companies’’ wages 

and payments to local suppliers (in 

1,000 USD). 

Jobs created. 

Increase in aggregate incremental net 

revenue to project assisted firms (in 

1,000 USD and cumulative over five 

years). 

Direct household net income (in 1,000 

USD cumulative over five years). 

Direct household net income for market 

information initiative beneficiaries (in 

1,000 USD cumulative over five years). 

Number of beneficiaries. 

Program Administration*, Due 

Diligence, Monitoring and 

Evaluation.

$35,493,000 .................................................. $4,806,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** $0 .................................................. $4,462,000 

Projects Obligated Objective Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Vanuatu Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $65,690,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0 

Transportation Infrastructure 

Project.

$60,690,000 Facilitate transportation to increase tourism and business 

development.

$2,000 Traffic volume (average annual daily traffic). 

Days road is closed (number per annum). 

Number of S-W Bay, Malekula flights 

cancelled due to flooding (per annum). 

Time of wharf (hours/vessel). 

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Projects Obligated Objective Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Program Administration*, Due 

Diligence, Monitoring and 

Evaluation.

$5,000,000 .................................................. $1,035,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** ........................ .................................................. $684,000 

Projects Obligated Objective Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Armenia Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $235,150,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,157,000 

Irrigated Agriculture Project ....... $145,680,000 Increase agricultural productivity and Improve Quality of 

Irrigation.

$2,496,000 Increase in hectares covered by HVA 

crops (i.e., vegetables, potato, fruits, 

grapes). 

Percentage of respondents satisfied with 

irrigation services. 

Share of WUA water charges compared 

WUA annual operations and maintenance cost (percentage). 

Number of farmers using better on-farm 

water management: drip irrigation; ET 

Gage, and soil moisture monitoring. 

Loans provided under the project (USD in 

thousands). 

Rural Road Rehabilitation 

Project.

$67,100,000 Better access to economic and 

social infrastructure.

$445,000 Annual increase in irrigated land in 

Project area (hectares). 

State budget expenditures on maintenance of irrigation system (AMD in millions). 

Reduction in Kilowatt hours used (thousand KWh). 

Share of water losses compared to total 

water intake (percentage). 

Share of WUA water charges compared 

to WUA annual operations and maintenance cost (percentage). 

Program Administration*, Due 

Diligence, Monitoring and 

Evaluation.

$22,370,000 .................................................. $1,382,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** $0 .................................................. $1,425,000 

Projects Obligated Objective Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Benin Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $305,761,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,872,000 

Access to Financial Services ..... $19,650,000 Expand Access to Financial 

Services.

$271,000 Strengthen capacity of select financial institutions. 

Strengthen monitoring capacity of Supervisory Authority. 

Total incremental increase in value of 

new credit extended and savings received by financial institutions participating in the project. 

Share value of all loans outstanding that 

have one or more installments of principal past due over 30 days. 

Total number of loans guaranteed by 

land titles, per year. 

Access to Justice ....................... $34,270,000 Improved Ability of Justice System to Enforce Contracts 

and Reconcile Claims.

$76,000 Increase efficiency and improved services 

of courts and the arbitration center. 

Increase access to court system. 

Improve enterprise registration center. 

Access to Land .......................... $36,020,000 Strengthen property rights and 

increase investment in rural 

and urban land.

$45,000 Value of investments made to rural land 

parcels per year; land investment data 

will come from self-reported data 

through EMICoV. 

Value of investments made to urban land 

parcels per year; land investment data 

will come from self-reported data 

through EMICoV. 

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Projects Obligated Objective Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Access to Markets ..................... $168,020,000 Improve Access to Markets 

through Improvements to the 

Port of Cotonou.

$4,000 Total volume of exports and imports 

passing through Port of Cotonou, per 

year in million metric tons. 

Program Administration*, Due 

Diligence, Monitoring and 

Evaluation.

$22,370,000 .................................................. $2,770,000 

Pending Subsequent Report ** $0 .................................................. 2,159,000 

Projects Obligated Objective Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Ghana Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $536,639,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,174,000 

Agriculture Project ..................... $239,552,000 Enhance Profitability of cultivation, services to agriculture 

and product handling in support of the expansion of 

commercial agriculture 

among groups of smallholder 

farms.

$0 Number of hectares irrigated. 

Number of days to conduct a land transaction. 

Number of land disputes in the pilot registration districts. 

Registration of land rights in the pilot registration districts. 

Volume of products passing through postharvest treatment (metric tons). 

Portfolio-at-risk of agriculture loan fund. 

Value of loans disbursed to clients from 

agricultural loan fund (US$). 

Number of additional loans. 

Vehicle operating costs (on roads requiring minor, medium and major rehabilitation). 

Rural Development .................... $101,288,000 Strengthen the rural institutions 

that provide services complementary to, and supportive of, agricultural and 

agriculture business development.

$0 Time/quality per procurement. 

Score card of citizen satisfaction with 

services. 

Gross enrollment rates. 

Gender parity in school enrollment. 

Distance to collect water. 

Time to collect water. 

Distance to sanitation facility. 

Travel time to sanitation facility. 

Incidence of guinea worm, diarrhea or 

bilharzias. 

Average number of days lost due to guinea worm, diarrhea or bilharzias. 

Percentage of households, schools, and 

agricultural processing plants in target 

districts with electricity. 

Number of inter-bank transactions. 

Value of deposit accounts in rural banks. 

Transportation ............................ $136,804,000 Reduce the transportation 

costs affecting agriculture 

commerce at sub-regional 

levels.

$0 Volume capacity ratio. 

Vehicles per hour at peak hour. 

Travel time at peak hour. 

International roughness index. 

Annual average daily traffic. 

Travel time for walk-on passengers and 

small vehicles. 

Travel time for trucks. 

Program Administration*, Due 

Diligence, Monitoring and 

Evaluation.

$22,370,000 .................................................. $0 

Pending Subsequent Report ** ........................ .................................................. $2,915,000 

* Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment. 

** Pending subsequent report amounts represent funds that have been disbursed to the country for specific projects and activities that will be reported by project in the subsequent quarterly. 

619 Transfer funds 

U.S. agency to which funds were transferred Amount Description of program or project 

$0 

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Dated: August 3, 2007. 

Frances C. McNaught, 

Vice President, Congressional and Public 

Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 07–3879 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: (07–055)] 

Notice of Centennial Challenges 2007 

Tether Challenge 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges 

2007 Tether Challenge 

SUMMARY: This notice is issued in 

accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451 (314) 

(d). The 2007 Tether Challenge is now 

scheduled, and teams that wish to 

compete may now register. The NASA 

Centennial Challenges Program is a 

program of prize contests to stimulate 

innovation and competition in space 

exploration and ongoing NASA mission 

areas. The 2007 Tether Challenge is a 

prize contest designed to develop very 

strong tether material for use in various 

structural applications. The 2007 Tether 

Challenge is being administered for 

NASA by the Spaceward Foundation. 

Their Web site is: http:// 

www.spaceward.org. The Centennial 

Challenges Web site is http://

www.centennialchallenges.nasa.gov. 

DATES: The 2007 Tether Challenge will 

be held on the dates of October 19–21, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: The location of the 2007 

Tether Challenge will be held at the 

Davis County Event Center just outside 

of Salt Lake City, Utah. Questions and 

comments regarding the NASA 

Centennial Challenges Program should 

be addressed to Mr. Ken Davidian, 

Centennial Challenges Program, 

Innovative Partnerships Program Office, 

NASA Headquarters, 20546–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ken Davidian, Centennial Challenges 

Program, Innovative Partnerships 

Program Office, NASA Headquarters, 

20546–0001, (202) 358–0748, 

kdavidian@nasa.gov. To register for and 

get additional information regarding the 

2007 Tether Challenge, visit: http:// 

www.elevator2010.org/site/ 

competitionTether2007.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary 

The purpose of the 2007 Tether 

Challenge is to develop very strong 

tether material for use in various 

structural applications. The competition 

requires a 50% improvement in 

breaking force from year to year, starting 

with a commercially available tether in 

2006. Additional requirements (such as 

operating temperature range, vacuum 

compatibility, and controlled electrical 

conductivity) will be added in future 

years. 

I. Challenge Basis and Prize Amount 

The complete 2007 Tether Challenge 

purse is $500,000. The 2007 Tether 

Challenge will be conducted in two 

rounds. The first round will pit tethers 

from two teams directly against each 

other to determine the team with the 

strongest tether. The second round will 

determine if the first-round winner(s) is/ 

are at least 50% stronger than a house 

tether that represents off-the-shelf 

materials. If it is (or they are), that/those 

team(s) will win the competition and 

share the prize purse. 

II. Eligibility 

The Centennial Challenges Program 

has established the following language 

in the 2007 Tether Challenge Team 

Agreement governing eligibility. For this 

section, challenge is the 2007 Tether 

Challenge. 

A team is an individual or private 

entity, or a group of individuals or 

private entities, that register to 

participate in challenge. A team is 

comprised of a team leader and team 

members. A team leader is, by 

definition, also a team member. 

Team members are participants on the 

team that are not the team leader. To be 

eligible to win the challenge prize, an 

individual or entity, (a) In the case of a 

private entity, shall be incorporated in 

and maintain a primary place of 

business in the United States, and (b) in 

the case of an individual, whether 

participating individually or as a 

member of a group, shall be a citizen or 

permanent resident of the United States. 

A team leader is a single private entity 

or individual which is the sole agent 

representing a team regarding its 

participation in challenge. In the case of 

the team leader that is a private entity, 

it must appoint an individual who is an 

officer of the private entity to represent 

the team leader. All team members will 

apply to register for the challenge 

through team leader and must receive 

written concurrence by Spaceward. 

All team members must execute an 

‘‘Adoption of Agreement’’ committing to 

all terms of this agreement. By signing 

below, team leader represents that all 

team members have executed the 

Adoption of Agreement and that no one 

else will become a member of the team 

or participate in the challenge until 

such new team member has signed this 

agreement. Spaceward may disqualify 

any team if it discovers that a person is 

acting as a team member who has not 

signed this agreement. Team leader will 

provide Spaceward with a copy of the 

‘‘Adoption of Agreement’’ signed by 

each team member. 

Any U.S. Government organization or 

organization principally or substantially 

funded by the Federal Government, 

including Federally Funded Research 

and Development Centers, Governmentowned, contractor operated (GOCO) 

facilities, and University Affiliated 

Research Centers, are ineligible to be a 

team leader or team member. 

Rules 

The rules for the 2007 Tether 

Challenge can be found at: http:// 

www.elevator2010.org/site/ 

competitionTether2007.html. 

Dated: July 31, 2007. 

Douglas A. Comstock, 

Director, Innovative Partnerships Program 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–15518 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: (07–056)] 

Notice of Centennial Challenges 2007 

Beam Power Challenge 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges 

2007 Beam Power Challenge. 

SUMMARY: This notice is issued in 

accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451 

(314)(d). 

The 2007 Beam Power Challenge is 

now scheduled and teams that wish to 

compete may now register. The NASA 

Centennial Challenges Program is a 

program of prize contests to stimulate 

innovation and competition in space 

exploration and ongoing NASA mission 

areas. The 2007 Beam Power Challenge 

is a prize contest designed to promote 

the development of new power 

distribution technologies. 

The 2007 Beam Power Challenge is 

being administered for NASA by the 

Spaceward Foundation. Their Web site 

is: http://www.spaceward.org. The 

Centennial Challenges Web site is 

http://www.centennialchallenges.nasa.

gov. 

DATES: The qualifying rounds of the 

2007 Beam Power Challenge will start 

on October 15, and the final competition 

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