Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 / Notices 59879 

Abstract of Patent 

A load carriage connector and system 

for rapid mounting and demounting of 

a user-carried load. The connector 

utilizes two mating halves comprising a 

male connector half and a female 

connector half. The connector is 

configured to allow mating under 

various angles of approach, allowing the 

user to reliably couple the system even 

under conditions in which the user is 

unable to view the orientation of the 

connectors. Additionally, the 

configuration of the connector system 

allows the user to quickly and 

efficiently decouple the connector 

halves, even while under tensile or 

shear load. 

The Department of the Air Force may 

grant the prospective license unless a 

timely objection is received that 

sufficiently shows the grant of the 

license would be inconsistent with the 

Bayh-Dole Act or implementing 

regulations. A competing application for 

a patent license agreement, completed 

in compliance with 37 CFR 404.8 and 

received by the Air Force within the 

period for timely objections, will be 

treated as an objection and may be 

considered as an alternative to the 

proposed license. 

Tommy W. Lee, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18678 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket DARS–2023–0020; OMB Control 

Number 0750–0002] 

Information Collection; Covered 

Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposal for extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by September 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS); DFARS Part 204, 

Covered Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services; OMB Control 

Number 0750–0002. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit entities. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 3,446. 

Annual Responses: 172,320. 

Annual Response Burden Hours: 

62,085. 

Needs and Uses: The collection of 

information is necessary to protect 

against foreign interference with DoD 

telecommunications, which could 

jeopardize our military 

communications, the lives of our 

warfighters, and our national security. 

The collection of information is 

essential to the mission of the agencies 

to ensure DoD does not purchase 

prohibited equipment, systems, and 

services, and can respond appropriately 

if any such purchases are not identified 

until after delivery or use. 

This requirement supports 

implementation of section 1656(b) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

fiscal year 2018. Section 1656 prohibits 

DoD from procuring or obtaining, or 

extending or renewing a contract to 

procure or obtain, any equipment, 

system, or service to carry out the 

nuclear deterrence mission and 

homeland defense mission that uses 

covered telecommunications equipment 

or services as a substantial or essential 

component of any system, or as critical 

technology as a part of any system. 

This requirement is implemented in 

the Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 

through the provision at 252.204–7017, 

Prohibition on the Acquisition of 

Covered Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services—Representation, 

and the clause at 252.204–7018, 

Prohibition on Acquisition of Covered 

Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services. 

This clearance covers the following 

requirements: 

• DFARS 252.204–7017 requires that 

if an offeror provides an affirmative 

representation under the provision at 

252.204–7016, Covered Defense 

Telecommunications Equipment or 

Services—Representation, that offeror is 

required to represent whether it will or 

will not provide under the contract 

covered defense telecommunications 

equipment or services. 

• DFARS 252.204–7018 requires 

contractors to report covered 

telecommunications equipment, 

systems, and services identified during 

performance of a contract. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18633 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees— 

Defense Policy Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that it is renewing 

the Defense Policy Board (DPB). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, DoD Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoD 

is renewing the DPB in accordance with 

chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code 

(U.S.C.) (commonly known as the 

‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’ or 

‘‘FACA’’) and 41 CFR 102–3.50(d). The 

charter and contact information for the 

DPB’s Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 

are found at https://

www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/

FACAPublicAgencyNavigation. 

The DPB provides the Secretary of 

Defense and the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense (‘‘the DoD Appointing 

Authority’’) independent advice and 

recommendations on matters 

concerning defense policy and national 

security issues. Specifically, the DPB 


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