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a. Staff report. 

b. Public comment. 

4. Staff report on history and 

implementation of LSC restrictions: 

a. Staff report. 

b. Public comment. 

5. Consider and act on adoption of a 

regulatory agenda for Operations & 

Regulations Committee for 2007: 

a. OIG report. 

b. Staff report. 

c. Public comment. 

6. Consider and act on adoption of 

Personnel Manual: 

a. Staff report. 

b. Public comment. 

7. Consider and act on response to 

OIG Fiscal Practices Report 

recommendation regarding locality pay 

for LSC President: 

a. Staff report. 

b. Public comment. 

8. Public comment. 

9. Consider and act on other business. 

10. Consider and act on adjournment 

of meeting. 

Saturday, January 20, 2007 

Finance Committee 

Agenda 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Approval of the minutes of the 

Committee’s meeting of October 28, 

2006. 

3. Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2006 

Annual Financial Audit: 

• Kirt West, Inspector General. 

• Nancy Davis, M.D. Oppenheim. 

4. Presentation on LSC’s Financial 

Reports for the first two months of FY 

2007: 

• Presentation by David Richardson, 

Treasurer/Comptroller. 

• Comments by Charles Jeffress, Chief 

Administrative Officer. 

5. Consider and act on adoption of 

Revised Temporary Operating Budget 

for FY 2007: 

• David Richardson. 

6. Staff report on revisions to LSC 

travel regulations: 

• Charles Jeffress. 

7. Staff report on progress of 

comparison of other federal spending 

practices (in addition to travel) to LSC 

spending practices: 

• Charles Jeffress. 

8. Consider and act on adoption of 

budget guidelines: 

• Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel. 

• Laurie Tarantowicz, OIG. 

9. Public comment. 

10. Consider and act on other 

business. 

11. Consider and act on adjournment 

of meeting. 

Board of Directors 

Agenda 

Open Session 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Approval of minutes of the Board’s 

meeting of October 28, 2006. 

3. Approval of minutes of the 

Executive Session of the Board’s 

meeting of October 28, 2006. 

4. Approval of minutes of the Board’s 

Open Session Telephonic meeting of 

November 27, 2006. 

5. Approval of minutes of the Board’s 

Open Session Telephonic meeting of 

December 18, 2006. 

6. Consider and act on nominations 

for the Chairman of the Board of 

Directors. 

7. Consider and act on nominations 

for the Vice Chairman of the Board of 

Directors. 

8. Consider and act on delegation to 

Chairman of authority to make 

Committee assignments. 

9. Chairman’s Report. 

10. Members’ Reports. 

11. President’s Report. 

12. Inspector General’s Report. 

13. Consider and act on the report of 

the Provision for the Delivery of Legal 

Services Committee. 

14. Consider and act on the report of 

the Finance Committee. 

15. Consider and act on the report of 

the Operations & Regulations 

Committee. 

16. Staff presentation on LSC’s 

Technology Initiative Grants. 

17. Staff presentation on LSC’s 

Competitive Grants Process. 

18. Status Report on Performance 

Measures for Strategic Directions. 

19. Consider and act on the selection 

of locations for LSC Board meetings in 

calendar year 2008. 

20. Consider and act on Director 

Fuentes’ suggestion that Board meet 

more frequently. 

21. Public comment. 

22. Consider and act on other 

business. 

23. Consider and act on whether to 

authorize an executive session of the 

Board to address items listed below 

under Closed Session. 

Closed Session 

24. Consider and act on the report of 

the Performance Reviews Committee. 

25. Consider and act on General 

Counsel’s report on potential and 

pending litigation involving LSC. 

26. IG briefing of the Board. 

27. Consider and act on motion to 

adjourn meeting. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Patricia D. Batie, Manager of Board 

Operations, at (202) 295–1500. 

SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting 

notices will be made available in 

alternate formats to accommodate visual 

and hearing impairments. Individuals 

who have a disability and need an 

accommodation to attend the meeting 

may notify Patricia D. Batie, at (202) 

295–1500. 

January 11, 2007. 

Victor M. Fortuno, 

Vice President for Legal Affairs, General 

Counsel & Corporate Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: 07–002] 

No FEAR Act Notice 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice to NASA employees, 

former NASA employees, and 

applicants for NASA employment 

regarding rights and protections 

available under Federal 

antidiscrimination and whistleblower 

protection laws. 

SUMMARY: This notice fulfills NASA’s 

‘‘No FEAR Act Notice’’ Federal Register 

publication obligations, as required by 

the Act and by the Office of Personnel 

Management implementing regulations 

at 5 CFR 724.202. 

DATES: This notice is effective the date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda R. Manuel, Assistant 

Administrator for Diversity and Equal 

Opportunity, National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, Suite 4W39, 300 

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20546. 

Telephone: (202) 358–2167. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

15, 2002, Congress enacted the 

‘‘Notification and Federal Employee 

Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 

of 2002’’ which is now known as the No 

FEAR Act. One purpose of the Act is to 

‘‘require that Federal agencies be 

accountable for violations of 

antidiscrimination and whistleblower 

protection laws.’’ Public Law 107–174. 

In support of this purpose, Congress 

found that ‘‘agencies cannot be run 

effectively if those agencies practice or 

tolerate discrimination.’’ Public Law 

107–174, Title I, General Provisions, 

section 101(1). 

The Act also requires Federal 

agencies, including the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA), to provide this notice to 

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Federal employees, former Federal 

employees and applicants for Federal 

employment to inform you of the rights 

and protections available to you under 

Federal antidiscrimination and 

whistleblower protection laws. 

Antidiscrimination Laws 

The National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration cannot discriminate 

against an employee or applicant for 

Federal employment with respect to the 

terms, conditions or privileges of 

employment on the basis of race, color, 

religion, sex, national origin, age, 

disability, marital status or political 

affiliation. Discrimination on these 

bases is prohibited by one or more of the 

following statutes: 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), 

29 U.S.C. 206(d), 29 U.S.C. 631, 29 

U.S.C. 633a, 29 U.S.C. 791 and 42 U.S.C. 

2000e–16. If you believe that you have 

been the victim of unlawful 

discrimination on the basis of race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin or 

disability, you must contact an Equal 

Employment Opportunity (EEO) 

counselor within 45 calendar days of 

the alleged discriminatory action, or, in 

the case of a personnel action, within 45 

calendar days of the effective date of the 

action, before you can file a formal 

complaint of discrimination with your 

agency. See, e.g., 29 CFR part 1614. If 

you believe that you have been the 

victim of unlawful discrimination on 

the basis of age, you must either contact 

an EEO counselor, as noted above, or 

give notice of intent to sue to the U.S. 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC) within 180 

calendar days of the alleged 

discriminatory action. If you are alleging 

discrimination based on marital status 

or political affiliation, you may file a 

written complaint with the U.S. Office 

of Special Counsel (OSC) (see contact 

information below). In the alternative 

(or in some cases, in addition), you may 

pursue a discrimination complaint by 

filing a grievance through NASA’s 

administrative or negotiated grievance 

procedures, if such procedures apply 

and are available. 

Whistleblower Protection Laws 

A NASA employee with authority to 

take, direct others to take, recommend 

or approve any personnel action must 

not use that authority to take or fail to 

take, or threaten to take or fail to take, 

a personnel action against an employee 

or applicant because of disclosure of 

information by that individual that is 

reasonably believed to evidence 

violations of law, rule or regulation; 

gross mismanagement; gross waste of 

funds; an abuse of authority; or a 

substantial and specific danger to public 

health or safety, unless disclosure of 

such information is specifically 

prohibited by law and such information 

is specifically required by Executive 

Order to be kept secret in the interest of 

national defense or the conduct of 

foreign affairs. Retaliation against an 

employee or applicant for making a 

protected disclosure is prohibited by 5 

U.S.C. 2302(b)(8). If you believe that you 

have been the victim of whistleblower 

retaliation, you may file a written 

complaint (Form OSC–11) with the U.S. 

Office of Special Counsel at 1730 M 

Street, NW., Suite 218, Washington, DC 

20036–4505 or online through the OSC 

Web site—http://www.osc.gov. 

Retaliation for Engaging in Protected 

Activity 

NASA cannot retaliate against an 

employee or applicant for employment 

because that individual exercises his or 

her rights under any of the Federal 

antidiscrimination or whistleblower 

protection laws listed above. If you 

believe that you are the victim of 

retaliation for engaging in protected 

activity, you must follow, as 

appropriate, the procedures described in 

the Antidiscrimination Laws and 

Whistleblower Protection Laws sections 

or, if applicable, the administrative or 

negotiated grievance procedures in 

order to pursue any legal remedy. 

Disciplinary Actions 

Under the existing laws, NASA 

retains the right, where appropriate, to 

discipline an employee for conduct that 

is inconsistent with Federal 

Antidiscrimination and Whistleblower 

Protection Laws up to and including 

removal. If OSC has initiated an 

investigation under 5 U.S.C. 1214, 

NASA is required under 5 U.S.C. 

1214(f), to obtain approval from the 

Special Counsel to discipline employees 

for, among other activities, engaging in 

prohibited retaliation. Nothing in the No 

FEAR Act alters existing laws or permits 

NASA to take unfounded disciplinary 

action against a Federal employee or to 

violate the procedural rights of a Federal 

employee who has been accused of 

discrimination. 

Additional Information 

For further information regarding the 

No FEAR Act regulations, refer to 5 CFR 

part 724. You may also contact NASA’s 

Office of Diversity and Equal 

Opportunity at (202) 358–2167, or 

access NASA’s Office of the Inspector 

General Web site at http:// 

www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oig/hq/. 

Additional information regarding 

Federal antidiscrimination, 

whistleblower protection and retaliation 

laws can be found at the EEOC Web 

site—http://www.eeoc.gov and the OSC 

Web site—http://www.osc.gov. 

Existing Rights Unchanged 

Pursuant to section 205 of the No 

FEAR Act, neither the Act nor this 

notice creates, expands or reduces any 

rights otherwise available to any 

employee, former employee or applicant 

under the laws of the United States, 

including the provisions of law 

specified in 5 U.S.C. 2302(d). 

Brenda R. Manuel, 

Assistant Administrator for Diversity and 

Equal Opportunity. 

[FR Doc. E7–541 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (07–001)] 

Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to grant 

exclusive license. 

SUMMARY: This notice is issued in 

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 

37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby 

gives notice of its intent to grant an 

exclusive license in the United States to 

practice the inventions described and 

claimed in U.S. Patent Nos. 6,164,060 

B1 entitled Combustion Chamber/ 

Nozzle Assembly and Fabrication 

Process Therefrom, 6,308,408 B1 

entitled Combustion Chamber/Nozzle 

Assembly and Fabrication Process 

Therefrom, 6,195,984 B1 entitled Rocket 

Engine Thrust Chamber Assembly, 

6,330,792 B1 entitled Method of Making 

a Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber 

Assembly, 6,116,020 B1 entitled Injector 

for Liquid Fueled Rocket Engine, 

6,189,315 B1 entitled Low-Cost Gas 

Generator and Ignitor, 6,497,091 B1 

entitled Hypergolic Ignitor Assembly, 

6,845,605 B1 entitled Hypergolic Ignitor 

and 6,860,099 B1 entitled Liquid 

Propellant Tracing Impingement 

Injector to Spacelines, LLC, having its 

principal place of business in Rocklin, 

California. The patent rights in these 

inventions have been assigned to the 

United States of America as represented 

by the Administrator of the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

The prospective exclusive license will 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 

DATES: The prospective exclusive 

license may be granted unless, within 

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