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Washington, and the Pacific U.S.

territories, contact: AmeriCorps*NCCC

Western Region Campus, Attn: Mr.

Charles Davenport, Director of Projects

and Training, 2650 Truxton Road, San

Diego, CA 92106–6001, (619) 524–0749.

For interested organizations in the

District of Columbia, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West

Virginia, contact: AmeriCorps*NCCC

Capital Area Campus, Attn: Ms. Kate

Becker, Campus Director, Two D.C.

Village Lane, SW, Washington, DC

20032, (703) 806–5523.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

Andrew P. Chambers,

National Director, AmeriCorps*National

Civilian Community Corps.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Police Record Check; DD Form

369; OMB Number 0704–0007.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 125,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 125,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 27

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 56,250.

Needs and Uses: This information is

collected to provide the Armed Services

with background information on an

applicant. History of criminal activity,

arrests, or confinement is disqualifying

for military service. The respondents

will be local and state law enforcement

agencies. The DD Form 369, ‘‘Police

Record Check,’’ is the method of

information collection; responses are to

reference any records on the applicant.

The information will be used to

determine suitability of the applicant for

the military service.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

Obtain or Retain a Benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Task Force on Defense

Reform

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Task Force on Defense

Reform (the Task Force). Due to a

revision in the schedule, the previously

announced closed meeting on this date

is now open to the public. One purpose

of the meeting is to meet with the labor

unions representing federal employees

in DoD. In addition, time will be set

aside for anyone who wishes to address

the Task Force with ideas about

streamlining, restructuring, and

reengineering OSD and other

components or elements of the

Department of Defense.

The Task Force on Defense Reform

was established to make

recommendations to the Secretary of

Defense and Deputy Secretary of

Defense on alternatives for

organizational reforms, reductions in

management overhead, and streamlined

business practices in the Department of

Defense, with emphasis on the Office of

the Secretary of Defense, the Defense

Agencies and the DoD Field Activities,

and the Military Departments.

DATES: Tuesday, September 23, 1997, at

1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Room 3E869, the Pentagon,

Washington, DC. Seating is limited.

Must call Ms. Lynn Cline at the number

listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

section below to arrange for access to

Pentagon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Contact Ms. Lynn Cline, Task Force on

Defense Reform, Room 3C965, Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301. Telephone:

(703) 614–7522. Interested parties

should call Ms. Cline before 10 A.M.,

Tuesday, September 23, 1997.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

National Defense Panel Meeting

AGENCY: DoD, National Defense Panel.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and summary agenda for the

meeting of the National Defense Panel of

September 4 and 5, 1997. In accordance

with Section 10(d) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.

II, (1982)), it has been determined that

this National Defense Panel meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1) (1982), and that accordingly

this meeting will be closed to the public

from 0830–1700, August 18 and 19,

1997 in order for the Panel to discuss

classified material.

DATES: September 4 and 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Suite 532, 1931 Jefferson

Davis Hwy, Arlington, Va.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The National Defense Panel was

established on January 14, 1997 in

accordance with the Military Force

Structure Review Act of 1996, Pub. L.

104–201. The mission of the National

Defense Panel is to provide the

Secretary of Defense and Congress with

an independent, non-partisan

assessment of the Secretary’s

Quadrennial Defense Review and an

Alternative Force Structure Analysis.

This analysis will explore innovative

ways to meet the national security

challenges of the twenty-first century.

Proposed Schedule and Agenda

The National Defense Panel will meet

in closed session from 0830–1700 on

September 4 and from 0830–1700 on

September 5, 1997. During the closed

session on September 4 the Panel will

meet with General Paul Gorman, former

Army General and expert on military

affairs at the Crystal Mall 3 office. On

September 5 during the closed session

the National Defense Panel staff will

present updates on issue papers, force

structure and the Reserves at the Crystal

Mall 3 office.
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The determination to close the

meeting is based on the consideration

that it is expected that discussion will

involve classified matters of national

security concern throughout.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact the National Defense

Panel at (703) 602–4175/6.

Dated: August 19, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

U.S. Strategic Command Strategic

Advisory Group

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

USSTRATCOM.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On August 7, 1997, the

Department of Defense published a

notice of closed meetings scheduled for

October 23 and 24, 1997 (62 FR 42521).

These meetings have been rescheduled

to December 10 and 11, 1997. All other

information remain unchanged.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSA Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Advisory Committee on

Women in the Services (DACOWITS);

Meeting

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92–

463, notice is hereby given of a

forthcoming meeting of the Executive

Committee of the Defense Advisory

Committee on Women in the Services

(DACOWITS). The purpose of the

meeting is to review the current status

of recommendations and requests for

information generated at the 1997

DACOWITS Spring Conference, discuss

other issues relevant to women in the

Services and conduct business internal

to the Committee. All meeting sessions

will be open to the public.

DATES: September 8, 1997 8:30 a.m.–4

p.m.

ADDRESSES: SecDef Conference Room

3E869, The Pentagon, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lieutenant Colonel Kay L. Troutt,

USAF, DACOWITS and Military

Women Matters, OASD (Force

Management Policy) The Pentagon,

Room 3D769, Washington, DC 20301–

4000, Telephone (703) 697–2122.

Dated: August 18, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability of Patent for Exclusive,

Partially Exclusive or Nonexclusive

Licenses

AGENCY: Army Research Laboratory,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the general availability of

exclusive, partially exclusive or nonexclusive licenses under U.S. Patent No.

4,867,957, issued 19 Sept. 1989, entitled

‘‘Process for Making

Polyphosphaszenes’’. Licenses shall

comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR

part 404.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael D. Rausa, U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Office of Research and

Technology Applications, ATTN:

AMSRL–CS–TT/Bldg. 434, Aberdeen

Proving Ground, Maryland 21005–5425,

Telephone: (410) 278–5028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provision of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. § 552b), notice is hereby given of

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board’s (Board) meeting described

below.

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 9:00 a.m.,

September 16, 1997.

PLACE: The Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board Public Hearing Room, 625

Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20004.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board will

convene the fifth quarterly briefing to

receive the Department of Energy’s

progress report, and DNFSB staff views,

on activities associated with the

Department’s implementation efforts for

the Board’s Recommendation 95–2,

Integrated Safety Management (‘‘ISM’’).

DOE is scheduled to brief the Board

on the current status of:

• ISM Program development,

including implementation at the ten

priority sites, with a focus on the status

of interim safety management bases and

progress on DOE commitments;

• Contract reform commitments and

the new Department of Energy

Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) clauses

implementing Recommendation 95–2,

actual use of these DEAR clauses in

current contracts or RFPs, enforcement

of safety requirements in contracts,

specification of financial incentives and

penalties in contracts based on safety

performance;

• Functions, Responsibilities and

Authorities Manuals, including a path

forward for issue resolution; and

• Authorization agreement guidance

development.

Additionally, DOE is scheduled to

brief the Board on:

• Contract enforcement provisions

and practices for safety terms in

contracts; and

• The bases for provisions in

completed Authorization Agreements.

The Board’s staff will brief the Board

on the staff’s views on the content and

purposes of Authorization Agreements,

and its views on existing DOE

Authorization Agreements.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Richard A. Azzaro, Deputy General

Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW,

Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004, (800)

788–4016. This is a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

reserves its right to further schedule and

otherwise regulate the course of this

meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone

or adjourn the meeting, and otherwise

exercise its authority under the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

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