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Characteristics of the Northeast Region; 

Northeast Regional Ocean Plan: Ocean & 

Coastal Ecosystem Health; and Coastal 

Resources Management Council’s New 

Scenario based Permitting for Coastal 

Structures. The day will end with a 

presentation on; The Natures 

Conservancy (TNC) Applications of 

Living Shorelines and Natural and 

Nature-Based Features in the Northeast 

for Coastal Resilience. 

On Wednesday morning, August 8, 

2018, the Board will reconvene to 

discuss Coastal Research Supporting 

Social & Ecological Needs. Presentations 

will include: Research on Long-Term 

Natural Geomorphologic Evolution of 

Barrier Islands & Estuaries in Absence of 

Humans; Ecological Metrics; Predicting 

the Transport, Transformation and Fate 

of Sediment and Particle-Bound 

Nutrients and Contaminates; Research 

on Coastal Water Quality Addressing 

the Sources, Transformation, Transport, 

and Ecology of Biocolloid; Reducing 

Risk and Improving Resiliency to the 

Impacts of Climate Variability; 

Northeast Sediment Sources and Needs; 

and Conveyance of Risk from Storms 

and Social Implications of Impacts. The 

Wednesday afternoon session continues 

with the State of Knowledge and 

Research Direction’s panel. 

Presentations include: Triggers in Rising 

Seas and Community Flooding; 

Research Roadmap on Natural and 

Nature-Based Features; Ecological 

Modeling and Prediction Uncertainty; 

Climate Change and Adaptation 

Planning for Ports; and Urban Flood 

Prediction: Current Capabilities and 

Challenges. The Board will meet in 

Executive Session to discuss ongoing 

initiatives and future actions on 

Thursday morning, August 9, 2018. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and 

subject to the availability of space, the 

meeting is open to the public. Because 

seating capacity is limited, advance 

registration is required. For registration 

requirements please see below. 

Oral participation by the public is 

scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 

August 8, 2018. The Marriott 

Providence Downtown Hotel is fully 

handicap accessible. For additional 

information about public access 

procedures, please contact COL Bryan S. 

Green, the Board’s DFO, at the email 

address or telephone number listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

Registration: It is encouraged for 

individuals who wish to attend the 

meeting of the Board to register with the 

DFO by email, the preferred method of 

contact, no later than July 23, 2018, 

using the electronic mail contact 

information found in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. The 

communication should include the 

registrant’s full name, title, affiliation or 

employer, email address, and daytime 

phone number. If applicable, include 

written comments or statements with 

the registration email. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.015(j) and 102–3.140 and 

section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public 

or interested organizations may submit 

written comments or statements to the 

Board, in response to the stated agenda 

of the open meeting or in regard to the 

Board’s mission in general. Written 

comments or statements should be 

submitted to COL Bryan S. Green, DFO, 

via electronic mail, the preferred mode 

of submission, at the address listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Each page of the comment or 

statement must include the author’s 

name, title or affiliation, address, and 

daytime phone number. The DFO will 

review all submitted written comments 

or statements and provide them to 

members of the Board for their 

consideration. Written comments or 

statements being submitted in response 

to the agenda set forth in this notice 

must be received by the DFO at least 

five business days prior to the meeting 

to be considered by the Board. The DFO 

will review all timely submitted written 

comments or statements with the Board 

Chairperson and ensure the comments 

are provided to all members of the 

Board before the meeting. Written 

comments or statements received after 

this date may not be provided to the 

Board until its next meeting. 

Verbal Comments: Pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.140d, the Board is not obligated 

to allow a member of the public to speak 

or otherwise address the Board during 

the meeting. Members of the public will 

be permitted to make verbal comments 

during the Board meeting only at the 

time and in the manner described 

below. If a member of the public is 

interested in making a verbal comment 

at the open meeting, that individual 

must submit a request, with a brief 

statement of the subject matter to be 

addressed by the comment, at least five 

business days in advance to the Board’s 

DFO, via electronic mail, the preferred 

mode of submission, at the address 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. The DFO will log each 

request, in the order received, and in 

consultation with the Board Chair, 

determine whether the subject matter of 

each comment is relevant to the Board’s 

mission and/or the topics to be 

addressed in this public meeting. A 30- 

minute period near the end of the 

meeting will be available for verbal 

public comments. Members of the 

public who have requested to make a 

verbal comment, and whose comments 

have been deemed relevant under the 

process described above, will be allotted 

no more than five minutes during this 

period, and will be invited to speak in 

the order in which their requests were 

received by the DFO. 

Brenda Bowen, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department 

of the Army. 

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BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Expeditionary Technology Search 

(xTechSearch) Prize Competition 

Announcement 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Announcement of competition. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

applicable laws and regulations, the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

Acquisition, Logistics and Technology 

(ASA(ALT)) is announcing the Army 

Expeditionary Technology Search— 

xTechSearch Prize Competition—for the 

Army to enhance engagements with the 

entrepreneurial funded community, 

small businesses, and other nontraditional defense partners. The 

xTechSearch program will provide an 

opportunity for businesses to pitch 

novel technology solutions, either a new 

application for an existing technology or 

an entirely new technology concept, to 

the Army. 

DATES: 

1. July 11, 2018. Deadline for 

submission of White Paper with 

xTechSearch Cover Letter registration 

form. 

2. July 30–August 31, 2018. 

Semifinalists—Up to 125 participants 

brief xTechSearch panels. 

3. October 8–10, 2018. Up to 25 

finalists featured at the Association of 

the United States Army Annual Meeting 

and Exposition in Washington, DC. 

4. April 2019. Capstone 

Demonstration with Senior Army 

Leadership. 

ADDRESSES: Proposal submissions 

should be emailed to 

usarmy.pentagon.hqda-asaalt.mbx.xtechsearch@mail.mil no later 

than 11 July 2018. Detailed information 

can be found at Challenge.gov: https:// 

www.challenge.gov/challenge/armyexpeditionary-technology-searchxtechsearch/ 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jennifer Smith, Deputy Director for 

Laboratory Management ASA(ALT) 

Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

of the Army, Research and Technology, 

(703) 697–0685. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eligibility: 

The entities allowed to participate in 

this competition are small businesses as 

defined in 13 CFR part 121. To qualify, 

the participating entity must fall within 

the size standard by North American 

Industry Classification System code 

541713, 541714, and 541715. 

There may be only one submission 

per business. In addition, each entity: 

• Shall provide registration 

information in the xTechSearch Cover 

Letter registration form; 

• Shall be incorporated in and 

maintain a primary place of business in 

the United States; 

• Shall perform the work in the 

United States. 

• May not be a Federal entity or 

Federal employee acting within the 

scope of their employment. 

Registered participants shall be 

required to agree to assume any and all 

risks and waive claims against the 

Federal Government and its related 

entities, except in the case of willful 

misconduct, for any injury, death, 

damage, or loss of property, revenue, or 

profits, whether direct, indirect, or 

consequential, arising from their 

participation in a prize competition, 

whether the injury, death, damage, or 

loss arises through negligence or 

otherwise. 

Participants shall be required to 

obtain liability insurance or 

demonstrate financial responsibility, in 

amounts determined by the Army, for 

claims by— 

• Third parties for death, bodily 

injury, or property damage, or loss 

resulting from an activity carried out in 

connection with participation in a prize 

competition, with the Federal 

Government named as an additional 

insured under the registered 

participant’s insurance policy and 

registered participants agreeing to 

indemnify the Federal Government 

against third party claims for damages 

arising from or related to prize 

competition activities; and 

• Federal Government for damage or 

loss to Government property resulting 

from such an activity. 

Prizes will be offered under 15 U.S.C. 

Section 3719 (Prize competitions). 

• The total prize pool is $1.95M. 

Evaluation Criteria and Process 

Phase I: Concept White Paper Contest 

• All interested eligible contestants 

will submit a xTechSearch Cover Letter 

registration form with a White Paper, of 

no greater than 1000 words, describing 

the novel technology concept, 

innovative application concept, and 

integration with the Army’s 

modernization priorities and outlining 

their knowledge, skills, capabilities, and 

approach for this challenge. Contestants’ 

concept papers will be reviewed by a 

panel of subject matter experts and 

judges who will select semifinalists who 

will be awarded a prize of $1000 and be 

invited to the Phase II xTechSearch 

Technology Pitch Forums. 

• Concept White Papers will be 

ranked based on the novelty of the 

proposed technology to revolutionizing 

and modernizing the Army. Each white 

paper must include the following: 

Æ Proposed Army Modernization 

Priority alignment, 

Æ Proposed concept and current 

technology maturity, 

• Concept White Paper Scoring 

Criteria: 

Æ Potential for Impact/ 

Revolutionizing the Army—50% 

Æ Scientific and Engineering 

Viability—30% 

Æ Team Experience and Abilities— 

20% 

Phase II: xTechSearch Technology 

Pitches 

• Up to one hundred twenty five 

(125) selected contestant semi-finalists 

will be invited to complete an in-person 

Technology pitch to a panel of Army 

and Department of Defense subject 

matter experts and judges at one of five 

selected locations across the United 

States. 

• xTechSearch Technology Pitches 

will be ranked based on the novelty of 

the proposed technology to 

revolutionizing and modernizing the 

Army. Finalists will be selected based 

on the propensity of the technology to 

revolutionize Army missions, solve an 

Army capability gap, and catalyze with 

Army assets. Each technology pitch 

must include a proposal to demonstrate 

proof-of-concept for the technologies 

within 6 months. 

• Up to twenty-five (25) finalists 

selected by the judge panel will receive 

a prize of $5000 and be invited to 

display an exhibit and make a formal 

public oral presentation of their 

proposal at the 2018 AUSA Annual 

Meeting Innovators’ Corner in 

Washington, DC. 

• Scoring Criteria: 

Æ Potential for Impact/ 

Revolutionizing the Army—50% 

Æ Scientific and Engineering 

Viability; Proof-of-Concept 

Demonstration Plan—30% 

Æ Team Experience and Abilities— 

20% 

Phase III: AUSA Innovators’ Corner 

• Up to twenty-five (25) xTechSearch 

finalists will be featured at Innovators’ 

Corner at the 2018 AUSA Annual 

Meeting and Exposition, 8–10 October 

2018 in Washington, DC. 

• Finalists will provide a display and 

a presentation on their submission in an 

Army-sponsored exhibit space and 

engage with Department of Defense 

(DoD) customers, industry partners, and 

academia. 

• Up to twelve (12) Phase III prize 

winners will be announced, four (4) 

each day. Phase III prize winners will be 

awarded prizes of $125,000 and 6 

months to demonstrate proof-of-concept 

for their xTechSearch technology, to be 

demonstrated at an xTechSearch Finale 

Demonstration. 

Phase IV: xTechSearch Finale 

Demonstration—April 2019 

• Each Phase III winner will 

demonstrate proof-of-concept for their 

technology solution to senior DoD, 

Government, and industry leadership. 

The winner of the Finale Demonstration 

will be awarded a prize of $200,000. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. Section 3719; Pub. L. 

96–480, Section 24, as added Pub. L. 111– 

358, title I, Section 105a, Jan. 4, 2011 Stat. 

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Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2018–HA–0038] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Agency, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Information collection notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Defense Health Agency announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 


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