Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 29, 2018 / Notices 44029 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for 

members of the NOAA Science 

Advisory Board. 

SUMMARY: NOAA is soliciting 

nominations for members of the NOAA 

Science Advisory Board (SAB). The 

SAB is the only Federal Advisory 

Committee with the responsibility to 

advise the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Oceans, Atmosphere, and 

NOAA Administrator on long- and 

short-range strategies for research, 

education, and application of science to 

resource management and 

environmental assessment and 

prediction. The SAB consists of 

approximately fifteen members 

reflecting the full breadth of NOAA’s 

areas of responsibility and assists 

NOAA in maintaining a complete and 

accurate understanding of scientific 

issues critical to the agency’s missions. 

DATES: Nominations should be sent to 

the web address specified below and 

must be received by October 15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Applications should be 

submitted electronically to 

noaa.sab.newmembers@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301– 

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, Email: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov); or visit the 

NOAA SAB website at http://

www.sab.noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this 

time, individuals are sought with 

expertise in cloud computing, artificial 

intelligence and data management; 

weather modeling and data assimilation; 

remote/autonomous sensing technology; 

ocean exploration science and 

technology; and ‘omics science. 

Individuals with expertise in other 

NOAA mission areas are also welcome 

to apply. 

Composition and Points of View: The 

Board will consist of approximately 

fifteen members, including a Chair, 

designated by the Under Secretary in 

accordance with FACA requirements. 

Members will be appointed for threeyear terms, renewable once, and serve at 

the discretion of the Under Secretary. If 

a member resigns before the end of his 

or her first term, the vacancy 

appointment shall be for the remainder 

of the unexpired term, and shall be 

renewable twice if the unexpired term is 

less than one year. Members will be 

appointed as special government 

employees (SGEs) and will be subject to 

the ethical standards applicable to 

SGEs. Members are reimbursed for 

actual and reasonable travel and per 

diem expenses incurred in performing 

such duties but will not be reimbursed 

for their time. As a Federal Advisory 

Committee, the Board’s membership is 

required to be balanced in terms of 

viewpoints represented and the 

functions to be performed as well as the 

interests of geographic regions of the 

country and the diverse sectors of U.S. 

society. 

The SAB meets in person three times 

each year, exclusive of teleconferences 

or subcommittee, task force, and 

working group meetings. Board 

members must be willing to serve as 

liaisons to SAB working groups and/or 

participate in periodic reviews of the 

NOAA Cooperative Institutes and 

overarching reviews of NOAA’s research 

enterprise. 

Nominations: Interested persons may 

nominate themselves or third parties. 

Applications: An application is 

required to be considered for Board 

membership, regardless of whether a 

person is nominated by a third party or 

self-nominated. The application package 

must include: (1) The nominee’s full 

name, title, institutional affiliation, and 

contact information; (2) the nominee’s 

area(s) of expertise; (3) a short 

description of his/her qualifications 

relative to the kinds of advice being 

solicited by NOAA in this Notice; and 

(4) a current resume (maximum length 

four [4] pages). 

Dated: August 23, 2018. 

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18663 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–C–2018–0049] 

Performance Review Board (PRB) 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In conformance with the Civil 

Service Reform Act of 1978, the United 

States Patent and Trademark Office 

announces the appointment of persons 

to serve as members of its Performance 

Review Board. 

ADDRESSES: Director, Human Capital 

Management, Office of Human 

Resources, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne T. Mendez at (571) 272–6173. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

membership of the United States Patent 

and Trademark Office Performance 

Review Board is as follows: 

Anthony P. Scardino, Chair, Acting 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce 

for Intellectual Property and Acting 

Deputy Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Frederick W. Steckler, Vice Chair, Chief 

Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Andrew H. Hirshfeld, Commissioner for 

Patents, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office 

Mary Boney Denison, Commissioner for 

Trademarks, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office 

Sean M. Mildrew, Acting Chief 

Financial Officer, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office 

David Chiles, Acting Chief Information 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office 

Sarah T. Harris, General Counsel, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer 

and Director for International Affairs, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Alternates 

Meryl L. Hershkowitz, Deputy 

Commissioner for Trademark 

Operations, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office 

Andrew I. Faile, Deputy Commissioner 

for Patent Operations, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

Andrei Iancu, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (‘‘ICR’’) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for review and comment. The 


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