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maintenance, or repair of a public 

building or public work unless all of the 

iron, steel, and manufactured goods 

used in the project are produced in the 

United States.’’ 2 CFR 176.60. However, 

section 1605(b)(1) and (2) of the 

Recovery Act also allow the head of a 

Federal department or agency to issue a 

‘‘determination of inapplicability’’ of 

these provisions to any procurement of 

the listed items if the restrictions would 

be inconsistent with the public interest; 

if the iron, steel, or relevant 

manufactured good is only available at 

an unreasonable cost; or if it is not 

produced or manufactured in the United 

States in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities and of a satisfactory 

quality (‘‘non-availability’’). Pursuant to 

sections 1605(b)(1) and (2), NIST has 

determined that the required heat 

recovery ventilator is not available in 

the United States. 

In September 2010, NIST awarded an 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA or Recovery Act) 

contract in the amount of $2,580,110 to 

Therrien Waddell for the construction of 

a NETZERO Energy Residential Test 

Facility (NZERTF) at NIST in 

Gaithersburg, MD. The objective of the 

NZERTF is to demonstrate that a home, 

similar in aesthetics to a home in 

surrounding communities, can produce 

as much energy on an annual basis as 

it uses in on-site renewable resources. 

The contract required that the 

contractor purchase and install one 

Venmar EKO 1.5 heat recovery 

ventilator (HRV), which was estimated 

to cost $1,600. The specified HRV is 

manufactured in Germany. An HRV is a 

piece of mechanical equipment that 

provides mechanical (as opposed to 

natural) ventilation for facilities like the 

NZERTF and allows the building to be 

sealed tight against air leakage. 

The specified HRV is essential to meet 

the project objective, as it reduces the 

energy required to heat and cool the 

home while providing acceptable indoor 

air quality. Without the specified 

residential-sized HRV, the annual 

energy required for the home exceeds 

the amount that can be produced by the 

solar panels and thus the facility would 

not meet its design objective of net zero 

energy on an annual basis. 

Based on NIST’s and the contractor’s 

review of the market place and various 

vendors’ product availability, NIST 

determined there were no HRVs 

manufactured in the United States that 

met the contract specifications or NIST’s 

requirements. Pursuant to section 1605, 

NIST has determined that the required 

heat recovery ventilator is ‘‘not 

available.’’ 

Authority: Pub. L. 111–5, section 1605. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Willie E. May, 

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3837 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number: 110524296–2097–03] 

Recommendations for Establishing an 

Identity Ecosystem Governance 

Structure for the National Strategy for 

Trusted Identities in Cyberspace 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology announces 

the release of a paper entitled 

Recommendations for Establishing an 

Identity Ecosystem Governance 

Structure on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. 

This paper supports the implementation 

of the National Strategy for Trusted 

Identities in Cyberspace and responds to 

comments received in response to the 

related Notice of Inquiry published in 

the Federal Register on June 14, 2011. 

DATES: The Recommendations for 

Establishing an Identity Ecosystem 

Governance Structure paper was made 

available on February 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The Recommendations for 

Establishing an Identity Ecosystem 

Governance Structure paper is available 

at www.nist.gov/nstic/2012-nsticgovernance-recs.pdf. The NIST Web site 

for the NSTIC and its implementation is 

www.nstic.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this request contact: 

Annie Sokol, Information Technology 

Laboratory, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Mailstop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899, telephone (301) 975–2006; email 

nsticgovernance@nist.gov. Please direct 

media inquiries to the Director of NIST’s 

Office of Public Affairs, 

gail.porter@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The paper 

entitled Recommendations for 

Establishing an Identity Ecosystem 

Governance Structure was written in 

support of the implementation of the 

National Strategy for Trusted Identities 

in Cyberspace (NSTIC). On June 14, 

2011, NIST published a Notice of 

Inquiry in the Federal Register (76 FR 

34650), requesting input from the public 

regarding Models for a Governance 

Structure for the National Strategy for 

Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. On 

August 16, 2011, NIST published a 

Notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 

50719), extending the deadline for 

comments. The paper summarizes the 

comments received in response to the 

NOI and provides recommendations and 

intended government actions to serve as 

a catalyst for establishing such a 

governance structure. The 

recommendations result from comments 

and suggestions received from the NOI 

respondents as well as best practices 

and lessons learned from similarly 

scoped governance efforts. To accelerate 

the launch of the Steering Group, the 

paper integrates the recommendations 

into a proposed Steering Group charter. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards 

and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3835 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Presentation of Final Conventional 

Conformance Test Criteria and 

Common Air Interface (CAI) Features/ 

Functionalities Under Test in the 

Project 25 Compliance Assessment 

Program and Meeting To Seek 

Comment on Conventional 

Conformance Tests for Inclusion in the 

Program 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and 

Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s (DOC) National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), Law 

Enforcement Standards Office (OLES), 

in partnership with the U.S. Department 

of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for 

Interoperability and Compatibility 

(OIC), will hold a public meeting on 

Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1 p.m. 

Mountain Time, via teleconference. The 

purpose of the meeting is to present the 

final criteria for assessing the suitability 

of P25 Compliance Assessment Program 

(CAP) conventional conformance tests, 

as well as the final, prioritized list of 

features and functionalities that will 

require conformance testing in the P25 

CAP. 

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