Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 58 / Friday, March 26, 2010 / Notices 14565 

Notice of this meeting is provided in 

accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463). 

Signed in Washington, DC on March 18, 

2010. 

Jonathan W. Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6680 Filed 3–25–10; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the California Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the California 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will convene at 10 a.m. and adjourn at 

3:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, 2010, 

at the Kyoto Grand Hotel, 120 S. Los 

Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA. The 

purpose of the meeting is for the 

Committee to receive a briefing 

regarding free speech on California 

college campuses and universities. 

The briefing will be transcribed and a 

transcript of the proceedings will be 

produced and made available to the 

public. Members of the public are 

entitled to submit written comments 

and such comments will be considered 

part of the official transcript. Comments 

must be received in the Western 

Regional Office by May 31, 2010. The 

address is 300 N. Los Angeles St., Suite 

2100, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Persons 

wishing to e-mail their comments may 

do so by submitting them to 

pminarik@usccr.gov. Persons who 

desire to obtain a copy of the agenda of 

the meeting or additional information 

should contact Angelina Trevino, 

Administrative Assistant, Western 

Regional Office, at (213) 894–3437 or by 

e-mail: atrevino@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Western Regional 

Office at least ten (10) working days 

before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Western Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, March 23, 2010. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number: 100311133–0142–01] 

NIST Summer Institute for Middle 

School Science Teachers; Availability 

of Funds 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

announces the availability of Federal 

assistance for educational institutions to 

provide limited support for middle 

school science teachers to attend the 

NIST Summer Institute for Middle 

School Science Teachers. Teachers from 

qualified applicants should be involved 

in teaching areas of science, technology, 

engineering and mathematics (STEM) at 

the middle school level (grades 6–8), 

including, but not limited to, earth 

science, physical science, chemistry, 

physics, and/or biology. This program 

responds to a need for these targeted 

teachers to receive instruction and 

activities that will encourage them to 

inspire students to pursue careers in 

STEM fields. 

DATES: Proposals must be received at the 

address listed below no later than 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on April 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Hard copies of proposals 

must be submitted to: Dr. Susan HellerZeisler, Office of International and 

Academic Affairs, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Mailstop 8190, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899–1090. Electronic 

submissions of full proposals may be 

uploaded to http://www.Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

paper copy of the Federal Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) announcement may 

be obtained by calling (301) 975–3111. 

Technical questions should be 

addressed to: Dr. Susan F. Heller-Zeisler 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section above, or at Tel: (301) 975–3111; 

E-mail: szeisler@nist.gov. Grants 

Administration questions should be 

addressed to: Grants and Agreements 

Management Division; National Institute 

of Standards and Technology; 100 

Bureau Drive, Stop 1650; Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899–1650; Tel: (301) 975–6328. 

For assistance with using Grants.gov 

contact support@grants.gov or call 800– 

518–4726. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278g–2a, 15 

U.S.C. 272(b)(4) 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Name and Number Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

Number: 11.609. 

Program Description: The National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) is soliciting applications from 

qualified public school districts or 

accredited private educational 

institutions that are teaching students in 

the areas of Science, Technology, 

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at 

the middle school level (Grades 6–8). 

This includes, but is not limited to, 

earth science, physical science, 

chemistry, physics and/or biology. NIST 

will award funding that will support the 

attendance of middle school teachers in 

the NIST Summer Institute for Middle 

School Science Teachers (NIST SI), to 

be held July 6–19, 2010 to be held at the 

NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus. 

Please see additional information about 

this program in the corresponding 

Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO). 

Electronic access: Applicants are 

strongly encouraged to read the Federal 

Funding Opportunity (FFO) available at 

http://www.grants.gov for complete 

information about this program, all 

program requirements, and instructions 

for applying by paper or electronically. 

Funding Availability: NIST 

anticipates spending $40,000 this year 

for awards to support a total of twenty 

teachers to attend the NIST SI from July 

6–19, 2010. Publication of this 

announcement does not oblige NIST or 

the Department of Commerce to award 

any specific project or to obligate any 

available funds. 

Award start dates for new grants are 

expected to be June 25, 2010. NIST 

plans to fund the awards as cooperative 

agreements. 

Eligibility: The NIST Summer Institute 

for Middle School Science Teachers 

grant program is open to public school 

districts and private educational 

institutions teaching at the middle 

school level. Such schools may offer 

instruction in general science fields 

including earth science, physical 

science, chemistry, physics, and/or 

biology. Participating teachers from the 

applicant school districts or private 


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