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Vol. 76, No. 201 

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

Committee on Regulation 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

public meeting of the Committee on 

Regulation of the Assembly of the 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States (ACUS). The meeting will 

involve discussion of research 

conducted by Professor Wendy E. 

Wagner for ACUS’s ‘‘Science in the 

Administrative Process’’ project. The 

committee will meet via a virtual, 

online Web forum extending over a 

period of approximately six weeks. 

Committee members will discuss 

Professor Wagner’s research by posting 

comments to the forum and reading 

comments submitted to the forum by 

other persons. The public may 

participate by submitting comments 

electronically or by mail or fax. 

DATES: The Web forum will be opened 

to both members of the Committee on 

Regulation and the public for 

submission and viewing of comments 

on November 2, 2011 at 9 a.m. The 

forum will remain open for submission 

of comments until December 15, 2011 at 

5 p.m., unless it is announced on the 

forum Web site that the discussion has 

been completed earlier. After the period 

for receipt of comments has ended, the 

forum will remain available for viewing 

but will not accept additional 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will have no 

physical location. It will take place via 

an online discussion forum on the 

Administrative Conference Web site, 

which can be accessed at: http:// 

www.acus.gov/forum/. The public may 

submit comments either electronically 

through the forum Web site or by mail 

or fax addressed to the Designated 

Federal Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reeve T. Bull, Designated Federal 

Officer for the Committee on Regulation, 

ACUS, 1120 20th Street, NW., Suite 706 

South, Washington, DC 20036; 

Telephone 202–480–2080; Fax 202– 

386–7190. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Professor 

Wendy E. Wagner of the University of 

Texas Law School is conducting 

research for the ACUS project on 

‘‘Science in the Administrative 

Process.’’ Previously, she presented a 

proposed outline to the Committee on 

Regulation and received feedback. 

Professor Wagner subsequently 

prepared a revised outline, and the 

purpose of this meeting is to enable 

committee discussion and feedback 

regarding the revised outline. The 

revised outline discusses Professor 

Wagner’s research relating to (1) the 

transparency of agencies’ reporting of 

their scientific research and (2) whether 

agencies allow scientists conducting 

research on their behalf to express 

dissenting viewpoints. The revised 

outline and any other documents 

associated with the committee meeting 

will be made available on the project 

Web page prior to the commencement of 

the committee meeting. 

The committee will meet via a virtual, 

online Web forum extending over a 

period of approximately six weeks. See 

41 CFR 102–3.140(e) (permitting 

meetings conducted ‘‘in whole or part 

by * * * the Internet’’). Committee 

members will discuss Professor 

Wagner’s research by posting comments 

to the forum and reading comments 

submitted to the forum by other 

members of the committee and the 

public. All comments will be reviewed 

prior to posting by the Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) acting as forum 

moderator. This virtual meeting will 

enable the committee to discuss the 

committee’s business using modern 

communications tools in an open and 

transparent fashion. 

The public will be able to view all 

comments on the forum. The public 

may also participate by submitting 

comments either electronically or by 

mail or fax via the contact information 

provided above. The DFO will review 

all comments received, both online and 

through other means of submission. The 

DFO will post all public comments 

received, excepting those that contain 

trade secret or other confidential 

information, or that are obscene, 

libelous, threatening, unrelated to the 

topic being discussed, or otherwise 

evidently inappropriate for posting. 

When submitting comments, please bear 

in mind that, because the Web forum 

will be moderated, it may take some 

time for comments to appear on the 

forum, particularly for comments 

submitted outside business hours. 

The Web forum will be opened to 

both members of the Committee on 

Regulation and the public for 

submission and viewing of comments 

beginning on November 2, 2011 at 

9 a.m. The forum will remain open for 

submission of comments until 

December 15, 2011 at 5 p.m., unless it 

is announced that the discussion has 

been completed earlier. Any earlier 

closing date will be announced on both 

the forum Web page and on the 

‘‘Science in the Administrative Process’’ 

project page at least one week in 

advance. After the period for receipt of 

comments has ended, the forum will 

remain available for viewing but will 

not accept additional comments. 

Complete details regarding the 

committee’s online meeting, related 

research documents, and how to 

participate in the discussion (including 

information about accessing and 

navigating the Web forum and 

submitting comments for the 

committee’s consideration) can be found 

on the ‘‘Science in the Administrative 

Process’’ project Web page on the ACUS 

Web site. Go to http://www.acus.gov and 

click on Research -> Conference Projects 

-> Science in the Administrative 

Process, or go directly to the following 

address: http://www.acus.gov/research/ 

the-conference-current-projects/sciencein-the-administrative-process/. 

Dated: October 12, 2011. 

Jonathan R. Siegel, 

Director of Research & Policy. 

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