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measures technology and

administration.

Pursuant to (15 U.S.C. 272B), the

National Institute of Standards and

Technology supports the National

Conference on Weights and Measures in

order to promote uniformity among the

States in the complex of laws,

regulations, methods, and testing

equipment that composes regulatory

control by the States of commercial

weighing and measuring.

DATES: The meeting will be held January

14–January 17, 2001.

LOCATION OF MEETING: Hilton Mesa

Pavilion, Mesa, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Henry V. Oppermann, Chief, NIST

Office of Weights and Measures, 100

Bureau Drive, Stop 2350, Gaithersburg,

Maryland 20899–2350. Telephone: (301)

975–5507, or E-mail: owm@nist.gov.

Dated: November 16, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director, NIST.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

Advanced Mobile Communications/

Third Generation Wireless Systems:

Creation of Open Electronic

Discussion Forum

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA) has created an

open electronic-mail discussion forum

(or ‘‘listserv’’) on issues pertaining to

the identification of radio spectrum for

third generation wireless systems in the

United States. This open forum is

intended to complement the outreach

program that President Clinton directed

Secretary of Commerce to undertake, in

the President’s October 13, 2000

Executive Memorandum on this subject.

Participation in this listserv is open to

all members of the public interested in

discussing the issues.

DATES: The listserv will remain open

until July 31, 2001, or such other time

that NTIA determines. Please note that

routine maintenance of NTIA computer

systems may render the list inactive for

short periods of time.

ADDRESS: To subscribe to the mailing

list, send an electronic mail message to

<3glist-request@ntia.doc.gov>, leave the

subject line blank and put the following

command in the body of the message:

<subscribe your first name your last

name>. Instructions on how to subscribe

will also appear on NTIA’s home page,

<http://www.ntia.doc.gov>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For further

information, please contact Joe Gattuso,

NTIA Office of Policy Analysis and

Development, telephone: (202) 482–

1880; fax: (202) 482–6173; e-mail:

<jgattuso@ntia.doc.gov>; U.S. mail:

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration, Herbert C.

Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Suite 4725, Washington,

DC 20230.

Please direct media inquiries the

NTIA Office of Public Affairs, at (202)

482–7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 13, 2000, President Clinton

signed an Executive Memorandum

directing federal agencies to work with

the Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) and the private

sector to identify radio spectrum needed

for third generation (3G) wireless

communications technology. To meet

this goal, the President directed the

Secretary of Commerce, among other

things, to develop a plan by October 20,

2000, in cooperation with the FCC, the

Department of Defense, and other

federal agencies, setting forth the

necessary steps that will result in

licensing of third generation wireless

systems by September 30, 2002. The

President also directed the Secretary of

Commerce to work cooperatively with

the FCC to a lead a government-industry

effort, through a series of regular public

meetings and workshops, to develop

recommendations and plans for

identifying spectrum for third

generation wireless systems consistent

with the basic principles adopted at the

World Radio Conference 2000.

NTIA is establishing this listserv to

facilitate additional, open, public

discussion of the issues presented.

NTIA requests that participants keep

discussions focused on issues related to

identification of radio spectrum for 3G

systems in the United States. NTIA will

not actively moderate the listserv, but

staff will follow the discussions. NTIA

does not intend this listserv to form a

public record upon which to base future

policy or administrative actions or

activities. The views expressed in the

listserv discussions are not necessarily

endorsed by the NTIA, the Department

of Commerce, or any other agency or

entity of the United States Government.

NTIA reserves the right to post an

archive of messages to the listserv on its

public website. More information on

NTIA’s privacy policy is available at

<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/

priv616.htm>. Moreover, NTIA reserves

the right not to post comments that it

deems inappropriate.

The President’s Executive

Memorandum, the Secretary’s

statement, the 3G plan, the interim

reports, and other information are

available on NTIA’s web site at <http:/

/www.ntia.doc.gov/

ntiahome.threeg.index.html>.

Kathy D. Smith,

Chief Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 01–01]

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Security Cooperation Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

publishing the unclassified text of a

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.

This is published to fulfill the

requirements of section 155 of Public

Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

J. Hurd, DSCA/COMPT/RM, (703) 604–

6575.

The following is a copy of a letter to

the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, Transmittal 01–01 with

attached transmittal, policy justification,

and Sensitivity of Technology.

Dated: November 16, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Civilian Health and Medical Program of

the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS);

Fiscal Year 2001 Diagnosis Related

Group (DRG) Updates

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of DRG revised rates.

SUMMARY: This notice describes the

changes made to the TRICARE/

CHAMPUS DRG-based payment system

in order to conform to changes made to

the Medicare Prospective Payment

System (PPS).

It also provides the updated fixed loss

cost outlier threshold, cost-to-charge

ratios and the Internet address for

accessing the updated adjusted

standardized amounts, DRG relative

weights, and beneficiary cost-share per

diem rates to be used for FY 2001 under

the TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based

payment system.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The rates, weights and

Medicare PPS changes which affect the

TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based

payment system contained in this notice

are effective for admissions occurring on

or after October 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management

Activity (TMA), Medical Benefits and

Reimbursement Systems, 16401 East

Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011–

9043.

For copies of the Federal Register

containing this notice, contact the

Superintendent of Documents, U.S.

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402, (202) 783–3238.

The charge for the Federal Register is

$1.50 for each issue payable by check or

money order to the Superintendent of

Documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marty Maxey, Medical Benefits and

Reimbursement Systems, TMA,

telephone (303) 676–3627.

To obtain copies of this document, see

the ADDRESSES section above. Questions

regarding payment of specific claims

under the TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRGbased payment system should be

addressed to the appropriate contractor.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final

rule published on September 1, 1987 (52

FR 32992) set forth the basic procedures

used under the CHAMPUS DRG-based

payment system. This was subsequently

amended by final rules published

August 31, 1988 (53 FR 33461), October

21, 1988 (53 FR 41331), December 16,

1988 (53 FR 50515), May 30, 1990 (55

FR 21863), October 22, 1990 (55 FR

42560), and September 10, 1998 (63 FR

48439).

An explicit tenet of these final rules,

and one based on the statute authorizing

the use of DRGs by TRICARE/

CHAMPUS, is that the TRICARE/

CHAMPUS DRG-based payment system

is modeled on the Medicare PPS, and

that, whenever practicable, the

TRICARE/CHAMPUS system will

follow the same rules that apply to the

Medicare PPS. HCFA publishes these

changes annually in the Federal

Register and discusses in detail the

impact of the changes.

In addition, this notice updates the

rates and weights in accordance with

our previous final rules. The actual

changes we are making, along with a

description of their relationship to the

Medicare PPS, are detailed below.