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Hybrid participation is for advisory 

members and presenters only. Public 

participants may attend the meeting 

virtually. Registration for the meeting 

can be accessed at: https://

nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/ 

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Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Ashley Pierce, 

Staff Associate, Office of Integrative 

Activities, Office of the Director, 

National Science Foundation, 2415 

Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 

22314; (Email: apierce@nsf.gov; 

Telephone: (703) 292–4493). 

SUMMARY OF MINUTES: May be obtained 

from the AC ERE website: https://

new.nsf.gov/od/oia/advisory-committeeenvironmental-research. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice, recommendations, and oversight 

concerning support for environmental 

research and education. 

Agenda: Approval of minutes from 

past meeting. Updates on agency 

support for environmental research and 

activities. Discussion with NSF Director. 

Plan for future advisory committee 

activities. Updated agenda will be 

available on the AC ERE website: 

https://new.nsf.gov/od/oia/advisorycommittee-environmental-research. 

November 7, 2024 

10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Welcoming 

Remarks 

10:15 a.m.–10:45 a.m. NSF Update 

10:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Break 

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Build a 

Resilient Planet Update 

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch 

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Strategic 

Roadmap Discussion 

2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. NSF Program 

Updates 

4:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Committee 

Business 

4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Briefings from 

Advisory Committee Liaisons 

5:00 p.m. Adjourn Day 1 

November 8, 2024 

9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Strategic 

Roadmap Work Group 

10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break 

10:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m. NSF 

Environmental Justice Strategic 

Plan Update 

11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Preparation for 

Discussion with NSF Senior 

Leadership 

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch 

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Preparation for 

Discussion with NSF Senior 

Leadership 

2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Discussion with 

OD 

2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Committee Wrap 

Up and Next Steps 

3:30 p.m. Adjourn Day 2 

Dated: September 4, 2024. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Dated: September 4, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Sarah A. Turner, 

Information Management Specialist, Office of 

the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20310 Filed 9–5–24; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Submission for Review: 3206–0246, 

CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service 

(SFS) Registration System 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) Human Resources 

Solutions offers the general public and 

other Federal agencies the opportunity 

to comment on the extension with 

change of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR): 

3206–0246, CyberCorps®: Scholarship 

for Service (SFS) Registration system. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

should be received within 30 calendar 

days from the date of this publication. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

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this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection request by 

selecting ‘‘Office of Personnel 

Management’’ under ‘‘Currently Under 

Review,’’ then check ‘‘Only Show ICR 

for Public Comment’’ checkbox. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by contacting: U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, Student 

Programs Branch, Attention: Laura 

Knowles, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas 

City, MO 64106–2826, via phone at 

202–606–1200, or via electronic email 

at: sfs@opm.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service 

(SFS) Program was established by the 

National Science Foundation, in 

collaboration with the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management and the 

Department of Homeland Security, in 

accordance with the Cybersecurity 

Enhancement Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113– 

274) as amended by the National 

Defense Authorization Act and CHIPS 

and Science Act and codified at 15 

U.S.C. 7442. This initiative reflects the 

critical need for Information Technology 

(IT) professionals, industrial control 

system security professionals, and 

security managers in government. The 

goals of the CyberCorps® Scholarship 

for Service (SFS) Program are to: (1) 

increase the number of qualified and 

diverse cybersecurity candidates for 

government cybersecurity positions; (2) 

improve the national capacity for the 

education of cybersecurity professionals 

and research and development 

workforce; (3) hire, monitor, and retain 

high-quality CyberCorps® graduates in 

the cybersecurity mission of Federal 

Government; and (4) strengthen 

partnerships between institutions of 

higher education and Federal, State, 

local, and Tribal governments. OPM 

partners with NSF in this program by 

aiding in matching SFS students to 

potential agencies, coordinating 

students’ transition into government 

employment, monitoring students’ 

compliance with program requirements, 

and assessing whether the program 

helps meet the personnel needs of the 

Federal Government for information 

infrastructure protection. 

The SFS Program provides funds to 

institutions of higher education for 

student scholarships in support of 

education in areas relevant to 

cybersecurity and cybersecurity-related 

aspects of other related fields as 

appropriate, including artificial 

intelligence, quantum computing, and 

aerospace. Students identified by their 

institutions for SFS Scholarships must 

meet selection criteria based on prior 

academic performance, likelihood of 

success in obtaining the degree, and 

suitability for government employment. 

Each scholarship recipient, as a 

condition of receiving a scholarship 

under the program, enters into an 

agreement under which the recipient 

agrees to work during the summer 

between academic terms and to work for 

a period equal to the length of the 

scholarship, following receipt of the 

student’s degree, in a position related to 

cybersecurity and in the cyber security 

mission of— 

(1) an executive agency (as defined in 

5 U.S.C. 105); 

(2) Congress, including any agency, 

entity, office, or commission established 

in the legislative branch; 

(3) an interstate agency; 

(4) a State, local, or Tribal 

government; 

(5) a State, local, or Tribal 

government-affiliated non-profit that is 

critical infrastructure (as defined in 

section 1016(e) of the USA Patriot Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)); or 

(6) as an educator in the field of 

cybersecurity at a qualified institution 

of higher education that provides SFS 

scholarships. 

Additionally, scholarship recipients 

agree to provide OPM (in coordination 

with the NSF) and the qualified 

institution of higher education with 

annual verifiable documentation of 

post-award employment and up-to-date 

contact information. 

As required by 15 U.S.C. 7442, a SFS 

scholarship recipient is financially 

liable to the United States if the 

individual: fails to maintain an 

acceptable level of academic standing; is 

dismissed from the applicable 

institution of higher education for 

disciplinary reasons; withdraws from 

the eligible degree program before 

completing the program; declares that 

they do not intend to fulfill the postaward employment obligation; or fails to 

maintain or fulfill any of the postgraduation or post-award employment 

obligations or requirements. Failure to 

satisfy the academic requirements of the 

program or to complete the service 

requirement results in forfeiture of the 

scholarship award, which must either 

be repaid or reverted by the institution 

to a student loan pro-rated accordingly 

to reflect partial service completed. 

Approval of the CyberCorps®: 

Scholarship for Service (SFS) 

Registration system is necessary to 

continue management and operation of 

the program and to facilitate the timely 

registration, selection, placement, and 

monitoring of program-enrolled 

scholarship recipients in Government 

agencies. 

The burden estimate associated with 

this request is increasing from past 

years. This is due to three primary 

reasons: an increased number of 

scholars, increased reporting 

requirements, and reassessment of 

previous reporting of burden estimates. 

Each year NSF awards grants to 

additional universities to use for 

scholarships under the SFS program 

which increases the number of students 

that receive scholarships, and 

consequently, the number of scholars 

that need to be monitored through the 

completion of their service 

commitment. Each student awarded a 

scholarship must register their profile 

and resume with the SFS website for the 

successful facilitation of their placement 

with a government agency, and they 

must maintain up-to-date profile and 

employment information through 

program completion. The annual 

employment verification and profile 

maintenance was not previously 

collected, and to meet this requirement, 

scholars and their affiliated academic 

officials must report employment and 

up-to-date profile information. Finally, 

the previous information collection 

requests only included new scholars 

registering with the SFS portal. Costs 

attributable to the requirement for 

scholars to provide annual employment 

verification and to maintain an up-todate profile have been captured in this 

burden estimate in addition to the 

information collected from academic 

and agency officials. 

The Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM), Human Resources Solutions 

Division, offers the general public and 

other Federal agencies the opportunity 

to comment on an existing information 

collection request (ICR) 3206–0246, SFS 

Registration System. The information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register at 86 FR 17219 

allowing for a 60-day public comment 

period. No comments were received for 

this information collection. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow an additional 

30 days for public comments. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 


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3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Identify ways in which OPM can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: CyberCorps®: Scholarship for 

Service, Office of Personnel 

Management. 

Title: Scholarship for Service (SFS) 

Program Internet Site. 

OMB Number: 3206–0246. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Number of Respondents: 1,303. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

New Scholars: 30 minutes. 

Existing Scholars: 15 minutes. 

Principal Investigators/Academic 

Officials: 35 minutes. 

Agency Officials: 10 minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 965 hours. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Alexys Stanley, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20175 Filed 9–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–43–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Postal Service®. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The United States Postal 

Service® (USPS®) is proposing to create 

one Customer Privacy Act System of 

Records (SOR) 1225.000. This new SOR 

will formalize the Postal Service 

program known as USPS Operation 

Santa® and promote transparency. 

DATES: These revisions will become 

effective without further notice on 

October 9, 2024, unless comments 

received on or before that date result in 

a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted via email to the Privacy and 

Records Management Office, United 

States Postal Service Headquarters 

USPSPrivacyFedRegNotice@usps.gov. 

Arrangements to view copies of any 

written comments received, to facilitate 

public inspection, will be made upon 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janine Castorina, Chief Privacy and 

Records Management Officer, Privacy 

and Records Management Office, 202– 

268–2000, USPSPrivacyFedRegNotice@

usps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The United States Postal Service has 

a long, storied history concerning letters 

to Santa. From cultural touchstones like 

Miracle on 34th Street to ‘‘Letters to 

Santa’’ holiday decorations, the notion 

of a child writing a letter to Santa Claus, 

Saint Nicolas, Papa Noel, and countless 

other derivations goes back generations. 

The Postal Service has long supported 

these types of programs, formalizing 

efforts at the turn of the 20th century, 

then evolving over time into what we 

now know as Operation Santa. 

The Postal Service now seeks to 

expand this program further, enhancing 

the capability for spreading holiday 

cheer and keeping the spirit of the 

holidays alive. This SOR is drafted 

therefore with the goal of turning 

Operation Santa into a beloved, 

perennial program cherished by 

children and adults across the country. 

To further that end, this SOR will 

formalize components of Operation 

Santa, standardize previously disparate 

components, and add channels for 

keeping the magic alive all season long. 

The USPS Operation Santa program 

encourages the public to adopt letters 

written to Santa. For 111 years this 

program has helped children and 

families have a magical holiday when 

they otherwise might not. USPS 

Operation Santa is designed to allow 

individuals to adopt actual letters 

written to Santa that are only displayed 

online after any personal information is 

redacted to protect the confidentiality 

and safety of the letter writer. 

Prescreened adopters have the 

opportunity to adopt and send 

thoughtful, heartfelt gifts anonymously. 

Package recipients or sender names are 

never revealed to program participants. 

This security practice of anonymity 

safeguards the confidentiality of 

participants, while preserving holiday 

‘‘Santa magic.’’ 

II. Rationale for Creation of a New 

USPS Privacy Act System of Records 

The first goal of this SOR is to 

formalize the letter-writing program 

known as Operation Santa. Every year, 

thousands of individuals write and send 

letters to Santa through USPS. These 

letters are received, redacted of all 

identifying information, and placed for 

‘‘adoption’’ through a USPS website. 

Here, members of the public have the 

opportunity to register, become verified, 

and ‘‘adopt’’ those letters and fulfill 

holiday wishes. With the creation of this 

SOR, USPS will formally centralize the 

program for adopting letters and 

fulfilling holiday wishes to solely 

within USPS headquarters, ensuring 

that any participants in the program are 

provided with the rigorous security and 

anonymity requirements provided by 

the program while also supplanting the 

need for individual post office locations 

to create their own letter-adoption 

program. 

This SOR will also confer on USPS a 

higher capacity to ensure accountability 

under this program. This will allow U.S. 

Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) 

greater flexibility in investigating any 

actual or suspected misbehavior that 

may occur during the seasonal program. 

Further, this will allow USPS to refer 

incidents of improper disclosure by 

USPS employees through the proper 

disciplinary courses. 

III. Description of the New System of 

Records 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (e)(11), 

interested persons are invited to submit 

written data, views, or arguments on 

this proposal. A report of the proposed 

new System of Records has been sent to 

Congress and to the Office of 

Management and Budget for their 

evaluations. The Postal Service does not 

expect that this new system of records 

will have any adverse effect on 

individual privacy rights. 

The notice for the creation of USPS 

SOR 1225.000, USPS Operation Santa®, 

is provided below in its entirety, as 

follows: 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

USPS 1225.000 USPS Operation 

Santa®. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

All USPS facilities and contractor 

sites. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Vice President, Processing & 

Maintenance Operations, United States 

Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 

Washington, DC 20260. 

Chief Customer and Marketing Officer 

and Executive Vice President, United 

States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, Washington, DC 20260–4016. 

Chief Postal Inspector, Inspection 

Service, United States Postal Service, 

475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 

20260. 


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