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32See https://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

publications/2013-preserving-minority-depositoryinstitutions-section-308-firrea.htm. 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–C 

X. Appendix C: Glossary of Terms and 

Acronyms 

A 

Asset Management and Assistance 

Center (AMAC): The office at the NCUA 

responsible for conducting credit union 

liquidations and performing 

management and recovery of assets. 

Additionally, this office supports the 

NCUA’s regional offices’ review of large 

complex loan portfolios and actual or 

potential bond claims. 

Automated Cybersecurity Evaluation 

Toolbox (ACET): The NCUA’s ACET 

application provides credit unions the 

capability to conduct a maturity 

assessment aligned with the FFIEC’s 

Cybersecurity Assessment Tool. Using 

the assessment within the toolbox 

allows institutions of all sizes to easily 

determine and measure their own 

cybersecurity preparedness over time. 

Automated Integrated Regulatory 

Examination System (AIRES): AIRES is 

the NCUA’s legacy examination system, 

which was replaced by MERIT. 

C 

CAMELS: The NCUA’s composite 

CAMELS rating consists of an 

assessment of a credit union’s Capital 

adequacy, Asset quality, Management, 

Earnings, Liquidity risk, and Sensitivity 

to market risk. 

Central Liquidity Facility (CLF): The 

CLF is a mixed-ownership government 

corporation that serves as a source for 

emergency funding for consumer credit 

unions and corporate credit unions that 

join the facility. 

Credit Union Resources and 

Expansion (CURE): The NCUA’s Office 

of Credit Union Resources and 

Expansion supports credit union growth 

and development. CURE assists lowincome and minority credit unions, as 

well as all credit unions seeking 

assistance with chartering, charter 

conversions, bylaw amendments, fieldof-membership expansion requests and 

low-income designations. CURE also 

provides access to online training and 

resources and to grants and loans 

through the Community Development 

Revolving Loan Fund. 

E 

Office of Examination and Insurance 

(E&I): The office at the NCUA 

responsible for supervision programs, 

which ensure the safety and soundness 

of the credit union system and that 

manages risk to the Share Insurance 

Fund. 

F 

Federal Credit Union: A federal credit 

union is a member-owned and 

controlled, not-for-profit, cooperative 

financial institution chartered by the 

NCUA and formed to provide its 

members with affordable and safe 

financial services. 

Federal Information Security 

Modernization Act: A federal statute 

enacted in 2014 that enables the 

government to better respond to 

cyberattacks on departments and 

agencies. 

Federal Employees Retirement System 

(FERS): FERS is a defined-benefit 

retirement plan for civilian employees 

of the federal government. 

Field of Membership: A credit union’s 

field of membership defines who is 

eligible to join the credit union. 

Federally Insured, State-chartered 

Credit Union (FISCU): A FISCU is a 

member-owned and controlled, not-forprofit, cooperative financial institution 

chartered by the state in which it is 

located. FISCUs are insured by the 

NCUA and supervised jointly with the 

state supervisory authority that 

chartered them. 

I 

Information Security Examination 

(ISE): A risk-focused approach to 

examine credit unions’ information 

security focused on areas of material 

current or potential risk relevant to each 

credit union’s unique business model. 

M 

Modern Examination and Risk 

Identification Tool (MERIT) 

examination system: MERIT is the 

NCUA’s new web-based examination 

platform that replaced AIRES. 

Minority Deposit Institution (MDI): By 

law, MDI describes a federally insured 

credit union in which a majority of its 

current members, its board of directors, 

and the community it services, as 

designated in its charter, fall within any 

of the eligible minority groups described 

in Section 308 of the Financial 

Institutions Reform, Recovery and 

Enforcement Act of 1989.32

O 

Office of the Chief Informational 

Officer (OCIO): The office at the NCUA 

responsible for establishing the 

organization’s enterprise IT vision, 

security strategy, roadmap and related 

policies and management controls. 

Office of Consumer Financial 

Protection (OCFP): The office at the 

NCUA responsible for the consumer 

financial literacy efforts, the NCUA’s 

Consumer Assistance Center, consumer 

financial protection compliance policy 

and rulemaking, fair lending 

examinations, interagency coordination 

on consumer financial protection 

compliance matters, and the agency’s 

consumer-focused website 

MyCreditUnion.gov. 

Office of the Inspector General (OIG): 

The office at the NCUA responsible for 

promoting the economy, efficiency, and 

effectiveness of NCUA programs and 

operations, and detects and deters fraud, 

waste and abuse, thereby supporting the 

NCUA’s mission of monitoring and 

promoting safe and sound federally 

insured credit unions. OIG conducts 

independent audits, investigations, and 

other activities, and keeps the NCUA 

Board and U.S. Congress fully and 

currently informed of its work. 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB): An agency within the Executive 

Office of the President responsible for 

overseeing the performance of federal 

agencies and administering the federal 

budget. 

Office of National Examination and 

Supervision (ONES): The office at the 

NCUA responsible for overseeing the 

examination and supervision issues 

related to consumer credit unions with 

assets greater than $15 billion and all 

corporate credit unions. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM): An agency responsible for 

human resources matters and personnel 

policy for the federal government. 

Overhead Transfer Rate (OTR): The 

share of the NCUA’s operating and 

capital budgets that comes from the 

Share Insurance Fund. The OTR 

represents the insurance-related costs 

that are paid for out of the Share 

Insurance Fund. 

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BILLING CODE 7535–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The National Science Board’s (NSB) 

Committee on Strategy hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of a 

teleconference for the transaction of 

National Science Board business 

pursuant to the National Science 

Foundation Act and the Government in 

the Sunshine Act. 

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, November 7, 

2024, from 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Eastern. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 


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1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the teleconference is: Chair’s Opening 

Remarks; Development of 2026–2030 

Strategic Plan and Learning Agenda. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

Michelle McCrackin (mmccrack@

nsf.gov) 703/292–7000. Members of the 

public can observe this meeting through 

a YouTube livestream. Visit https://

www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=MIogDDOiDiM. 

Ann Bushmiller, 

Senior Counsel to the National Science Board. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2024–0171] 

Update to the Performance Review 

Board for Senior Executive Service 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Appointments. 

SUMMARY: On October 1, 2024, the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

announced appointments to the NRC 

Performance Review Board (PRB) 

responsible for making 

recommendations on performance 

appraisal ratings and performance 

awards for NRC Senior Executives and 

Senior Level System employees. This 

notice provides an update to the list of 

PRB member appointees. 

DATES: November 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2024–0171 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2024–0171. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search ‘‘Begin 

Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer M. Golder, Secretary, Executive 

Resources Board, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–287– 

0741, email: Jennifer.Golder@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 1, 2024, the NRC published a 

notice announcing members to the NRC 

PRB (89 FR 79976). Since then, the NRC 

has added one new member to list of 

PRB member appointees. The following 

individual, appointed as a member of 

the NRC PRB, is responsible for making 

recommendations to the appointing and 

awarding authorities on performance 

appraisal ratings and performance 

awards for Senior Executives and Senior 

Level System employees: 

• Robert J. Lewis Deputy Executive 

Director for Materials, Waste, Research, 

State, Tribal, Compliance, 

Administration, and Human Capital 

Programs, Office of the Executive 

Director for Operations. 

All appointments are made pursuant 

to chapter 43 of title 5 of the United 

States Code, section 4314. 

Dated: October 30, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jennifer M. Golder, 

Secretary, Executive Resources Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25578 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2023–35; CP2024–43; 

MC2025–174 and K2025–172; MC2025–175 

and K2025–173; MC2025–176 and K2025– 

174; MC2025–177 and K2025–175; MC2025– 

178 and K2025–176; MC2025–179 and 

K2025–177; MC2025–180 and K2025–178; 

MC2025–181 and K2025–179; MC2025–182 

and K2025–180; MC2025–183 and K2025– 

181; MC2025–184 and K2025–182; MC2025– 

185 and K2025–183; MC2025–186 and 

K2025–184; MC2025–187 and K2025–185; 

and MC2025–188 and K2025–186] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 4, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Public Proceeding(s) 

III. Summary Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405, the 

Commission gives notice that the Postal 

Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to Competitive negotiated service 

agreement(s). The request(s) may 

propose the addition of a negotiated 

service agreement from the Competitive 

product list or the modification of an 

existing product currently appearing on 

the Competitive product list. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, if any, that will be 

reviewed in a public proceeding as 

defined by 39 CFR 3010.101(p), the title 

of each such request, the request’s 

acceptance date, and the authority cited 

by the Postal Service for each request. 

For each such request, the Commission 

appoints an officer of the Commission to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in the proceeding, pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 505 and 39 CFR 3000.114 (Public 

Representative). Section II also 


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