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Solicitation of Public Comments 

Comments may be submitted on (a) 

whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

Summary of Information Collections 

Title: Women’s Participation in 

Incubators and Acceleration. 

Description of Respondents: Women 

business owners and Women’s business 

incubation and acceleration programs. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Estimated Annual Respondents: 500 

Estimated Annual Responses: 122.5. 

Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

122.5. 

Curtis B. Rich, 

Management Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03022 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #14220 and #14221] 

Vermont Disaster #VT–00031 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Vermont (FEMA—4207— 

DR), dated 02/03/2015. 

Incident: Severe winter storm. 

Incident Period: 12/09/2014 through 

12/12/2014. 

Effective Date: 02/03/2015. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 04/06/2015. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 11/03/2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing And 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

02/03/2015, private non-profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Addison, Chittenden, 

Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, 

Orleans, Rutland, Washington, 

Windsor. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.625 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.625 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.625 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 14220B and for 

economic injury is 14221B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03019 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] 

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Announcement of 2015 InnovateHER: 

Innovating for Women Business 

Challenge 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is conducting a 

Challenge, called InnovateHER, 

pursuant to the America Competes Act 

for entrepreneurs to create a product or 

service that has a measurable impact on 

the lives of women and families, has the 

potential for commercialization, and 

fills a need in the marketplace. 

DATES: The initial round of the 

InnovateHER Challenge will take the 

form of local competitions that will be 

run across the country beginning March 

1, 2015 and ending no later than March 

31, 2015. The host organizations 

running the local competitions must 

select and submit one winner from each 

local competition to SBA, along with a 

Nomination package, no later than April 

1, 2015. Winners will be announced no 

later than May 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Wager, Office of Entrepreneurial 

Development, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 Third Street SW., 

6th Floor Washington, DC 20416, (202) 

205–7430, womenbusiness@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Subject of Challenge Competition: 

The SBA is looking for innovative 

products and services that help impact 

and empower the lives of women and 

families. We know that our workforce 

looks very different from 50 years ago. 

Women now make up nearly half of the 

labor force and play a critical role in our 

nation’s economic prosperity. Most 

children live in households where all 

parents work. And as our population 

ages, families are increasingly caring for 

aging parents while balancing the needs 

of work and home. As the demands on 

women and families grow, the need for 

products and services that address these 

unique challenges increases. This 

challenge will provide a platform to 

fulfill that need. 

Contestants must develop a product 

or service that meets the following 

competition criteria: 

• Has a measurable impact on the 

lives of women and families (30%); 

• Has the potential for 

commercialization (40%); and 

• Fills a need in the marketplace 

(30%). 

2. Eligibility Rules for Participating in 

the Competition: This Challenge is open 

only to: (1) Citizens or permanent 

residents of the United States who are 

at least eighteen (18) years of age at the 

time of their submission of an entry (or 

teams of such individuals); and (2) 

private entities, such as corporations or 

other organizations, that are 

incorporated in and maintain a primary 

place of business in the United States. 

Individuals submitting on behalf of 

corporations, nonprofits, or groups of 

individuals (such as an academic class 

or other team) must meet the eligibility 

requirements for individual contestants. 

An individual may belong to more than 

one team submitting an entry in this 

Challenge. SBA employees are not 

eligible, nor are Federal entities or 

Federal employees acting within the 

scope of their employment. Individuals 

or organizations that are currently 

suspended or disbarred by the federal 

government are not eligible for this 

competition. 

3. Registration Process for 

Participants: The initial round of the 

Challenge will take the form of local 

competitions that will be run across the 

country during the month of March 

2015 by host organizations such as 

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up communities, and SBA Resource 

Partners. For more information 

regarding these local competitions, 

please visit sba.gov/InnovateHER. While 

these local competitions will be 

identified as part of the national 

InnovateHER Challenge and will be 

conducted in a manner that is consistent 

with these Competition Rules, they will 

be administered solely by the local host 

organizations and will be judged by 

individuals selected by each host in 

their sole discretion. At a minimum, 

however, each application must contain 

a business plan covering the 

contestant’s proposed product or service 

and must satisfy the Competition 

criteria identified by SBA in this notice. 

Following the completion of the local 

competitions, each host organization 

will identify one winner that will 

advance to the semi-final round of the 

Challenge. No later than April 1, 2015, 

each host organization will submit a 

nomination package containing a 

business plan and other required 

information from each semi-finalist to 

SBA, which will administer the semifinal and final rounds of the Challenge. 

Selection as a semi-finalist following a 

local competition is the only means of 

registering for the Challenge. All 

nominations will be screened by SBA 

for eligibility. Contestants cannot 

submit entries directly to SBA. No prize 

money will be awarded at the local 

competition level. 

4. Prize for Winners: SBA anticipates 

that market stimulation cash prizes 

totaling $30,000 will be awarded to the 

three highest-rated contestants in the 

final round of the competition in the 

following amounts: 

• 1st Place—$15,000 

• 2nd Place—$10,000 

• 3rd Place—$5,000 

For winning entries submitted by 

teams of competitors, prize money will 

be awarded to the self-identified project 

leader for distribution to the rest of the 

team at their discretion and 

independently from SBA. 

5. Process for Host Organizations: 

Organizations planning to host a 

competition under this Challenge must 

send an email to womenbusiness@

sba.gov complete with the 

organization’s name, location, address, 

email address, POC for the competition, 

and Web site (if applicable) no later 

than February 27th, 2015. Additionally, 

each host organization will determine 

the type of local competition, conducted 

in a manner that is consistent with these 

Competition Rules, that will best 

identify the most innovative and 

entrepreneurial business ideas, 

including the type of application that 

individuals need to prepare in order to 

compete, and will publicize the 

competition locally. 

Host Organizations must submit the 

semi-finalist nomination package to 

SBA at women.business@sba.gov no 

later than April 1st, 2015. The package 

must contain the following: 

• A single cover page detailing— 

(1) The name of the winning 

individual or team, best contact 

information including home or business 

addresses with telephone, Web site (if 

applicable), and email address; 

(2) The host organization’s name, 

place of business, business address and 

telephone number and email address; 

(3) A concise, one-paragraph 

description of the product or service 

• A Business Plan. 

• A Statement of Support that 

explains why the winner of the local 

competition best satisfied the 

competition criteria and presented the 

greatest potential for success (maximum 

length: 2 pages). 

6. Selection of Winners. In the semifinal round of the Challenge, an 

executive committee composed of SBA 

personnel will review the semi-finalist 

nomination packages submitted by the 

local competition host organizations 

and select no more than 10 finalists 

whose products or services, in their sole 

judgment, best satisfy the competition 

criteria and present the greatest 

potential for success. 

Each finalist will be offered the 

opportunity to come to DC during 

National Small Business Week, May 4– 

8, 2015, to make a live marketing pitch 

to a panel of expert judges drawn from 

the private sector. The panel of judges 

will select the three finalists whose 

pitches, in their sole judgment, best 

satisfy the competition criteria and 

present the greatest potential for success 

and rank them in descending order. 

Finalists will be responsible for 

covering their own travel costs to DC for 

the national competition. 

6. Applicable Law: This Challenge is 

being conducted by SBA pursuant to the 

America Competes Act (15 U.S.C. 3719) 

and is subject to all applicable federal 

laws and regulations. By participating in 

this Challenge, each contestant gives its 

full and unconditional agreement to the 

Official Rules and the related 

administrative decisions described in 

this notice, which are final and binding 

in all matters related to the Challenge. 

A contestant’s eligibility for a prize 

award is contingent upon their fulfilling 

all requirements identified in this 

notice. Publication of this notice is not 

an obligation of funds on the part of 

SBA. SBA intends to fund all of the 

prizes through private sector sources. 

The private sector source is liable to the 

winners for payment of the prize. SBA, 

however, will coordinate with the 

private sector source regarding 

instructions for award of the prize 

purse. SBA reserves the right to modify 

or cancel this Challenge, in whole or in 

part, at any time prior to the award of 

prizes. 

7. Conflicts of Interest: No individual 

acting as a judge at any stage of this 

Challenge may have personal or 

financial interests in, or be an employee, 

officer, director, or agent of any 

Contestant or have a familial or 

financial relationship with a contestant. 

8. Intellectual Property Rights: All 

entries submitted in response to this 

Challenge will remain the sole 

intellectual property of the individuals 

or organizations that developed them. 

By registering and entering a 

submission, each contestant represents 

and warrants that it is the sole author 

and copyright owner of the submission, 

and that the submission is an original 

work of the contestant, or if the 

submission is a work based on an 

existing application, that the contestant 

has acquired sufficient rights to use and 

to authorize others to use the 

submission, and that the submission 

does not infringe upon any copyright or 

upon any other third party rights of 

which the contestant is aware. 

9. Publicity Rights: By registering and 

entering a submission, each contestant 

consents to SBA’s and its agents’ use, in 

perpetuity, of its name, likeness, 

photograph, voice, opinions, and/or 

hometown and state information for 

promotional or informational purposes 

through any form of media, worldwide, 

without further payment or 

consideration. 

10. Liability and Insurance 

Requirements: By registering and 

entering a submission, each contestant 

agrees to assume any and all risks and 

waive claims against the Federal 

Government and its related entities, 

except in the case of willful misconduct, 

for any injury, death, damage, or loss of 

property, revenue, or profits, whether 

direct, indirect, or consequential, arising 

from their participation in this 

Challenge, whether the injury, death, 

damage, or loss arises through 

negligence or otherwise. By registering 

and entering a submission, each 

contestant further represents and 

warrants that it possesses sufficient 

liability insurance or financial resources 

to cover claims by a third party for 

death, bodily injury, or property damage 

or loss resulting from any activity it 

carries out in connection with its 

participation in this Challenge, or 


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claims by the Federal Government for 

damage or loss to Government property 

resulting from such an activity. Contest 

winners should be prepared to 

demonstrate proof of insurance or 

financial responsibility in the event 

SBA deems it necessary. 

11. Record Retention and Disclosure: 

All nomination packages and related 

materials provided to SBA in the semifinal and final rounds of the Challenge 

automatically become SBA records and 

cannot be returned. Contestants should 

identify any confidential commercial 

information contained in their entries at 

the time of their submission to the local 

Host Organization. SBA will notify 

contestants of any Freedom of 

Information Act requests the Agency 

receives related to their submissions in 

accordance with 13 CFR part 102. 

Award Approving Official: Erin 

Andrew, Assistant Administrator, Office 

of Women’s Business Ownership, U.S. 

Small Business Administration, 409 

Third Street SW., Washington, DC 

20416. 

Dated: February 6, 2015. 

Erin Andrew, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Women’s 

Business Ownership. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03013 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Global Positioning System Adjacent 

Band Compatibility Assessment 

Workshop III 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to inform the public that the U.S. 

Department of Transportation will host 

a third workshop to continue 

discussions of the Global Positioning 

System (GPS) Adjacent Band 

Compatibility Assessment. The 

workshop will focus on the following 

topics: (i) Identification of GPS and 

Global Navigation Satellite System 

(GNSS) receivers to be considered for 

testing that are representative of the 

current categories of user applications; 

and (ii) discussion of a GPS/GNSS 

receiver test plan. To maximize 

participation and discussion, the U.S. 

Department of Transportation is 

requesting that those interested in 

presenting on one (or all) of the above 

topics please contact Stephen Mackey 

(contact information listed below) by 

March 2, 2015. 

This workshop is open to the general 

public by registration only. For those 

who would like to attend the workshop, 

we request that you register no later 

than March 2, 2015. Please use the 

following link to register: https://

volpecenterevents.webex.com/

volpecenterevents/onstage/

g.php?d=291900050&t=a. 

You must include: 

• Name 

• Organization 

• Telephone number 

• Mailing and email addresses 

• Attendance method (WebEx or on 

site) 

• Country of citizenship 

• Intend to present (Yes/No) 

Æ If Yes, topic and title 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is committed to 

providing equal access to this workshop 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, please contact Stephen 

Mackey (contact information listed 

below) with your request by close of 

business February 27, 2015. 

DATES: Date/Time: March 12, 2015 8:30 

a.m.–3:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time). 

Location 

Aerospace Corporation, 2310 E. El 

Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245. 

Identification will be required at the 

entrance of Aerospace Corporation 

facility (Passport, state ID, or Federal 

ID). Several Days leading up to the 

workshop, an email containing the 

agenda, dial-in, and WebEx information 

will be provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen M. Mackey, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, John A. Volpe National 

Transportation Systems Center, V–345, 

55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, 

Stephen.Mackey@dot.gov, 617–494– 

2753. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, 

2015. 

Gregory D. Winfree, 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03020 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Sixty-Fifth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 135, Environmental 

Conditions and Test Procedures for 

Airborne Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 135, Environmental 

Conditions and Test Procedures for 

Airborne Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the Sixty-Fifth 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

135, Environmental Conditions and Test 

Procedures for Airborne Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

14–16, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

NIAR, 4004 N. Webb Rd., Wichita, KS 

67226. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at http://www.rtca.org or Sophie 

Bousquet, sbousquet@rtca.org, 202– 

330–0663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 135. The agenda will include 

the following: 

April 14–16 

• Chairmen’s Opening Remarks, 

Introductions. 

• Approval of Summary from the 

Sixty-Fourth Meeting—(RTCA Paper 

No. 021–15/SC135–700). 

• Review Revised Terms of Reference. 

• Review DO–160H/ED–14H 

Schedule. 

• Present New Change Proposal 

Forms. 

• Review Change New Proposals. 

• Review Working Group Activities. 

• New/Unfinished Business. 

• Establish date/locations for Next 

SC–135 Meetings. 

• Closing and Adjourn. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the ‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT’’ section. Members of the 

public may present a written statement 

to the committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2015. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Program 

Oversight and Administration, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03061 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] 

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