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Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

including by Delegation of Authority 

No. 236–3 (August 28, 2000), and to the 

extent permitted by law, I hereby redelegate to the Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs the functions in section 

102 of the Mutual Educational and 

Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as 

amended (22 U.S.C. § 2452) relating to 

the provision by grant, contract or 

otherwise for a wide variety of 

educational and cultural exchanges. 

Notwithstanding this Delegation, the 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, the 

Deputy Secretary for Management and 

Resources, the Under Secretary for 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 

and the Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs may at 

any time exercise the functions 

delegated herein. 

Any reference in this Delegation of 

Authority to any statute or delegation of 

authority shall be deemed to be a 

reference to such statute or delegation of 

authority as amended from time to time. 

This Delegation shall be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: January 31, 2014. 

Evan Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04869 Filed 3–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 370] 

Authority To Promulgate Regulations 

Under Department of State 

Standardized Regulation 013 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of State by the Department 

of State Standardized Regulations and 

the authorities therefore, and pursuant 

to the authority vested in me by 

Delegation of Authority No. 198, dated 

September 16, 1992, I hereby delegate to 

the Executive Director for the Bureau of 

Human Resources, to the extent 

authorized by law, the authority of the 

Secretary to promulgate implementing 

regulations pursuant to Department of 

State Standardized Regulation 013, and 

to set appropriate policies and 

procedures. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary for 

Management and Resources, and the 

Under Secretary for Management, may 

at any time exercise the authority herein 

delegated. 

This delegation of authority will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 16, 2014. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary of State for Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Global Positioning System PreOperational Civil Navigation; Message 

Continuous Broadcast 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to seek comment from the public and 

industry regarding plans by the United 

States Air Force to broadcast preoperational L2C and L5 civil navigation 

(CNAV) messages from certain Global 

Positioning System (GPS) satellites 

beginning in April 2014. These 

messages will be formatted in 

accordance with Interface Specifications 

IS–GPS–200G and IS–GPS–705C, each 

dated 31 Jan 2013. However, a preoperational signal means the availability 

and other characteristics of the 

broadcast signal may not comply with 

all requirements of the relevant Interface 

Specifications and should be employed 

at the users’ own risk. 

The Department of Transportation 

seeks comments on: (a) The benefits, 

risks, or issues to users from this plan, 

including comments on the appropriate 

timeline for broadcasting preoperational CNAV messages. Comments 

are requested from industry on: (b) the 

receiver development benefits and other 

intended uses of pre-operational signals, 

and (c) the benefits and potential 

impacts to users of continuous preoperational CNAV messages with L2C 

and L5 signals set healthy. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number [DOT– 

OST–2014–0028] using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

Confidential Business Information: If 

you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the address 

given below under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you 

should submit a copy from which you 

have deleted the claimed confidential 

business information to the docket. 

When you send a comment containing 

information identified as confidential 

business information, you should 

include a cover letter setting forth the 

reasons you believe the information 

qualifies as ‘‘confidential business 

information’’. (49 CFR 7.17) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice or 

would like to schedule a discussion, 

contact Karen L. Van Dyke, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology Administration, Director 

Positioning, Navigation, and Timing and 

Spectrum Management, telephone 202– 

366–3180 or email karen.vandyke@

dot.gov. If you have questions on 

viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, call Barbara Hairston, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The United States Government is 

currently adding new civil signals to the 

GPS constellation, including L2C and 

L5. The Commander of the United 

States Air Force Space Command 

directed that, beginning in April 2014, 

GPS satellites will broadcast navigation 

messages on the L2C and L5 signals to 

facilitate development of compatible 

user equipment and CNAV operational 

procedures. This extended preoperational continuous broadcast is the 

next phase of development of a new 

capability based on the testing done in 

June 2013, per 78 Federal Register 

Notice 17185, March 20, 2013. This 

broadcast message capability is to be 

implemented using current GPS ground 

control capabilities in advance of more 

automated capabilities to become 

operational with the Next Generation 

GPS Operational Control System, called 

OCX. 

The CNAV message broadcasts 

planned to begin in April 2014 will be 

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implemented on all operational GPS 

satellites capable of transmitting the 

L2C and L5 signals. Currently, seven 

GPS IIR–M satellites broadcast L2C and 

four GPS IIF satellites broadcast L2C 

and L5. On average, users may expect at 

least one L2C-broadcasting satellite to 

be in view at all times. The CNAV 

message content will include Broadcast 

Message Types (MT) 10, 11, 30, and 33 

(as defined in IS–GPS–200G and IS– 

GPS–705C, see http://www.gps.gov/

technical/icwg/) in lieu of the currently 

transmitted MT–0. The Air Force 

intends to broadcast L2C and L5 

messages with the health bits set 

healthy, as was the case during the June 

2013 test. The CNAV data uploads will 

be integrated into current operations, 

but initially the uploads to each 

appropriate satellite will occur only 

twice per week. In December 2014, 

CNAV uploads are planned to be at the 

normal rate of once per day for each 

appropriate satellite. Consequently, 

users should expect L2C and L5 signals 

with CNAV messages to provide 

increased user range error compared to 

legacy civil signals between April and 

December 2014. After December 2014, 

the accuracy of the L2C and L5 signals 

with CNAV messages is expected to 

meet or exceed that of legacy signals. 

Future tests and implementation of the 

remaining CNAV message types will be 

announced under separate Federal 

Register Notices. 

The pre-operational CNAV messages 

are being made available for user 

familiarization and for equipment 

development. They should not be 

considered operational pending 

availability of OCX monitoring and 

control capabilities, and therefore they 

should not be used for safety-of-life or 

other critical purposes. Caveats 

indicating ‘‘Developmental Signal-inSpace, non-operational’’ will be 

included in Notice Advisory to 

NAVSTAR Users (NANUs). 

The Department of Transportation 

seeks comments on benefits, risks, or 

issues to users from this plan, including 

comments on the appropriate timeline 

for implementing the plan. Comments 

are requested from industry on the 

receiver development benefits and other 

intended uses of pre-operational signals. 

Comments are also requested on the 

benefits and potential impacts to users 

of continuous pre-operational CNAV 

broadcast with signals set healthy. 

Public Participation 

You may submit comments and 

related material regarding this proposed 

plan. All comments received will be 

posted, without change, to http://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

Submitting comments: If you submit a 

comment, please include the docket 

number for this notice (DOT–OST– 

2014–0028) and provide a reason for 

each suggestion or recommendation. 

You may submit your comments and 

material online or by fax, mail or hand 

delivery, but please use only one of 

these means. We recommend that you 

include your name and a mailing 

address, an email address, or a 

telephone number in the body of your 

document so that we can contact you if 

we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and use 

‘‘DOT–OST–2014–0028’’ as your search 

term. Locate this notice in the results 

and click the corresponding ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ box to submit your comment. If 

you submit your comments by mail or 

hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. If you submit 

comments by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the Facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. 

We will consider all comments and 

material received during the comment 

period. 

Viewing the comments: To view 

comments, as well as documents 

mentioned in this notice as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and use ‘‘DOT– 

OST–2014–0028’’ as your search term. 

Use the filters on the left side of the 

page to highlight ‘‘Public Submissions’’ 

or other document types. If you do not 

have access to the Internet, you may 

view the docket online by visiting the 

Docket Management Facility in Room 

W12–140 on the ground floor of the 

Department of Transportation West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of comments received 

into any of our dockets by the name of 

the individual submitting the comment 

(or signing the comment, if submitted 

on behalf of an association, business, 

labor union, etc.). You may review a 

Privacy Act system of records notice 

regarding our public dockets in the 

January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal 

Register (73 FR 3316). 

Gregory D. Winfree, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee (ARAC) meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

ARAC. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 20, 2014, starting at 1:00 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time. Arrange oral 

presentations by March 13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, 7th floor, 

Conference Room 7B. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Butner, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–5093; fax (202) 

267–5075; email Renee.Butner@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2), we are giving notice of a meeting of 

the ARAC taking place on March 20, 

2014, at the Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

The Agenda includes: 

1. Recommendation Report 

a. Flight Test Harmonization Working 

Group (Transport Airplane and 

Engine Subcommittee [TAE]) 

2. Status Reports From Active Working 

Groups 

a. AC 120–17A Maintenance Control 

by Reliability Methods (ARAC) 

b. Airman Certification System 

Working Group (ARAC) 

c. Airworthiness Assurance Working 

Group (TAE) 

d. Engine Harmonization Working 

Group (TAE) 

3. New Task 

a. Transport Airplane Performance 

and Handling Characteristics— 

Phase 2 

4. Status Report from the FAA 

a. Commercial Air Tours Maintenance 

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