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Notices Federal Register

27554

Vol. 63, No. 96

Tuesday, May 19, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization; Federal

Subcontracting Forum, Workshop and

Opportunities Fair

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Agriculture

(USDA), Office of Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Office of Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization

(OSDBU) at the U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) will hold a Federal

Subcontracting Forum, Workshop and

Opportunities Fair on June 24, 1998,

from 9:00 AM to 4 PM, in the Jamie L.

Whitten Building, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250.

The morning session (9 AM–12 Noon),

which will be held in Room 107–A, will

consist of presentations from featured

guest speakers and the workshop. The

subcontracting opportunities fair will

take place in the afternoon from 1 PM

to 4 PM in the Patio of the building.

Participation at the morning session is

open to large business concerns and

non-profit organizations. Small business

concerns are invited to participate in the

afternoon session.

Presentation topics will include Best

Practices in Subcontracting; the New

OFPP Policy Letter on Subcontracting;

the Impact of the Adarand Decision on

the Federal Subcontracting Program (a

surprising new development); An

Update on the USDA Subcontracting

Program; and the Future of

Subcontracting. Among the guest

speakers will be Stephen Schooner,

Associate Administrator for

Procurement Policy at the Office of

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), and

Robert C. Taylor, Manager of the Federal

Subcontracting Program at the Small

Business Administration (SBA). The

workshop will cover the required

elements of a subcontracting plan, the

reporting of subcontract award data, and

other pertinent information pertaining

to the Subcontracting Program.

Confidential and proprietary

information will not be discussed.

Participants will have the opportunity

to discuss subcontracting issues/

concerns during the morning session.

Representatives from large business

concerns and non-profit organizations

will be available at the opportunities

fair to discuss subcontracting

opportunities. Seating is limited, and

reservations are required. Reservations

will be taken on a first-come, firstserved basis.

DATE: Reservations must be made by

June 15, 1998 (fax or e-mail only).

ADDRESS: Confirm by facsimile at (202)

720–3001. Confirm by e-mail at

janet.baylor@usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact

Loretta D’Amico, USDA/OSDBU, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW, AG STOP

9501, Washington, DC 20250–9501,

telephone: (202) 720–7117, or visit the

OSDBU’s ‘‘What’s New’’ Section on the

Internet at www.usda.gov/da/

smallbus.html. If you need

accommodations to participate in the

event, please notify Ms. D’Amico by

June 15, 1998 at (202) 720–7117 (v) or

through the Federal Information Relay

Service at 1–800–877–8339 (voice/tdd).

Sharron L. Harris,

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization.

[FR Doc. 98–13191 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Government Owned Inventions

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Government Owned

Inventions Available for Licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are owned by the U.S. Government as

represented by the Department of

Agriculture, and are available for

Licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207 and 37 CFR 404 to achieve

expeditious commercialization of

results of federally funded research and

development. Foreign patents are filed

on selected inventions to extend market

coverage for U.S. companies and may

also be available for licensing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

these inventions may be obtained by

writing to June Blalock, Technology

Licensing Coordinator, USDA, ARS,

Office of Technology Transfer, Room

415, Bldg. 005, BARC–W, Beltsville,

Maryland 20705–2350; telephone: 301–

504–5989 or fax: 301–504–5060. Issued

patents may be obtained from the

Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Patent

and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C.

20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

inventions available for licensing are:

S.N. 08/580,664, ‘‘The Use of

Enterobacter Cloacae as an Endophyte

for the Control of Diseases Caused by

Fungi’’

S.N. 08/785,716, ‘‘Glutenin Genes and

Their Uses’’

S.N. 08/890,719, ‘‘Production of

Antisera Specific to Major

Histocompatibility Complex

Molecules in Chicken’’

S.N. 08/898,999, ‘‘Flow Cytometry

Nozzle for High Efficiency Cell

Sorting’’

S.N. 08/906,333, ‘‘Method of Using Bile

Salts to Inhibit Red Heat in Stored

Brine-Cured Hides and Skins’’

S.N. 08/908,215, ‘‘A Strain of Gypsy

Moth Virus with Enhanced Polyhedra

and Budded Virus Production’’

S.N. 08/918,832, ‘‘Restructured Fruit

and Vegetable Products and

Processing Methods’’

S.N. 08/946,888, ‘‘Non-Thermal Energy

Treatment for the Reduction of

Microbial Population in Liquid Food

Products’’

S.N. 08/974,938, ‘‘Biocontrol Agents for

Take-All’’

S.N. 08/978,761, ‘‘The Prediction of

Total Dietary Fiber in Cereal Products

Using Near-Infrared Reflectance

Spectroscopy’’

S.N. 08/989,887, ‘‘Method and Pressure

Gauge Mechanism for Determining

and Controlling Moisture Content in

Bales of Material Such as Cotton’’

S.N. 08/996,136, ‘‘Whey Protein

Fractionation Using High Pressure or

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide’’