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Board Office will send requesters a tollfree dial-in number. Meeting 

information and updates may be found 

at the National Science Board website 

www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Chris Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the National Science 

Board Office. 

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, 

August 10, 2021. 

PLACE: Virtual. 

STATUS: The one item may be viewed by 

the public through webcast only. 

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email at bingc@ntsb.gov. 

Media Information Contact: Chris 

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or at (202) 314–6100. 

This meeting will take place virtually. 

The public may view it through a live 

or archived webcast by accessing a link 

under ‘‘Webcast of Events’’ on the NTSB 

home page at www.ntsb.gov. 

There may be changes to this event 

due to the evolving situation concerning 

the novel coronavirus (COVID–19). 

Schedule updates, including weatherrelated cancellations, are also available 

at www.ntsb.gov. 

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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Public Listening Sessions on Scientific 

Integrity and Evidence-Based 

Policymaking 

AGENCY: Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP), The White 

House. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The White House Office of 

Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 

is organizing a series of three virtual 

listening sessions to hear about issues 

and concerns related to scientific 

integrity from members of the public 

who produce, communicate, and use 

scientific and technical information. 

Perspectives gathered during the virtual 

listening sessions will inform the 

assessment of Federal agencies’ 

scientific-integrity policies and 

identification of best practices and 

lessons-learned that the National 

Science and Technology Council’s Task 

Force on Scientific Integrity is 

preparing, pursuant to the January 2021 

Presidential Memorandum on Restoring 

Trust in Government Through Scientific 

Integrity and Evidence-Based 

Policymaking. 

DATES: 

Virtual listening sessions (all times 

Eastern Daylight Time): 

1. Communications: Wednesday, July 

28, 2021, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

2. Science and Education: Thursday, 

July 29, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

3. Use of Scientific and Technical 

Information: Friday, July 30, 2021, 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Registration deadline: Friday, July 23, 

2021, 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Register for a virtual 

listening session using the sessionspecific links below: 

1. Communications: https://idaorg.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/ 

vJIsdeGrqTstHfZnKhEXlhuusJW7sGzvx0. 

2. Science and Education: https://idaorg.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/ 

vJIsdeyspjgrG4tLkU3xiX8wbbxq_

DPsDIM. 

3. Use of Scientific and Technical 

Information: https://idaorg.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItd2grjMiHcF1JwMUaZQ9hxBRY9iJEKI. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, please contact 

Ryan Donohue, 202–456–4444, 

ScientificIntegrity@ostp.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Presidential Memorandum on Restoring 

Trust in Government Through Scientific 

Integrity and Evidence-Based 

Policymaking, issued on January 27, 

2021, calls for the establishment of an 

interagency Task Force on Scientific 

Integrity of the National Science and 

Technology Council to review the 

effectiveness of agency scientific 

integrity policies developed since the 

issuance of the Presidential 

Memorandum of March 9, 2009 on 

scientific integrity. To inform its review, 

the Task Force is organizing a series of 

virtual listening sessions to hear from 

members of the public who produce, 

communicate, and use scientific and 

technical information. Perspectives 

gathered during the virtual listening 

sessions will inform the Task Force’s 

assessment of Federal agencies’ 

scientific-integrity policies and 

identification of best practices and 

lessons-learned. 

Each of three listening sessions will 

be organized around a particular theme 

and audience, described below: 

Session 1 (Wednesday, July 28, 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT): 

Communications, including effective 

policies and practices to improve the 

communication of scientific and 

technological information, including for 

engagement of Federal scientists and 

contractors with news media and on 

social media. The target audience 

includes individuals from news media, 

science writers, and science 

communicators. 

Session 2 (Thursday, July 29, 2021, 

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT): Science 

and Education, including effective 

policies and practices to support 

professional development of scientists 

and researchers of all genders, races, 

ethnicities, and backgrounds; address 

scientific-integrity issues related to 

emerging technologies, such as artificial 

intelligence and machine-learning, and 

evolving scientific practices, such as 

citizen science and community-engaged 

research; improve training of scientific 

staff about scientific integrity; and 

handle disagreements about scientific 

methods and conclusions. The target 

audience includes scientists, engineers, 

and educators from the Federal and 

non-Federal sectors. 

Session 3 (Friday, July 30, 2021, 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT): Use of Scientific 

and Technical Information, including 

the effectiveness of Federal scientific 

integrity policies in promoting trust in 

Federal science and concerns about a 

lack of scientific integrity impeding the 

equitable delivery of the Federal 

Government’s programs. Target 

audience includes individuals who use 

Federal scientific and technical 

information for decision-making or 

provision of services; individuals from 

disadvantaged communities; and other 

consumers of science. 

Participants in all sessions may also 

comment on the predominant 

challenges they perceive to scientific 

integrity in Federal agencies and 

effective practices for minimizing 

political or other inappropriate 

interference in the conduct, 

communication, or use of Federal 

science. Speakers will have up to two 

minutes each to make a comment. As 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The Exchange initially filed the proposed fee 

changes July 1, 2021 (SR–CboeBZX–2021–049). On 

July 12, 2021, the Exchange withdrew that filing 

and submitted this proposal. 

4As defined in Rule 11.8(e)(1)(E), the term 

‘‘Minimum Performance Standards’’ means a set of 

standards applicable to an LMM that may be 

determined from time to time by the Exchange. 

Such standards will vary between LMM Securities 

depending on the price, liquidity, and volatility of 

the LMM Security in which the LMM is registered. 

The performance measurements will include: (A) 

Percent of time at the NBBO; (B) percent of 

executions better than the NBBO; (C) average 

displayed size; and (D) average quoted spread..[sic]. 

5The current Minimum Performance Standards 

include: (i) Registration as a market maker in good 

standing with the Exchange; (ii) time at the inside 

requirements (generally between 3% and 15% of 

Regular Trading Hours for Qualified Securities and 

between 5% to 50% for Enhanced Securities, 

depending on the average daily volume of the 

applicable LMM Security); (iii) auction 

participation requirements (generally requiring that 

the auction price is between 3% and 5% of the last 

Reference Price, as defined in Rule 11.23(a)(19), for 

a Qualified Security and 1%–3% for an Enhanced 

Security (the ‘‘Enhanced Auction Range’’); (iv) 

market-wide NBB and NBO spread and size 

requirements (generally requiring between 200 and 

750 shares at both the NBB and NBO for both 

Qualified Securities and Enhanced Securities with 

an NBBO spread between 1% and 10% for a 

Qualified Security and .25% to 4% for Enhanced 

Securities, depending on price of the security and 

underlying asset class); and (v) depth of book 

requirements (generally requiring between $25,000 

and $250,000 of displayed posted liquidity for both 

Qualified Securities and Enhanced Securities 

within 1% to 10% of both the NBB and NBO for 

Qualified Securities and 0.25% and 5% for 

Enhanced Securities, depending on price of the 

security and underlying asset class). See Securities 

Exchange Act No. 86213 (June 27, 2019) 84 FR 

31951 (July 3, 2019) (SR–CboeBZX–2019–058) (the 

‘‘Original Filing’’). The Exchange notes that as of 

February 1, 2021, the Enhanced Auction Range will 

be .50%–3%. The Original Filing provides that 

‘‘[b]efore diverging significantly from the ranges 

described above, the Exchange will submit a rule 

filing to the Commission describing such proposed 

changes.’’ The Exchange does not believe that this 

change represents a ‘‘significant divergence’’ but is 

instead noting the change in order to provide 

transparency regarding the current state of the 

Minimum Performance Standards. 

6An ‘‘Enhanced Security’’ refers to a BZX-listed 

security which meets certain enhanced qualifying 

market quality standards. 

7 ‘‘CADV’’ means consolidated average daily 

volume calculated as the average daily volume 

reported for a security by all exchanges and trade 

reporting facilities to a consolidated transaction 

reporting plan for the three calendar months 

preceding the month for which the fees apply and 

excludes volume on days when the market closes 

early and on the Russell Reconstitution Day. 

many speakers will be accommodated as 

the scheduled time allows. 

Staff from the IDA Science and 

Technology Policy Institute will 

facilitate the meeting, which will be 

recorded for use by the Task Force. 

Participation in a listening session will 

imply consent to capture participant’s 

names, voices, and likenesses. Anything 

said may be recorded and transcribed 

for use by the Task Force. Moderators 

will manage the discussion and order of 

remarks. 

Individuals unable to attend the 

listening sessions or who would like to 

provide more detailed information may 

respond to the Request for Information 

(RFI) to Improve Federal Scientific 

Integrity Policies that was published in 

the Federal Register [86 FR 34064, June 

28, 2021]. 

Dated: July 13, 2021. 

Stacy Murphy, 

Operations Manager. 

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[Release No. 34–92408; File No. SR– 

CboeBZX–2021–050] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing 

and Immediate Effectiveness of a 

Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its 

Fee Schedule To Eliminate the Opt-In 

Functionality Offered Under the Lead 

Market Maker Pricing 

July 14, 2021. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on July 12, 

2021, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. 

(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I, II, and 

III below, which Items have been 

prepared by the Exchange. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) is filing with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) a proposed rule change 

to amend the Fee Schedule. The text of 

the proposed rule change is provided in 

Exhibit 5. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is also available on the Exchange’s 

website (http://markets.cboe.com/us/ 

equities/regulation/rule_filings/bzx/), at 

the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, 

and at the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to amend the 

Fee Schedule applicable to its equities 

trading platform (‘‘BZX Equities’’) to 

eliminate the opt-in functionality 

offered under the Lead Market Maker 

(‘‘LMM’’) Pricing provided under 

footnote 14. Specifically, the Exchange 

is proposing to automatically provide an 

LMM with the greater of the LMM 

Liquidity Provision Rates or the LMM 

Add Liquidity Rebate instead of 

requiring an LMM to opt-in.3

The Exchange currently offers a 

comprehensive liquidity provision 

program to incentivize LMMs to provide 

enhanced market quality across all BZXlisted securities. Specifically, as 

provided in paragraph (A) of footnote 

14, the Exchange offers the LMM 

Liquidity Provision Rates which provide 

LMMs daily incentives that are based on 

whether the LMM meets certain 

performance based criteria (i.e., the 

applicable Minimum Performance 

Standard 4).5 The Exchange provides 

each LMM with a daily incentive based 

on how many Qualified Securities or 

Enhanced Securities 6 the LMM has and 

the average aggregate daily auction 

volume in the BZX-listed securities for 

which it is an LMM (‘‘LMM 

Securities’’). The LMM Liquidity 

Provision Rates were implemented to 

incentivize LMMs to meet the Minimum 

Performance Standards across all of 

their LMM Securities, especially for 

newly listed and other lower volume 

securities. The Exchange also currently 

offers, as provided in paragraph (B) of 

footnote 14, the LMM Add Liquidity 

Rebate which is available to LMMs in 

BZX-listed securities that have a 

consolidated average daily volume 

(‘‘CADV’’) 7 equal to or greater than 

1,000,000 (an ‘‘ALR Security’’). The 

LMM Add Liquidity Rebate allows the 

Exchange to offer LMM pricing 

comparable to other traditional LMM 

programs available on other listing 


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