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regulatory factors that affect supply 

chain competitiveness and 

sustainability; and 

(3) information and data systems to 

generate metrics that can be used to 

quantify and improve supply chain 

performance. 

Members shall be selected in a 

manner that ensures that the Committee 

remains balanced in terms of product 

and service lines and reflects the 

diversity of the supply chain sector, 

including in terms of geographic 

location and company size. 

Members of the Committee shall 

represent companies, organizations, and 

stakeholders involved in the U.S. 

supply chain, with at least one 

individual representing each of the 

following: Supply chain firms or their 

associations; users of supply chains 

(e.g., retailers, distributors, 

manufacturers or other sectors); freight 

transportation providers; ports; and 

academia. Based on the balance of 

viewpoints currently represented on the 

Committee, representatives from the 

rail, trucking, airport, energy, logistics 

and freight forwarding, infrastructure 

financing, and big data analysis sectors 

are encouraged to apply. 

Other than the experts from academia, 

all members shall serve in a 

representative capacity, expressing the 

views and interests of a U.S. company 

or U.S. organization, as well as its 

particular sector. Members serving in 

such a representative capacity are not 

Special Government Employees. The 

members from academia serve as 

experts and therefore are Special 

Government Employees (SGEs) and 

shall be subject to the ethical standards 

applicable to SGEs. Members who serve 

as SGEs must certify that they are not 

Federally-registered lobbyists. 

Each member of the Committee must 

be a U.S. citizen and not registered as 

a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act. All appointments are 

made without regard to political 

affiliation. Self-nominations will be 

accepted. 

Members of the Committee will not be 

compensated for their services or 

reimbursed for their travel expenses. 

The Committee shall meet 

approximately quarterly, or as 

determined by the DFO. 

Members shall serve at the pleasure of 

the Secretary. 

All nominations for membership on 

the Committee should provide the 

following information: 

(1) Name, title, and relevant contact 

information (including phone, fax, and 

email address) of the individual 

requesting consideration; and 

(2) An affirmative statement that the 

applicant is not required to register as 

a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act of 1938. 

In addition to the above requirements 

for all nominations, nominations for 

representatives of companies, 

organizations, and stakeholders 

involved in the U.S. supply chain, 

including supply chain firms or their 

associations; users of supply chains 

(e.g., retailers, distributors, 

manufacturers, or other sectors); freight 

transportation providers; and ports, 

should also provide the following 

information: 

(1) A sponsor letter on the letterhead 

of the sponsoring U.S. company or U.S. 

organization to be represented, 

containing a brief description why the 

nominee should be considered for 

membership; 

(2) Short biography of nominee 

including credentials; 

(3) Brief description of the U.S. 

company or U.S. organization to be 

represented and its activities and size 

(number of employees or members and 

annual sales, if applicable); and 

(4) An affirmative statement that the 

applicant meets all Committee 

eligibility requirements for 

representative members, including that 

the applicant represents a U.S. company 

or U.S. organization. 

a. For purposes of Committee 

eligibility, a U.S. company is at least 51 

percent owned by U.S. persons. 

b. For purposes of Committee 

eligibility, a U.S. organization is 

controlled by U.S. persons, as 

determined based on its board of 

directors (or comparable governing 

body), membership, and funding 

sources, as applicable. 

In addition to the above requirements 

for all nominations, nominations for 

experts from academia should also 

provide the following information: 

(1) A description of the nominee’s 

area(s) of expertise; 

(2) A concise Curriculum Vitae (CV) 

or resume that covers education, 

experience, and relevant publications 

and summarizes how this expertise 

addresses supply chain 

competitiveness; 

(3) An affirmative statement that the 

applicant meets all Committee 

eligibility requirements. 

Please do not send company or 

organization brochures. 

Nominations may be emailed to 

richard.boll@trade.gov, faxed to the 

attention of Richard Boll at 202–482– 

2669, or mailed to Richard Boll, Office 

of Supply Chain, Professional & 

Business Services, Room 11014, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, and must be received on or 

before January 12, 2018. Nominees 

selected for appointment to the 

Committee will be notified. 

Dated: December 7, 2017. 

Maureen Smith, 

Director, Office of Supply Chain and 

Professional & Business Services. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Technology Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC) announces 

that on January 23, 2018, from 10:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Technology 

Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a 

public meeting in the Conference Center 

at the CFTC’s Washington, DC, 

headquarters. At this meeting, the TAC 

will: (1) Discuss the scope, plan, and 

approach for the Committee’s efforts in 

2018; (2) explore timely topics and 

issues involving financial technology in 

CFTC regulated markets, potentially 

including blockchain/DLT, data 

standardization and analytics, 

algorithmic trading, virtual currencies, 

cybersecurity, and RegTech; and (3) 

identify work streams and/or 

subcommittee groups that can help 

generate actionable recommendations to 

the Commission on select issues. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 23, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m. Members of the public who 

wish to submit written statements in 

connection with the meeting should 

submit them by January 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s 

headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. Written statements should be 

submitted by mail to: Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20581, attention: Office 

of the Secretary; or by electronic mail to: 

secretary@cftc.gov. Please use the title 

‘‘Technology Advisory Committee’’ in 

any written statement you submit. Any 

statements submitted in connection 

with the committee meeting will be 

made available to the public, including 

publication on the CFTC website, http:// 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Gorfine, TAC Designated Federal 

Officer, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 

20581; (202) 418–5625. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public with 

seating on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Members of the public may also 

listen to the meeting by telephone by 

calling a domestic toll-free telephone or 

international toll or toll-free number to 

connect to a live, listen-only audio feed. 

Call-in participants should be prepared 

to provide their first name, last name, 

and affiliation. 

Domestic Toll Free: 1–866–844–9416. 

International Toll and Toll Free: Will 

be posted on the CFTC’s website, http:// 

www.cftc.gov, on the page for the 

meeting, under Related Links. 

Pass Code/Pin Code: 3599656. 

The meeting agenda may change to 

accommodate other TAC priorities. For 

agenda updates, please visit the TAC 

committee site at: http://www.cftc.gov/ 

About/CFTCCommittees/Technology

Advisory/tac_meetings. 

After the meeting, a transcript of the 

meeting will be published through a 

link on the CFTC’s website, http://

www.cftc.gov. All written submissions 

provided to the CFTC in any form will 

also be published on the CFTC’s 

website. Persons requiring special 

accommodations to attend the meeting 

because of a disability should notify the 

contact person above. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(a)(2). 

Dated: December 8, 2017. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–26869 Filed 12–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Charter Amendment of Department of 

Defense Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Amendment of Federal 

Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that it is amending the charter 

for the Defense Policy Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being amended in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 

CFR 102–3.50(d). The amended charter 

and contact information for the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) can be 

obtained at http://www.faca

database.gov/. 

The DoD is amending the charter for 

the Defense Policy Board previously 

announced in the Federal Register on 

September 5, 2017 (82 FR 41941). 

Specifically, the DoD is amending the 

charter to update the estimated annual 

operating costs and estimated personnel 

costs and the total membership of the 

Defense Policy Board. 

Dated: December 8, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 17–51] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107, pamela.

a.young14.civ@mail.mil or Kathy 

Valadez, (703) 697–9217, kathy.a

.valadez.civ@mail.mil; DSCA/DSA– 

RAN. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, Transmittal 

17–51 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 8, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 


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