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Information Processing (Post-[Retrieval,

Pre-analysis] Processing)

Conversion/Integration Technologies

* Hardcopy conversion concept of

operations

* Data fusion, integration (text, data,

images) and presentation

* Automatic generation of metadata

(i.e., data about data) and other

automation-aided indexing

* Media conversion (microfiche to

electronic form, using scanning and

OCR)

* Tagging (e.g., SGML) of multimedia (especially images) data

* Integration of geographic

information systems (GIS) technology

* Scanning technology—OCR and

other

* Multi-lingual OCR with high

accuracy for poor print and copy test

* Automated correction tools for OCR

errors for multiple languages

—Tools using syntax, linguistics, and

grammars

—Lexicons for spell checking and

keyword extraction in specialized

areas of interest

Machine Translation

* Machine-aided translation

* Translation of languages (other than

Russian, German, Romance)

Document management in a full-text

electronic (digital library) environment,

including input, storage, retrieval, and

dissemination.

* ‘‘Push’’ technologies

* Publishing (including multi-media

authoring and presentation)

* CD–ROM production (low-cost, inhouse, one copy)

* Multi-format support (conversion

technologies)

* Compound documents

* Client/server compatibility

* Support for object technology

(including object linking and

embedding capabilities)

* Archiving

* Massive digital data storage (optical

disk and other technology)

* Compression technologies for

multimedia products

* Workflow management

Exploitation Tools for Production/

Analysis/Use

Tools sets and capabilities

* Scalability (upwards in terms of

volume and complexity of material) for

current profiling tools, retrieval, and

filtering algorithms

* Hardware for advance

visualization, summarization, or input

* Intergrating visualization tools with

language-based tools

* Robust speech and language

understanding technology

* User-friendly/GUI interfaces and

human-computer interfaces for all of the

above exploitation technologies

* Natural language understanding,

especially to extract names, places, and

relationships

* Natural language queries in English

on foreign language databases (response

in English)

Sources of Information and Data

There is also interest in expanding the

acquisition and utilization of open

source data on foreign subjects from

domestic and foreign sources. To that

end, information is sought on new

sources for all geographic and topical

subjects. Specific areas of interest

include foreign developments dealing

with:

* National, bilateral, and multi-lateral

economic trends and activities

* National political events and

organizations

* Environmental developments and

governments actions

* Scientific and technology

developments and breakthroughs

* Military and security forces

organizations, capabilities and locations

* National infrastructures (air, land,

sea, communications)

* Industries and their products/

customers

* Political, industrial, economic,

social and governmental information on

Africa and Latin America

Technology providers or information

providers who work with technology

providers are encouraged to respond to

this announcement with product

information.

Audience

The audience will be composed

primarily of Federal Managers and

major operating contractors who have

information-related responsibilities and

who are able to commit resources to

address their information needs, and

acquire appropriate solutions. They will

represent components engaged in

acquiring information in a multi-media

environment, providing intermediary

information processing services, and

using the information for analysis/

research, support to policy and decision

makers, and operations.

If you are interested, send two

abstracts of your offerings with a set of

three to six key terms or phrases that

categorize your presentation or exhibit

subject. You should use the phrases

listed above in the noted interest areas

or offer additional, but relevant

concepts. With the abstract sent two

copies of more detailed descriptions of

offerings including duplicate copies of

attachment to:

MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire

Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102,

Attention: Open Source Industry Day

(Mail Stop Z–160)

Your response must arrive no later

than 15 March 1995.

Depending on the responses received,

the length of the meeting, and the

specific session structure will be

determined. All respondents will be

contracted as the planning of the

conference proceeds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

F. Wallner, Deputy Director,

Community Open Source Program

Office, Central Intelligence Agency,

Washington, DC 20505; Telephone:

(703) 281–8920.

Approved: February 6, 1995.

Frank J. Ruocco,

Deputy Director for Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–3365 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6310–02–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 2–95]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone—

Sebring, Florida; Application and

Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Sebring Airport Authority,

requesting authority to establish a

general-purpose foreign-trade zone in

Sebring, Florida, adjacent to the Port

Manatee Customs port of entry. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed

on February 2, 1995. The applicant is

authorized to make the proposal under

§ 288.36, Florida Statutes Annotated

(1993).

The proposed zone would be the

second general-purpose zone in the Port

Manatee Customs port of entry area. The

existing zone is FTZ 169 in Palmetto,

Florida (Grantee: Manatee County Port

Authority, Board Order 492, 55 FR

50339, 12/6/90).

The proposed zone site is located at

the Sebring Regional Airport complex

(1,893 acres), 128 Authority Lane,

Sebring. The complex includes airport

facilities, an industrial park, and the

Sebring International Raceway, owned

by the applicant. The airport is a

general-purpose regional airport and the

industrial park can accommodate a

variety of operations ranging from

warehousing activities to heavy
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manufacturing. The Sebring

International Raceway is used for

automotive and automotive parts

research, testing, and demonstration

activities.

The application contains evidence of

the need for additional zone services in

the Sebring area. Several firms have

indicated an interest in using zone

procedures within the proposed project

for warehousing/distribution of such

items as automobiles and automotive

parts and accessories, wood, pulp and

paper products, caladium tubers, and

light aircraft engine parts and

accessories. Specific manufacturing

approvals are not being sought at this

time. Requests would be made to the

Board on a case-by-case basis.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations (as revised, 56 FR 50790–

50808, 10–8–91), a member of the FTZ

Staff has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

As part of the investigation, the

Commerce examiner will hold a public

hearing on March 8, 1995, at 9 a.m.,

Sebring Regional Airport, Board Room,

128 Authority Lane, Sebring, Florida.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is April 11, 1995. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to April 26, 1995).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

during this time for public inspection at

the following locations:

Sebring Regional Airport,

Administrative Offices, 128 Authority

Lane, Sebring, Florida 33870;

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: February 3, 1995.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3427 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

International Trade Administration

University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Notice of Decision on Application for

Duty-Free Entry of Scientific

Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 94–134. Applicant:

University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Heating

and Cooling Stage for Petrographic

Microscope, Model THMSG 600.

Manufacturer: Linkam Scientific

Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR

63762, December 9, 1994.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) operation without glass in

the microscope beam path (no infrared

absorption) for FTIR spectroscopy, (2)

temperature range from -196°C to 600°C

and (3) computer control for precise

regulation of temperature and

generation of video text overlay on data

images. The U.S. Geological Survey

advised on January 17, 1995 that (1) this

capability is pertinent to the applicant’s

intended purpose and (2) it knows of no

domestic instrument or apparatus of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign

instrument for the applicant’s intended

use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Pamela Woods

Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs

Staff

[FR Doc. 95–3435 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–F

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 950117016–5016–01; I.D.

010995C]

RIN 0648–ZA13

Financial Assistance for Research and

Development Projects to Provide

Information for the Full and Wise Use

and Enhancement of Fishery

Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and

off the U.S. South Atlantic Coastal

States; MARFIN

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed areas of

program emphasis; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: Funds are expected to be

available for the fiscal year (FY) 1996

Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN)

financial assistance program to assist

persons in carrying out research projects

that optimize the use of the U.S. fishing

industry (recreational and commercial),

in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) and South

Atlantic (North Carolina to Florida),

including fishery biology, resource

assessment, social-economic

assessment, management and

conservation, selective harvesting

methods, and fish handling and

processing. Emphasis is on research that

will enhance social and economic

benefits from living marine resources.

NMFS issues this notice to solicit public

comments on proposed emphasis areas

for the FY 1996 financial assistance

program. This is not a solicitation for

proposals.

DATES: Public comment on the proposed

areas of program emphasis for the FY

1996 MARFIN solicitation will be

accepted until March 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. Ellie

Roche, Competitive Programs Manager,

Cooperative Programs Division,

Southeast Regional Office, National

Marine Fisheries Service, 9721

Executive Center Drive North, St.

Petersburg, FL 33702. For availability of

documents referenced in this notice,

contact the Southeast Regional Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Ellie Roche, 813–570–5324.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

The Secretary of Commerce

(Secretary) is authorized under 15

U.S.C. 713c–3(d) to enter into

cooperative agreements for research and

development addressed to all aspects of

U.S. fisheries. Funding is expected to be

available in FY 1996 for financial

assistance under the MARFIN program

to manage and enhance the use of

fishery resources in the Gulf and off the

South Atlantic States of North Carolina,

South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

U.S. fisheries include any marine

fishery that is or may be engaged in by

U.S. citizens and citizens of the

Northern Mariana Islands. The phrase

‘‘fishing industry’’ includes both the

commercial and recreational sectors of

U.S. fisheries. This program is described

in the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance under program number