[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Technical Information Service

 

Federal Scientific, Technical, and Engineering Information 
Transfer; Meeting

January 11, 1994.
    NTIS invites representatives of federal agencies to attend an open 
briefing and discussion covering the procedures, definitions, roles, 
and benefits of a newly published regulation covering the transfer of 
Federal scientific, technical, and engineering information (STEI). The 
briefing will be held at the Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover 
Building, room 4830, on January 26, 1994, 2 to 4 p.m.
    Section 108 of the American Technology Preeminence Act (Pub. L. 
102-245) requires all federal agencies to transfer Government-financed 
STEI to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The final 
rule establishing procedures to be used was published in Federal 
Register (Vol. 15, No. 1, January 3, 1994, pp 6-12) as 15 CFR part 
1180. The procedures become effective on February 1, 1994.
    The purpose of the Act is to promote the national economic 
competitiveness of the United States and to help U.S. industries speed 
the development of new products and processes. Centralized availability 
of Government-sponsored STEI to industry, as well as to other users, is 
an important means toward this end. NTIS was created for this purpose 
in 1950. Until now, the transfer of federal STEI products to NTIS was 
voluntary.
    Recent policy statements have stressed the need for better 
dissemination of Government information, including the President's 
report on Technology for America's Economic Growth and the June 1993 
release of OMB Circular A-130. The latter makes dissemination of 
information a responsibility of each Government agency. The procedures 
established in the new regulation can aid Federal agencies to meet 
their obligations under these policies as well.
    The meeting is open to all Federal employees, but attendance is 
limited to 75 persons. Persons interested in attending should contact 
Mr. Walter L. Finch, Associate Director for Business Development, NTIS, 
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 (telephone: 703-487-4674). 
Additional briefings will be scheduled if needed.
Robert R. Freeman,
Director, Office of Acquisitions.
[FR Doc. 94-1094 Filed 1-14-94; 8:45 am]
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