[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6063-6064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2533]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2010-0003]
Availability of NRC Open Government Web Site
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Open Government Web site for Online
Public Comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice, which follows up on a January 11, 2010 (75 FR
1418), Federal Register notice, informs the public that the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Open Government Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/open) will be available by February 6, 2010, and directs
that, after February 10, 2010, any public comments regarding NRC
publication of high-value data sets or the NRC Open Government Plan
should be submitted online at this Open Government Web site rather than
through mail, fax, or the http://www.regulations.gov Web site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James B. Schaeffer, Deputy Director,
Office of Information Services, (301) 415-7330,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On January 11, 2010, the Federal Register
published an NRC notice (75 FR 1418) soliciting public comment on the
NRC's implementation of the Office of Management and Budget's December
8, 2009, Open Government Directive. Specifically, the Federal Register
notice solicited comments on (1) which high-value data sets NRC should
publish on the data.gov Web site and (2) the Open Government Plan that
the NRC is in the process of developing. The NRC requested that
comments on publication of high-value data sets be submitted as soon as
possible, in light of the NRC's interest in publishing high-value data
sets by date set forth in the Open Government Directive (January 22,
2010). But the NRC also stated that it may decide to publish additional
data sets after January 22, 2010, and so even comments submitted too
late to be considered with respect to this initial effort to publish
data sets were nonetheless welcome. The NRC also requested that any
comments on the Open Government Plan be submitted by February 10, 2010,
and provided options for submitting comments by mail, fax, or at http://www.regulations.gov, but also stated that the forthcoming NRC Open
Government Web site would provide additional opportunities for
commenting on the Open Government Plan.
As noted in the January 11, 2010, Federal Register notice, and
consistent with the Open Government Directive, the NRC's Open
Government Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/open) will be available by
February 6, 2010. This Web site will provide convenient access at a
single location to NRC open government information, including any
public comments the NRC has received regarding publication of high-
value data sets or the NRC Open Government Plan. The Open Government
Web site will allow for submission of online comments on publication of
high-value data sets as well as the NRC's Open Government Plan, and
will also feature other capabilities and tools for providing input and
sharing ideas.
Accordingly, once the comment period announced in the January 11,
2010, Federal Register notice closes on February 10, 2010, members of
the public will still be able to submit comments on NRC high-value data
set publication and the NRC Open Government Plan by using the NRC's
Open Government Web site. Because the NRC plans to include on this Open
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Government Web site all public comments regarding NRC implementation of
the Open Government Directive (including any comments submitted by
mail, fax, or through the http://www.regulations.gov Web site in
accordance with the January 11, 2010, Federal Register notice), the NRC
requests that, after February 10, 2010, any comments on NRC publication
of high-value data sets or the NRC's Open Government Plan be submitted
online at http://www.nrc.gov/open, rather than by using mail, fax, or
regulations.gov.
Because any comments submitted on the NRC's Open Government Web
site will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact
information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in
your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information and, therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of January 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
R. William Borchardt,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-2533 Filed 2-4-10; 8:45 am]
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