[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-26848]


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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES


Committee on Regulation

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the Committee on 
Regulation of the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States (ACUS). The meeting will involve discussion of research 
conducted by Professor Wendy E. Wagner for ACUS's ``Science in the 
Administrative Process'' project. The committee will meet via a 
virtual, online Web forum extending over a period of approximately six 
weeks. Committee members will discuss Professor Wagner's research by 
posting comments to the forum and reading comments submitted to the 
forum by other persons. The public may participate by submitting 
comments electronically or by mail or fax.

DATES: The Web forum will be opened to both members of the Committee on 
Regulation and the public for submission and viewing of comments on 
November 2, 2011 at 9 a.m. The forum will remain open for submission of 
comments until December 15, 2011 at 5 p.m., unless it is announced on 
the forum Web site that the discussion has been completed earlier. 
After the period for receipt of comments has ended, the forum will 
remain available for viewing but will not accept additional comments.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will have no physical location. It will take 
place via an online discussion forum on the Administrative Conference 
Web site, which can be accessed at: http://www.acus.gov/forum/. The 
public may submit comments either electronically through the forum Web 
site or by mail or fax addressed to the Designated Federal Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reeve T. Bull, Designated Federal 
Officer for the Committee on Regulation, ACUS, 1120 20th Street, NW., 
Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202-480-2080; Fax 202-
386-7190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Professor Wendy E. Wagner of the University 
of Texas Law School is conducting research for the ACUS project on 
``Science in the Administrative Process.'' Previously, she presented a 
proposed outline to the Committee on Regulation and received feedback. 
Professor Wagner subsequently prepared a revised outline, and the 
purpose of this meeting is to enable committee discussion and feedback 
regarding the revised outline. The revised outline discusses Professor 
Wagner's research relating to (1) the transparency of agencies' 
reporting of their scientific research and (2) whether agencies allow 
scientists conducting research on their behalf to express dissenting 
viewpoints. The revised outline and any other documents associated with 
the committee meeting will be made available on the project Web page 
prior to the commencement of the committee meeting.
    The committee will meet via a virtual, online Web forum extending 
over a period of approximately six weeks. See 41 CFR 102-3.140(e) 
(permitting meetings conducted ``in whole or part by * * * the 
Internet''). Committee members will discuss Professor Wagner's research 
by posting comments to the forum and reading comments submitted to the 
forum by other members of the committee and the public. All comments 
will be reviewed prior to posting by the Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO) acting as forum moderator. This virtual meeting will enable the 
committee to discuss the committee's business using modern 
communications tools in an open and transparent fashion.
    The public will be able to view all comments on the forum. The 
public may also participate by submitting comments either 
electronically or by mail or fax via the contact information provided 
above. The DFO will review all comments received, both online and 
through other means of submission. The DFO will post all public 
comments received, excepting those that contain trade secret or other 
confidential information, or that are obscene, libelous, threatening, 
unrelated to the topic being discussed, or otherwise evidently 
inappropriate for posting. When submitting comments, please bear in 
mind that, because the Web forum will be moderated, it may take some 
time for comments to appear on the forum, particularly for comments 
submitted outside business hours.
    The Web forum will be opened to both members of the Committee on 
Regulation and the public for submission and viewing of comments 
beginning on November 2, 2011 at 9 a.m. The forum will remain open for 
submission of comments until December 15, 2011 at 5 p.m., unless it is 
announced that the discussion has been completed earlier. Any earlier 
closing date will be announced on both the forum Web page and on the 
``Science in the Administrative Process'' project page at least one 
week in advance. After the period for receipt of comments has ended, 
the forum will remain available for viewing but will not accept 
additional comments.
    Complete details regarding the committee's online meeting, related 
research documents, and how to participate in the discussion (including 
information about accessing and navigating the Web forum and submitting 
comments for the committee's consideration) can be found on the 
``Science in the Administrative Process'' project Web page on the ACUS 
Web site. Go to http://www.acus.gov and click on Research -> Conference 
Projects -> Science in the Administrative Process, or go directly to 
the following address: http://www.acus.gov/research/the-conference-current-projects/science-in-the-administrative-process/.

    Dated: October 12, 2011.
Jonathan R. Siegel,
Director of Research & Policy.
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