[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 20359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07780]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: 13-039]


NASA Advisory Council; Technology and Innovation Committee; 
Meeting

AGENCY:  National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION:  Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY:  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 
announces a meeting of the Technology and Innovation Committee of the 
NASA Advisory Council (NAC). The meeting will be held for the purpose 
of reviewing status of the Space Technology Mission Directorate 
programs; status of activities within the Office of the Chief 
Technologist with an emphasis on the discussing the Agency's basic 
research and engineering sciences efforts; update on the Solar Sail 
project; status of the NASA Robotics Technologies project and NASA's 
work with the National Robotics Initiative; and an annual ethics 
briefing.

DATES:  Thursday, April 18, 2013, 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Local Time.

ADDRESSES:  NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., Room 6Z43, Washington, 
DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Green, Office of the Chief 
Technologist, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-4710, 
fax (202) 358-4078, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public up to 
the capacity of the room. This meeting is also available telephonically 
and by WebEx. Any interested person may call the USA toll free 
conference call number 877-951-7311, passcode 6800761, to participate 
in this meeting by telephone. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/
, the meeting number is 394 467 816, and the password is TICmte@0418.
    The agenda for the meeting includes the following topics:

--Office of the Chief Technologist Update
--Discussion of the Agency's efforts in basic research and engineering 
sciences
--Space Technology Mission Directorate Update
--Briefing and overview of NASA's Solar Sail project
--Update on NASA's Robotic Technologies and the National Robotics 
Initiative

    It is imperative that the meeting be held on these dates to 
accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants. 
Attendees will be requested to sign a register and to comply with NASA 
security requirements, including the presentation of a valid picture ID 
to Security before access to NASA Headquarters. Foreign nationals 
attending this meeting will be required to provide a copy of their 
passport and visa in addition to providing the following information no 
less than 10 working days prior to the meeting: Full name; gender; 
date/place of birth; citizenship; visa information (number, type, 
expiration date); passport information (number, country, expiration 
date); employer/affiliation information (name of institution, address, 
country, telephone); title/position of attendee; and home address to 
Anyah Dembling via email at [email protected] or by telephone 
at (202) 358-5195. U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents (green card 
holders) are requested to submit their name and affiliation 3 working 
days prior to the meeting to Anyah Dembling.

Patricia D. Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-07780 Filed 4-3-13; 8:45 am]
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