[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01514]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (16-003)]


NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Ad Hoc Task Force on 
Big Data; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 
Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on 
Big Data. This task force reports to the NASA Advisory Council's 
Science Committee. The meeting will be held for the purpose of 
soliciting and discussing, from the scientific community and other 
persons, scientific and technical information relevant to big data.

DATES Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Local Time.

ADDRESS: NASA Headquarters, Glennan Conference Center, Room 1Q39, 300 E 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ann Delo, Science Mission 
Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-0750, 
fax (202) 358-2779, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public up to 
the capacity of the room. The meeting will also be available 
telephonically and by WebEx. You must use a touch tone phone to 
participate in this meeting. Any interested person may call the USA 
toll free conference call number 1-800-988-9663, passcode 4718658, to 
participate in this meeting by telephone. A toll number also is 
available, 1-517-308-9427 passcode 4718658. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/; the meeting number is 999 765 122 and the password is 
BigD@T@16. The agenda for the meeting includes the following topics:

--NASA's science data cyber-infrastructure
--Access to NASA science mission data repositories
--Big data best practices in government, academia and industry
--Federal big data initiatives

Attendees will be required to sign a register and comply with NASA 
Headquarters security requirements, including the presentation of a 
valid picture ID before receiving access to NASA Headquarters. Due to 
the Real ID Act, any attendees with drivers licenses issued from non-
compliant states must present a second form of ID. [Federal employee 
badge; passport; active military identification card; enhanced driver's 
license; U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card; Native American tribal 
document; school identification accompanied by an item from LIST C 
(documents that establish employment authorization) from the ``List of 
the Acceptable Documents'' on Form I-9]. Non-compliant states are: 
American Samoa, Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New York, 
Oklahoma and Washington. 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 days prior to the 
meeting: Full name; gender; date/place of birth; citizenship; visa 
information (number, type, expiration date); passport information 
(number, expiration date, country); employer/affiliation information 
(name of institution, address, country, telephone); title/position of 
attendee; and home address to Ann Delo via email at [email protected] 
or by fax at (202) 358-2779. U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents 
(green card holders) are requested to submit their name and affiliation 
no less than 3 working days prior to the meeting to Ann Delo. It is 
imperative that the meeting be held on this date to accommodate the 
scheduling priorities of the key participants.

Patricia D. Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-01514 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7510-13-P