[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 61257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21271]



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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (16-063)]


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 Big Data Task 
Force. 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: Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Thursday, 
September 29, 2016, 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and Friday, September 30, 
2016, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Local Time.

ADDRESSES: NASA Ames Conference Center, 200 Bailey Road, Building 152, 
Rm 116/117, Mountain View, CA 94043.

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 877-601-6603 or toll number 1-517-319-
9533, passcode 4718658, to participate in this meeting by telephone, 
for all three days. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/; the 
meeting number is 990 210 984 and the password is BDTFmtg#3 (case 
sensitive) for all three days. 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
--Resources and Concerns Specific to Big Data at NASA Ames Research 
Center

    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 the NASA Ames Research Park 
where the NASA Ames Conference Center is located. 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, Minnesota, Missouri 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 working days prior to the meeting: Full name; gender; 
date/place of birth; citizenship; passport information (number, 
country, telephone); visa information (number, type, expiration date); 
employer/affiliation information (name of institution, address, 
country, telephone); title/position of attendee. To expedite 
admittance, U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents (green card holders) 
can provide full name and citizenship status 3 working days in advance 
to International Visits Office, via email at [email protected] 
or by fax at (650) 604-5435. It is imperative that the meeting be held 
on these dates to the scheduling priorities of the key participants.

Patricia D. Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-21271 Filed 9-2-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7510-13-P