[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 6373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01074]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Open to the Public Meetings of the Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program

AGENCY: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), National Science 
Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The NITRD Program holds meetings that are open to the public 
to attend. The Joint Engineering Team (JET) and Middleware And Grid 
Interagency Coordination (MAGIC) Team provide an opportunity for the 
public to engage and participate in information sharing with Federal 
agencies. The JET and MAGIC Teams report to the NITRD Large Scale 
Networking (LSN) Interagency Working Group (IWG).

DATES: January 2021-December 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Love for the JET and Mallory 
Hinks for the MAGIC Team at [email protected] or (202) 459-9674. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Joint Engineering Team (JET), 
established in 1997, provides an opportunity for information sharing 
among Federal agencies and non-Federal participants who have an 
interest in high-performance research and engineering or research and 
education (REN) networking and networking to support science 
applications.
    The MAGIC Team, established in 2002, provides for information 
sharing among Federal agencies and non-Federal participants with 
interests and responsibility for middleware, Grid, and cloud projects; 
individuals involved in middleware, Grid, and cloud research and 
infrastructure; individuals involved in implementing or operating Grids 
and clouds; and users of Grids, clouds and middleware. The JET and 
MAGIC Team meetings are hosted by the NITRD NCO with WebEx and/or 
teleconference participation available for each meeting.
    Public Meetings Website: The JET and MAGIC Team meetings are 
scheduled 30 days in advance of the meeting date. Please reference the 
NITRD Public Meetings web page (https://www.nitrd.gov/meetings/public/) 
for each Team's upcoming meeting dates and times, in addition to the 
agendas, minutes, and other meeting materials and information.
    Public Meetings Mailing Lists: Members of the public may be added 
to the mailing lists by sending their full name and email address to 
[email protected] for JET and [email protected] for MAGIC, with 
the subject line: ``Add to JET'' and/or ``Add to MAGIC.'' Meeting 
notifications and information are shared via the mailing lists.
    Public Comments: The government seeks individual input; attendees/
participants may provide individual advice only. Members of the public 
are welcome to submit their comments for JET to [email protected] 
and for MAGIC to [email protected] . Please note that under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), all public 
comments and/or presentations will be treated as public documents and 
may be made available to the public via the JET and MAGIC web pages.
    Reference Website: NITRD website at: http://www.nitrd.gov/.
    Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) 
National Coordination Office (NCO) on January 13, 2021.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2021-01074 Filed 1-19-21; 8:45 am]
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