[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61260-61261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27889]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Localization and Tracking System Testing Consortium

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology

ACTION: Notice of Research Consortium Deadline Extension.

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SUMMARY: On November 1, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST) published a Federal Register notice regarding the 
establishment of the Localization and Tracking System (LTS) Testing 
Consortium, inviting organizations to participate in this Consortium. 
The purpose of this Federal Register notice is to extend the deadline 
for acceptance of letters of interest for participation in the LTS 
Testing Consortium, as indicated in the DATES section below, from 
December 15, 2017, to January 31, 2018.

DATES: Letters of interest for participation in this LTS Testing 
Consortium will be accepted until January 31, 2018. LTS testing is 
expected to occur in May or June 2018, with a pre-event workshop in 
March. Dates are subject to change, however.

ADDRESSES: Letters of interest and requests for additional information 
can be directed to the NIST LTS Testing Consortium Manager, Nader 
Moayeri, of the Advanced Network Technologies Division of NIST's 
Information Technology Laboratory. Nader Moayeri's contact information 
is NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8920, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8920, USA, 
email: [email protected], and telephone: +1 301-975-3767.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the 
terms and conditions of NIST's CRADA, please contact Jeffrey DiVietro, 
CRADA and License Officer, NIST's Technology Partnerships Office, by 
mail to 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-
2200, by email to [email protected], or by telephone at +1 301-
975-8779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On November 1, 2017, NIST published a Federal Register notice, 82 
FR 50626, regarding the establishment of the LTS Testing Consortium and 
inviting organizations to participate in this Consortium. The purpose 
of this new Federal Register notice is to extend the deadline for 
acceptance of letters of interest for participation in the LTS Testing 
Consortium from December 15, 2017 to January 31, 2018. Participants in

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the Consortium will be required to sign a Cooperative Research and 
Development Agreement (CRADA).

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3710a.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2017-27889 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
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