29 September 2009

[Federal Register: September 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 187)]
[Notices]               
[Page 49859]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

 
Electroshock Weapons Measurement Methods and Issues Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United 
States Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NIST invites manufacturers of electroshock weapons that deploy 
skin penetrating barbs for operation to attend a public meeting. The 
purpose of the meeting is for manufacturers to present to NIST 
nonproprietary information on their methods of measurement and test of 
the output of these weapons and associated lessons learned.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 
from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, 
Gaithersburg, MD. Information on accommodations, location, and travel 
can be found at: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/
visitor.htm. Please note admittance instructions under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Stanley at 301-975-2756 or by e-
mail at cindy.stanley@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To support the development of rigorous 
performance requirements for electroshock weapons, the Office of Law 
Enforcement Standards (OLES) at NIST, is developing methods to measure 
the current and high-voltage output of these weapons, to calibrate 
these measurement methods, and to compute measurement uncertainties. 
NIST is holding this public meeting to obtain individual input from 
workshop participants on their non-proprietary efforts in these areas.
    All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be 
admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register by close 
of business Monday, October 19, 2009 in order to attend. Please submit 
your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and phone number to Cindy 
Stanley and she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-
U.S. citizens must also submit their country of citizenship, title, 
employer/sponsor, and address. Cindy Stanley's e-mail address is 
cindy.stanley@nist.gov and phone number is 301-975-2756.

    Dated: September 23, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E9-23461 Filed 9-28-09; 8:45 am]

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