5 February 2010

[Federal Register: February 5, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 24)]
[Notices]               
[Page 6063-6064]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2010-0003]

 
Availability of NRC Open Government Web Site

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Open Government Web site for Online 
Public Comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice, which follows up on a January 11, 2010 (75 FR 
1418), Federal Register notice, informs the public that the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Open Government Web site (http://
www.nrc.gov/open) will be available by February 6, 2010, and directs 
that, after February 10, 2010, any public comments regarding NRC 
publication of high-value data sets or the NRC Open Government Plan 
should be submitted online at this Open Government Web site rather than 
through mail, fax, or the http://www.regulations.gov Web site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James B. Schaeffer, Deputy Director, 
Office of Information Services, (301) 415-7330, 
James.Schaeffer@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On January 11, 2010, the Federal Register 
published an NRC notice (75 FR 1418) soliciting public comment on the 
NRC's implementation of the Office of Management and Budget's December 
8, 2009, Open Government Directive. Specifically, the Federal Register 
notice solicited comments on (1) which high-value data sets NRC should 
publish on the data.gov Web site and (2) the Open Government Plan that 
the NRC is in the process of developing. The NRC requested that 
comments on publication of high-value data sets be submitted as soon as 
possible, in light of the NRC's interest in publishing high-value data 
sets by date set forth in the Open Government Directive (January 22, 
2010). But the NRC also stated that it may decide to publish additional 
data sets after January 22, 2010, and so even comments submitted too 
late to be considered with respect to this initial effort to publish 
data sets were nonetheless welcome. The NRC also requested that any 
comments on the Open Government Plan be submitted by February 10, 2010, 
and provided options for submitting comments by mail, fax, or at http:/
/www.regulations.gov, but also stated that the forthcoming NRC Open 
Government Web site would provide additional opportunities for 
commenting on the Open Government Plan.
    As noted in the January 11, 2010, Federal Register notice, and 
consistent with the Open Government Directive, the NRC's Open 
Government Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/open) will be available by 
February 6, 2010. This Web site will provide convenient access at a 
single location to NRC open government information, including any 
public comments the NRC has received regarding publication of high-
value data sets or the NRC Open Government Plan. The Open Government 
Web site will allow for submission of online comments on publication of 
high-value data sets as well as the NRC's Open Government Plan, and 
will also feature other capabilities and tools for providing input and 
sharing ideas.
    Accordingly, once the comment period announced in the January 11, 
2010, Federal Register notice closes on February 10, 2010, members of 
the public will still be able to submit comments on NRC high-value data 
set publication and the NRC Open Government Plan by using the NRC's 
Open Government Web site. Because the NRC plans to include on this Open

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Government Web site all public comments regarding NRC implementation of 
the Open Government Directive (including any comments submitted by 
mail, fax, or through the http://www.regulations.gov Web site in 
accordance with the January 11, 2010, Federal Register notice), the NRC 
requests that, after February 10, 2010, any comments on NRC publication 
of high-value data sets or the NRC's Open Government Plan be submitted 
online at http://www.nrc.gov/open, rather than by using mail, fax, or 
regulations.gov.
    Because any comments submitted on the NRC's Open Government Web 
site will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact 
information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in 
your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information and, therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of January 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
R. William Borchardt,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-2533 Filed 2-4-10; 8:45 am]
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