[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 213 (Friday, November 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55881-55883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27351]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Criteria and Application Process for the Secretarial Award for
Excellence in Transportation Technology Research and Development
AGENCY: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary.
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ACTION: Notice of request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) announces procedures
for nominating individuals and organizations for the Secretarial Award
for Excellence in Transportation Technology Research and Development.
Awards are made annually by the Secretary of Transportation to
recognize research and development contributions advancing the
performance of U.S. transportation systems and the ability of U.S.
transportation industries to create domestic jobs and compete in the
global marketplace.
DATES: Nominations must be postmarked no later than November 30, 1995.
ADDRESSES: An original and three copies of the nomination should be
sent to: Noah Rifkin, Director of Technology Deployment, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590, room 10200. One additional copy should be sent to
the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keving Green, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Kendall
Square, DTS-24, Cambridge, MA 02142. Telephone: (617)-494-2106.
Internet: green@volpel.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This notice solicits nominations for the Secretarial Award for
Excellence in Transportation Technology Research and Development and
provides relevant information on the nomination and selection process.
The award is an honorary recognition by the Secretary of
Transportation. Last year, one award was made, and it was granted to
QUALCOMM Incorporated of San Diego, in recognition of its OmniTRACS
mobile communications and vehicle tracking system.
Purpose
DOT is committed to promoting a safe and efficient transportation
system that enhances the U.S. economy and contributes to a secure and
healthy environment. In fulfilling this mission, the Department intends
to accelerate the development and application of advanced
transportation technologies. The Secretary of Transportation has
therefore established the Secretarial Award for Excellence in
Transportation Technology Research and Development to recognize
significant achievement that expand the transportation technology
knowledge base, that promote timely deployment of those transportation
technologies which will best meet the nation's needs, and that enhance
the ability of the U.S. transportation industries to compete
internationally.
Evaluation Criteria
Nominations will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Quality and innovative nature of the technology developed
and/or deployed;
How the technology improves the safety, efficiency, and/or
environmental performance of transportation systems;
How the technology has enhanced industry competitiveness,
both domestically and internationally;
Significance of individual or organization nominated to
the success of the development and/or deployment effort;
Entrepreneurial nature of research effort (nature of
collaboration);
Potential for positive economic benefits to the U.S. or
specific region; and
Applicability to more than one mode of transportation.
The qualifying work may be a singular accomplishment or a series of
accomplishments that have had a substantial effect over time. However,
significant weight will be given to achievements developed or
demonstrated within the past twelve months.
Examples of achievements that may be recognized include, but are
not limited to:
Safety Improvements--Technology that reduces the
likelihood of transportation-related accidents or the likelihood of
serious injury when such accidents do occur or otherwise improves the
chances of post-accident survival/recovery of accident victims. This
could include research and development of instrumentation equipment,
human factors, or biomechanics.
Energy Savings--Technology that reduces the energy
intensity of transportation systems through research in materials,
alternative fuels, engine and propulsion modifications, aerodynamic
modeling and drag reduction, combustion research, and transportation
system modeling and design.
Environmental Quality--Technology that reduces the impact
of transportation on air quality, water quality, solid waste volume and
toxicity, noise, the global climate, and biological diversity. This
could include research and development of products, processes, models,
systems, or measurement instrumentation.
International Industrial Competitiveness--Technology that
helps U.S. transportation industries to create jobs for U.S. citizens
and to compete in the global marketplace for transportation vehicles
and equipment and for freight and passenger transportation services.
Economic Performance--Transportation technology that
improves the economic efficiency of domestic and international freight
and passenger transportation systems. Such improvements could result
from, for example: reduced travel time, reduced life-cycle costs of
vehicles and infrastructure, and more cost-efficient design and
utilization of transportation systems.
Evaluation Process
The DOT Research and Technology Coordinating Council, chaired by
the Director of Technology Deployment will appoint an Evaluation
Committee to evaluate nominations under the prescribed criteria and to
recommend recipients.
Recommendations of the Evaluation Committee will be reviewed by a
Selection Committee made up of members of the Research and Technology
Steering Committee. Final selections will be made by the Secretary of
Transportation.
Nominating Procedures
Nominees can be individuals or organizations. For purposes of this
award, organizations include but are not limited to: domestic
corporations, including nonprofit corporations; partnerships;
professional associations; institutions of higher education; Federal,
State, or local government; and professional teams assembled for the
specific projects. Nominations should be in the form of a letter and
must demonstrate how the nominee meets the evaluation criteria.
Nominations, which must be signed and should be no more than 10 pages
in length, must include the following:
Name and address of the individual or organization being
nominated;
Name, address, and telephone number of the point of
contact at the nominating organization;
A description of the accomplishments focusing on the
evaluation criteria identified above;
Recognition of accomplishments by peers, as indicated by
awards, patents, etc.; and
If the nominee is an organization, documentation that the
nominee is a domestic concern (i.e., as the term
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``domestic'' is defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(4)).
Nominations must be postmarked by November 30, 1995, and should be
sent to: Noah Rifkin, Director of Technology Deployment, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590, Room 10200.
Issued this 24th day of October 1995, in Washington, DC.
Noah Rifkin,
Director of Technology Deployment.
[FR Doc. 95-27351 Filed 11-2-95; 8:45 am]
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