Meetings: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board,

[Federal Register: September 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 173)]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the following advisory committee meeting:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Task Force on Education. DATE(S) AND TIME(S): Friday, September 18, 1998, 8:30 am--12:30 pm.

ADDRESSES: Marriott Key Bridge Hotel, Francis Scott Key Salon B, 1401 Lee Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Bornfleth, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-4040 or (202) 586-6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Task Force on Education is to provide information and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board on ways to make the Department's scientific, technical and supercomputing capabilities more available to our Nation's schools, colleges and universities, and to provide recommendations on how the Department can best enhance science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in the United States. The Task Force on Education will finalize their report for submission to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.

Tentative Agenda

Friday, September 18, 1998

8:30--8:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks--Dr. Hanna Gray, Task Force Chair 8:45--10:30 AM Working Session: Final Report of the Task Force on Education 10:30--10:45 AM Break 10:45--11:30 AM Working Session: Final Report of the Task Force on Education 11:30--12:00 PM Public Comment Period 12:00--12:30 PM Closing Remarks--Dr. Hanna Gray

This agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will be available at the meeting.

Public Participation

The Chair of the Task Force is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in Arlington, Virginia the Task Force welcomes public comment. Members of the public will be heard in the order in which they sign up at the beginning of the meeting. The Task Force will make every effort to hear the views of all interested parties. Written comments may be submitted to Skila Harris, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585. This notice is being published less than 15 days before the day of the meeting due to programmatic issues that needed to be resolved.

Minutes

Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available for public review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C., between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays. Information on the Task Force on Education and future reports may be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

Issued at Washington, D.C., on September 1, 1998. Althea T. Vanzego, Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98-24021Filed9-4-98; 8:45 am]

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