[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 12114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5569]



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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


Meeting of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and 
Technology

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a 
meeting of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and 
Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Committee. 
Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act.

DATES AND PLACE: April 18-19, 1996. The White House Conference Center, 
Truman Room, Third Floor, 726 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC 20500.

TYPE OF MEETING: Open.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The PCAST will meet in open session on 
Thursday, April 18, 1996, at approximately 9:00 AM on current 
activities of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and 
the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). This session will 
end at approximately 12:00 Noon. The Committee will reconvene in open 
session at approximately 1:30 PM to discuss science and technology 
policies of national importance. This session will end at approximately 
5:00 PM.
    The Committee will meet again in open session on Friday, April 19, 
1996, at approximately 9:00 AM, for a general discussion among 
Committee members and other Executive Office staff about future PCAST 
activities. This session will end at approximately 12:00 Noon.
    Any of the morning or afternoon sessions may be interrupted for the 
PCAST to gather at the White House to be introduced to the President 
and/or Vice President of the United States.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For information regarding time, place, and 
agenda, please call Evelyn Diaz, at (202) 456-6100, prior to 3:00 PM on 
Friday, April 12, 1996. Other questions may be directed to Angela 
Phillips Diaz, Executive Secretary of PCAST, or Elizabeth M. Gunn, 
Senior Policy Analyst for PCAST, at (202) 456-6100. Please note that 
public seating for this meeting is limited, and is available on a 
first-come, first-served basis.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Committee of Advisors on 
Science and Technology was established on November 23, 1993, by 
Executive Order 12882, as amended, and continued through September 30, 
1997, by Executive Order 12974. The purpose of PCAST is to advise the 
President on matters of national importance that have significant 
science and technology content, and to assist the President's National 
Science and Technology Council in securing private sector participation 
in its activities. The Committee members are distinguished individuals 
appointed by the President from non-Federal sectors. The PCAST is co-
chaired by John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science and 
Technology, and by John Young, former President and CEO of Hewlett-
Packard Company.

    Dated: March 4, 1996.
Barbara Ann Ferguson,
Assistant Director for Budget and Administration, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-5569 Filed 3-22-96; 8:45 am]
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