[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17117]


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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 (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given 
of the following advisory committee meeting:
NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Openness Advisory Panel.
DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, July 24, 1996, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM.
PLACE: Capital Hilton Hotel, South American Room, 16th and K Streets, 
NW, Washington, D.C. 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cheney, Executive Director 
(Acting), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 
586-7092.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee:

    The purpose of the Openness Advisory Panel (Panel) is to provide 
advice to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) regarding the 
current status and strategic direction for the Department's 
classification and declassification policies and programs, as well as 
other aspects of the Department's ongoing Openness Initiative. The 
Panel's work will help institutionalize the Department's Openness 
Initiative.

Tentative Agenda

8:30 AM-9:00 AM  Opening Remarks
9:00 AM-9:30 AM  The DOE Openness Initiative; The Classification 
System; Challenges and Issues
9:30 AM-10:00 AM  Discussion
10:00 AM-10:15 AM  Break
10:15 AM-10:30 AM  Human Radiation Records Experience--Implications for 
Openness
10:30 AM-10:45 AM  Discussion
10:45 AM-11:30 AM  Invited Presentations
11:30 AM-12:00 Noon  Discussion
12:00 Noon-12:30 PM  Public Comment
12:30 PM-1:30 PM  Lunch
1:30 PM-4:00 PM  Discussion of a Work Plan for the Advisory Panel
4:00 PM  Adjourn

    A final agenda will be available at the meeting.

Public Participation

    The Chairman of the Panel 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 Washington, D.C. the Panel 
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 Panel 
will make every effort to hear the views of all interested parties. 
Written comments may be submitted to David Cheney, Executive Director 
(Acting), Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.

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, DC, between 9:00 AM 
and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on July 1, 1996.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-17117 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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