[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 209 (Monday, October 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27509]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Committee for Geosciences (1755); Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. Law 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:

    Dates: November 13-14, 1996.
    Time: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
    Place: Room 1235, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Dr. Thomas J. Baerwald, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Geosciences, Suite 705, National Science Foundation, 
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230, 703-306-1502.
    Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above.

    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, recommendations, and 
oversight concerning support for research, education, and human 
resources development in the geosciences.
    Agenda:

NSF update from the Director and/or Deputy Director
GEO update from the Assistant Director for Geosciences
GEO long-range planning
GEO COVs for FY 1996 (Earth Sciences and Upper Atmosphere)
Mangement of interdisciplinary science linking GEO and other 
directories
Developments in geoscience education planning
Strategies for working within the GPRA framework
Merit Review criteria and process

    Note: A detailed agenda will be posted on the NSF Homepage 
approximately one week prior to the meeting on http://
www.geo.nsf.gov/adgeo/advcomm/start.htm
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-27509 Filed 10-25-96; 8:45 am]
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