[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 251 (Monday, December 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68745-68746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33043]


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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


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

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: January 15, 1997. NASA Headquarters, Program Review 
Center (PRC), Ninth Floor, Room 9H40, 300 E. Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20546-0001.

TYPE OF MEETING: Open.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The PCAST will meet in an open session 
during the morning of Wednesday, January 15, 1997, beginning at 
approximately 9:30 a.m. The meeting will focus on concluding the 1996 
PCAST panel activities as well as 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 morning session 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 Jeanie Hall at (202) 456-6100 prior to 3:00 p.m. on 
Friday, January 10, 1997. Other questions may be directed to Angela 
Phillips Diaz, Executive Secretary for PCAST, or Andrea Razzaghi, 
Acting Policy Analyst for PCAST, at (202) 456-6100. Please note that 
public seating for this meeting

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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: December 20, 1996.
Barbara Ann Ferguson,
Assistant Director for Budget and Administration Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-33043 Filed 12-24-96; 10:36 am]
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