[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 26771]
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[FR Doc No: 97-12770]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Research, Education, and Economics; Notice of Strategic Planning 
Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture announces a 
meeting of the Strategic Planning Task Force.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Agriculture has appointed 
the Strategic Planning Task Force which is charged with the review of 
all Federally owned and funded agricultural research facilities. This 
15 member task force is scheduled to meet at the Holiday Inn Gateway 
Center in Ames, Iowa beginning at 1:00 p.m. on May 28 and concluding at 
4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30. Since this is the first meeting of the 
Task Force, the agenda will focus on orientation of the members 
regarding the charge to the Task Force, the current intramural and 
extramural research program and related facilities, and future plans 
for conducting the review. The last day of the meeting will be spent 
touring the Iowa State University facilities, as well as the ARS and 
APHIS facilities in the Ames area.

TIMES AND DATES: May 28, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.; May 29, 1997, 8:00 
a.m.-8:00 p.m.; and May 30, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

-PLACE: Holiday Inn Gateway Center, US 30 and Elwood Drive, Ames, IA 
50014.

TYPE OF MEETING: Open to the public.

COMMENTS: The public may file written comments before or after the 
meeting with the contact person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitch Geasler, Project Director, 
Strategic Planning Task Force, Room 212W, Jamie E. Whitten Building, 
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: 
(202) 720-3803.

    Done at Washington, D.C. this 8th day of May 1997.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 97-12770 Filed 5-12-97; 8:45 am]
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