[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28023-28024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13398]


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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: June 9, 1997. 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 an open session 
during the morning of Monday, June 9, 1997, at approximately 10:00 a.m. 
The morning session will focus on Congressional views on science and 
technology (S&T) and the FY 1998 Budget. This session will end at 
approximately 12:00 Noon.
    The Committee will reconvene in open session on Monday afternoon, 
June 9, 1997, at approximately 1:30 p.m. The afternoon session will 
focus on 1997 PCAST Studies, discussions on the Competitiveness Policy 
Council Report, ``Investing in Innovation: A Project Assessing Federal 
Technology Policies and Programs,'' and the Carnegie Commission Report, 
``Science and Technology and the President.'' There will also be a 
general discussion among Committee members and other Executive Office 
staff about current S&T activities of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science and Technology 
Council (NSTC).

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, June 6, 1997. Other questions may be directed to Angela 
Phillips Diaz, Executive Secretary for PCAST, or Yolanda Comedy at 
(202) 456-6100. The agenda will also be posted on the PCAST Home Page 
located at http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/

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 html/OSTP--Home.html. 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: May 16, 1997.
Barbara Ann Ferguson,
Assistant Director for Budget and Administration, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-13398 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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