[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33812]
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[FR Doc No: 97-16372]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory board; Notice of Stakeholder Listening Session

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening session.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 
No. 92-463), the United States Department of Agriculture, the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory 
Board announces a stakeholder ``listening session'' in the North 
Central Region on priority setting and performance assessment for 
agricultural research, education, and economics. This meeting is 
scheduled in conjunction with the Joint meeting of the North Central 
Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors 
and the Council on Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching 
(CARET).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board (referred to 
hereafter as the Advisory Board) will hear views from university senior 
officials and other stakeholder interest groups on research priorities 
and USDA's performance planning, as part of an ongoing effort to obtain 
input from diverse stakeholder interest groups on critical issues in 
food and agriculture. The Advisory Board Chair, Executive Director, and 
several Advisory Board members will represent the Board at this 
``listening session.''
    Approximately 50 individuals are expected to participate in the 
``listening session,'' which will be held at the Ramada University 
Hotel and Conference Center, Columbus, Ohio, on July 17, 1997, from 
8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Panelists from the North Central Region will 
present statements to the Advisory Board on national priorities for 
agricultural research, education, extension, and economics, and on 
measures for assessing performance and outcomes of Federally-funded 
research and education.
    Statements by these stakeholders will be based, in part, on the 
draft Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Strategic Plan for the 
mission area and the draft REE and Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) Performance Plans.
    Comments presented at this North Central Region ``listening 
session'' will be carefully considered by the 30-member Advisory Board 
as they develop final recommendations to the Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics on the USDA Strategic and 
Performance Plans, prior to USDA's submission of the plans and budget 
to the Office of Management and Budget (by September 30, 1997).
    Dates: July 17, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-noon.
    Place: Ramada University Hotel and Conference Center, Columbus, 
Ohio.
    Type of Meeting: Open to the public.
    Comments: The public may file written comments before or after the 
``listening session'' with the contact person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director, 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board Office, Room 3918 South, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
STOP: 2255, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-2255. 
Telephone: 202-720-3684.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 12th day of June 1997.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 97-16372 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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