[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44151-44152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21842]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Committee Management; Notice of Establishment

    The Acting Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation has 
determined that the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Measures to Increase 
the Participation and Success Rates of Women, Historically 
Underrepresented Minorities and Disabled Persons in Graduate Education 
in the Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering is necessary and in the 
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed 
upon the Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), by 42 USC 1861 et 
seq. This determination follows consultation with the Committee 
Management Secretariat, General Services Administration and the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB).
    Name of Committee: Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Measures to 
Increase the Participation and Success Rates of Women, Historically 
Underrepresented Minorities and Disabled Persons in Graduate Education 
in the Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering.
    Purpose: To recommend to the National Science Foundation (NSF) 
strategies and tactics for increasing the participation and success 
rates in graduate schools of women, historically underrepresented 
minorities and disabled persons.
    Balanced Membership Plans: Approximately 15 persons from the 
external community will serve on the Committee. These members will be 
experts in a broad range of areas, including university administration 
and graduate teaching in a variety of scientific and engineering 
fields. Members will reflect a variety of perspectives and will be 
individuals who have a history of accomplishment in this area or are in 
a position to make a difference in the institutions or fields of study 
with which they are associated.
    Responsible NSF Official: Dr. Janie Fouke, Director, Division of 
Bioengineering and Environmental Systems, National Science Foundation, 
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, phone 703-306-1218.


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    Dated: August 13, 1997.
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-21842 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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