[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1153]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Advisory Council on Education Statistics, Policy Committee

AGENCY: National Center on Education Statistics, Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the Policy Committee of the Advisory Council on 
Education Statistics (ACES). Notice of this meeting is required under 
Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: January 28, 1998.

TIMES: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., (closed).

LOCATION: 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Board Room #100, Washington DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Marenus, National Center on Education Statistics, 555 New 
Jersey Ave., NW, Room 400j, Washington, DC 20208-5530 (202) 219-1835.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Council on Education Statistics 
(ACES) is established under Section 406(c)(1) of the Education 
Amendments of 1974, Pub. L. 93-380. The Council is established to 
review general policies for the operation of the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) in the Office of Educational Research and 
Improvement and is responsible for advising on standards to insure that 
statistics and analyses disseminated by NCES are of high quality and 
are not subject to political influence. In addition; ACES is required 
to advise the Commissioner of NCES and the National Assessment 
Governing Board on technical and statistical matters related to the 
National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).
    The proposed agenda for the Policy Committee's meeting includes the 
following:
     Review and discussion of cost estimates for planned 
procurements in the hear 2000. Because the discussion will include 
information on cost estimates on future procurements, this session must 
be closed to the public. The public disclosure of this information 
would be likely to significantly frustrate the implementation of 
planned agency action if conducted in open session. Such matters are 
protected by exemption (9)(B) of section 552(c) of title 5 U.S.C.
    A summary of the activities and related matters, which are 
informative to the public and consistent with the policy of 5 U.S.C. 
552b, will be available to the public within 14 days after the 
meetings. Records are kept of all Council proceedings and are available 
for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Director, Advisory 
Council on Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Room 400J, 
Washington, DC 20208-7575.
Ricky Takai,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 98-1153 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]
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