[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2048]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of 
the following advisory committee meeting:

    Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Openness Advisory 
Panel.
    Date and Time: Friday, February 13, 1998, 8:30 A.M.--3:30 P.M.
    Place: Doubletree Hotel, Columbia Room, 802 George Washington 
Way, Richland, Washington 99352.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-1709.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Openness Advisory Panel 
is to provide advice to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 
regarding the status and strategic direction of the Department's 
classification and declassification policies and programs, and other 
aspects of the Department's ongoing Openness Initiative. The Panel's 
work will help institutionalize the Department's Openness Initiative.

Tentative Agenda

Friday, February 13, 1998

8:30-9:00 AM, Opening Remarks & Introductions--R. Meserve, Chairman
9:00-9:30 AM, Subgroup Report: Observations from the February 4 
Meeting of the Hanford Openness Workshop--T. Cotton, OAP Member
9:30-10:15 AM, Presentation & Discussion: Hanford Openness Workshop 
Overview--Objectives, Issues, Observations & Status--Hanford 
Openness Workshop Spokesperson
10:15-10:30 AM, Break
10:30-11:30 AM, Status Report: Records Management Implementation 
Strategy & Status Report--Howard Landon, DOE Office of Information 
Management
11:30-12:00 PM, Public Comment Period
12:00-1:00 PM, Lunch
1:00-1:45 PM, Status Report: Declassification Implementation 
Strategy & Status--Richard Lyons, DOE Office of Declassification
1:45-2:45 PM, Panel Discussion: Declassification & Records 
Management Issues: A Path Forward--Guest Panelists & OAP Members
2:45-3:15 PM, Public Comment Period
3:15 PM, Adjourn

This tentative agenda is subject to change. A final agenda will be 
available at the meeting.
    Public Participation: The Chairman of the Panel is empowered to 
conduct the meeting in a way which will, in the Chairman's judgment, 
facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in 
Richland, Washington the Panel welcomes public comment. Members of 
the public will be heard in the order in which they sign up at the 
beginning of the meeting. The Panel will make every effort to hear 
the views of all interested parties. Written comments may be 
submitted to Skila Harris, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board, AB-1, US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.
    Minutes: Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be 
available for public review and copying approximately 30 days 
following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading 
Room, 1E-190 Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, D.C., between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through 
Friday except Federal holidays. Information on the Openness Advisory 
Panel may also be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's 
web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, D.C., on January 23, 1998.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-2048 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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