[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36667-36668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17940]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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--Task Force on Education.

DATES AND TIMES: Monday, July 20, 1998, 8:30 am-3:30 pm.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Training Center (Suite 800), 
950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Bornfleth, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-4040 or (202) 586-6279 
(fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Task Force on Education 
is to provide information and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board on ways to make the Department's scientific, 
technical and supercomputing capabilities more available to our 
Nation's schools, colleges and universities, and to provide 
recommendations on how the Department can best enhance science, 
technology, engineering and mathematics education in the United States. 
The Task Force on Education will prepare a report for submission to the 
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.

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Tentative Agenda

Monday, July 20, 1998
8:30-8:45 am--Welcome and Opening Remarks--Dr. Hanna Gray, Task Force 
Chair
8:45-11:30 am--Discussion of Scientific Literacy--Facilitated by Dr. 
Leon Lederman
11:30-12:30 pm--Lunch Break
12:30-2:45 pm--Presentation & Discussion of Teacher Training--
Facilitated by Dr. Hanna Gray
2:45-3:15 pm--Discussion of Task Force Action Plan--Facilitated by Dr. 
Hanna Gray
3:15-3:30 pm--Public Comment Period

    This agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will be 
available at the meeting.
    Public Participation: The Chair of the Task Force is empowered to 
conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's judgment, 
facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in 
Washington, DC., the Task Force 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 Task Force 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, U.S. 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, DC, 
between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal 
holidays. Information on the Task Force on Education and future reports 
may be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's web site, 
located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on July 1, 1998.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-17940 Filed 7-6-98; 8:45 am]
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