[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21878]


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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 (Public Law 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, August 28, 1998, 8:30 A.M.-4:00 P.M.
    Place: Lowes L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Monet I Room, 480 L'Enfant 
Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 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, August 28, 1998
8:30-8:45 AM--Opening Remarks & Introductions--Dr. Richard A. Meserve, 
Chairman
8:45-9:15 AM--Presentation & Demonstration: Status of Human Radiation 
Experiments Disclosure & Records Access--Elly Melamed, Office of 
Environmental Safety & Health
9:15-9:45 AM--Presentation: Status of DOE's Long-Term Data Stewardship 
Program at EM Sites--Steven Livingstone, Office of Environmental 
Management
9:45-10:15 AM--Presentation & Demonstration: ``DOE Information Bridge'' 
Technology Tool--Walter Warnick, Office of Energy Research
10:15-10:30 AM--Break
10:30-11:00 AM--Status Report: Implementation of OAP Interim Report 
Recommendations--Howard Landon, Office of Information Management; and 
Richard Lyons, Office of Declassification
11:00-11:30 AM--Guest Presentation & Discussion: Perspectives on 
Openness--Rose Gottemoeller, Director of the Office of Nuclear 
Nonproliferation and National Security (Invited)
11:30-11:45 AM--Public Comment Period
11:45-1:00 PM--Lunch Break
1:00-3:45 PM--Working Session: Panel & Subpanel Organization, Scope, 
and Work Plans--OAP Members, Facilitated by Dr. Richard Meserve
3:45-4:00 PM--Public Comment Period
4:00 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 
Washington, DC, 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, DC, 
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 August 10, 1998
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21878 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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