[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 99-534]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Notice of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
Education, and Economics Advisory Board Executive Committee Conference 
Call Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of conference call meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. App., the United States Department of Agriculture announces a 
Conference Call Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory 
Board.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, which represents 30 
constituent categories, as specified in section 1408 of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as 
amended by section 802 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-127), will have a conference call 
meeting of the Advisory Board's Executive Committee on January 14, 
1999. Several agenda items will be discussed, which will include 
forming initial recommendations on the USDA merit review procedures for 
education and extension competitive grants for subsequent transmission 
to the Secretary of Agriculture, as required under the new Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998. This conference 
call will be open for full Advisory Board participation.

    Dates: January 14, 1999, at 10:00-11:00 a.m., e.s.t.
    Place: USDA, Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board 
Office, Room 3918, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-2255.
    Type of Meeting: Open to the public. To assure space and 
available access to phone lines, the public must request to join the 
conference call by contacting the phone number below by January 12, 
1999.
    Comments: The public may also file written comments before or 
within 2 weeks after the meeting with the Research, Education, and 
Economics (REE) Advisory Board Office. All statements will become a 
part of the official records of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board and will be kept 
on file for public review in the Office of the Advisory Board; 
Research, Education, and Economics; U.S. Department of Agriculture; 
Washington, DC 20250-2255.
    For Further Information Contact: Deborah Hanfman, Executive 
Director, National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board, Research, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board Office, Room 3918 South Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, STOP: 2255, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC 20250-2255. Telephone: 202-720-3684, Fax: 202-720-6199, or E-
mail: [email protected].

    Done at Washington, D.C. this 31st day of December, 1998.
I. Miley Gonzalez,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 99-534 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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