[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48995-48996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23418]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Determination to Establish the Advanced Scientific Computing 
Advisory Committee

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, and 
Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 101-6, Final Rule on 
Federal Advisory Committee Management), I hereby certify the Advanced 
Scientific Computing Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public 
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the 
Department of

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Energy by law. This determination follows consultation with the 
Committee Management Secretariat of the General Services 
Administration, pursuant to 41 CFR subpart 101-6.10.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of Energy 
and the Director of the Office of Science with advice, information, and 
recommendations on national research needs and priorities. The 
Committee will provide an organized forum for the scientific community 
to conduct an in-depth assessment of the Advanced Scientific Computing 
Research programs.
    Committee members will be chosen to ensure an appropriately 
balanced membership to bring into account a diversity of viewpoints, 
including representatives from universities, industry, Department of 
Energy programs, Department of Energy operating contractors, affected 
Federal agencies, and others who may significantly contribute to the 
deliberations of the committee. All meetings of this Committee will be 
noticed ahead of time in the Federal Register.
    Further information regarding this Advisory Committee may be 
obtained from Dr. Patricia Dehmer, Acting Associate Director of Science 
for Advanced Scientific Computing Research, SC-30, 19901 Germantown 
Road, Germantown, MD 20874, phone (301) 903-7486.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 1999.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-23418 Filed 9-8-99; 8:45 am]
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