[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 441-442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-182]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities; 
Meeting

AGENCY: President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of the 
first meeting of the President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and 
Universities and is intended to notify the general public of their 
opportunity to attend. This notice also describes the functions of the 
Board. Notice of the Board's meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATE AND TIME: February 11, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and February 
12, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

LOCATION: The Yorktown Room on February 11th, and the Valley Forge

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Room on February 12th, Hyatt Regency on the Capitol Hill, 400 New 
Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Billy, Executive Director, 
President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities, U.S. 
Department of Education, 4050 MES, 330 C Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 
20202-7594, Telephone: 202.260.5714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is established by Executive Order 
13021 (October 19, 1996) to provide advice regarding the progress made 
by federal agencies toward fulfilling the purposes and objective of the 
order. The Board shall also provide recommendations to the President 
and the Secretary of Education at least annually on ways Tribal 
Colleges can:
    (1) Use long-term development, endowment building, and master 
planning to strengthen institutional viability;
    (2) Use the federal and private sector to improve financial 
management and security, obtain private sector funding support, and 
expand and complement federal education initiatives;
    (3) Develop institutional capacity through the use of new and 
emerging technologies offered by the federal and private sectors;
    (4) Enhance physical infrastructure to facilitate more efficient 
operation and effective recruitment and retention of students and 
faculty; and
    (5) Help achieve National Education Goals and meet other high 
standards of education accomplishment.
    The meeting agenda will include: Strategic Planning discussions; 
information sharing among Presidentially appointed members; and 
organizing the Presidential Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and 
Universities into cluster committees and developing their agenda. The 
general public is encouraged to attend. However, space is limited and 
is available on a first come, first served basis.
    A summary of the activities of the meeting and other related 
materials, which are informative to the public and consistent with the 
policy of section 5 U.S.C. 552b, will be available to the public within 
14 days after the meeting. Records are kept of all Board proceedings 
and are available for public inspection at White House Initiative on 
Tribal Colleges & Universities, U.S. Department of Education, 4050 MES, 
330 C Street, SW, Washington, DC from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

    Dated: December 29, 1999.
Robert D. Muller,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 00-182 Filed 1-4-00; 8:45 am]
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