[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3364]


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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE


Open Meeting

AGENCY:  National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
    Matter to be considered: Proposed Closure and Transfer of Functions 
of National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
    Summary: In fulfillment of its statutory mandate to advise the 
President and the Congress on national and international library and 
information policies and plans, the Commission has been studying the 
proposal made in August 1999 by Secretary of Commerce William Daley to 
close the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and transfer 
its collections, functions, services, and assets to the Library of 
Congress. The Commission has convened two meetings of interested 
parties for the purpose of allowing them to comment and to offer 
recommendations. More than 75 major stakeholders representing federal 
agencies, libraries and the private sector participated in the earlier 
meetings resulting in narrowing the number of options being considered 
for the future of NTIS.
    In an effort to ensure that all interested parties have the 
opportunity to be heard, NCLIS is scheduling one additional meeting to 
review a draft of the Commission's findings. The Commission will then 
review all comments, before making its final recommendation to Congress 
and the Administration.
    Date and Time: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 
p.m.
    Place: 253 Russell Senate Office Building.
    Letters to legislators and NCLIS testimony before the Senate 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Committee on Commerce, 
Science and Transportation as well as comments, reports and summaries 
of the earlier meetings can be viewed on the NCLIS web site at http://www.nclis.gov/info/ntis/ntis.html. Anyone wishing to make comments on 
the deliberations or to present statements may contact Woody Horton at 
(202) 606-9200 or through e-mail at [email protected] no later than 
10:00 a.m. February 25, 2000. All comments received will be made 
publicly available on the NCLIS website.
    To make special arrangements for physically challenged persons, 
contact Barbara Whiteleather (202) 606-9200.

    Dated: February 9, 2000.
Robert S. Willard,
Executive Director, NCLIS.
[FR Doc. 00-3364 Filed 2-11-00; 8:45 am]
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