[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11057]


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY


Meeting Notices

AGENCY: National Institute for Literacy (NIFL).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Board 
(Board). This notice also describes the function of the Board. Notice 
of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act. This document is intended to notify the general 
public of their opportunity to attend the meeting.

DATE AND TIME: May 15, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and may 16, 2000 
from 8:30 a.m. to 12 Noon.

ADDRESSES: IBM Executive Conference Center in Palisades, Rout 9W, P.O. 
Box 1025, Palisades, New York 10965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelly Coles, Assistant National 
Institute for Literacy, 1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730, Washington, DC 
2006. Telephone number (202) 233-2027, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is established under the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, Title II of Public Law 105-220, Sec. 242, the 
National Institute for Literacy. The Board consists of ten individuals 
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
The Board is established to advise and make recommendations to the 
Interagency Group, composed of the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and 
Health and Human Services, which administers the National Institute for 
Literacy (Institute). The Interagency Group considers the Board's 
recommendations in planning the goals of the Institute and in the 
implementation of any programs to achieve the goals of the Institute. 
Specifically, the Board performs the following function (a) Makes 
recommendations concerning the appointment of the Director and the 
staff of the Institute; (b) provides independent advice on operation of 
the Institute; and (c) receives reports from the Interagency Group and 
Director of the Institute. In addition, the Institute consults with the 
Board on the award of fellowships. The National Institute for Literacy 
Advisory Board will be meeting on May 15-16, 2000. The Advisory Board 
will focus on refinements in the NIFL's three-year program plan; 
specific activities to be carried out next year to implement the plan; 
and changes that have occurred, or might occur over the next three to 
five years that need to be anticipated, and factored into the NIFL's 
planning and activities. Records are kept of all Board proceedings and 
are available for public inspection at the National Institute for 
Literacy, 1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730, Washington, DC 20006, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Dated: April 28, 2000.
Carolyn Staley,
Deputy Director.
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