[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37125-37126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14865]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board's Laboratory Operations Board (LOB). The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that 
agencies publish these notices in the Federal Register to allow for 
public participation.

NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Laboratory Operations Board.

DATES: Wednesday, June 21, 2000, 8:30 A.M.--3:15 P.M., Eastern Daylight 
Time.

ADDRESSES: Spallation Neutron Source Project Building, Room 101A, 701 
Scarboro Road, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betsy Mullins, Executive Director, or 
Laurie Keaton, LOB Staff Director, Office of Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-7162 or (202) 586-6279 
(fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Laboratory Operations 
Board is to provide independent external advice to the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board regarding the strategic direction of the 
Department's laboratories, the coordination of budget and policy issues 
affecting laboratory operations, and the reduction of unnecessary and 
counterproductive management burdens on the laboratories. The 
Laboratory Operations Board's goal is to facilitate the productive and 
cost-effective utilization of the Department's laboratory system and 
the application of best business practices.

Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Co-Chairs Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Legislative Update
9:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Summary of Lab Director's Meeting
9:45 a.m.-10 a.m. Lab Responses to NIF Interim Report
10 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Update on Foreign Visits and Assignments 
Program
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. LOB Terms of Reference
11:30 a.m.-12 a.m. LOB Work Plan
12 p.m.-1 p.m. Lunch
1 p.m.-2 p.m. Lab Stories: Performance-Based Management
2 p.m.-3 p.m. Management Initiatives at the Department of Energy 
Headquarters
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Public Comment Period
3:15 p.m. Adjourn

This tentative agenda is subject to change.
    Public Participation: In keeping with procedures, members of the 
public are welcome to monitor the business of the Laboratory Operations 
Board and to submit written comments or comment during the scheduled 
public comment period. The meeting will be conducted in a fashion that 
will, in the Co-Chairs' judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of 
business. During its open meeting, the Laboratory Operations Board 
welcomes public comment. Members of the public will be heard in the 
order in which they sign up at the beginning of the meeting. The Board 
will make every effort to hear the views of all interested parties. You 
may submit written

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comments to Betsy Mullins, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board, AB-1, US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585. This notice is being published less 
than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to the late resolution 
of programmatic issues.
    Minutes: A copy of the minutes and a transcript of the meeting will 
be made available for public review and copying approximately 30 days 
following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading 
Room, 1E-190 Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, D.C., between 9 A.M. and 4 P.M., Monday through Friday 
except Federal holidays. Further information on the Laboratory 
Operations Board is available at the Secretary of Energy Advisory 
Board's web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2000.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-14865 Filed 6-12-00; 8:45 am]
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