[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7515-7516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering; 
Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act Pub. L. 
92-463, as amended, the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:
    Name: Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and 
Engineering (1173).
    Date and Time: February 22, 2001 (8 a.m.-5:15 p.m.) and February 
23, 2001 
(8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.).

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    Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 
1295, Arlington, VA.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Michelle McMurry, Executive Secretary, CEOSE, 
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. 
Phone (703) 292-8094.
    Minutes: May be obtained from the Executive Secretary at the 
above address.
    Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on policies and activities of 
the Foundation to encourage full participation of women, minorities, 
and persons with disabilities currently underrepresented in 
scientific, engineering, professional, and technical fields and to 
advise NSF concerning implementation of the provisions of the 
Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act.

Agenda

Thursday February 22, 2001 8 a.m. -5:15 pm

8:00 a.m.  Breakfast with NSF Staff
8:30 a.m.  Welcome; Approval of October 2000 Minutes
8:45 a.m.  Report of Executive Committee Liaison
9:00 a.m.  New Member Orientation and Welcome
9:15 a.m.  Committee Discussion of Agenda
10:00 a.m.  Break
10:15 a.m.  Update on the National Science Board's Plans for 
Promoting Diversity in S&E
11:15 a.m.  Discussion of National Academy of Engineering Initiative 
to Increase the Number of Women in Engineering
12:15 p.m.  Break
12:39 p.m.  Working Lunch, Directorate Advisory Committee Liaison 
Reports
2:00 p.m.  Break
2:15 p.m.  Panel Discussion: Collection of Demographic Data and 
Criterion 2 Information on NSF Grantees, Students, and Reviewers
4:00 p.m.  Break
4:15 p.m.  The Status of Legal Challenges to Affirmative Action
5:15 p.m.  Adjourn

Friday, February 23, 2001 8:30 am -4 p.m.

8:30 a.m.  Breakfast
9:00 a.m.  Directorate Dialogue: Biological Sciences
10:00 a.m.  Presentation of the 2000 CEOSE Biennial Report
10:30 a.m.  Directorate Dialogue: Social, Behavioral and Economic 
Sciences
11:30 a.m.  Break
11:45 a.m.  Meeting with Deputy Director
12:45 p.m.  Lunch
2:00 p.m.  Committee Business
4:00 p.m.  Adjourn

    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Karen J. York,
Committee Management Officer.
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