[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56808-56809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28407]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary 
Education, Department of Education

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the proposed agenda of a forthcoming 
meeting of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education. This notice also describes the functions of 
the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This notice is published less than 
15 days prior to the date of the meeting as a result of special 
administrative clearances.

DATE AND TIME: November 16, 2001, 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, 
San Diego, CA. Telephone: (619) 692-2200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Fischer, U.S. Department of

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Education, 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: 
(202) 502-7500 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Individuals who 
use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday).
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Board of the Fund for the 
Improvement of Postsecondary Education is established under Title VII, 
Part B, section 742 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 
U.S.C. 1138a). The National Board of the Fund is authorized to 
recommend to the Director of the Fund and the Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education priorities for funding and procedures for grant 
awards.
    On Friday, November 16, 2001, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. the Board 
will meet in open session. The proposed agenda for the open portion of 
the meeting will include discussions of the Fund's programs and special 
initiatives.
    On Friday, November 16, 2001, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. the 
meeting will be closed to the public for the purpose of discussing 
personnel matters associated with the work of the Board. This portion 
of the meeting will be closed under the authority of section 10(d) of 
the Federal Advisory Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C.A. Appendix 2) and 
under exemptions (2) and (6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act 
(Public Law 94-409), 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2) and (6). The review and 
discussion of Board personnel matters will relate solely to the 
internal personnel rules and practices of an agency, and may disclose 
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if conducted in open 
session.
    The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. An 
individual with a disability who will need an auxiliary aid or service 
to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive 
listening device or materials in an alternate format) should notify the 
contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the 
scheduled meeting date. Although the Department will attempt to meet a 
request received after that date, the requested auxiliary aid or 
service may not be available because of insufficient time to arrange 
it.
    Records are kept of all Board proceedings, and are available for 
public inspection at the office of the Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education, 8th Floor, 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC 
20006-8544 from the hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Maureen A. McLaughlin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office 
of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 01-28407 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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