[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 28 (Friday, February 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7312-7313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2633]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Acquisition Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the 
Acquisition Advisory Panel established in accordance with the Services 
Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 will meet on February 28, 2005 at 9 
a.m., eastern time. Location for the meeting will be the Rachel Carson 
Room in the basement of the Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20240. While the meeting is open to the public, building 
security and limited seating require you to provide your name to the 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) (contact information listed below) by 
Thursday, February 24, 2005. You will need a photo identification to 
enter the building. The public entrance to the building is the C Street 
entrance. However, the E Street entrance is reserved for individuals 
with disabilities requiring an accessible entrance to the building. 
Please let the DFO know in advance if you will require the accessible 
entrance. The panel's statutory charter is to review Federal 
contracting laws, regulations, and government-wide policies, including 
the use of commercial practices, performance-based contracting, 
performance of acquisition functions across agency lines of 
responsibility, and government-wide contracts. Since this meeting will 
be the first time the panel members discuss substantive procurement-
related issues, it is anticipated that a broad range of topics falling 
under their statutory charter will be discussed. Subgroups or working 
groups, as referenced in the Panel's Bylaws and operating procedures, 
may be established to research specific procurement-related areas in 
order to eventually make a recommendation to the panel. A draft agenda 
will be available from the DFO, upon request, in advance of the 
meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the panel is to provide 
independent advice and recommendations to the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy and Congress pursuant to Section 1423 of the 
Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003. This will be the first 
substantive meeting of the Panel. No public testimony will be heard at 
this meeting. However, interested parties are invited to attend the 
meeting. The public may also submit written public comments of any 
length to the DFO. Although the Panel accepts written comments until 
the date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), written comments 
should be received by the DFO at least five business days prior to the 
meeting date so that the comments may be made available to the panel 
for their

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consideration. Written comments should be supplied, electronically if 
possible, to the DFO at the e-mail address (or for hardcopies, mailing 
address) noted below. Acceptable electronic formats include Adobe 
Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 
format. Those providing written comments and who attend the meeting are 
also asked to bring 35 copies of their comments for public 
distribution.

Meeting Accommodations

    Individuals requiring special accommodation to access the public 
meeting listed above should contact the DFO at least five business days 
prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
    Requests for additional information or written statements should be 
directed to Laura Auletta, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at 
[email protected] or (202) 208-7279, General Services 
Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4006, Washington, DC, 20405.

Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive Director).
[FR Doc. 05-2633 Filed 2-10-05; 8:45 am]
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