[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 30450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4879]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Advisory Committee for GPRA Performance Assessment (13853); 
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: Advisory Committee for GPRA Performance Assessment (AC/
GPA).
    Date and Time: June 22, 2006, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 23, 2006, 8:30 
a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 
Arlington, VA 22230, Room 375. If you are attending the meeting and 
need access to the NSF building, please contact Joyce Grainger
    ([email protected]) for a visitor's badge.
    Contact: Joyce Grainer, BFA/BD, National Science Foundation, 
Room 407, Arlington, Virginia. Telephone: 703-292-4481.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the 
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director regarding the 
Foundation's performance as it relates to the Government Performance 
and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA).
    Agenda: Topics include retrospective accomplishments of NSF 
awards as they relate to performance indicators associated with the 
National Science Foundation's Ideas, Tools, People and 
Organizational Excellence (I, T, P, OE) strategic outcome goals; the 
quality and relevance of NSF award portfolios; and issues involving 
future AC/GPA performance assessment activity.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

    Welcome and Introductions; Charge to the Committee; Overview 
Presentations on NSF Performance Assessment, Merit Review, 
Committees of Visitors, Transformative Research, and the proposed 
Strategic Plan. The Committee, in subgroups, will review and discuss 
retrospective accomplishments under the Ideas, Tools, People, and 
Organizational Excellence strategic goals.

Friday, June 23, 2006

    The Committee reconvenes as a Committee of the Whole to hear 
progress reports from the strategic goals' subgroups, discuss 
findings, recommendations, and the preparation of the final report. 
The Committee will discuss the proposed 2006-2011 Strategic Plan 
(Draft) with regard to potential impact on the AC/GPA performance 
assessment activity.

    Dated: May 23, 2006.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-4879 Filed 5-25-06; 8:45am]
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