[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 43988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18584]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Technical Information Service


National Technical Information Service Advisory Board

AGENCY: National Technical Information Service, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the next meeting of the National 
Technical Information Service Advisory Board (the Advisory Board), 
which advises the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the 
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) on policies and 
operations of the Service.

DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, August 25 from 9 a.m. 
to approximately 4:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board meeting will be held in Room 115 of the 
NTIS Facility at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22312. Please 
note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven D. Needle, (703) 605-6404, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NTIS Advisory Board is established by 
Section 3704b(c) of Title 15 of the United States Code. The charter has 
been filed in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.).
    The morning session will feature a general review of NTIS lines of 
business, but the focus will be on strategic planning issues. The 
afternoon session will feature risk assessment from both an operational 
and strategic perspective and an opportunity to receive any public 
comments, as noted below. It will conclude with a roundtable discussion 
by the Board members and a variety of administrative matters. A final 
agenda and summary of the proceedings will be posted at the NTIS Web 
site as soon as they are available (http://www.ntis.gov/about/advisorybd.asp).
    The NTIS Facility is a secure one. Accordingly, persons wishing to 
attend should call the contact identified above to arrange for 
admission. If there are sufficient expressions of interest up to one-
half hour will be reserved for public comments during the afternoon 
session. Questions from the public will not be considered by the Board, 
but any person who wishes to submit a written statement for the Board's 
consideration should mail or e-mail it to the contacts named above not 
later than August 19, 2011.

    Dated: July 18, 2011.
Bruce Borzino,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-18584 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
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