[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2013-17888]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Notice of an Education Listening Session Meeting

SUMMARY: The Education Coordinating Committee, a body of the United 
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Science Council announces an 
Education Listening Session stakeholder meeting for all interested 
agricultural education stakeholders.

DATES: The Education Listening Session will be held August 1, 2013. The 
public may file written comments up to one week after the meeting with 
the Contact Person.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Jamie L. Whitten Federal 
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. Written 
comments from the public may be emailed to the Contact Person 
identified in this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenna Jadin, Advisor, Office of the 
Chief Scientist; telephone: (202) 260-8318; or email: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Under Secretary of Research, Education, 
and Economics, Dr. Catherine Woteki, and the Deputy Under Secretary of 
Research, Education, and Economics (REE), Ann Bartuska, have been 
invited to provide brief remarks and welcome stakeholders during the 
meeting.
    On Thursday, August 1, 2013, the listening session will be held 
from 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in room 107-A of the Jamie L. Whitten 
building. Specific topics of discussion in the morning session will 
include an introduction to the education programs of all of USDA's 
mission areas, and information on how USDA is fitting in to the broader 
Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 
education rearrangement.
    In the late morning, the audience will listen to 10 minute 
presentations from stakeholders that discuss their education programs 
and their perception of needs and potential improvements in the field 
of agricultural education. Following lunch, stakeholder presentations 
will continue, and will be followed by a breakout group session in 
which participants will be asked to discuss, in small groups, a set of 
questions posed by the organizers which are aimed at getting feedback 
on agricultural and related education needs. The meeting will adjourn 
by 5:30 p.m.
    All stakeholders are welcome to apply for a 10-minute presentation 
slot, however, due to time constraints, a limited number will be 
selected on a first come, first served basis. To apply for a slot, 
please email the Contact Person listed above. All presentations may be 
simple oral presentations or given in PowerPoint, however, the 
organizers request that a written transcript of the talk be submitted 
no later than one week after the event. Written comments by attendees 
or other interested stakeholders will be welcomed before and up to one 
week following the listening session (by close of business Thursday, 
August 8, 2013). All statements will become a part of the official 
record of the Education Coordinating Committee of the USDA Science 
Council and will be kept on file in the Office of the Chief Scientist.
    All parties interested in attending this event must RSVP no later 
than July 24, 2013 to the Contact Person listed above.
    Due to size constraints in the meeting room, only the first 70 
responders will be accepted.

    Done at Washington, DC this 18th day of July 2013.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Under Secretary, REE, Chief Scientist, USDA.
[FR Doc. 2013-17888 Filed 7-24-13; 8:45 am]
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