[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24408-24409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09854]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities

AGENCY: President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting 
of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities. The notice also describes the functions of the Board. 
Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its 
opportunity to attend.

DATES: Thursday, May 22, 2014. Time: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (EST)

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Administration Building 101, Lecture 
Room B, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1000, (301) 975-8362.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sedika Franklin, Program Specialist, 
White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20204; telephone: (202) 453-
5634 or (202) 453-5630, fax: (202) 453-5632.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The President's Board of Advisors on 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (the Board) is established 
by Executive Order 13532 (February 26, 2010). The Board is governed by 
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provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L. 92-
463; as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 2) which sets forth standards for 
the formation and use of advisory committees. The purpose of the Board 
is to advise the President and the Secretary of Education (Secretary) 
on all matters pertaining to strengthening the educational capacity of 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
    The Board shall advise the President and the Secretary in the 
following areas: (i) Improving the identity, visibility, and 
distinctive capabilities and overall competitiveness of HBCUs; (ii) 
engaging the philanthropic, business, government, military, homeland-
security, and education communities in a national dialogue regarding 
new HBCU programs and initiatives; (iii) improving the ability of HBCUs 
to remain fiscally secure institutions that can assist the nation in 
reaching its goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates 
by 2020; (iv) elevating the public awareness of HBCUs; and (v) 
encouraging public-private investments in HBCUs.

Agenda

    The Board will receive updates from the Chairman of the President's 
Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
(HBCUs), the Board's subcommittees (Black Males, Strategy, Science 
Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Community Colleges and 
Aspirational Support) and the Executive Director of the White House 
Initiative on HBCUs on their respective activities, thus far, during 
Fiscal Year 2014 including activities that have occurred since the 
Board's last meeting, which was held on February 25, 2014. In addition, 
the Board will discuss possible strategies to meet its duties under its 
charter. Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director of the White House Initiative 
on HBCUs, will discuss President Obama's My Brother's Keeper 
Initiative, and Chad Womack, National STEM Director of the UNCF-Merck 
Fellowship Program will provide information on special initiatives 
directed at STEM education.
    Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order 
to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistive listening 
devices, or material in alternative format) should notify Sedika 
Franklin, White House Initiative on HBCUs, at (202) 453-5630, no later 
than Tuesday, May 13, 2014. We will attempt to meet requests for such 
accommodations after this date, but cannot guarantee their 
availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with 
disabilities.
    An opportunity for public comment is available on Thursday, May 22, 
2014, from 1:30 p.m.-2 p.m. Individuals who wish to provide comments 
will be allowed three to five minutes to speak. Those members of the 
public interested in submitting written comments may do so by 
submitting comments to the attention of Sedika Franklin, White House 
Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202, 
by Tuesday, May 13, 2014.
    Those members of the public interested in attending any portion of 
this open meeting must pre-register by submitting their first name, 
last name and citizenship to the attention of Sedika Franklin, White 
House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202, 
by Tuesday, May 13, 2014.
    Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for 
public inspection at the office of the White House Initiative on 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202, Monday 
through Friday (excluding federal holidays) during the hours of 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m.
    Electronic Access to the Document: You may view this document, as 
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 
Internet at the following site: www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To 
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at 
this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1800 or in the 
Washington, DC, area at 202-512-1800.

    Dated: April 23, 2014.
Jamienne S. Studley,
Acting Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-09854 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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