[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4596-4597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01695]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Sunshine Act Meetings; National Science Board

    The National Science Board, pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR 
part 614), the National Science Foundation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1862n-5), and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), 
hereby gives notice of the scheduling of meetings for the transaction 
of National Science Board business, as follows:

DATE AND TIME: February 3, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and February 4, 
2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (EST).

PLACE: These meetings will be held at the National Science Foundation, 
4201 Wilson Blvd., Rooms 1235, Arlington, VA 22230. All visitors must 
contact the Board Office (call 703-292-7000 or send an email message to 
[email protected]) at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and 
provide name and organizational affiliation. Visitors must report to 
the NSF visitor desk located in the lobby at the 9th and N. Stuart 
Streets entrance to receive a visitor's badge.

WEBCAST INFORMATION: Public meetings and public portions of meetings 
will be webcast. To view the meetings, go to http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/nsf/150203/ and follow the instructions.

UPDATES: Please refer to the National Science Board Web site for 
additional information. Meeting information and schedule updates (time, 
place, subject matter or status of meeting) may be found at http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/notices/.

AGENCY CONTACT: Jennie L. Moehlmann, [email protected], (703) 292-7000.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT: Nadine Lymn, [email protected], (703) 292-2490.

STATUS: Portions open; portions closed.

OPEN SESSIONS: 

February 3, 2015

8-8:05 a.m. (Chairman's introduction)
8:05-8:50 a.m. (joint CPP/CSB)
8:50-10:45 a.m. (CPP)
1:45-3 p.m. (CEH)
3-3:30 p.m. (CSB)
4:15-5 p.m. (AO)

February 4, 2015

9:15-10 a.m. (SEI)
1:15-3 p.m. (Plenary)

CLOSED SESSIONS: 

February 3, 2015

11-11:30 a.m. (SCF)
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (CPP)
3:45-4:15 p.m. (CSB)

February 4, 2015

8:30-9:15 a.m. (AO)
10:15-10:45 a.m. (Plenary executive)
10:45-11:45 a.m. (Plenary)

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Joint Meeting--Committee on Programs and Plans (CPP) and Committee on 
Strategy and Budget (CSB)

Open Session: 8:05-8:50 a.m.
 Committee Chairs' remarks
 Discussion of the NSF Annual Facility Plan

Committee on Programs and Plans (CPP)

Open Session: 8:50-10:45 a.m.
 Approval of open minutes of the November 2014 meeting
 Committee Chairman's remarks
 Information item: National Ecological Observatory Network 
(NEON)
 Information Item: Gemini Observatory
 Information Item: National Optical Astronomy Observatory 
(NOAO)
 Information Item: Radio Astronomy Facilities--National Radio 
Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
 Information Item: Update on Blue Waters and strategic planning 
for high performance computing

CSB Subcommittee on Facilities (SCF)

Closed Session: 11-11:30 a.m.
 Committee Chairman's remarks
 Approval of the November meeting minutes
 Discussion of the Annual Portfolio Review (APR)

Committee on Programs and Plans (CPP)

Closed Session: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
 Approval of closed CPP minutes for November 2014
 Committee Chairman's remarks
 Information Item: Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV)
 Information Item: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 
(NHMFL)

Committee on Education and Human Resources (CEH)

Open Session: 1:45-3 p.m.
 Committee Chairman's remarks
 Approval of open CEH minutes for November 2014 meeting
 Presentation and discussion: Appreciating the Power and 
Promise of Education Research

Committee on Strategy and Budget (CSB)

Open Session: 3-3:30 p.m.
 Approval of CSB open minutes for November 2014
 NSF FY 2015 budget update
 NSF FY 2016 budget update

Committee on Strategy and Budget (CSB)

Closed Session: 3:45-4:15 p.m.
 Committee Chairman's remarks
 Approval of CSB closed minutes for November 2014
 Performance Improvement Officer report on FY 2017 strategic 
issues

Audit and Oversight Committee (AO)

Open Session: 4:15-5 p.m.
 Committee Chairman's opening remarks
 Approval of November 2014 meeting minutes
 Report on agency Financial Report and Audit
 Inspector General's update

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 Chief Financial Officer's update
 Committee Chairman's closing remarks

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Audit and Oversight Committee

Closed Session: 8:30-9:15 a.m.
 Committee Chairman's opening remarks
 Approval of November 2014 closed meeting and December 2014 
closed teleconference minutes
 NSF relocation update
 Discussion of scope of work for proposed external review of 
issues pertaining to cooperative agreements
 Chairman's closing remarks

Committee on Science & Engineering Indicators (SEI)

Open Session: 9:15-10 a.m.
 Chairman's introduction
 Approval of the November 2014 meeting minutes and the January 
2015 teleconference minutes
 Update on Science and Engineering Indicators 2016 production
 Discussion of the companion report to Indicators 2014
 Update on opportunities for outreach and engagement for the 
Indicators suite of products and beyond
 Chairman's closing remarks

Plenary

Executive Closed Session: 10:15-10:45 a.m.
 Approval of executive closed session minutes, November 2014
 Approval of Vannevar Bush award recommendation
 Approval of Alan T. Waterman award recommendation
 Chairman's remarks

Plenary Board Meeting

Closed Session: 10:45- 11:45 a.m.
 Approval of closed session minutes, November 2014
 Discussion of risks to NSF
 Closed committee reports
 Chairman's remarks

Plenary Board Meeting

Open Session: 1:15-3 p.m.
 Approval of open session minutes, November 2014
 Chairman's report
 Director's report
 Open committee reports
 Chairman's remarks
Meeting Adjourns: 3 p.m.

Ann Bushmiller,
Senior Counsel to the National Science Board.
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