[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22220]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the 
following meeting:
    Name and Committee Code: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory 
Committee (#13883) (Teleconference).
    Date and Time: November 6, 2018; 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EST.
    Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, VA 22314, Room W9138 (Teleconference).
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Attendance information for the meeting will be forthcoming on the 
website: https://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac.jsp.
    Contact Person: Dr. Christopher Davis, Program Director, Division 
of Astronomical Sciences, Suite W 9136, National Science Foundation, 
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: 703-292-4910.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the 
National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues 
within the field of astronomy and astrophysics that are of mutual 
interest and concern to the agencies.
    Agenda: The AAAC will receive a preliminary report from a committee 
set up to consider the roles of the Gemini Observatory, the Southern 
Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR), the Blanco Telescope, and 
other federally-funded ground-based optical-infrared facilities in the 
era of Multi-Messenger and Time Domain astronomy, and on the use of 
these observatories to advance Dark Energy science.

    Dated: October 9, 2018.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-22220 Filed 10-11-18; 8:45 am]
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