[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54668-54669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17356]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Sunshine Act Meetings

    The National Science Board (NSB) and the NSB Committee on Strategy 
(CS) hereby give notice of the scheduling of meetings for the 
transaction of National Science Board business pursuant to the National 
Science Foundation Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act.

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, August 15, 2023, from 9:00 a.m.-5:20 p.m. and 
Wednesday, August 16, 2023, from 8:30 a.m.-2:25 p.m. EDT.

PLACE: These meetings will be held at NSF headquarters, 2415 Eisenhower 
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, and by videoconference. If the COVID 
status for Alexandria, Virginia goes to ``high,'' please fill out and 
bring OMB's certification of vaccination form with you. All open 
sessions of the meeting will be webcast live on the NSB YouTube 
channel.

August 15, 2023--https://youtube.com/watch?v=N8-_Lf3lY4E
August 16, 2023--https://youtube.com/watch?v=E7OTUOCV5HE

STATUS: Parts of these meetings will be open to the public. The rest of 
the meetings will be closed to the public. See full description below.

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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Plenary Board Meeting

Open Session: 9:00-11:55 a.m.
 NSB Chair's Opening Remarks
 NSF Director's Remarks
 NSB Presentation, Vision 2030--Developing STEM Talent
 NSB Panel, STEM Workforce Shortages Across the Federal 
Government
Open Session: 12:55-2:45 p.m.
 NSF Office of International Science and Engineering briefing
 NSB Committee Reports
    [cir] Committee on External Engagement
    [cir] update on engagement initiatives
    [cir] Committee on Science and Engineering Policy
    [cir] Indicators 2024
    [cir] Talent Development Team
    [cir] National Security Team
 Approval of May 2023 open meeting minutes
 2024 NSB meeting dates vote
Closed Session: 3:00-3:55 p.m.
 NSB Chair's Remarks
 Approval of May 2023 Closed Meeting Minutes
 NSF Director's Remarks
     Agency Operating Status
 NSB Committee Reports
    [cir] Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
    [cir] update on Status of NSF Engines Type 2 Competition
    [cir] NSF Engines Progress Monitoring and Interim Goals and Metrics
    [cir] Quadrennial Review
 Committee on Strategy
    [cir] NSF Budget

Committee on Strategy

Closed Meeting: 4:05-5:05 p.m.
 Committee Chair's Opening Remarks on the Agenda
 Approval of minutes for the July 28, 2023 meeting
 NSF FY 2025 Budget Development Update
 Consensus Statement on NSF's FY25 Budget Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget

Plenary NSB

Closed Session: 5:05-5:20 p.m.
 NSB FY25 Budget Presentation
 Resolution related to NSF's FY25 Budget Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Plenary Board Meeting

Open Session: 8:30-10:50 a.m.
 NSB Chair's Opening Remarks
 NSB Committee Reports
    [cir] Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
    [cir] NSF Engines Type 2 Finalists Update
    [cir] NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review
    [cir] Workplan and Timeline Update
    [cir] Commission Activities
 NSF Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing and 
Analysis Organization--SECURE, Update
 NSF Sexual Assault/Harassment Prevention Report Update
 Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
    [cir] Briefing on the OIG's Engagement in Antarctica

Plenary Board Meeting

Closed Session: 10:50-11:10 a.m.
 NSF Sexual Assault/Harassment Prevention Report Update

Plenary Board Meeting

Closed Session: 11:55 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
 NSB Committee Reports
    [cir] Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy
    [cir] Quadrennial Review Update
    [cir] Committee on Awards and Facilities Report
Discussion and vote on advice related to:
    [ssquf] Renewal of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave 
Observatory (LIGO) Operations and Management Award
    [ssquf] Arecibo Record of Decision
    [cir] NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review
 Vote to move into Executive Plenary Closed

Plenary Board

Closed (Executive) Session: 1:20 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
 NSB Chair's Opening Remarks
 Approval of May 2023 Executive Plenary closed meeting minutes
 Committee on Nominations, Class of 2024-2030
 NSF Director's Remarks
    [cir] Personnel topics
 NSB Chair's Closing Remarks
Meeting Adjourns: 2:25 p.m.

Portions Open to the Public

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. Plenary NSB
12:55 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Plenary NSB

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Plenary NSB

Portions Closed to the Public

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

3:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. Plenary NSB
4:05 p.m.-5:05 p.m. Committee on Strategy
5:05 p.m.-5:20 p.m. Plenary NSB

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

10:50 a.m.-11:10 a.m. Plenary NSB
11:55 a.m.-1:10 p.m. Plenary NSB
1:20 p.m.-2:25 p.m. Plenary NSB (executive session)

    Members of the public are advised that the NSB provides some 
flexibility around start and end times. A session may be allowed to run 
over by as much as 15 minutes if the Chair decides the extra time is 
warranted. The next session will start no later than 15 minutes after 
the noticed start time. If a session ends early, the next meeting may 
start up to 15 minutes earlier than the noticed start time. Sessions 
will not vary from noticed times by more than 15 minutes.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: The NSB Office contact is 
Christopher Blair, [email protected], 703-292-7000. The NSB Public Affairs 
contact is Nadine Lymn, [email protected], 703-292-2490. Please refer to 
the NSB website for additional information: https://www.nsf.gov/nsb.

Christopher Blair,
Executive Assistant to the National Science Board Office.
[FR Doc. 2023-17356 Filed 8-9-23; 11:15 am]
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