Sunshine Act Notice, 39064-39065 [07-3482]

Download as PDF 39064 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 136 / Tuesday, July 17, 2007 / Notices Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to: ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 245–6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to: ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 800–877–8339. [FR Doc. E7–13813 Filed 7–16–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation; Meeting National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, Department of Education. AGENCY: What Is the Purpose of This Notice? The purpose of this notice is to announce the upcoming meeting of the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation. Parts of this meeting will be open to the public, and the public is invited to attend those portions. When and Where Will the Meeting Take Place? We will hold the public meeting on September 10, 2007 from 8 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m. in the Potomac Three Room at The Melrose Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20037–6936. You may call the hotel at 202–955–6400 to inquire about room accommodations. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES What Assistance Will be Provided to Individuals with Disabilities? The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format) notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to arrange it. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:40 Jul 16, 2007 Jkt 211001 Who Is the Contact Person for the Meeting? Please contact Ms. Carol A. Griffiths, the Designated Federal Official for the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, if you have questions about the meeting. You may contact her at the U.S. Department of Education, room 7128, MS 7563, 1990 K St., NW., Washington, DC 20006, telephone: (202) 219–7035, fax: (202) 219–7005, e-mail: Carol.Griffiths@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339. How May I Obtain Electronic Access to This Document? What Are the Functions of the National Committee? The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation was established by the Secretary of Education under section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The Committee’s responsibilities are to: • Evaluate the standards of accreditation applied to applicant foreign medical schools; and • Determine the comparability of those standards to standards for accreditation applied to United States medical schools. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ index.html. What Items Will Be on the Agenda for Discussion at the Meeting? The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation will review the standards of accreditation applied to medical schools by several foreign countries to determine whether those standards are comparable to the standards of accreditation applied to medical schools in the United States. Discussions of the standards of accreditation will be held in sessions open to the public. Discussions that focus on specific determinations of comparability are closed to the public in order that each country may be properly notified of the decision. The countries tentatively scheduled to be discussed at the meeting include: Australia/New Zealand, Dominican Republic, Hungary, India, Israel, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Saba, Slovakia, and Taiwan. Beginning August 27, you may call the contact person listed above to obtain the final listing of the countries whose standards will be discussed during this meeting. The listing of countries will also be posted on the Department of Education’s Web site at the following address: https://www.ed.gov/about/ bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html. PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 You may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/ legislation/FedRegister. 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– 888–293–6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512–1530. Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. Dated: July 9, 2007. James F. Manning, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. E7–13762 Filed 7–16–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Notice United States Election Assistance Commission. AGENCY: Notice of public meeting (amended agenda). ACTION: DATE AND TIME: Thursday, July 19, 2007, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. The Charlotte Convention Center, Room 207D, 501 South College Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, (704) 339– 6000. PLACE: In addition to considering the adoption of a draft EAC manual on Poll Worker Recruitment, Training and Retention, and a draft EAC manual on Recruiting College Poll Workers, and other administrative matters (notice published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2007), Commissioners will also consider a report to Congress on the expenditure of funds distributed under the Help America Vote Act. This meeting will be open to the public. AGENDA: E:\FR\FM\17JYN1.SGM 17JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 136 / Tuesday, July 17, 2007 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566– 3100. Thomas R. Wilkey, Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. 07–3482 Filed 7–13–07; 11:10 am] BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Notice United States Election Assistance Commission. ACTION: Notice of rescheduled plenary teleconference meeting for the Technical Guidelines Development Committee. AGENCY: Friday August 17, 2007, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. PLACE: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 101, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8900. STATUS: This teleconference meeting will be Web cast to the public. Additional meeting information and URL Web link for the event will be available at: https://vote.nist.gov by July 30, 2007. SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the ‘‘Development Committee’’) has rescheduled a plenary teleconference meeting for August 17, 2007. This meeting date serves as a rescheduling of the July 3, 2007 plenary teleconference that was cancelled. The Development Committee was established in 2004 to act in the public interest to assist the Executive Director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in the development of voluntary voting system guidelines. The Development Committee has held nine previous plenary meetings. The proceedings of these plenary sessions are available at: https://vote.nist.gov. The purpose of the tenth meeting of the Development Committee will be to review and approve a final draft of recommendations for future voluntary voting system guidelines to the EAC. The draft recommendations respond to tasks defined in resolutions passed at the previous Development Committee meetings as well as a review of a complete draft of recommendations presented at the May 2007 plenary meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the ‘‘Development Committee’’) has scheduled a plenary teleconference meeting for July 3, 2007. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES DATE AND TIME: VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:40 Jul 16, 2007 Jkt 211001 The Committee was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in the public interest to assist the Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission in the development of the voluntary voting system guidelines. The Technical Guidelines Development Committee held their first plenary meeting on July 9, 2004. At this meeting, the Development Committee agreed to a resolution forming three working groups: (1) Human Factors & Privacy; (2) Security & Transparency; and (3) Core Requirements & Testing to gather information and review preliminary reports on issues pertinent to voluntary voting standard recommendations. At subsequent plenary sessions, additional resolutions were debated and adopted by the TGDC. The resolutions define technical work tasks for NIST that assist the TGDC in developing recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines. The Development Committee approved initial recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines at the April 20th & 21st, 2005 meeting. The recommendations were formally delivered to the EAC in May 2005 for their review. In September of 2005, the Development Committee began review of preliminary technical reports for the next iteration of voluntary voting system guidelines. The Committee will review, debate and approve a final draft of recommendations for the next iteration of voluntary voting system guidelines at the August 17, 2007 teleconference meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Eustis 301–975–5099. If a member of the public would like to submit comments concerning the Committee’s affairs at any time before or after the meeting, written comments should be addressed to the contact person indicated above, c/o NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8970, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 or to: voting@nist.gov. Thomas R Wilkey, Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. 07–3483 Filed 7–13–07; 11:10 am] BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Science; Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting Department of Energy. Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 39065 SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register. DATES: Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, August 1, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington DC/ Rockville Executive Meeting Center 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Talamini; Office of Basic Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, Independence Avenue, Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–4563. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of this meeting is to provide advice and guidance with respect to the basic energy sciences research program. Tentative Agenda: Agenda will include discussions of the following: I News from the Office of Science. I News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences. I Report of the COV of the Scientific Facilities Division. I Reports of BES Basic Research Needs Workshops. I Reports of the BESAC Grand Challenges Subcommittee. Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact Karen Talamini at 301–903– 6594 (fax) or karen.talamini@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for an oral statement at least 5 business days prior to the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule. Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying at: https://www.sc.doe.gov/ production/bes/BESAC/Meetings.html. Issued in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2007. Rachel M. Samuel, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E7–13800 Filed 7–16–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P E:\FR\FM\17JYN1.SGM 17JYN1

Agencies

Election Assistance Commission

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39064-39065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3482]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION:  Notice of public meeting (amended agenda).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, July 19, 2007, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.

PLACE: The Charlotte Convention Center, Room 207D, 501 South College 
Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, (704) 339-6000.

AGENDA: In addition to considering the adoption of a draft EAC manual 
on Poll Worker Recruitment, Training and Retention, and a draft EAC 
manual on Recruiting College Poll Workers, and other administrative 
matters (notice published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2007), 
Commissioners will also consider a report to Congress on the 
expenditure of funds distributed under the Help America Vote Act.
    This meeting will be open to the public.

[[Page 39065]]


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566-
3100.

Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 07-3482 Filed 7-13-07; 11:10 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-KF-M

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.