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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President’s Board of Advisors on
Tribal Colleges and Universities
Department of Education,
President’s Board of Advisors on Tribal
Colleges and Universities
ACTION: Notice of An Open
Teleconference Meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of the
upcoming meeting of the President’s
Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges
and Universities to be held via
telephone conference. The notice also
describes the functions of the Board.
Notice of this meeting is required by
section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and is intended to notify
the public of its opportunity to
participate by following the instructions
below. The President’s Board on Tribal
Colleges and Universities is giving less
than 15 days notice due to scheduling
difficulties.
DATES AND TIMES: The teleconference
meeting will be held on Wednesday,
August 8, 2007, 5 p.m.–6 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: Information concerning the
conference call can be obtained from the
White House Initiative on Tribal
Colleges and Universities website.
Instructions concerning how to
participate, and contact information for
the conference call can be obtained
through the link https://www.ed.gov/
whitcu. Alternately, interested parties
may contact Tonya Ewers at 202–219–
7040 for conference call information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Cavett, Executive Director,
White House Initiative on Tribal
Colleges and Universities, 1990 K.
Street, NW., Room 7014, Washington,
DC 20006; telephone: (202) 219–7040,
fax: 202–219–7086.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
President’s Board of Advisors on Tribal
Colleges and Universities is established
under Executive Order 13270, dated
July 2, 2002, and Executive Order 13385
dated September 25, 2005. The Board is
established (a) To report to the President
annually on the results of the
participation of tribal colleges and
universities (TCUs) in Federal programs,
including recommendations on how to
increase the private sector role,
including the role of private
foundations, in strengthening these
institutions, with particular emphasis
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also given to enhancing institutional
planning and development,
strengthening fiscal stability and
financial management, and improving
institutional infrastructure, including
the use of technology, to ensure the
long-term viability and enhancement of
these institutions; (b) to advise the
President and the Secretary of
Education on the needs of TCUs in the
areas of infrastructure, academic
programs, and faculty and institutional
development; (c) to advise the Secretary
in the preparation of a three-year
Federal plan for assistance to TCUs in
increasing their capacity to participate
in Federal programs; (d) to provide the
President with an annual progress
report on enhancing the capacity of
TCUs to serve their students; and (e) to
develop, in consultation with the
Department of Education and other
Federal agencies, a private sector
strategy to assist TCUs.
The purpose of the meeting is to
review a recommendation received from
the Working Group for the update of the
Board’s Action Agenda, to discuss
extension of the Executive Order and to
establish fiscal year (FY) 2008 meeting
dates for the Board.
Additional Information: 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 Tonya
Ewers at (202) 219–7040, no later than
Wednesday August 1, 2007. We will
attempt to meet requests for
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 between 5:45 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Comments will be limited to three (3)
minutes for those speakers who sign up
to speak. Those members of the public
interested in submitting written
comments may do so at the address
indicated above by Wednesday, August
1, 2007.
Records are kept of all Board
proceedings and are available for public
inspection at the Office of the White
House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and
Universities, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K. Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20006, during the
hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time Monday through Friday.
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Postsecondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science; Department of
Energy; Notice of Renewal of the Basic
Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, App.
2, and section 102–3.65, title 41, Code
of Federal Regulations and following
consultation with the Committee
Management Secretariat, General
Services Administration, notice is
hereby given that the Basic Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee has been
renewed for a two-year period.
The Committee will provide advice to
the Office of Science (DOE), on the basic
energy sciences program. The Secretary
of Energy has determined that renewal
of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee is essential to the conduct of
the Department’s business and in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed by law
upon the Department of Energy. The
Committee will continue to operate in
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. No. 92–463), the General Services
Administration Final Rule on Federal
Advisory Committee Management, and
other directives and instructions issued
in implementation of those acts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms.
Rachel Samuel at (202) 586–3279.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31,
2007.
James N. Solit,
Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science; Department of Energy; Notice of Renewal of the
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, App. 2, and section 102-3.65, title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations and following consultation with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given
that the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee has been renewed for
a two-year period.
The Committee will provide advice to the Office of Science (DOE),
on the basic energy sciences program. The Secretary of Energy has
determined that renewal of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
is essential to the conduct of the Department's business and in the
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed by
law upon the Department of Energy. The Committee will continue to
operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463), the General Services Administration
Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, and other
directives and instructions issued in implementation of those acts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2007.
James N. Solit,
Committee Management Officer.
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