Sunshine Act Meetings, 32406 [2024-09131]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
1:00 p.m. EDT, Friday,
May 3, 2024.
PLACE: Virtual meeting.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Enforcement matters. In the event that
the time, date, or location of this
meeting changes, an announcement of
the change, along with the new time,
date, and/or place of the meeting will be
posted on the Commission’s website at
https://www.cftc.gov/.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202–418–5964.
TIME AND DATE:
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b)
Dated: April 24, 2024.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024–09131 Filed 4–24–24; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Board for Education Sciences
National Board for Education
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education,
Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
agenda, time, and instructions to access
or participate in the National Board for
Education Sciences (hereafter referred to
as NBES or Board) open virtual meeting
scheduled for May 13, 2024. This notice
provides information about the meeting
to members of the public who may be
interested in virtually attending the
meeting and/or how to provide written
comment(s).
DATES: The NBES meeting will be held
on Monday, May 13, 2024, from 11:00
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be
conducted virtually via Microsoft
Teams.
SUMMARY:
Ellie
Pelaez, DFO for NBES, U.S. Department
of Education, IES: 550 12th Street SW,
Office 4126–1, Washington, DC 20202,
telephone: (202) 987–0359, email:
ellie.pelaez@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Authority and Function:
The Board is authorized by § 116 of the
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
(20 U.S.C. 9516). The Board is
established as part of the U.S.
Department of Education, IES, and shall,
consistent with 20 U.S.C. 9514, 9515(b)–
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(c), and 9516 function as a board of
directors for IES. The mission of IES is
to provide national leadership in
expanding fundamental knowledge and
understanding of education from early
childhood through postsecondary study,
in order to provide parents, educators,
students, researchers, policymakers, and
the general public with reliable
information about the condition and
progress of education in the United
States; educational practices that
support learning and improve academic
achievement and access to educational
opportunities for all students; and the
effectiveness of Federal and other
education programs.
The Board’s responsibilities are: (1)
advise and consult with the Director of
IES (Director) on the policies of IES; (2)
consider and approve priorities
proposed by the Director under 20
U.S.C. 9515 to guide the work of IES; (3)
transmit approved priorities to the
appropriate congressional committee
(20 U.S.C. 9515(b)); (4) ensure that the
priorities of IES and the National
Education Centers are consistent with
the mission of IES (20 U.S.C. 9515(c));
(5) review and approve procedures for
technical and scientific peer review of
the activities of IES; (6) advise the
Director on the establishment of
activities to be supported by IES,
including the general areas of research
to be carried out by the National Center
for Education Research (NCER) and the
National Center for Special Education
Research (NCSER) (20 U.S.C. 9567); (7)
present to the Director such
recommendations as it may find
appropriate for (a) the strengthening of
education research, and (b) the funding
of IES; (8) advise the Director on the
funding of applications for grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements
for research, after the completion of peer
review; (9) review and regularly
evaluate the work of IES, to ensure that
scientifically valid research,
development, evaluation, and statistical
analysis are consistent with the
standards for such activities under this
title; (10) advise the Director on
ensuring that activities conducted or
supported by IES are objective, secular,
neutral, and non-ideological, and are
free of partisan political influence and
racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias;
(11) solicit advice and information from
those in the educational field,
particularly practitioners and
researchers, to recommend to the
Director topics that require long-term,
sustained, systematic, programmatic,
and integrated research efforts,
including knowledge utilization and
wide dissemination of research,
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consistent with the priorities and
mission of IES; (12) advise the Director
on opportunities for the participation in,
and the advancement of, women,
minorities, and persons with disabilities
in education research, statistics, and
evaluation activities of IES; (13)
recommend to the Director ways to
enhance strategic partnerships and
collaborative efforts among other
Federal and State research agencies; (14)
recommend to the Director individuals
to serve as Commissioners of the
National Education Centers; and (15)
make recommendations to the President
with respect to the appointment of the
Director. Notice of this meeting is
required by Section 1009(a)(2) of 5
U.S.C. Chapter 10 (Federal Advisory
Committees).
Meeting Agenda: The agenda for the
meeting is as follows: (1) Call to order
and welcome remarks by the
Chairwoman of the Board; (2) Member
roll call; (3) Board member approval of
meeting transcript from the March 29,
2024 meeting; (4) Board member
approval of meeting agenda; (5)
Discussion of NBES recommendations
for the criteria to select a new
permanent IES Director; (6) Discussion
of the Board’s views on Senator and
Ranking Member Bill Cassidy’s Report
to the Senate Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions Committee; (7) Closing
remarks and adjournment.
Instructions for Accessing the
Meeting: Members of the public
interested in virtually attending this
meeting may email the DFO listed in
this notice no later than 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time (ET) on Thursday, May 9,
2024. The DFO will provide a link and
instructions on how to access the
meeting via Microsoft Teams.
Public Comment: Members of the
public interested in submitting written
comments related to the work of NBES
may do so by emailing their comments
to the DFO listed in this notice no later
than 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, May
9, 2024. Written comments should
pertain to the mission and function of
NBES.
Reasonable Accommodations: The
virtual meeting is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. If you will
need an auxiliary aid or service for the
meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in
an alternate format), notify the DFO
listed in this notice no later than
Thursday, May 9, 2024.
Access to Records of the Meeting: The
official transcript of this meeting will be
available for public review on the IES
website, https://ies.ed.gov/director/
board/index.asp, no later than 90 days
after the meeting. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: 1:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, May 3, 2024.
PLACE: Virtual meeting.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Enforcement matters. In the event that the
time, date, or location of this meeting changes, an announcement of the
change, along with the new time, date, and/or place of the meeting will
be posted on the Commission's website at https://www.cftc.gov/.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202-418-
5964.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b)
Dated: April 24, 2024.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-09131 Filed 4-24-24; 4:15 pm]
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