[Federal Register: November 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 219)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides the proposed agenda of a forthcoming
meeting of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education. This notice also describes the functions of
the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This notice is published less than
15 days prior to the date of the meeting as a result of special
administrative clearances.
DATE AND TIME: November 16, 2001, 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, 1380 Harbor Island Drive,
San Diego, CA. Telephone: (619) 692-2200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Fischer, U.S. Department of
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Education, 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone:
(202) 502-7500 or by e-mail: donald__fischer@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday).
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Board of the Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education is established under Title VII,
Part B, section 742 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20
U.S.C. 1138a). The National Board of the Fund is authorized to
recommend to the Director of the Fund and the Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education priorities for funding and procedures for grant
awards.
On Friday, November 16, 2001, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. the Board
will meet in open session. The proposed agenda for the open portion of
the meeting will include discussions of the Fund's programs and special
initiatives.
On Friday, November 16, 2001, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. the
meeting will be closed to the public for the purpose of discussing
personnel matters associated with the work of the Board. This portion
of the meeting will be closed under the authority of section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C.A. Appendix 2) and
under exemptions (2) and (6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act
(Public Law 94-409), 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2) and (6). The review and
discussion of Board personnel matters will relate solely to the
internal personnel rules and practices of an agency, and may disclose
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if conducted in open
session.
The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. An
individual with a disability who 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) should notify the
contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the
scheduled meeting date. Although the Department will attempt to meet a
request received after that date, the requested auxiliary aid or
service may not be available because of insufficient time to arrange
it.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings, and are available for
public inspection at the office of the Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education, 8th Floor, 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC
20006-8544 from the hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Maureen A. McLaughlin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 01-28407 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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