[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2472-2473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-820]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Technical Information Service
NTIS Advisory Board Meeting
AGENCY: National Technical Information Service, Technology
Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.
2, notice is hereby given that the National Technical Information
Service Advisory Board (the ``Board'') will meet on Wednesday, February
3, 1999, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The
session from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., will be closed to the public.
The Board was established under the authority of 15 U.S.C.
3704b(c), and was Chartered on September 15, 1989. The Board is
composed of five members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce who are
eminent in such fields as information resources management, information
technology, and library and
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information services. The purpose of the meeting is to review and make
recommendations regarding general policies and operations of NTIS,
including policies in connection with fees and charges for its
services. The agenda will include a progress report on NTIS activities,
an update on the progress of FedWorld, and a discussion of NTIS' long
range plans. The closed session discussion is scheduled to begin at 9
a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m. on February 3, 1999. The session will be
closed because premature disclosure of the information to be discussed
would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of NTIS'
business plans.
DATES: The meeting will convene on February 3, 1999, at 9 a.m. and
adjourn at 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 2029 Sills Building,
National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road,
Springfield, Virginia 22161.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will be open to public participation
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on February 3, 1999. Approximately thirty minutes
will be set aside on February 3, 1999, for comments or questions from
the public. Seats will be available for the public and for the media on
a first-come, first-served basis. Any member of the public may submit
written comments concerning the Board's affairs at any time. Copies of
the minutes of the open session meeting will be available within thirty
days of the meeting from the address given below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Lucas, NTIS Advisory Board
Secretary, National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal
Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, Telephone: (703) 605-6400; Fax (703)
605-6700.
Dated: January 8, 1999.
Ron Lawson,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-820 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]
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