98-28381. U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team; Notice of Meeting

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:

    Name: U.S. National Assessment Synthesis (Team # 5219).
    Date: November 16-17, 1998 (see agenda for times).
    Place: Room 1235 on 11/16 & Room 770 on 11/17, National Science 
Foundation, Arlington, VA.
    Type of Meeting: Part Open (see agenda for times).
    Contact Person: Melissa J. Taylor, Office of the U.S. Global 
Change Research Program (USGCRP), 400 Virginia Avenue, SW, Suite 
750, Washington, DC 20024. Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; 
Email: [e-mail]. Interested persons should contact Ms. 
Taylor as soon as possible to assure space provisions are made for 
all participants and observers.
    Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the 
interagency Subcommittee on Global Change Research on the design and 
conduct of the national effort to assess the consequences of climate 
variability and climate change for the United States.
    Agenda: A closed breakfast session will be held each morning 
from 7:30-8:30 to discuss personnel matters. The open meeting will 
take place from 8:30-12:00 a.m. and 3:00-5:00 p.m. each day.
    Day 1 (November 16) will review overall progress since the 
August meeting, and will focus on comments received on the draft 
outline, and progress made in revising the outline and adding text.
    Day 2 (November 17) will focus on sections of the Synthesis 
Report outline dealing with regions and sectors. The meeting will 
then review the timetable for next steps and will address any 
outstanding issues.
    Reason for Closing: The personnel matters being discussed 
include information of a personal nature where disclosure would 
constitute unwarranted invasions of personal privacy. These matters 
are within exemption 6 of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), Government in the 
Sunshine Act.

    Dated: October 19, 1998.
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
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