[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30576]
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY
Notice of Meeting
SUMMARY: This Notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory
Board (Board). This notice also describes the function of the Board.
Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. This document is intended to notify the
general public of their opportunity to attend the meeting.
DATES AND TIME: December 11, 1997 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, and
December 12, 1997 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
ADDRESSES: National Institute for Literacy, 800 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn Staley, Deputy Director, National Institute for Literacy, 800
Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone
(202) 632-1526.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is established under Section 384
of the Adult Education Act, as amended by Title I of P.L. 102-73, the
National Literacy Act of 1991. The Board consists of ten individuals
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The Board is established to advise and make recommendations to the
Interagency Group, composed of the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and
Health and Human Services, which administers the National Institute for
Literacy (Institute). The Interagency Group considers the Board's
recommendations in planning the goals of the Institute and in the
implementation of any programs to achieve the goals of the Institute.
Specifically, the Board performs the following functions: (a) makes
recommendations concerning the appointment of the Director and the
staff of the Institute; (b) provides independent advice on operation of
the Institute; and (c) receives reports from the Interagency Group and
Director of the Institute. In addition, the Institute consults with the
Board on the award of fellowships. The Board will meet in Washington,
DC on December 11, 1997 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, and December 12, 1997
from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The meeting of the Board is open to the
public. This meeting of the Institute's Advisory Board will focus on
the following agenda items: recent legislative activities effecting
literacy and the Institute; a report from the 1996 Literacy Leader
Fellows on their fellowship projects: the creation of Advisory Board
Committees which would focus on specific topic areas; and a discussion
of major Institute projects with a focus on developments since the
September Board meeting.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for
public inspection at the National Institute for Literacy, 800
Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006 from 8:30 am to
5:00 pm.
Dated: November 14, 1997.
Andrew J. Hartman,
Director, National Institute for Literacy.
[FR Doc. 97-30576 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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