95-3508. National Advisory Council on Indian Education; Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3508]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Advisory Council on Indian Education; Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education. This notice also describes the functions of the Council. 
Notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. This meeting will be closed to the 
public.

DATES AND TIME: February 23-24, 1995 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Quality Inn Capitol Hill, 
415 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC; [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John W. Cheek, Acting Director, National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education, 330 C Street, SW, Room 4072, Switzer Building, Washington, 
DC 20202-7556. Telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education is established under section 5342 of the Indian Education Act 
of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2642). The Council is established to, among other 
things, assist the Secretary of Education in carrying out 
responsibilities under the Indian Education Act of 1988 (Title V, Part 
C, Pub. L. 100-297) and to advise Congress and the Secretary of 
Education with regard to Federal education programs in which Indian 
children or adults participate or from which they can benefit.
    Under section 5342 of the Indian Education Act of 1988, the Council 
is directed to make recommendations to the Secretary of Education for 
filling the position of Director, Office of Indian Education, whenever 
a vacancy occurs. The purpose of the meeting will be to interview 
candidates for the position.
    Subsequently, the Council will submit recommendations to the 
Secretary of Education for filling such vacancy. Interviews with the 
candidates and discussions held in conjunction with the selection 
process will involve matters which relate solely to the internal 
personnel rules and practices of an agency and are likely to disclose 
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if conducted in open 
session. Such matters are protected by exemptions (2) and (6) of 
section 552b(c) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94-409; 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)).
    The public is being given less than 15 days notice due to problems 
in scheduling this meeting.
    Records are kept of all Council proceedings and are available for 
public inspection at the office of the National Advisory Council on 
Indian Education, located at 330 C Street SW, Room 4072, Washington, DC 
20202-7556 from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. A summary of activities of this closed meeting 
which are informative to the public consistent with the policy of Title 
5 U.S.C. 552b will be available for public inspection within 14 days of 
the meeting.

    Dated: February 7, 1995.
John W. Cheek,
Acting Director, National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
[FR Doc. 95-3508 Filed 2-9-95; 8:45 am]
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