[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 12114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5569]
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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Meeting of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and
Technology
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a
meeting of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and
Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Committee.
Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act.
DATES AND PLACE: April 18-19, 1996. The White House Conference Center,
Truman Room, Third Floor, 726 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC 20500.
TYPE OF MEETING: Open.
PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The PCAST will meet in open session on
Thursday, April 18, 1996, at approximately 9:00 AM on current
activities of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and
the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). This session will
end at approximately 12:00 Noon. The Committee will reconvene in open
session at approximately 1:30 PM to discuss science and technology
policies of national importance. This session will end at approximately
5:00 PM.
The Committee will meet again in open session on Friday, April 19,
1996, at approximately 9:00 AM, for a general discussion among
Committee members and other Executive Office staff about future PCAST
activities. This session will end at approximately 12:00 Noon.
Any of the morning or afternoon sessions may be interrupted for the
PCAST to gather at the White House to be introduced to the President
and/or Vice President of the United States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For information regarding time, place, and
agenda, please call Evelyn Diaz, at (202) 456-6100, prior to 3:00 PM on
Friday, April 12, 1996. Other questions may be directed to Angela
Phillips Diaz, Executive Secretary of PCAST, or Elizabeth M. Gunn,
Senior Policy Analyst for PCAST, at (202) 456-6100. Please note that
public seating for this meeting is limited, and is available on a
first-come, first-served basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Committee of Advisors on
Science and Technology was established on November 23, 1993, by
Executive Order 12882, as amended, and continued through September 30,
1997, by Executive Order 12974. The purpose of PCAST is to advise the
President on matters of national importance that have significant
science and technology content, and to assist the President's National
Science and Technology Council in securing private sector participation
in its activities. The Committee members are distinguished individuals
appointed by the President from non-Federal sectors. The PCAST is co-
chaired by John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science and
Technology, and by John Young, former President and CEO of Hewlett-
Packard Company.
Dated: March 4, 1996.
Barbara Ann Ferguson,
Assistant Director for Budget and Administration, Office of Science and
Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-5569 Filed 3-22-96; 8:45 am]
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