[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28023-28024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13398]
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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: June 9, 1997. 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 an open session
during the morning of Monday, June 9, 1997, at approximately 10:00 a.m.
The morning session will focus on Congressional views on science and
technology (S&T) and the FY 1998 Budget. This session will end at
approximately 12:00 Noon.
The Committee will reconvene in open session on Monday afternoon,
June 9, 1997, at approximately 1:30 p.m. The afternoon session will
focus on 1997 PCAST Studies, discussions on the Competitiveness Policy
Council Report, ``Investing in Innovation: A Project Assessing Federal
Technology Policies and Programs,'' and the Carnegie Commission Report,
``Science and Technology and the President.'' There will also be a
general discussion among Committee members and other Executive Office
staff about current S&T activities of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science and Technology
Council (NSTC).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For information regarding time, place, and
agenda, please call Jeanie Hall at (202) 456-6100 prior to 3:00 p.m. on
Friday, June 6, 1997. Other questions may be directed to Angela
Phillips Diaz, Executive Secretary for PCAST, or Yolanda Comedy at
(202) 456-6100. The agenda will also be posted on the PCAST Home Page
located at http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/
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html/OSTP--Home.html. 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: May 16, 1997.
Barbara Ann Ferguson,
Assistant Director for Budget and Administration, Office of Science and
Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-13398 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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