[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21045]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Advisory Committee for Geosciences, Committee of Visitors; 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: Advisory Committee for Geosciences (1755).
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 1, 1998, 12:30 pm-5:00 pm;
Wednesday, September, 2, 1998, 8:30 am-5:00 pm; Thursday, September
3, 1998, 8:30 am-5:30 pm.
Place: Hubbs Hall, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500
Gilman Drive, LaJolla, CA.
Type of Meeting: Part-Open--(see Agenda, below).
Contact Person: Dr. Donald F. Heinrichs, Oceanographic Centers &
Facilities Section Head, Ocean Sciences Division, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone:
(703) 306-1580.
Purpose of Meeting: To carry out Committee of Visitors (COV)
review, and evaluate the existing capabilities and services,
management structure and operations including possible recompetition
of elements of the research vessel fleet required for research
sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Agenda
Closed: September 2, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm and September 3, 3:30 pm
to 5:30 pm--To review the merit review processes covering funding
decisions made during the immediately preceding three fiscal years
of the Academic Research Fleet Operations Programs.
Open: September 1, 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm, September 2, 8:30 am to
4:00 pm, September 3, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm--To discuss and review
academic fleet use and use-trends, specialized capabilities,
institutional operations, research program projects, and comparative
operations with other research fleets.
Reason for Closing: During the closed session, the Committee
will be reviewing proposal, i.e. financial analysis reports, that
include privileged intellectual property and personal information
that could harm individuals if they were disclosed. If discussions
were open to the public, these matters that are exempt under 5
U.S.C. 552b(c) (4) and (6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act
would be improperly disclosed.
Dated: August 3, 1998.
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21045 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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