[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54571-54572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21853]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
AGENCY: President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (Board), U.S. Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting
of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. The notice also describes the functions of the Board.
Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its
opportunity to attend.
DATES: Thursday, September 27, 2012.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Grand Hyatt Washington, Lafayette Park and Farragut Square
Rooms, 1000 H Street NW., Washington, DC 20001, 202-582-1234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., Executive
Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20204; telephone:
(202) 453-5634, fax: (202) 453-5632.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Board of Advisors on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (the Board) is established
by Executive Order 13532 (February 26, 2010). The Board is governed by
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L.
92-463; as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 2) which sets forth standards
for the formation and use of advisory committees. The purpose of the
Board is to advise the President and the Secretary of Education
(Secretary) on all matters pertaining to strengthening the educational
capacity of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The Board shall advise the President and the Secretary in the
following areas: (i) Improving the identity, visibility, and
distinctive capabilities and overall competitiveness of HBCUs; (ii)
engaging the philanthropic, business, government, military, homeland-
security, and education communities in a national dialogue regarding
new HBCU programs and initiatives; (iii) improving the ability of HBCUs
to remain fiscally secure institutions that can assist the nation in
reaching its goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates
by 2020; (iv) elevating the public awareness of HBCUs; and (v)
encouraging public-private investments in HBCUs.
Agenda
The Board will receive updates from the chairman of the President's
Board of Advisors on HBCUs, the Board's subcommittees and the executive
director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs on their respective
activities, thus far, during Fiscal Year 2012 including activities that
have occurred since the Board's last meeting, which was held on June 6,
2012. In addition, the Board will discuss possible strategies to meet
its duties under its charter.
Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order
to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistive listening
devices, or material in alternative format) should notify John P.
Brown, Deputy Director, White House Initiative on HBCUs, at (202) 453-
5645, no later than Friday, September 21, 2012. We will attempt to meet
requests for such accommodations after this date, but cannot guarantee
their availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
An opportunity for public comment is available on Thursday,
September 27, 2012, from 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Individuals who wish to
provide comments will be allowed three to five minutes to speak. Those
members of the public interested in submitting written comments may do
so by submitting them to the attention of John S. Wilson, Jr., White
House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202,
by Friday, September 21, 2012.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for
public inspection at the office of the White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20202, Monday
through Friday (excluding federal holidays) during the hours of 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Electronic Access to the Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1830; or in
the Washington, DC, area at 202-512-0000.
Dated: August 29, 2012.
Martha J. Kanter,
Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
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