[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11865-11866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03746]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, President's Board of Advisors on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Board).
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: Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. (CST).
ADDRESSES: J. F. Drake State Technical College, S. C. O'Neal, Sr.
Library and Technology Center, 3421 Meridian Street North, Huntsville,
AL 35811, 256-551-3117.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John P. Brown, Jr., Acting Executive
Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20204; telephone:
(202) 453-5634 or (202) 453-5630, fax: (202) 453-5632.
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
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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 Acting
Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs on their
respective activities, thus far, during Fiscal Year 2013 including
activities that have occurred since the Board's last meeting, which was
held on September 27, 2012. In addition, the Board will discuss
possible strategies to meet its duties under its charter and special
guests have been invited to discuss initiatives that are directed at
two-year colleges.
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, Acting Executive Director, White House Initiative on HBCUs, at
(202) 453-5634, no later than Friday, March 1, 2013. 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 Wednesday, March
6, 2013, 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 P. Brown, Jr., White House
Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202,
by Friday, March 1, 2013.
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: February 13, 2013.
Martha J. Kanter,
Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2013-03746 Filed 2-19-13; 8:45 am]
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