[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25721-25722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10254]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Sunshine Act Meetings; National Science Board
The National Science Board, pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR
part 614), the National Science Foundation Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
1862n-5), and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b),
hereby gives notice of the scheduling of meetings for the transaction
of National Science Board business as follows:
DATE AND TIME: May 5, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and May 6,
2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT.
PLACE: These meetings will be held at the National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1235, Arlington, VA 22230. All visitors must
contact the Board Office (call 703-292-7000 or send an email to
[email protected]) at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and
provide your name and organizational affiliation. Visitors must report
to the NSF visitor's desk in the lobby of the 9th and N. Stuart Street
entrance to receive a visitor's badge.
WEBCAST INFORMATION: Public meetings and public portions of meetings
will be webcast. To view the meetings, go to http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/nsf/160505/ and follow the instructions.
UPDATES: Please refer to the National Science Board Web site for
additional information. Meeting information and schedule updates (time,
place, subject matter, and status of meeting) may be found at http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/meetings/notices.jsp.
AGENCY CONTACT: Ron Campbell, [email protected], 703-292-7000.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT: Nadine Lymn, [email protected], 703-292-2490.
STATUS: Portions open; portions closed.
OPEN SESSIONS:
May 5, 2016
8:00-8:30 a.m.--Plenary introduction, NSB Chair and NSF Director
Reports
8:30-9:30 a.m.--Committee on Programs and Plans (CPP)
9:30-9:45 a.m.--Subcommittee on Facilities (SCF)
9:45-10:25 a.m.--Task Force on NEON Performance and Plans (NPP)
10:55-11:15 a.m.--Plenary speaker, NSB Public Service awardee
11:15-11:35 a.m.--Plenary speaker, Vannevar Bush awardee
11:35-11:55 a.m.--Plenary speaker, Alan T. Waterman awardee
3:05-4:30 p.m.--Committee on Audit and Oversight (A&O)
May 6, 2016
8:00-9:00 a.m.--Committee on Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI)
9:00-9:45 a.m.--Committee on Strategy and Budget (CSB)
1:00-2:30 p.m.--(Plenary)
CLOSED SESSIONS:
May 5, 2016
10:25-10:40 a.m. (NPP)
1:00-2:55 p.m. (CPP)
May 6, 2016
9:45-10:15 a.m. (CSB)
10:15-11:30 a.m. (Plenary)
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Plenary executive)
MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Plenary Board Meeting
Open Session: 8:00-8:30 a.m.
Introduction and NSB Chair's report
NSF Director's report
Committee on Programs and Plans (CPP)
Open Session: 8:30-9:30 a.m.
CPP Chair's opening remarks
Approval of open CPP minutes for February 2016, and joint open
CPP, CSB, and SCF minutes for February 2016
Calendar year 2016 schedule of planned action and information
items for NSB review: Update for the May 2016 meeting
An overview of Computer and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE) infrastructure investments and directorate programs
CPP Chair's closing remarks
Subcommittee on Facilities (SCF)
Open Session: 9:30-9:45 a.m.
SCF Chair's opening remarks
Approval of open SCF minutes from February 2016, and March
2016, and for closed SCF minutes from March 2016
Discussion of past, present and planned SCF activities,
including the Facilities Portal
SCF Chair's closing remarks
Task Force on NEON Performance and Plans (NPP)
Open Session: 9:45-10:25 a.m.
NPP Chair's opening remarks
Approval of open NPP minutes from November 2015 meeting
NSF Director's update, including root causes
NPP final report
NPP Chair's closing remarks
Task Force on NEON Performance and Plans (NPP)
Closed Session: 10:25-10:40 a.m.
NPP Chair's opening remarks
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Approval of closed teleconference minutes from February 2016
NSF Director's update
NPP Chair's closing remarks
Plenary Board Meeting
Open Session: 10:55-11:15 a.m.
NSB Chair's opening remarks
Guest speaker--Ms. Margaret Brandon, President, Sea Education
Association, recipient of the NSB Public Service Award
NSB Chair's closing remarks
Plenary Board Meeting
Open Session: 11:15-11:35 a.m.
NSB Chair's opening remarks
Guest speaker--Dr. Robert Birgeneau, Recipient of the NSB
Vannevar Bush Award
NSB Chair's closing remarks
Plenary Board Meeting
Open Session: 11:35-11:55 a.m.
NSB Chair's opening remarks
NSF Director introduces the Alan T. Waterman Awardee
Guest speaker--Dr. Mircea Dinc[abreve], Recipient of the Alan
T. Waterman Award
NSB Chair's closing remarks
Committee on Programs and Plans
Closed Session: 1:00-2:55 p.m.
CPP Chair's opening remarks
Approval of closed CPP minutes for February 2016 and the joint
closed CPP, CSB, and SCF minutes for February 2016
Information item--Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and the Very
Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
Information item--Laser Interferometer Gravity Wave
Observatory (LIGO)
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS)
NSB action item--National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
(NSCL)
NSB action item--XSEDE 2
CPP Chair's closing remarks
Committee on Audit and Oversight (A&O)
Open Session: 3:05-4:30 p.m.
A&O Chair's opening remarks
Approval of open A&O minutes from February 2016
Management Fees and Discussion
Approval of OIG Semiannual Report materials and discussion of
a Management Response
Presentation on OIG audit of Sunshine Act compliance
Inspector General's update
Chief Financial Officer's update
Presentation on Transparency and Accountability
A&O Chair's closing remarks
MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:
Friday, May 6, 2016
Committee on Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI)
Open Session: 8:00-9:00 a.m.
SEI Chair's opening remarks
Approval of open SEI minutes for February 2016
Briefing on the outcome of the April 27-28 Indicators
stakeholder workshop
Update on Science and Engineering Indicators outreach
Update on the next Companion Briefs: (1) Career destinations
for STEM Ph.D.s, and (2) STEM diversity
Discussion on developing better indicators on K-12 STEM
education
Indicators 2018 schedule
SEI Chair's closing remarks
Committee on Strategy and Budget (CSB)
Open Session: 9:00-9:45 a.m.
CSB Chair's opening remarks
Approval of open CSB minutes for February 2016
Update on FY 2017 budget
Discussion--Beyond the presidential transition: NSF's ideas
for future investment
CSB Chair's closing remarks
Committee on Strategy and Budget
Closed Session: 9:45-10:15 a.m.
CSB Chair's opening remarks
Approval of closed CSB minutes for February, 2016
Update on FY 2016 pre-decisional budget items under
renegotiation
NSF FY 2018 budget development
CSB Chair's closing remarks
Plenary Board
Closed Session: 10:15-11:30 a.m.
NSB Chair's opening remarks
NSF Director's Remarks
Approval of closed plenary minutes for February, 2016
Consideration and approval of NSB resolution for an award to
XSEDE 2
Consideration and approval of NSB resolution for an award to
NSCL
Discussion of contract for financial statement audit
Discussion of pending MREFC legislation
Closed committee reports
NSB Chair's closing remarks
Plenary Board (Executive)
Closed Session: 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
NSB Chair's opening remarks
Approval of closed executive minutes for February, 2016
Elections Committee report
Elections for NSB Chair, Vice Chair, and two members of
Executive Committee
NSB Chair's closing remarks
Plenary Board
Open Session: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Approval of open plenary minutes for February, 2016
NSB Chair's opening remarks
Introduction of the NSF ``LIGO Team''
NSF Director's remarks
Review and approval of annual Executive Committee report
Open committee reports
Discharge NPP
Presentations to outgoing Board members
NSB Chair's closing remarks
MEETING ADJOURNS: 2:30 p.m.
Ann Bushmiller,
Senior Legal Counsel, National Science Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-10254 Filed 4-27-16; 4:15 pm]
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