[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36676-36677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17197]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of 
the following advisory committee meeting:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Laboratory Operations Board.

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, July 15, 1999, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, ARC Building 
Auditorium, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 23606.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-1709.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Laboratory Operations 
Board is to provide advice to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 
regarding the strategic direction of the Department's laboratories, the 
coordination of budget and policy issues affecting laboratory 
operations, and the reduction of unnecessary and counterproductive 
management burdens on the laboratories. The Laboratory Operations 
Board's goal is to facilitate the productive and cost-effective 
utilization of the Department's laboratory system and the application 
of best business practices.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, July 15, 1999

8:30-9 a.m.--Opening Remarks--Co-Chairs: E. Moniz & J. McTague
9-9:30 a.m.--Status Reports
9:30-10 a.m.--Report on Technology Portfolio Analysis and Roadmaps
10-10:15 a.m.--Break
10:15-11 a.m.--Presentation on the Positive Results of Performance 
Based Management
11-12 p.m.--Discussion of the New Field Management Structure
12-1 p.m.--Lunch Break
1-2 p.m.--Discussion of New Work Plan
2-2:30 p.m.--Public Comment Period
2:30 p.m.--Adjourn

    This tentative agenda is subject to change. A final agenda will be 
available at the meeting.

Public Participation

    The Chairman of the Laboratory Operations Board is empowered to 
conduct the meeting in a way which will, in the Chairman's judgment, 
facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in 
Newport News, Virginia the Laboratory Operations Board welcomes public 
comment. Members of the public will be heard in the order in which they 
sign up at the beginning of the meeting. The Laboratory Operations 
Board will make every effort to hear the views of all interested 
parties. Written comments may be submitted to Skila Harris, Executive 
Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, US Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585. This notice 
is being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due 
to the late resolution of programmatic issues.

Minutes

    Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available for 
public review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting 
at the Freedom of Information Public Reading

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Room, 1E-190 Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday except 
Federal holidays. Information on the Laboratory Operations Board may 
also be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's web site, 
located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on July 1, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17197 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am]
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