[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 231 (Monday, December 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 72779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28444]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital
Financing Advisory Board
AGENCY: Department of Education. The Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an
upcoming open meeting of the Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board (Board). The notice also
describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is
required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and
is intended to notify the public of their opportunity to attend.
DATES: Friday, December 12, 2008. Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Education, Board Room, 555 New Jersey
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald E. Watson, Executive Director,
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing (HBCU
Capital Financing) Program, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6130, Washington,
DC 20006; telephone: (202) 219-7037; fax: (202) 502-7852; e-mail:
[email protected].
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339,
Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is authorized by Title III, Part
D, Section 347, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1998
(20 U.S.C. 1066f). The Board is established within the Department of
Education to provide advice and counsel to the Secretary and the
designated bonding authority as to the most effective and efficient
means of implementing construction financing on HBCU campuses and to
advise Congress regarding the progress made in implementing the
program. Specifically, the Board will provide advice as to the capital
needs of HBCUs, how those needs can be met through the program, and
what additional steps might be taken to improve the operation and
implementation of the construction-financing program.
The purpose of this meeting is to review current program
activities, to make administrative and legislative recommendations to
the Secretary and the U.S. Congress that address the current capital
needs of HBCUs and capital financing issues of HBCUs, and to share
additional steps in which the HBCU Capital Financing Program might
improve its operation.
Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order
to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistance
listening devices, or materials in alternative format) should notify
Donald Watson at 202-219-7037, no later than December 1, 2008. We will
attempt to meet requests for 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 Friday, December
12, 2008, between 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Those members of the public
interested in submitting written comments may do so by submitting them
to the attention of Donald Watson, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6130,
Washington DC, by Monday, December 1, 2008.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for
public inspection at the Office of the Historically Black College and
University Capital Financing Advisory Board, 1990 K Street, NW., Room
6130, Washington, DC 20006, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time (EST), Monday through Friday.
Electronic Access to This 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: http://www.ed.gov/news/federegister.
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Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.
Cheryl A. Oldham,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E8-28444 Filed 11-28-08; 8:45 am]
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