31 July 2002
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
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[Federal Register: July 31, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 147)]
[Notices]
[Page 49691-49692]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology
ACTION: Emergency notice of public advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a
meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. Notice
of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA).
Dates and Place: August 5, 2002, at 1 pm. This meeting will take
place via a telephone conference call. In light of the short notice of
this meeting, OSTP will undertake to make this meeting available to the
public through the following call-in number: 1-800-260-0712, access
code: 647402. Any interested member of the public may call this number
and listen to the meeting. To ensure the agency secures an appropriate
number of lines, however, such persons are asked to register with OSTP
by calling Cynthia Chase at (202) 456-6010 by 4 pm on Friday, August 2,
2002.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology (PCAST) is tentatively scheduled to meet in
open session on Monday, August 5, 2002, at approximately 1 pm, to
discuss (and, pending the discussion, approve) a draft report to the
President on maximizing the contribution of science and
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technology within the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This
session will end at approximately 1:30 pm.
Public Comments: Written public comments are welcome at any time
prior to the meeting. Please fax your comments to (202) 456-6021. In
light of the compressed notice period for this meeting, public comments
are also welcome for an additional three days after the meeting (i.e.,
up to close of business Thursday, August 8, 2002). Please fax such
comments to the same fax number noted above. The transcript of the
meeting will be posted on the PCAST web site as soon as possible
following the meeting. Moreover, any person may listen to a recording
of the meeting on Tuesday, August 6, 2002, from 8 am to 5 pm, by
calling 1-800-475-6701, access code: 647402.
Reason for Emergency Notice: Pursuant to 41 CFR Part 102-3.150(b),
less than 15 days notice is being given for this meeting because of the
exigencies involved in providing timely and relevant advice to the
President on the matters to be discussed. Legislation to establish the
DHS is moving extremely swiftly through Congress, and negotiations
between Congress and the Administration on the structure of the new
Department (including the DHS research and development enterprise) have
already begun. In light of these exceptional circumstances, regular
notice and meeting procedures would prevent PCAST from rendering advice
pertinent to these current events in a timely fashion.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Information on this meeting will be published
on the PCAST Web site at: http://www.ostp.gov/PCAST/pcast.html. The
draft report to be discussed during the call will be posted on this web
site at the earliest possible opportunity. Any updates on the
scheduling of the conference call will also be posted. For additional
information, please call Cynthia Chase at (202) 456-6010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology was established by Executive Order 13226, on
September 30, 2001. The purpose of PCAST is to advise the President on
matters of science and technology policy, and to assist the President's
National Science and Technology Council in securing private sector
participation in its activities. The Council members are distinguished
individuals appointed by the President from non-Federal sectors. The
PCAST is co-chaired by Dr. John H. Marburger, III, the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy, and by E. Floyd Kvamme, a
Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Barbara Ann Ferguson,
Assistant Director for Budget and Administration, Office of Science and
Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-19445 Filed 7-30-02; 8:45 am]
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