[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3673-3674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1626]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Teleconference 
Meeting

SUMMARY:  This notice announces an open teleconference meeting of the 
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Laboratory Operations Board. The 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), 
requires that agencies publish these notices in the Federal Register to 
allow for public participation. The purpose of the teleconference is to 
discuss the findings and recommendations of a draft report prepared by 
a Laboratory Operations Board (LOB) Working Group. The Working Group 
reviewed the Department of Energy's Laboratory Directed Research and 
Development (LDRD) Program, which funds discretionary research and 
development at the Department's multi-program laboratories. The review 
is intended to provide independent external advice regarding the value, 
quality, nature of oversight and continued need and appropriate level 
of support for laboratory directed research and development at the 
Department's laboratories.
    Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Laboratory Operations 
Board.
    Dates: Thursday, January 27, 2000, 10:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M., Eastern 
Standard Time.
    Addresses: Participants may call the Office of the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board at (202) 586-7092 to reserve a teleconference 
line and receive a call-in number. Public participation is welcomed. 
However, the number of teleconference lines is limited. Lines are 
available on a first come basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Betsy Mullins, Executive Director, or 
Laurie Keaton, LOB Staff Director, Office of Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-7162 or (202) 586-6279 
(fax).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The purpose of the Laboratory Operations 
Board is to provide independent external 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.

    Note:  Copies of the draft report may be obtained from the 
following Internet address: http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab/ or by 
contacting the Office of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board at 
(202) 586-7092.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, January 27, 2000

10:30A.M.-10:45 A.M.
Opening Remarks--Co-Chairs: E. Moniz & J. McTague
10:45 A.M.-11:15 A.M.
Overview of the LDRD Working Group Findings and Recommendations--Dr. 
Paul Fleury, Working Group Chairman
11:15 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
Public Comment Period
12:00 P.M.-12:15 P.M.
LDRD Working Group Comment and Action--Dr. Paul Fluery, LDRD Working 
Group Chairman
12:15 P.M.-12:30 P.M.
LOB Review and Comment
12:30 P.M.
Adjourn

    This tentative agenda is subject to change.
    Public Participation: In keeping with procedures, members of the 
public are welcome to monitor the business of the Laboratory Operations 
Board and to submit written comments or comment during the scheduled 
public comment period. The teleconference meeting will be conducted in 
a fashion that will, in the Co-Chairs' judgment, facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business. During its open teleconference meeting, 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 Board will make every effort to hear the 
views of all interested parties. You may submit written comments to 
Betsy Mullins, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 
AB-1, US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, D.C. 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: A copy of the minutes and a transcript of the meeting will 
be made available for public review and copying approximately 30 days 
following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading 
Room, 1E-190 Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, D.C., between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through 
Friday except Federal holidays. Further information on the Laboratory 
Operations Board is available at the Secretary of Energy Advisory 
Board's web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2000.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-1626 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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