[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 130 (Thursday, July 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41645-41646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17117]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting

SUMMARY: This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board's Laboratory Operations Board (LOB). 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.

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

DATES: Thursday, July 13, 2000, 8:30 am-3:15 pm, eastern daylight time.

ADDRESSES: Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel, East Salon Ballroom, 999 
9th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20001

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Burrow, Acting 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, DC 20585, (202) 586-7162 or (202) 
586-6279 (fax).

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.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, July 13, 2000

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.  Co-Chairs Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m.-9:30 a.m.  Strategic Information Management Study to 
Modernize the DOE's Corporate R&D Portfolio Management Environment
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.  Management Initiatives at DOE Headquarters
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.  Break
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  National Nuclear Security Administration 
Laboratories--Work Relationships
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.  Lunch
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  Lab Stories: Performance-Based Management
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.  Laboratory Infrastructure Modernization
2:30 p.m.-2:45  LOB Work Plan
2:45 p.m.-3:00  p.m. Revisions to LOB Terms of Reference

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3:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.  Public Comment Period
3:15 p.m.  Adjourn

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

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 meeting will be conducted in a fashion that will, in the Co-Chairs, 
judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its open 
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 Richard Burrow, Acting 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

    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, DC, 
between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, 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 June 29, 2000.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-17117 Filed 7-5-00; 8:45 am]
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