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view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities 

AGENCY: President’s Board of Advisors 

on Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting, 

Conference Call. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the meeting of 

the President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities. This 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 

its opportunity to attend. 

DATES: Tuesday, November 14, 2006. 

Time: 10 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Conference Call Instructions: Dial in 

Toll Free Number: 1–800–516–9896. 

Participant Code: 54237. 

Please note that if the participant 

dials in before the chairperson does, he/ 

she becomes activitied and will be 

placed on hold with music. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles M. Greene, Executive Director, 

White House Initiative on Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities, 1900 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006; 

telephone: (202) 502–7511, fax: 202–

501–7852. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities is established under 

Executive Order 13256, dated February 

12, 2002 and Executive Order 13316 

dated September 17, 2003. The Board is 

established (a) to report to the President 

annually on the results of the 

participation of historically black 

colleges and universities (HBCUs) in 

federal programs, including 

recommendations on how to increase 

the private sector role in strengthening 

these institutions, with particular 

emphasis given to enhancing 

institutional planning and development; 

strengthening fiscal stability and 

financial management; and improving 

institutional infrastructure, including 

the use of technology, to ensure the 

long-term viability and enhancement of 

these institutions; (b) to advise the 

President and the Secretary of 

Education (Secretary) on the needs of 

HBCUs in the areas of infrastructure, 

academic programs, and faculty and 

institutional development; (c) to advise 

the Secretary in the preparation of an 

annual Federal plan for assistance to 

HBCUs in increasing their capacity to 

participate in Federal programs; (d) to 

provide the President with an annual 

progress report on enhancing the 

capacity of HBCUs to serve their 

students; and (e) to develop, in 

consultation with the Department of 

Education and other Federal agencies, a 

private sector strategy to assist HBCUs. 

Agenda: The purpose of the meeting 

is to receive and deliberate on policy 

issues pertinent to the Board and the 

nation’s HBCUs and to approve the 

2004–05 Annual Report that will be 

presented to the Secretary of Education 

and the President. 

Additional Information: Individuals 

who will need accommodations for a 

disability in order to participate on the 

call (e.g., assistive listening devices, or 

material in alternative format) should 

notify ReShone Moore at (202) 502–

7893, no later than Tuesday, November 

7, 2006. We will attempt to meet 

requests for accommodations after this 

date, but, cannot guarantee their 

availability. 

An opportunity for public comments 

is available on Tuesday, November 14, 

2006, between 11:45 a.m.–12 p.m. Those 

members of the public interested in 

submitting written comments may do so 

by submitting it to the attention of 

Charles M. Greene, 1990 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC, by Thursday, 

November 9. 2006. 

Records are kept of all Board 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the office of the White 

House Initiative on Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20006, during the 

hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

James F. Manning, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing 

Board; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board; Education. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and 

partially closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board. This 

notice also describes the functions of 

the Board. Notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This 

document is intended to notify members 

of the general public of their 

opportunity to attend. Individuals who 

will need special accommodations in 

order to attend the meeting (i.e.; 

interpreting services, assistive listening 

devices, materials in alternative format) 

should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202–

357–6938 or at 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than 

November 6, 2006. We will attempt to 

meet requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES: November 16–18, 2006. 

Times 

November 16: 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Closed Session—2 p.m. to 4 p.m.; 

Executive Committee: Open Session—

4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Closed 

Session—5 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

November 17: 

Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m. 

to 12:15 p.m.; Closed Session—

12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.; Open 

Session—1:45 p.m.–4:30 p.m. 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session—9:45 a.m. to 12:15 

p.m.; 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology: Open Session—9:45 

a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open Session—9:45 

a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; 

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November 18: 

Nominations Committee: Closed 

Session—8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

Full Board: Open Session—9 a.m. to 

12 p.m. 

Location: The Ritz-Carlton Tysons 

Corner, 1700 Tysons Boulevard, 

McLean, VA 22102. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer, 

National Assessment Governing Board, 

800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 

825, Washington, DC 20002–4233, 

Telephone: (202) 357–6938. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Assessment Governing Board 

is established under section 412 of the 

National Education Statistics Act of 

1994, as amended. 

The Board is established to formulate 

policy guidelines for the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP). The Board’s responsibilities 

include selecting subject areas to be 

assessed, developing assessment 

objectives, developing appropriate 

student achievement levels for each 

grade and subject tested, developing 

guidelines for reporting and 

disseminating results, and developing 

standards and procedures for interstate 

and national comparisons. 

The Assessment Development 

Committee will meet in closed session 

on November 16 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

(two hours) to review secure topics for 

proposed 2009 National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP) science 

interactive computer tasks at grades 4, 8, 

and 12. The meeting must be conducted 

in closed session as disclosure of secure 

interactive computer tasks on the NAEP 

Science Assessment would significantly 

impede implementation of the NAEP 

program, and is therefore protected by 

exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of 

Title 5 U.S.C. 

The Executive Committee will meet in 

open session on November 16 from 4:30 

p.m. to 5 p.m. and will meet in closed 

session from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The 

Committee will receive independent 

government cost estimates from the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

for proposed contracts for item 

development, sample selection, 

analysis, and reporting of NAEP testing 

for 2008–2012, and their implications 

on future NAEP activities. The 

discussion of independent government 

cost estimates prior to the development 

of the Request for Proposals for NAEP 

contracts covering assessment years 

2008–2012 is necessary for ensuring that 

NAEP contracts meet congressionally 

mandated goals and adhere to Board 

policies on NAEP assessments. This part 

of the meeting must be conducted in 

closed session because public disclosure 

of this information would likely have an 

adverse financial effect on the NAEP 

program and will provide an advantage 

to potential bidders attending the 

meeting. The discussion of this 

information would be likely to 

significantly impede implementation of 

a proposed agency action if conducted 

in open session. Such matters are 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

On November 17, the full Board will 

meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 

12:15 p.m. From 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 

the Board will approve the agenda 

which will be followed by the Oath of 

Office ceremony for new Board 

members. The Board will receive the 

Executive Director’s report and hear an 

update on the work of the National 

Center for Education Statistics. 

From 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on 

November 17, the Board’s standing 

committees—the Assessment 

Development Committee; the Committee 

on Standards, Design and Methodology; 

and the Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee—will meet in open sessions. 

On November 17, the full Board will 

meet in closed session from 12:15 p.m. 

to 1:45 p.m. The Board membership will 

be briefed by the Associate 

Commissioner of the National Center for 

Education Statistics on secure national 

student achievement data related to two 

upcoming NAEP 12th grade reports. The 

Governing Board will be provided with 

embargoed data from the 2005 

Mathematics and Reading Assessments 

in grade 12 and the 2005 High School 

Transcript Study, which includes 

findings from the 2005 12th grade 

Mathematics and Science Assessments. 

These data constitute the major basis for 

the initial public release of The Nation’s 

Report Card, and cannot be discussed in 

an open meeting prior to the official 

release of these two reports. The 

meeting must therefore be conducted in 

closed session as disclosure of data 

would significantly impede 

implementation of The Nation’s Report 

Card initial release activities, as 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

On November 17 from 2 p.m. to 3 

p.m. the Board will receive a report 

from the Commission on the Future of 

Higher Education. This session will be 

followed by an update on the NAEP 

Writing Framework project from 3 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. From 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Board members will receive an ethics 

briefing from the Office of General 

Counsel, upon which the November 17 

session of the Board meeting will 

conclude. 

The Nominations Committee will 

meet in closed session on November 18 

from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. to review and 

discuss confidential information 

regarding nominees received for Board 

vacancies for terms beginning on 

October 1, 2007. This discussion 

pertains solely to internal personnel 

rules and practices of an agency and 

will disclose information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. As such, the 

discussions are protected by exemptions 

2 and 6 of section 552b(c) of Title 5 

U.S.C. 

From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the full Board 

will meet in open session. The full 

Board will receive a briefing on setting 

achievement levels from 9 a.m. to 10:15 

a.m. Board actions on policies and 

Committee reports are scheduled to take 

place between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m., 

upon which the November 18, 2006 

session of the Board meeting will 

adjourn. 

Detailed minutes of the meeting, 

including summaries of the activities of 

the closed sessions and related matters 

that are informative to the policies and 

consistent with the policy of section 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the 

public within 14 days of the meeting. 

Records are kept of all Board 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the U.S. Department of 

Education, National Assessment 

Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North 

Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. 

Dated: October 18, 2006. 

Charles E. Smith, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site. 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 

5 p.m. 

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