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policy goals for payment under

Medicare fee for service.

Final agendas will be mailed on

November 21, 1997 and will be

available on the Commission’s web sites

(WWW.PPRC.GOV and

WWW.PROPAC.GOV) at that time.

ADDRESSES: 2120 L Street, N.W.; Suite

200; Washington, D.C. 20037. The

telephone number is 202/653–7220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ann Johnson, Executive Assistant, at

202/653–7220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you are

not on the Commission mailing list and

wish to receive an agenda, please call

202/653–7220 after November 21, 1997.

Lauren LeRoy,

Executive Director.

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NATIONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Notice of Publication of Federal

Telecommunication Recommendation

AGENCY: National Communications

System (NCS).

ACTION: Notice of publication.

SUMMARY: Federal Telecommunications

Recommendation (FTR) 1080–1997,

‘‘Video Teleconferencing Services at 56

to 1,920 kbit/s’’ was approved for

publication on October 30, 1997. This

recommendation defines the

specifications for video teleconferencing

and video telephony systems.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Stephen Perschau at telephone

(703) 607–6198 or write to the National

Communications System, Attn: N6, 701

South Court House Road, Arlington, VA

22204–2198.

Dennis Bodson,

Chief, Technology and Standards Division.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Combined Arts Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby

given that a meeting of the Combined

Arts Panel, Literature Section (Creation

& Presentation/Planning & Stabilization

Categories) to the National Council on

the Arts will be held on December 3–5,

1997. The panel will meet from 9:00

a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on December 3 and

December 4, and from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m. on December 5, in Room M–07 at

the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C., 20506. A portion of this meeting,

from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on

December 5, will be open to the public

for a policy discussion of guidelines,

planning, field needs and trends, and

Leadership Initiatives.

The remaining portions of this

meeting, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on

December 3 and December 4, and 11:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 5, are for

the purpose of Panel review, discussion,

evaluation, and recommendation on

applications for financial assistance

under the National Foundation on the

Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as

amended, including information given

in confidence to the agency by grant

applicants. In accordance with the

determination of the Chairman of March

31, 1997, these sessions will be closed

to the public pursuant to subsection

(c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of section 552b of

Title 5, United States Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or

portions thereof, of advisory panels

which are open to the public, and may

be permitted to participate in the

panel’s discussions at the discretion of

the panel chairman and with the

approval of the full-time Federal

employee in attendance.

If you need special accommodations

due to a disability, please contact the

Office of AccessAbility, National

Endowment for the Arts, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682–5532,

TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least seven

(7) days prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Ms.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Arts, Washington,

D.C. 20506, or call 202/682–5691.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden,

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,

National Endowment for the Arts.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Committee for Computer and

Information Science and Engineering

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Advisory Committee for Computer

and Information Science and Engineering—

1115.

Date and Time: December 03, 1997; 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m., December 04, 1997; 8:30

a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, Room

1235.

Type of Meeting: Open.

Contact Person: Yvonne Summers, Office

of the Assistant Director, Directorate for

Computer and Information Science and

Engineering, National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1105, Arlington, VA

22230. Telephone: (703) 306–1900.

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact

person listed above.

Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on the

impact of its policies, programs and activities

on the CISE community; to provide advice to

the Assistant Director/CISE on issues related

to long range planning, and to form ad hoc

subcommittees to carry out needed studies

and tasks.

Agenda

(1) Review status of Implementation of CISE

Reorganization

(2) Provide assessment of CISE Results and

Future Plans in the context of

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA)

(3) Discuss special activities, e.g., Knowledge

Distributed Intelligence (KDI,

Partnership for Advanced Computational

Infrastructure (PACI), Next Generation

Internet, Digital Libraries II, etc.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in Human

Resource Development; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name and Committee Code: Special

Emphasis Panel in Human Resource

Development (#1199).

Date and Time: December 1–2, 1997: 8:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Boulevard, Room 330, Arlington, VA

22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Alexandra King,

Program Director, Human Resource

Development Division, Room 815, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22230 Telephone: (703) 306–

1633.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.