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together in a systematic fashion all of

the key elements necessary for

comprehensive public information

resources management and to elevate

the importance of Federal government

public information resources to the

status of a strategic national asset. It also

includes the creation of governmentwide information dissemination budget

line item in the President’s budget and

in each agency budget. The Commission

believes that this legislative proposal is

the best means for implementation of its

recommendations because it will draw

attention to the issues and create a

debate about appropriate solutions.

However, many of the Commission’s

recommendations can and should be

implemented, whether or not the

proposed legislation is acted upon by

the Congress.

Excerpts from the Commission’s

proposed legislation, The Public

Information Resources Reform Act of

2001, are available at http://

www.nclis.gov/govt/assess/legisum.pdf,

as are related fact sheets. In this

legislative proposal, the Commission

recommends establishment of a public

information resources agency in each

branch of government. A Fact Sheet

summarizing the duties and

responsibilities of each agency and

explaining how inter-branch

coordination is to be accomplished can

be found on at http://www.nclis.gov/

govt/assess/branch.html. A second fact

sheet summarizing the Commission’s

recommendations for strengthening of

the Federal Depository Library Program

is available at http://www.nclis.gov/

govt/assess/fdlpfact.html. Additional

fact sheets may be added as needed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request further information or to make

special arrangements for persons with

disabilities, contact Judith C. Russell by

telephone at 202–606–9200, by fax at

202–606–9203 or by e-mail to

jrussell@nclis.gov, no later than

Wednesday, November 29, 2000.

Dated: November 20, 2000.

Robert S. Willard,

NCLIS Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 00–30063 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7527–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Education Goals Panel;

Meeting

AGENCY: National Education Goals

Panel.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date

and location of a forthcoming meeting of

the National Education Goals Panel

(NEGP). This notice also describes the

functions of the Panel.

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, December 7,

2000 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Press Club, 529

14th Street, NW, Ballroom, 13th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Nelson, Executive Director, 1255 22nd

Street, NW, Suite 502, Washington, DC

20037. Telephone: (202) 724–0015.

SUMMARY: The National Education Goals

Panel was established to monitor,

measure and report state and national

progress toward achieving the eight

National Education Goals, and report to

the states and the Nation on that

progress.

AGENDA ITEMS: The meeting of the Panel

is open to the public. Agenda items will

include: (1) NEGP’s Measuring Success

Task Force will present

recommendations; (2) The Panel will

issue a summary of the public hearings

about bringing all students to high

standards, convened this year by

Governor Tommy Thompson (WI). The

Panel will decide what findings and

policy recommendations it would like

to make on this important subject; and

(3) Thank you and farewell expressions

will be made to those attending their

last Panel meeting (Secretary Riley,

Assistant Secretary Michael Cohen,

Governors James B. Hunt (NC) and Cecil

Underwood (WV) and Executive

Director Ken Nelson.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Ken Nelson,

Executive Director, National Education Goals

Panel.

[FR Doc. 00–29941 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4010–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3479]

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs Request for Grant Proposals:

Fulbright Teacher Exchange

Orientation Program

SUMMARY: The Office of Global

Educational Programs, Fulbright

Teacher Exchange Branch of the Bureau

of Educational and Cultural Affairs

announces an open competition for the

Fulbright Teacher Exchange Orientation

Program award. Public and private nonprofit organizations meeting the

provisions described in IRS regulation

26 CFR 1.501(c) may submit proposals

to develop and administer August 2001

orientation activities in Washington,

DC. Approximately 570 foreign and U.S.

teachers and accompanying dependents

will participate in the August 2001

orientation program.

The cooperating institution, through

such orientation program activities as

formal presentations and workshops,

prepares program participants to teach

(at the elementary, secondary or college

level) in the educational system of

another country. Approximately

$300,000 are expected to be available for

this activity.

The programming specifically strives:

(a) To provide U.S. teachers with

opportunities to meet face-to-face with

their foreign exchange partners to

discuss the details of their individual

exchange assignments; (b) to provide

participants with an understanding of

the educational systems in which they

will be teaching; and (c) to provide

teachers with practical guidance on

living in their countries of destination,

with particular references to crosscultural differences.

Program Information

The purpose of the August orientation

workshop is to provide U.S. and foreign

teachers and their spouses and

dependents with a wide range of

briefings, training, and discussions to

assist them in preparing to function

effectively in host schools and

communities here and abroad in order

to promote the mission of the Fulbright

Program—mutual understanding.

Partners meet face-to-face and share

important information about their

workplace and other particulars

concerning their individual exchanges.

The workshop should focus on the

teachers’ need to understand education

in the host country, the professional and

personal aspects of the exchange and

the many aspects of adjustment to living

abroad, including cross cultural

orientation.

Through the reciprocal exchange of

teachers, administrators, and other

school or college faculty, foreign

participants in the Fulbright Teacher

Exchange Program increase the

international dimension of U.S. schools,

while U.S. participants share American

values abroad. Participating countries

arrange for non-U.S. teachers to arrive at

the U.S. orientation site.

Agenda

The agenda should recognize partner

relationship building as a priority by

scheduling joint sessions for U.S. and

foreign partners in the morning,

establishing training objectives for each

session, and sequencing sessions to

reinforce experiential learning. An