Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 20 / Wednesday, January 30, 2008 / Notices 5527 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–1603 Filed 1–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Defense Policy Board 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Policy Board Advisory Committee. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Policy Board 

Advisory Committee will meet in closed 

session on March 6, 2008 from 0800 hrs 

until 2030 and March 7, 2008 from 0900 

hrs until 1330 at the Pentagon. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

provide the Secretary of Defense, 

Deputy Secretary of Defense and Under 

Secretary of Defense for Policy with 

independent, informed advice on major 

matters of defense policy. The Board 

will hold classified discussions on 

national security matters. 

In accordance with Section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law No. 92–463, as amended [5 

U.S.C. App II (1982)], it has been 

determined that this meeting concerns 

matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552B(c)(1) 

(1982), and that accordingly this 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

Dated: January 24, 2008. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 08–394 Filed 1–29–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

Office of Indian Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming open meeting of the National 

Advisory Council on Indian Education 

(the Council). The notice also describes 

the functions of the Council. 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 their opportunity to attend. 

This notice is appearing in the Federal 

Register less than 15 days before the 

date of the meeting due to scheduling 

difficulties within the agency and with 

the Council. 

DATE: February 7, 2008. 

TIME: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern Standard 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5C100, Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cathie Carothers, Director Office of 

Indian Education, National Advisory 

Council on Indian Education; 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20202; phone: (202) 260–7485; fax: 

(202) 260–4149; e-mail: 

Cathie.Carothers@ed.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 

Monday through Friday between the 

hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education is authorized by Section 7141 

of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act. The Committee is 

established within the Department of 

Education to advise the Secretary of 

Education on the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction and includes Indian 

children or adults as participants or 

programs that may benefit Indian 

children or adults, including any 

program established under Title VII, 

Part A of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act. The Council submits to 

the Congress, not later than June 30 of 

each year, a report on the activities of 

the Council that includes 

recommendations the Council considers 

appropriate for the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

discuss reauthorization of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act; the President’s fiscal year 2008 

budget and the 2009 budget request; 

Executive Order 13336 activities; 

program updates; the Council’s charter; 

and development of the Council’s 

Annual Report to Congress. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistance listening devices, or 

materials in alternative format) should 

notify Cathie Carothers at (202) 260–

7485 no later than February 1, 2008. We 

will attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Public Comment: 3:15 p.m. is 

scheduled on the Agenda for receipt of 

public comment. 

Records are kept of all Committee 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at 400 Maryland Avenue, 

Room 5C132, Washington, DC 20202, 

from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time Monday through 

Friday. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

federegister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1–888–

293–6498; or in the Washington, DC, 

area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, February 7, 

2008 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

PLACE: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, 

400 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20001. (Metro Stop: 

Union Station). 

AGENDA: Commissioners will receive an 

update on HAVA Funding Issues. 

Commissioners will consider and vote 

on the following studies: Study on 

Feasibility of Free Absentee Voting 

Postage; Study on use of Social Security 

Information of First Time Voters Who 

Register to Vote by Mail. Commissioners 

will consider and vote on an Interim 

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