[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7400-7401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3186]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Science Advisory Board (SAB)
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
(DOC).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision
Memorandum dated September 25, 1997, and is the only Federal Advisory
Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce
for Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies for research, education, and
application of science to operations and information services. SAB
activities and advice provide necessary input to ensure that National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) science programs are of
the highest quality and provide optimal support to resource management.
Time and Date: The meeting will be held Monday, March 9, 2009, from
10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Tuesday, March 10, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 4:15
p.m. These times and the agenda topics described below are subject to
change. Please refer to the Web page http://www.sab.noaa.gov/Meetings/meetings.html for the most up-to-date meeting agenda.
Place: The meeting will be held both days at the Hilton Washington
DC/Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Please
check the SAB Web site http://www.sab.noaa.gov for confirmation of the
venue and for directions.
Status: The meeting will be open to public participation with a 30-
minute public comment period on March 9 at 5:30 p.m. (check Web site to
confirm time). The SAB expects that public statements presented at its
meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted verbal or
written statements. In general, each individual or group making a
verbal presentation will be limited to a total time of five (5)
minutes. Written comments should be received in the SAB Executive
Director's Office by March 4, 2009 to provide sufficient time for SAB
review. Written comments received by the SAB Executive Director after
March 4, 2009, will be distributed to the SAB, but may not be reviewed
prior to the meeting date. Seats will be available on a first-come,
first-served basis.
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Matters to be Considered: The meeting will include the following
topics: (1) Final Report from the Social Science Working Group; (2) SAB
Strategic Planning Session: Transition and Beyond; (3) SAB
Recommendations on Options for a National Climate Service; (4) NOAA
Response to ``Engaging NOAA's Constituents: A Report from the NOAA
Science Advisory Board''; (5) NOAA Response to the SAB Report ``Fire
Weather Research: A Burning Agenda for NOAA''; (6) NOAA Response to the
SAB Recommendations on High Performance Computing; and (7) SAB Census
of Marine Life Subcommittee Update.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive
Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-
713-1459, e-mail: [email protected]; or visit the NOAA SAB Web
site at http://www.sab.noaa.gov.
Dated: February 9, 2009.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-3186 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
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