[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42081-42082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17699]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The Historically Black College and University Capital Financing
Advisory Board
AGENCY: Department of Education. The Historically Black College and
University Capital Financing Advisory Board.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an
upcoming open meeting of the Historically Black College and University
Capital Financing Advisory Board (Board). The 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 their opportunity to attend.
DATES: Friday, July 30, 2010.
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TIME: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Education, Board Room, 555 New Jersey
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald E. Watson, Executive Director,
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing (HBCU
Capital Financing) Advisory Board, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6071,
Washington, DC 20006; telephone: (202) 219-7037; fax: (202) 502-7852;
e-mail: [email protected].
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 Board is authorized by Title III, Part
D, Section 347, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1998
(20 U.S.C. 1066f). The Board is established within the Department of
Education to provide advice and counsel to the Secretary and the
designated bonding authority as to the most effective and efficient
means of implementing construction financing on Historically Black
College and University (HBCU) campuses and to advise Congress regarding
the progress made in implementing the program. Specifically, the Board
will provide advice as to the capital needs of HBCUs, how those needs
can be met through the program, and what additional steps might be
taken to improve the operation and implementation of the construction-
financing program.
The purpose of this meeting is to review current program
activities, to make administrative and legislative recommendations to
the Secretary and the U.S. Congress that address the current capital
needs of HBCUs and capital financing issues of HBCUs, and to share
additional steps in which the HBCU Capital Financing Program might
improve its operation.
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
Donald Watson at 202 219-7037, no later than July 16, 2010. 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.
An opportunity for public comment is available on Friday, July 30,
2010, between 12:30 p.m.-1 p.m. Those members of the public interested
in submitting written comments may do so by submitting them to the
attention of Donald Watson, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6071, Washington,
DC, by Friday, July 16, 2010.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for
public inspection at the Office of the Historically Black College and
University Capital Financing Advisory Board, 1990 K Street, NW., Room
6071, Washington, DC 20006, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time (EST), 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 Format (PDF), on the Internet at
the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html.
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Government Printing Office (GPO), toll-free at 1-866-512-1800; or, in
the Washington, DC area at 202 512-0000.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.
Eduardo M. Ochoa,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2010-17699 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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