[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24870-24871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10720]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) Meeting
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a Closed Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an
upcoming closed meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian
Education (the Council) and is intended to notify the general public of
the meeting. This notice also describes the functions of the Council.
Notice of the Council's meetings is required under Section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Date and Time: May 18, 2011; May 18, 2011--2 p.m.-5 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Savings Time
Location: The closed meeting will be conducted via conference call
with NACIE members.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Council on Indian
Education is authorized by Section 7141 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. The Council is established within the Department of
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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.
One of the Council's responsibilities is to develop and provide
recommendations to 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 that can benefit Indian children or adults
participating in any program which could benefit Indian children. The
purpose of this closed meeting is to convene the Council to review,
advise, and provide recommendations to the Secretary on the procurement
of services to accomplish this responsibility. Council members will
discuss contract options and costs during the closed meeting. The
meeting must be conducted in closed session because public discussion
of procurement information would disclose independent government cost
estimates and contracting options, adversely impacting the
confidentiality of the contracting process and is therefore protected
by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenelle Leonard, Acting Director/
Designated Federal Official, Office of Indian Education, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202. Telephone: 202-205-2161. Fax: 202-205-5870.
A report of the activities of the closed session and related
matters that are informative to the public and consistent with the
policy of section 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the public
within 21 days of the meeting. Records are kept of all Council
proceedings and are available for public inspection at the at the
Office of Indian Education, United States Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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/fedregister/index.html.
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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.
Thelma Mel[eacute]ndez de Santa Ana,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2011-10720 Filed 5-2-11; 8:45 am]
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