[Federal Register: September 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 186)]
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY

 
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)

ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Board 
(Advisory Board). This notice also describes the function of the 
Advisory Board. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). This document is 
intended to notify the general public of their opportunity to attend 
the meeting.

DATE AND TIME: October 2, 2002 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed session 
from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Institute for Literacy, 1775 I Street, NW., Suite 
730, Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelly Coles, Executive Assistant, 
National Institute for Literacy, 1775 I Street, NW., Suite 730, 
Washington, DC 20006. Telephone number (202) 233-2027, email: 
scoles@nifl.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board is established under the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Title II of Public Law 105-220, Sec. 
242, the National Institute for Literacy. The Advisory Board consists 
of ten individuals appointed by the President with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. The Advisory Board is established to advise and 
make recommendations to the Interagency Group, composed of the 
Secretaries of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, which 
administers the National Institute for Literacy (Institute). The 
Interagency Group considers the Advisory Board's recommendations in 
planning the goals of the Institute and in the implementation of any 
programs to achieve the goals of the Institute. Specifically, the 
Advisory Board performs the following functions: (a) Makes 
recommendations concerning the appointment of the Director and the 
staff of the Institute; (b) provides independent advice on operation of 
the Institute; and (c) receives reports from the Interagency Group and 
Director of the Institute. In addition, the Institute consults with the 
Advisory Board on the award of fellowships. The National Institute for 
Literacy Advisory Board meeting on October 2, 2002, will focus on 
future and current NIFL program activities, and other relevant literacy 
activities and issues.
    On October 2, 2002 from 1:30-3:30 p.m., the meeting will be closed 
to the public to discuss personnel issues of a sensitive nature 
relating to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency and 
are likely to disclose information of personal nature where disclosure 
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personnel privacy if 
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 
under the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). A summary of the 
activities at the closed session and related matters which are 
informative to the public and consistent with the policy of title 5 
U.S.C. 552b will be available to the public within fourteen days of the 
meeting. Furthermore, due to the sensitive nature of this request, this 
meeting notice will not meet the fifteen-day requirement under FACA.
    Records are kept of all Advisory Board proceedings and are 
available for public inspection at the National Institute for Literacy, 
1775 I Street, NW., Suite 730, Washington, DC 20006, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m.

    Dated: September 19, 2002.
Sharyn Abbott,
Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-24277 Filed 9-24-02; 8:45 am]
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