80 FR 76314 - Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 235 (December 8, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 235 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 76314]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30853]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:
    Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (#13883).
    Date and Time: January 28, 2016; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., January 29, 
2016; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
    Place: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., 
Building 34, Room W305, Greenbelt, MD 20771.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Dr. Jim Ulvestad, Division Director, Division of 
Astronomical Sciences, Suite 1045, National Science Foundation, 4201 
Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: 703-292-7165.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the 
National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues 
within the field of astronomy and astrophysics that are of mutual 
interest and concern to the agencies.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The meeting will be open to the public up to the capacity of the 
room.
    Attendees will be requested to sign a register and to comply with 
NASA security requirements, including the presentation of a valid 
picture ID to Security before access to the Goddard Space Flight 
Center. Foreign nationals attending this meeting will be required to 
provide a copy of their passport and visa in addition to providing the 
following information no less than 10 working days prior to the 
meeting: Full name; gender; date/place of birth; citizenship; visa 
information (number, type, expiration date); passport information 
(number, country, expiration date); employer/affiliation information 
(name of institution, address, country, telephone); title/position of 
attendee; and home address to Ms. Briana E. Horton, via email at 
[email protected] or by fax at (301) 286-1714. U.S. citizens and 
Permanent Residents (green card holders) are requested to submit their 
name and affiliation 3 working days prior to the meeting to Briana 
Horton.
    Agenda: To hear presentations of current programming by 
representatives from NSF, NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to 
astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss current and potential areas of 
cooperation between the agencies; to formulate recommendations for 
continued and new areas of cooperation and mechanisms for achieving 
them.

     Dated: December 3, 2015.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-30853 Filed 12-7-15; 8:45 am]
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