Federal Agencies Set 21 Meetings Involving Public Participation

Targeted News Service

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The following meetings were announced by the respective agencies through notices published in the Federal Register:

OPEN MEETINGS:

April 27 - National Institute of Standards and Technology, public workshop at the Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas. Contact: Steve Cauffman, 301/975-6051, [email protected]. Topics: Draft Community Resilience Planning Guide; NIST Community Resilience Program; and Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing the Methodology.

April 30 - National Credit Union Administration, meeting at the NCUA board room, Alexandria, Virginia. Contact: Gerard Poliquin, 703/518-6304. Topics: NCUA's Rules and Regulations: Associational Common Bonds, Corporate Credit Unions, Technical Amendments, Aggregate Lending Limit for Corporate Credit Unions, Adding Share Insurance Coverage under Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts, and Exemption Request by State of Connecticut Department of Banking; Board Briefing, Interagency Rule, Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies; and Share Insurance Fund Quarterly Report.

May 12-13 - Federal Emergency Management Agency Technical Mapping Advisory Council, meeting at the U.S. Geological Survey headquarters, Reston, Virginia. Contact: Mark Crowell, designated federal officer, 202/646-3432, [email protected]. Topics: Previous Tasks - Status; Subcommittees Reports on Future Conditions; Flood Hazard Risk Generation and Dissemination; and Operations, Coordination, and Leveraging; Database-Driven/All Digital Display-Status/Transition; Lending and Insurance-Perspective; Map Generation: Workflow Process; and 2015 Reports-Content Adoption.

May 13 - President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, meeting at the U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. Contact: Bessie Chan, 202/245-6418, [email protected]. Topics: Current and Future Endeavors of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Key Issues and Concerns Impacting the AAPI Community; Review the Work of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Determine Key Strategies to Help Meet the Commission's Charge as Outlined in Executive Order 13515; and Determine Regional Engagement Strategies and Deliverables Around Regional Activities.

May 13-14 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council'sScientific and Statistical Committee, Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland. Contact: Christopher M. Moore, executive director, 302/526-5255. Topics: Develop Multi-Year Acceptable Biological Catch Specification for Atlantic Mackerel; Review Shad/River Herring Cap in Mackerel Fishery; Review Data Update and Fishery Performance Reports for Long-Finned Squid, Illex Squid, Butterfish, Surf Clams and Ocean Quahogs; Review Butterfish Mortality Cap in the Long-Finned Squid Fishery; Develop Science and Research Needs for Blueline Tilefish; and Update on the Council's Research Plan.

May 14 - New England Fishery Management Council'sScallop Advisory Panel, Courtyard by Marriott, Warwick, Rhode Island. Contact: Thomas A. Nies, executive director, 978/465-0492. Topics: Review Progress and Make Recommendations Related to Amendment 19 Alternatives; Scallop Fishing Space in Near Shore Areas and Issues of Differential Catch Rates for General Category and Limited Access Vessels; Draft Action Plan for Framework 27; Final Research Priority Recommendations for the 2016 Scallop Research Set-Aside Announcement.

May 20 - Federal Communications Commission'sWRC-15 Advisory Committee, meeting at the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. Contact: Alexander Roytblat, designated federal official, 202/418-7501. Topics: Informal Working Groups Reports and Documents Relating to Preliminary Views and Draft Proposals; and Future Meetings.

May 20-21 - Bureau of Reclamation'sColorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, meeting at the Utah State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. Contact: Kib Jacobson, 801/524-3753, [email protected]. Topic: Actions Regarding the Basin States Program created by Public Law 110-246.

May 20-21 - National Defense University Board of Visitors, meeting at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C. Contact: Joycelyn Stevens, 202/685-0079, [email protected]. Topics: Accreditation Compliance, Organizational Management, Strategic Planning, and Resource Management.

CLOSED MEETINGS:

May 28 - National Institutes of Health's Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, Residence Inn Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Nancy Templeton, scientific review officer, 301/408-9694, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28 - National Institutes of Health's Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Donald Scott Wright, scientific review officer, 301/435-8363, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28 - National Institutes of Health's Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Priscah Mujuru, scientific review officer, 301/594-6594, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28 - National Institutes of Health'sHealthcare Delivery and Methodologies Integrated Review Group, Sheraton Delfina Santa Monica Hotel, Santa Monica, California. Contact: Melinda Jenkins, scientific review officer, 301/437-7872, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28 - National Institutes of Health's Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, Sheraton Delfina Santa Monica Hotel, Santa Monica, California. Contact: Peter J. Kozel, scientific review officer, 301/435-1116, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28-29 - National Institutes of Health'sCell Biology Integrated Review Group, Best Western Plus Tuscan, a Kimpton Hotel, San Francisco, California. Contact: David Balasundaram, scientific review officer, 301/435-1022, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28-29 - National Institutes of Health'sPopulation Sciences and Epidemiology Integrated Review Group, Hotel Nikko San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Contact: Fungai Chanetsa, scientific review officer, 301/408-9436, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28-29 - National Institutes of Health'sCell Biology Integrated Review Group, Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase Pavilion, Washington, D.C. Contact: Elena Smirnova, scientific review officer, 301/357-9112, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 28-29 - National Institutes of Health'sImmunology Integrated Review Group, Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Residence Inn Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Betty Hayden, scientific review officer, 301/435-1223, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

June 4 - National Institute of Nursing Research Special Emphasis Panel, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Tamizchelvi Thyagarajan, scientific review officer, 301/594-0343, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

TELECONFERENCES:

May 14 - U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. Contact: Niara Phillips, 202/482-4501, [email protected]. Topic: Board's Priority Recommendations.

May 27 - Environmental Protection Agency'sChartered Science Advisory Board. Contact: Thomas Carpenter, designated federal officer, 202/564-4885, [email protected]. Topics: Information Provided in the Agency's Fall 2014 Regulatory Agenda and Review Draft SAB Report on the EPA's Approach to Develop Preliminary Bi-National Phosphorous Objectives and Loading Targets for Lake Erie.

Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://www.targetednews.com

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