# Sunshine Act Meeting
**Agency Holding Meeting:**
National Science Foundation, National Science Board and its Subdivisions.
**Date and Time:**
**November 19, 2003: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.**
**Concurrent Sessions:**
8 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Open Session.
9:45 a.m.-10 a.m. Closed Session.
8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Open Session.
10 a.m.-12 noon Open Session.
12:30 p.m.-1:10 p.m. Open Session.
1:10 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Closed Session.
1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Open Session.
4 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Open Session.
4:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Closed Session.
**October 16, 2003: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.**
**Concurrent Sessions:**
8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Closed Session.
9:20 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Open Session.
11 a.m.-12 noon Closed Session.
12:15 p.m.-3 p.m. Open Session.
**Place:**
The National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, *www.nsf.gov/nsb.*
**Contact for Information:**
NSF Information Center (703) 292-5111.
**Status:**
Part of this meeting will be closed to the public. Part of this meeting will be open to the public.
**Matters To Be Considered:**
**Wednesday, November 19, 2003**
**Open**
Committee on Audit and Oversight (8 a.m.-9:45 a.m.), Room 1235
• Minutes
• FY 2003 Financial Statement Audit
• CFO Update—FY 2003 Performance & Accountability Report
• OIG Semiannual Report
• Briefing on Committee on Science, Research Business Models Subcommittee
Subcommittee on S&E Indicators (8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.), Room 1295
• Approval of Minutes
• S&E Indicators 2004 Cover
• S&E Indicators 2004 Companion Piece
Committee on Strategy and Budget (10 a.m.-12 Noon), Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Review of Draft Report (required by Section 22 of the NSF Authorization Act)
• Discussion of Future Agenda Items
Subcommittee on Polar Issues (12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m.), Room 1235
• Introduction
• Approval of Minutes
• OPP Director's Report:
• OPP and U.S. Polar Science: Inter- and Intra-Agency Interactions And Cooperation
• NSF Roles and Responsibilities
—U.S. Antarctic Program
—U.S. Arctic Research
Committee on Education and Human Resources (1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.), Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Comments from the Chair
• NWP Update
• CEOSE and the Diversity Workshop (Oct. 23-24)
• Report from Subcommittee on S&E Indicators
• Workforce for 21st Century Priority Area Update
• Report from the EHR AD: Coordination of Education Across NSF
• New Business
Executive Committee (4 p.m.-4:30 p.m.), Room 1295
• Minutes
**Closed**
Audit & Oversight (9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.), Room 1235
• Briefing on an Active Investigation
Executive Committee (4:30 p.m.-5 p.m.), Room 1295
• Member Proposal
• Director's Items
—Specific Personnel Items
—Future Budgets
**Thursday, November 20, 2003**
**Open**
Committee on Programs and Plans (9:20 a.m.-10:45 a.m.), Room 1235
• Information Item: Status of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array Project (ALMA)
• Minutes/Announcements
• Long-Lived Data Collections: Status Report
• High Risk Research
• Polar Subcommittee
Plenary Session of the Board (12:15 p.m.-3 p.m.), Room 1235
• Minutes
• Closed Items, February 2004
• Director's Items
• Chairman's Items, including
—February 2004 Meeting
• Committee Reports, including
—High Risk Research
—LLDC Workshop
—Media Event for NWP Report
• NSB Election Protocol Discussion
**Closed**
Committee on Programs and Plans (8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.), Room 1235
• Closed Minutes
• Award Actions
—Office of Polar Programs
—Division of Electrical and Communications Systems
Plenary Session of the Board (11 a.m.-12 p.m.), Room 1235
• Closed Minutes
• Closed Committee Reports, including
—Award Action: Office of Polar Programs
—Award Action: Division of Electrical and Communications Systems
—Member Proposal
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer, NSE.