# Sunshine Act Meeting
**Agency Holding Meeting:**
National Science Foundation; National Science Board and its Subdivisions.
**Date and Time:**
March 24, 25, 2004.
**March 24, 2004: 9:15 a.m.-5 p.m.**
Concurrent Sessions:
9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Open Session
10:30 a.m.-12 noon Open Session
12 noon-12:30 p.m. Closed Session
12:30 p.m.-1 p.m. Open Session
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Closed Session
1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Open Session
2:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Open Session
**March 25: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.**
Concurrent Sessions:
8 a.m.-8:15 a.m. Open Session
8:15 a.m.-9 a.m. Closed Session
9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Open Session
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Closed Session
12:45 p.m.-3:30 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, March 24, 2004**
**Open**
**Committee on Strategy and Budget (9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.)**
Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Discussion of NSF Response to CSB Inquiries from February, 2004 CSB Meeting
• Discussion of a Process for NSB Review and Approval of the NSF FY 2006 Budget Request
**Committee on Audit and Oversight (10:30 a.m.-12 noon)**
Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• National Academy of Public Administration's Review of NSF—Update
• CFO Update—Grants Monitoring
• NSB Sunshine Act Audit
**Executive Committee (12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.)**
Room 1295
• Approval of Minutes
• Discussion of OIG Sunshine Act Audit of NSB
**Subcommittee on Polar Issues (1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m.)**
Room 1235
• Introduction
• Approval of Minutes
• OPP Director's Report
• Arctic Science: Eddies in the Arctic Ocean
• Antarctic Environmental Stewardship
**Committee on Programs and Plans (2:45 p.m.-5 p.m.)**
Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Information Item: Status of Planning for NSF's Role in the Renewal of the National Academic Research Fleet
• Status Report: Long-Lived Data Collections
• High Risk Research
• Report from the Polar Issues Subcommittee
• Discussion of NAS Report on Setting Priorities for Large Research Facilities Supported by NSF
**Closed**
**Committee on Audit and Oversight (12 noon-12:30 p.m.)**
Room 1235
• Presentation of Ongoing OIG Investigation
**Executive Committee (1-1:30)**
Room 1295
• NSB Member Proposals
• Director's Items, Including
— Specific Personnel Matters
— Future Budgets
**Thursday, March 24, 2004**
**Open**
**Ad Hoc Committee on 2004 Vannevar Bush Award (8 a.m.-8:15 a.m.)**
(Room 1240)
• Review Selection Criteria
• Review Solicitation Process
**Committee on Education and Human Resources (9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.)**
(Room 1235)
• Approval of Minutes
• Comments from the Chair
• Report from the Subcommittee on S&E Indicators
• Broadening Participation Workshop
• Presentation on EHR Priorities and 2005 Budget
**Plenary session of the Board (12:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.)**
Room 1235
• Approval of Open Minutes from February, 2004
• Resolution to Close Portions of May, 2004
• Chairman's Report, including
— Report on Senate Appropriation Hearings
— Update on Smithsonian Institution Funding
• Director's Report
• Committee Reports
**Closed**
**Ad Hoc Committee on the 2004 Vannevar Bush Awards (8:15 a.m.-9 a.m.)**
Room 1240
• Discussion of Candidates
• Balloting
**Plenary session of the Board (11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.)**
Room 1235
In Executive Closed Session:
• Nominating Committee Election
• Approval of Honorary Awards
In Closed Session:
• Approval of Minutes from February, 2004
• NSB Member Proposals
• Closed Committee Reports, if Any
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer, NSB.