# National Science Board and Its Subdivisions; Sunshine Act Meeting
**DATE AND TIME:**
May 25-26, 2005.
**May 25, 2005—7 a.m.-5 p.m.**
**Sessions**
7 a.m.-9:30 a.m.—Open
8 a.m.-8:15 a.m.—Closed
8:15 a.m.-9 a.m.—Open
9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.—Open
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.—Open
10:30 a.m.-11:10 a.m.—Open
11:10 a.m.-11:45 a.m.—Closed
12 noon-12:15 p.m.—Open
12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.—Closed
12:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.—Open
3:15 p.m.-5 p.m.—Open
**May 26, 2005—7:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m.**
**Sessions**
7 a.m.-8:30 a.m.—Closed
8:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m.—Executive Closed
9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.—Closed
11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.—Open
12 noon-12:30 p.m.—Executive Closed
12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.—Closed
1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.—Open
**Place:**
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1295 and 1235, Arlington, VA 22230.
**Public Meeting Attendance:**
All visitors must report to the NSF's visitor's desk at the 9th and N. Stuart Streets entrance to receive a visitor's badge.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Please refer to the National Science Board Web site ( *http://www.nsf.gov/nsb* ) for updated schedule. NSB Office: (703) 292-7000.
**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, May 25, 2005**
**Open:**
Education & Human Resources Subcommittee on S&E Indicators (7 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) Room 1295
• Chair's Remarks and Approval of Minutes
• Discussion of Industry, Technology, and the Global Marketplace Chapter
• Discussion of Higher Education Chapter
• Discussion of Academic R&D Chapter
• Discussion of S&E Labor Force Chapter
• Discussion of R&D Funds and Technology Chapter
Committee on Programs & Plans Subcommittee on Polar Issues (8:15 a.m.-9 a.m.) Room 1235
• Chair's Remarks and Approval of Minutes
• OPP Director's Report
• OPP Advisory Committee Study of USAP Resupply Options
• Arctic Trip Report of NSB Delegation
Task Group on Transformative Research [TR] (9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) Room 1235
• Chair's Remarks and Approval of Minutes
• Discussion of Upcoming Workshop
Joint Session: Committee on Strategy and Budget and Committee on Programs and Plans (9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.) Room 1235
• Centers and the NSF Portfolio
• Funding Rates, Award Size and Duration
Committee on Strategy and Budget (10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.)
• Chair's Remarks and Approval of Minutes
• Discussion of Committee Input to Vision Task Force
• Long Range Planning Book Overview
Executive Committee (12 noon-12:15 p.m.) Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Updates or New Business from Committee Members
• Transmittal Letter: Proposed Awards to NSB Members
• Annual Report of Executive Committee
Committee on Programs & Plans (12:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.) Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Vision Task Force
• New *ad hoc* Task Group to update the NSB Report on International Science
• Status Reports
○ Long-lived Digital Data Collections
○ Transformative Research Task Force
○ Subcommittee on Polar Issues
• Environment Status Report
• Process for Sending Information & Actions to CPP & NSB
• NSF Strategy for High Performance Computing
• Major Research Facilities:
○ Final Approval of “Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by the NSF”
○ Status of Facility Plan & Guide
○ Overview of Process for CPP/NSB Re-examination of Priority Order for New Start MREFC Projects
Committee on Education & Human Resources (3:15 p.m.-5 p.m.) (Room 1235)
• Approval of Minutes
• NSF Staff Presentations
○ NSF/EHR Directorate Activities Update
○ NSF Integration of Research Education
• 21st Century Workforce
• NSB items
• NSB/EHR Committee's Contribution to Board's Vision for NSF
• Response to Congressman Ehlers
• Subcommittee on Science and Engineering Indicators
• Update on Engineering Education Workshop
**Closed**
Committee on Programs & Plans Subcommittee on Polar Issues (8 a.m.-8:15 a.m.) Room 1235
• Polar icebreakers—future budget issues
Committee on Strategy and Budget (11:10 a.m. -11:45 a.m.) Room 1235
• Preliminary Discussion of FY 2007 Budget
Executive Committee (12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.) Room 1235
• Director's Items: Personnel Matters and Future Budgets
**Thursday, May 26, 2005**
**Open**
Committee on Audit & Oversight (9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.) Room 1235
• Approval of Minutes
• Management Response to OIG Semiannual Report
• Discussion of NSF Vision Document: NSB Roles and Responsibilities
• Discussion of Draft Outline of NSF Merit Review System Review
• The Sarbanes Oxley Act and Implications for the NSF
• CFO Update on Plan to Address Reportable Conditions of FY 2004 Audit
**Closed Session**
Committee on Programs & Plans (7 a.m.-8:30 a.m.) Room 1235
• Update on RSVP
• NSB Information Item: Plan for extending LIGO
• NSB Information Item: Renewal of Cooperative Agreement between NSF and IRIS
• Reexamination of Priority Order for New Start MREFC Projects
Committee on Audit & Oversight (11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.) Room 1235
• Pending Investigations
**Executive Closed**
Committee on Programs & Plans (8:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m.) Room 1235
• Re-examination of Priority Order for New Start MREFC Projects
**Plenary Session of the Board (12 noon-3:30 p.m.)**
**Executive Closed Plenary Session of the Board (12 noon-12:30 p.m.) Room 1235**
• Approval of Executive Closed Minutes
• Executive Committee Elections
• Board Member Proposals
**Closed Plenary Session of the Board (1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.) Room 1235**
• Approval of Closed Session Minutes
• Closed Committee Reports
**Open Plenary Session of the Board (1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.) Room 1235**
• Approval of Open Session Minutes
• Resolution to Close August 2005 Meeting
• NSB Chairman's Report
○ Approval of 2006 Board Meeting Calendar
• NSF Director's Report
• Committee Reports
○ 2004 Annual Report of Executive Committee
• Overview of Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
• Presentations by 2005 Alan T. Waterman and NSB Public Service Awardees
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer, NSB.