# Notice of Meetings; Sunshine Act
**Agency Holding Meeting:**
National Science Foundation, National Science Board and its Subdivisions.
**Date and Time:**
November 30-December 1, 2005.
November 30, 2005 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sessions:
8 a.m.-9 a.m. Open
9 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Open
9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Open
10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Open
11:30 a.m.-12 a.m. Open
12 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Closed
1:15 p.m.-3 p.m. Open
3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed
4:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m. Open
4:50 p.m.-5 p.m. Closed
December 1, 2005 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Sessions:
8 a.m.-10 a.m. Open
10 a.m.-11 a.m. Open
11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Closed
1 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Executive Closed
1:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Closed
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Open
**Place:**
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Room 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.
**Contact Information:**
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, November 30, 2005**
**Open**
Education and Human Resources Subcommittee on S&E Indicators (8 a.m.-9 a.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September Minutes.
• Chairman's Remarks.
• Progress Report on *Science and Engineering Indicators 2006* .
• Progress Report on Board's Companion Piece.
• Future Content and Presentation for Indicators.
Committee on Programs and Plans Task Force on Transformative Research, (9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September Minutes.
• Update on Workshop II, “Key Factors in Identifying and Fostering Transformative Science,” Santa Fe, NM, December 16, 2005.
• Discussion of Workshop III.
Committee on Programs and Plans Task Force on International Science, (9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.), Room 1235.
• Overview of Charge for Task Force.
• Discussion of Potential Task Force Activities.
Joint Session: Committee on Strategy and Budget and Committee on Programs and Plans, (10 a.m.-11:30 a.m..), Room 1235.
• Centers and the NSF Portfolio.
• Funding Rates, Award Size and Duration.
Committee on Strategy and Budget (11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September 2005 Minutes.
• Approval of October 2005 Teleconference Minutes.
• Discussion of NSF Strategic Plan: FY 2003-2008.
• Status of FY 2006 Budget Request to Congress.
Committee on Programs and Plans (1:15 p.m.-3 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September Minutes.
• Status Reports.
○ Transformative Research Task Force.
○ International Science & Engineering Task Force.
• Hurricane Science & Engineering.
• Process for Sending Information and Actions to CPP & NSB—Annual Plan.
○ NSF Linkages to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report.
• Major Research Facilities: Guidelines for Planning and Managing the MREFC Account.
• Status Report: Cyberinfrastructure Vision.
Executive Committee (4:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September Minutes.
• Updates or New Business from Committee Members.
○ Meeting Attendance Guidelines.
○ 2006 NSB Retreat and Visit.
**Closed**
Committee on Strategy and Budget (12 p.m.-12:15 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Status of FY 2007 Budget Submission to OMB.
Committee on Programs and Plans (3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Awards and Agreements.
Executive Committee (4:50 p.m.-5 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Director's Items: Specific Personnel Matters.
**Thursday, December 1, 2005**
**Open**
Committee on Education and Human Resources (8 a.m.-10 a.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September Minutes.
• Congressional items.
• NSB/EHR February 2006 Committee meeting.
• Updates:
• Innovation Summit and Future Summits.
• Math and Science Partnership Conference.
• NSB Commission on Education.
• NSF Integration of Research and Education.
• Follow-up to Workshop on “Engineering Workforce Issues and Engineering Education: What Are the Linkages?”
• Subcommittee on Science and Engineering Indicators.
Committee on Audit and Oversight (10 a.m.-11 a.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September Minutes.
• OIG Semiannual Report and Management Response to the Report.
• 2005 Financial Statement Audit.
• Chief Financial Officer's Update on Performance and Accountability Report/2005 Financial Statement Audit.
• Business Analysis Update.
**Closed Session**
Committee on Audit and Oversight (11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.), Room 1235.
• Pending Investigations.
**Plenary Session of the Board (1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.)**
*Executive Closed Session* (1 p.m.-1:15 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September Executive Closed Minutes.
*Closed Session* (1:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September 2005 Closed Session Minutes.
• Awards and Agreements.
• Closed Committee Reports.
*Open Session* (1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.), Room 1235.
• Approval of September 2005 Minutes.
• Resolution to Close February 2006.
• Chairman's Report.
• Report of *ad hoc* Task Group on Vision for NSF.
• Director's Report.
• NSF Congressional Update.
• Open Committee Reports.
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer and NSB Office Director.