[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 10845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04193]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Meeting of National Council on the Humanities
AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that the National Council
on the Humanities will meet for the following purposes: To advise the
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with
respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out his
functions; to review applications for financial assistance under the
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
951-960, as amended) and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman;
and to consider gifts offered to NEH and make recommendations thereon
to the Chairman.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 13-14,
2014, each day from 9:00 a.m. until adjourned.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Old Post Office Building,
1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20506. See Supplementary
Information section for room numbers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisette Voyatzis, Committee Management
Officer, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Room 529, Washington, DC 20506, or
call (202) 606-8322. Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that
information on this matter may be obtained by contacting the National
Endowment for the Humanities' TDD terminal at (202) 606-8282. Please
provide advance notice of any special needs or accommodations,
including for a sign language interpreter.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee meetings of the National
Council on the Humanities will be held on March 13, 2014, as follows:
The policy discussion session (open to the public) will convene at 9:00
a.m. until approximately 10:30 a.m., followed by the discussion of
specific grant applications and programs before the Council (closed to
the public) from 10:30 a.m. until adjourned.
Digital Humanities: Room 402
Education Programs: Room M-07
Preservation and Access: Room 415
Public Programs & Federal/State Partnership: Room 507
Research Programs: Room 315
In addition, the Jefferson Lecture Committee (closed to the public)
will meet from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. in Room 527.
The Plenary Session of the National Council on the Humanities will
convene on March 14, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Room M-09. The agenda for the
morning session (open to the public) will be as follows:
A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting
B. Reports
1. Introductory Remarks
2. Film Presentation on NEH-funded project, ``The Scholar and The
Sailor''
3. Staff Report
4. Chief of Staff/White House and Congressional Affairs Report
5. Budget Report
6. Reports on Policy and General Matters
a. Digital Humanities
b. Education Programs
c. Preservation and Access
d. Public Programs
e. Federal/State Partnership
f. Research Programs
g. Jefferson Lecture
The remainder of the Plenary Session will be for consideration of
specific applications and therefore will be closed to the public.
As identified above, portions of the meeting of the National
Council on the Humanities will be closed to the public pursuant to
sections 552b(c)(4), 552b(c)(6) and 552b(c)(9)(b) of Title 5 U.S.C., as
amended. The closed sessions will include review of personal and/or
proprietary financial and commercial information given in confidence to
the agency by grant applicants, and discussion of certain information,
the premature disclosure of which could significantly frustrate
implementation of proposed agency action. I have made this
determination pursuant to the authority granted me by the Chairman's
Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee Meetings dated July
19, 1993.
Dated: February 20, 2014.
Lisette Voyatzis,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-04193 Filed 2-25-14; 8:45 am]
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