[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 24830] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-11896] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION Notice of Public Meeting AGENCY: National Gambling Impact Study Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DATES: Wednesday, May 20, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 21, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting site will be: James R. Thompson Center, Auditorium, Concourse Level, 100 West Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601. Written comments can be sent to the Commission at 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20002. STATUS: The meeting will be open to the public both days. However, the Commission will enter executive session during its lunch period from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 21. SUMMARY: At its third on-site meeting the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, established under Pub. L. 104-169, dated August 3, 1996, will hear presentations from invited panels of speakers, conduct site visits, receive public comment, and conduct its normal meeting business. CONTACT PERSONS: For further information contact Amy Ricketts at (202) 523-8217 or write to 800 North Capitol St., N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20002. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will include presentations from State and local officials; staff briefings on riverboat gambling and Internet gambling; testimony from invited panels of speakers on riverboat gambling, the regulatory structure of financial markets, and Internet gambling; normal meeting business; executive session; and an open forum period for public comment. An open forum for public participation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 20 on issues relevant to the Commission's work. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact Dr. Timothy Kelly by telephone only at (202) 523-8217 no later than 5:00 p.m., May 14, 1998. No requests will be accepted before 9:00 a.m. (EST) the day this notice appears in the Federal Register. Open forum participants will be asked to provide name, organization (if applicable), address, and daytime telephone number. No requests will be accepted via mail, facsimile, e-mail, or voice mail. A waiting list will be compiled once the allotted number of slots becomes filled. Oral presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker. If this is not enough time to complete comments, please restrict to three minutes a summary of your comments and bring a typed copy of full comments to file with the Commission. Persons speaking at the forum are requested, but not required, to supply twenty (20) copies of their written statements to the registration desk prior to the afternoon session on May 20. Members of the public, on the waiting list or otherwise, are always invited to send written comments to the Commission at any time. However, if individuals wish to have their written comments placed into the official record of the meeting, the Commission must receive them by June 10, 1998. Each speaker is kindly asked to be prepared prior to their presentation; to refrain from any use of profanity, vulgar language, or obscene signage; to refrain from making any comments or disrupting sounds during the presentation of another speaker; and to remain seated. If visual aids are necessary during the course of a speaker's presentation, each speaker is responsible for providing the equipment to run the visual aid. A complete list of guidelines is available on the Commission's web site: www.ngisc.gov. Nancy Mohr Kennedy, Executive Director. [FR Doc. 98-11896 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6802-ET-P