[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24511-24512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11537]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
131st Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of 
the National Council on the Arts will be held on May 15, 1997 from 1:30 
to 5:30 p.m. and on May 16, 1997 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room M-09 at 
the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20506.
    The Council will meet in closed session on May 15 from 1:30-5:30 
p.m. for discussion of National Medal of Arts nominations. In 
accordance with the determination of the Chairman of April 28, 1997, 
this session will be closed to the public pursuant to subsection 
(c)(4),(6) and (9)(B) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code. 
The remainder of the meeting, from 9 a.m. to

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3 p.m. on May 16, will be open to the public. Topics for discussion 
will include Congressional Update; Budget Update; Application Review; 
Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative Guidelines and the 
Endowment's FY 1997-2002 Strategic Plan.
    If, in the course of discussion, it becomes necessary for the 
Council to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of 
intrinsic value, the Council will go into closed session pursuant to 
subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 
Additionally, discussion concerning purely personal information about 
individuals, submitted with grant applications, such as personal 
biographical and salary data or medical information, may be conducted 
by the Council in closed session in accordance with subsection (c)(6) 
of 5 U.S.C. 552b.
    Any interested persons may attend, as observers, Council 
discussions and reviews which are open to the public. If you need 
special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the Office 
of Accessability, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506, 202/682-5532, TTY-TDD 202/682-5429, 
at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.
    Further information with reference to this meeting can be obtained 
from the Office of Communications, National Endowment for the Arts, 
Washington, DC 20506, at 202/682-5570.

    Dated: April 29, 1997.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-11537 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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