[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2442-2443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-918]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; President's Committee on the 
Arts and the Humanities: Meeting XLVII

    Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Public Law 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting 
of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will be 
held on January 28, 2000 from 9 a.m. to approximately 12 p.m. The 
meeting will be held in the Van Buren Room, 8th Floor, Department of 
State, Washington, DC.
    The Committee meeting will begin at 9 a.m. with opening remarks by 
Dr. John Brademas, Chairman of the President's Committee, and Ms. 
Evelyn Lieberman, Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public 
Affairs, Department of State. This will be followed by special 
presentations by: Shirley Brice Heath, Author/Researcher, Champions of 
Change; Whit Alexander, Chief Noodler, Cranium; and Isaac Colon III, 
Poet, DC WritersCorps. The Committee will hear agency presentations 
from Bill Ivey, Chairman of the National Endowments for the Arts, 
William Ferris, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 
and Beverly Sheppard, Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services. There will also be Task Force Reports on Education, 
Oral History, and Ethnic Diversity. The meeting will conclude with 
remarks by Harriet Mayor Fulbright, Executive Director of the 
President's Committee.
    The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities was 
created by Executive Order in 1982 to advise the President, the two 
Endowments, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on 
measures to encourage private sector support for the nation's cultural 
institutions and to promote

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public understanding of the arts and the humanities.
    If, in the course of discussion, it becomes necessary for the 
Committee to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of 
intrinsic value, the Committee will go into closed session pursuant to 
subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 
Any interested persons may attend as observers, on a space available 
basis, but seating is limited. Therefore, for this meeting, individuals 
wishing to attend must contact Shawn Wray of the President's Committee 
in advance at (202) 682-5409 or write to the Committee at 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 526, Washington, DC 20506. Further 
information with reference to this meeting can also be obtained from 
Mr. Wray.
    If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Mr. Wray through the Office of AccessAbility, National 
Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20506, 202/682-5532, TDY-TDD 202/682-5496, at least seven (7) days 
prior to the meeting.

    Dated: January 10, 2000.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.
[FR Doc. 00-918 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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