[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 35066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14187]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
152nd 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 from July 14-16, 2004.
    The Council will meet in closed session on July 14th, from 6:30 
p.m. to 9 p.m. at the St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th St., NW., Washington, 
DC 20006, and on July 15th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 527 at the 
Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506 
for discussion of National Medal of Arts nominations. In accordance 
with the determination of the Chairman of April 14, 2004, these 
sessions 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 meeting, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on July 16th, 
will be held in Room M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center and will be open to 
the public on a space available basis. Following opening remarks and 
announcements, there will be a presentation on Operation Homecoming, 
including a presentation by guest author Marilyn Nelson. This will be 
followed by an NEA Research Report on Public Participation in 
Literature. A presentation on NEA/State and Regional Partnerships, led 
by Senior Deputy Chairman Eileen Mason, will feature: ``Tog'' Newman, 
Chair of the North Carolina Arts Council and past Chair of the National 
Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA); Robert Booker, Executive 
Director of the Minnesota State Arts Board and current Chair of NASAA; 
David Fraher, Executive Director of Arts Midwest; and Jonathan Katz, 
Executive Director of NASAA. Other topics will include: application 
review for National Leadership Initiatives, NEA Jazz Masters 
Fellowships, and Literature Fellowships/Translation; review of 
guidelines for Literature Translation Projects; and general discussion.
    If, in the course of the open session 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 that 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: June 16, 2004.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. 04-14187 Filed 6-22-04; 8:45 am]
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