[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 120 (Thursday, June 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35955-35956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9883]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
158th 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 July 13 and July 14, 
2006 in Rooms 527 and M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
    The Council will meet in closed session on July 13th, from 2 p.m. 
to 5 p.m. (ending time is approximate), in Room 527 for discussion of 
National Medal of Arts nominations. In accordance with the 
determination of the Chairman of February 27, 2006, this session will 
be closed to the public pursuant to subsection (c)(6) of section 552b 
of Title 5, United States Code.
    The July 14th meeting, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (ending time is 
approximate), will be open to the public on a space available basis. 
Following opening remarks and announcements, there will be an update 
from the Government Affairs office. The meeting will include two 
presentations: one on 40 years of NEA support for Museums and Visual 
Arts and one on 40 years of NEA support for Arts Education. This will 
be followed by review and voting on applications and guidelines. The

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meeting will conclude with 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 19, 2006.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
 [FR Doc. E6-9883 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]
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