[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 9033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3413]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
160th 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 March 22 and March 23, 
2007 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 March 22nd, from 12 p.m. 
to 2 p.m., in Room 527 for discussion of National Medal of Arts 
nominations. In accordance with the determination of the Chairman of 
February 16, 2007, this session will be closed to the public pursuant 
to subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code.
    The March 23rd meeting, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (ending time is 
approximate), will be open to the public on a space available basis. 
Opening remarks and announcements will include introduction of new 
Council members and viewing of a clip from the Operation Homecoming 
film. This will be followed by an update on Congressional/White House 
activities. The meeting will include two presentations: One on 40 years 
of NEA support for Theater and Musical Theater and one on Artist 
Communities, highlighting the MacDowell Colony and including guest 
speakers and a performance (participants not yet determined). This will 
be followed by review and voting on applications and guidelines. The 
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: February 22, 2007.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
 [FR Doc. E7-3413 Filed 2-27-07; 8:45 am]
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