[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 168 (Thursday, August 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19996]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Rhode Island Advisory 
Committee

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and 
regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a briefing meeting and 
planning meeting of the Rhode Island Advisory Committee to the 
Commission will convene at 9:15 a.m. on Friday, September, 19, 2008, at 
the Rhode Island State House, Room 222, in Providence, Rhode Island. 
The purpose of the briefing meeting is to hear from law enforcement 
officials, government officials, advocacy groups and other members of 
the community on the issue of racial profiling. After the briefing the 
committee will have a planning meeting to further define its project on 
fair housing in Rhode Island.
    Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the 
comments must be received in the regional office by October 17, 2008. 
The address is Eastern Regional Office, 624 9th St., NW., Washington, 
DC 20425. Persons wishing to e-mail their comments, or who desire 
additional information should contact Alfreda Greene, Secretary, at 
202-376-7533 or by e-mail to: [email protected].
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meetings and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional 
Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the 
meetings.
    Records generated from these meetings may be inspected and 
reproduced at the Eastern Regional Office, as they become available, 
both before and after the meetings. Persons interested in the work of 
this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, 
http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern Regional Office at the 
above e-mail or street address.
    The meetings will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

    Dated in Washington, DC, August 25, 2008.
Christopher Byrnes,
Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. E8-19996 Filed 8-27-08; 8:45 am]
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