[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27570-27571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13512]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
167th 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 June 25-26, 2009 in 
Rooms 527 and M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20506.
    A portion of this meeting, from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. on June 25th, will be 
closed for National Medal of Arts review and recommendations. The 
remainder of the meeting, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on June 26th (ending 
time is approximate), will be open to the public on a space available 
basis. After opening remarks and announcements, there will be a 
presentation by 2009 Poetry Out Loud national champion Will Farley. 
This will be followed by Congressional/White House updates. There also 
will be presentations from the Baltimore Museum of Art (the Cone 
Collection) and the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation (Gordon Parks 
photographs) as well as a performance/presentation by Signature 
Theatre. The Council will then review and vote on applications and 
guidelines, and the meeting will conclude with a general discussion.
    The closed portions of meetings are for the purpose of review, 
discussion, evaluation, and recommendations on awards under the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as 
amended, including information given in confidence to the agency. In 
accordance with the determination of the Chairman of February 28, 2008, 
these sessions will be closed to the public pursuant to subsection 
(c)(6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code.
    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

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Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506, at 202/682-5570.

    Dated: June 4, 2009.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-13512 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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