[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14440-14441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5716]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Council on the Arts 175th Meeting

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the 
Arts and Humanities.

ACTION: Notice--Meeting.

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    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 30, 2012, in 
Room M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20506.
    This meeting, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, March 30th in 
Room M-09 (ending time is approximate), will be open to the public on a 
space available basis. The meeting will begin with opening remarks and 
voting on recommendations for funding and rejection and guidelines, 
followed by updates by the Chairman. From 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. there 
will be presentations on Operation Homecoming and the healing arts 
programs at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Arts and 
Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings From Four Longitudinal Studies, 
and an overview of NEA Arts and podcasts. The meeting will adjourn 
following concluding remarks and announcement of voting results.

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    This meeting will be webcast. The webcast can be accessed by going 
to Art Works blog at www.arts.gov/artworks.
    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, and in accordance with the determination of the Chairman 
of November 10, 2009. 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: March 5, 2012.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
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