[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38093-38094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15533]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


Meeting of National Council on the Humanities

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that the National Council 
on the Humanities will meet for the following purposes: to advise the 
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with 
respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out his 
functions; to review applications for financial assistance under the 
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
951-960, as amended) and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman; 
and to consider gifts offered to NEH and make recommendations thereon 
to the Chairman.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday, July 12-13, 
2012, each day from 9 a.m. until adjourned.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Old Post Office Building, 
1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20506. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section for room numbers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisette Voyatzis, Committee Management 
Officer, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Room 529, Washington, DC 20506, or 
call (202) 606-8322. Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that 
information on this matter may be obtained by contacting the National 
Endowment for the Humanities' TDD terminal at (202) 606-8282. Advance 
notice of any special needs or accommodations is appreciated.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee meetings of the National 
Council for the Humanities will be held on July 12, 2012, as follows: 
the policy discussion session (open to the public) will convene at 9 
a.m. until approximately 10:30 a.m., followed by the discussion of 
specific grant applications and programs before the Council (closed to 
the public) from 10:30 a.m. until adjourned.
    Challenge Grants & Federal/State Partnership: Room 507.
    Digital Humanities: Room 402.
    Education Programs: Room M-07.
    Preservation and Access: Room 415.
    Public Programs: Room 421.
    Research Programs: Room 315.

In addition, the Jefferson Lecture/National Humanities Medal Committee 
(closed to the public) will meet from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. in Room 
527.
    The Plenary Session of the National Council for the Humanities will 
convene on July 13, 2012 at 9 a.m. in Room M-09. The agenda for the 
morning session (open to the public) will be as follows:
    A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting.

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    B. Reports.
    1. Introductory Remarks.
    2. Panel Presentation with Dr. Jeffrey Bolster, Associate Professor 
at the University of New Hampshire, and Gregory White, Qualified Member 
of the Engine Department--Oiler, on ``The Story of Black Jacks: African 
American Seamen in the Age of Sail and a Washington Prisoner.''
    3. Presentation by Judith Havemann, Director of the NEH Office of 
Communications, on ``Nine Things You Need to Know about the New NEH Web 
site.''
    4. Staff Report.
    5. Congressional Report.
    6. Reports on Policy and General Matters.
    a. Challenge Grants & Federal/State Partnership.
    b. Digital Humanities.
    c. Education Programs.
    d. Preservation and Access.
    e. Public Programs.
    f. Research Programs.
    g. Jefferson Lecture/National Humanities Medals.

The remainder of the Plenary Session will be for consideration of 
specific applications and Jefferson Lecture and National Humanities 
Medal candidates, and therefore will be closed to the public.
    As identified above, portions of the meeting of the National 
Council on the Humanities will be closed to the public pursuant to 
sections 552b(c)(4), 552b(c)(6) and 552b(c)(9)(b) of Title 5, U.S.C., 
as amended. The closed sessions will include review of personal and/or 
proprietary financial and commercial information given in confidence to 
the agency by grant applicants, and discussion of certain information, 
the premature disclosure of which could significantly frustrate 
implementation of proposed agency action. I have made this 
determination pursuant to the authority granted me by the Chairman's 
Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee Meetings dated July 
19, 1993.

    Dated: June 21, 2012.
Lisette Voyatzis,
Committee Management Officer.
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