[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11684-11685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03756]


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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.

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

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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, March 7-8, 
2013, each day from 9:00 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. Please 
provide advance notice of any special needs or accommodations, 
including for a sign language interpreter.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee meetings of the National 
Council for the Humanities will be held on March 7, 2013, as follows: 
The policy discussion session (open to the public) will convene at 9:00 
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.

Digital Humanities: Room 402
Education Programs: Room M-07
Preservation and Access: Room 415
Public Programs & Federal/State Partnership: Room 507
Research Programs: Room 315
In addition, the Jefferson Lecture Committee (closed to the public) 
will meet from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. in Room 527.
The Plenary Session of the National Council for the Humanities will 
convene on March 8, 2013 at 9:00 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
B. Reports
1. Introductory Remarks
2. Presentation by Karen Mittelman, Director of NEH's Division of 
Public Programs, on a new civil rights film project, ``Created Equal: 
America's Civil Rights Struggle''
3. Staff Report
4. Congressional Report
5. Budget Report
6. Reports on Policy and General Matters
a. Digital Humanities
b. Education Programs
c. Preservation and Access
d. Public Programs & Federal/State Partnership
e. Research Programs
f. Jefferson Lecture

    The remainder of the Plenary Session will be for consideration of 
specific applications 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: February 12, 2013.
Lisette Voyatzis,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-03756 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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