[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7499-7500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02992]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of Commission Briefing and Business Meeting.

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DATES: Friday, February 19, 2016, at 9 a.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Place: National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
11th Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20245 (Entrance on F Street 
NW.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerson Gomez, Media Advisor at 
telephone: (202) 376-8371, TTY: (202) 376-8116 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This business meeting is open to the public. 
If you would like to listen to the briefing or business meeting, please 
contact the above for the call-in information.
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the briefing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact Pamela 
Dunston at (202) 376-8105 or at [email protected] at least seven 
business days before the scheduled date of the meeting. During the 
briefing portion, Commissioners will ask questions and discuss the 
briefing topic with the panelists. The public may submit written 
comments on the topic of the briefing to the above address for 30 days 
after the briefing. Please direct your comments to the attention of the 
``Staff Director'' and clearly mark ``Briefing Comments Inside'' on the 
outside of the envelope. Please note we are unable to return any 
comments or submitted materials.
    Comments may also be submitted by email to [email protected].

Meeting Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda
II. Quiet Crisis Briefing Federal Funding and the Unmet Physical and 
Legal Infrastructure Needs of Indian Country
    A. Opening Remarks: 9:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m.
    B. Panel 1: Native American Advocacy Groups: 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Speakers' Remarks
     Jacqueline Pata, National Congress of the American Indian
     Ahniwake Rose, National Indian Education Association
     Stacey Bohlen, National Indian Health Board
     Dante Desiderio, Native American Finance Officers 
Association
     Sarah Deer, William Mitchell College of Law
    Questions from Commissioners
    C. Panel 2: Federal Government Officials: 10:35 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
    Speakers' Remarks
     William Mendoza, White House Initiative on American Indian 
and Alaska Native Education
     Tracy Toulou, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Tribal 
Justice
     Robert McSwain, Indian Health Service
     Randy Akers, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Native Programs

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    Questions from Commissioners
III. Business Meeting
    A. Program Planning
     Discussion and vote on the part B proposed findings and 
recommendations for the Peaceful Coexistence Report
     Discussion of plan for revision of report on the effect of 
undocumented workers on African-American employment
    B. Advisory Committees
     Vote on appointments to the Ohio Advisory Committee
     Presentation by Mississippi Advisory Committee Chair on 
child care subsidies report
    C. Management and Operations
     Staff Director's Report
     Submission of Spending Plan to Congressional appropriation 
committees
     Submission of FY2017 Budget justification transmitted to 
Congress as part of President's Budget Request
    D. Other
V. Adjourn Meeting

    Dated: February 9, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Regional Programs Unit Chief, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
[FR Doc. 2016-02992 Filed 2-10-16; 11:15 am]
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