[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42645-42646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15535]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Notice of Public Meeting of the Alaska State Advisory Committee

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

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DATES: Thursday, June 30, 2016. Time: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. (Alaska 
Time).
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
(Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a 
meeting of the Alaska State Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 
Commission will be held at 12:00 p.m. (Alaska Time) Thursday, June 30, 
2016 for the finalizing panels and panelists for the Alaska State 
Advisory Committee's new project for FY 2016 identifying possible 
barriers in the election process that may disparately impact limited 
English proficient (LEP) Alaskan persons based upon the impact of 
recent settlements regarding voting access, as well as the recent pre-
clearance changes to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    This meeting is available to the public through the following toll-
free call-in number: Toll-Free Phone Number: 888-395-3227; when 
prompted, please provide conference ID number: 2154626.
    Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen 
to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they 
initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any 
incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate 
over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number.
    Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by 
first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-8339 and providing 
the Service with the conference call number and conference ID number. 
Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the 
services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional 
Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    Members of the public are entitled to make comments during the open 
period at the end of the meeting. Members of the public may also submit 
written comments within thirty (30) days of the meeting. The comments 
must be received in the Western Regional Office of the Commission by 
Friday, July 29, 2016. The address is Western Regional Office, U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los 
Angeles, CA 90012. Persons wishing to email their comments may do so by 
sending them to Angela French-Bell, Regional Director, Western Regional 
Office, at [email protected].
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting will be 
available for public viewing prior to and after the meeting at http://facadatabase.gov/committee/meetings.aspx?cid=234. Please click on the 
``Meeting Details'' and ``Documents'' links. Records generated from 
this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Western 
Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the 
meeting. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed 
to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 
Western Regional Office at the above email or street address.

Agenda for June 30, 2016

I. Introductory Remarks
II. Discussion of Panels for Briefing Meeting
III. Discussion of Panelists for Briefing Meeting
IV. Discussion of Briefing Meeting
V. Public Comment
VI. Adjournment

    This meeting is available to the public through the following toll-
free call-in number: Toll-Free Phone Number: 888-395-3227; when 
prompted, please provide conference ID number: 2154626.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela French-Bell, DFO, at (213) 894-
3437 or [email protected].
    Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, the notice 
for this meeting is given less than 15 calendar days prior to the 
meeting because of the exceptional circumstances of a deadline to 
complete the project report. Given the exceptional urgency of the 
events, the agency and advisory committee deem it important for the 
advisory committee to meet on the date given.

    Dated June 27, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2016-15535 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
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