[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 66588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23195]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for 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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is 
hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet to 
advise the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 
with respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out his 
functions, and to review applications for financial assistance under 
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 and make 
recommendations thereon to the Chairman.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, October 23, 2020, from 11:00 
a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by videoconference originating at 
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee 
Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506; 
(202) 606-8322; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Council on the Humanities is 
meeting pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended). The meeting will begin 
with remarks from the Chairman, after which the National Council on the 
Humanities will: (1) Discuss recent Executive Orders and memoranda that 
affect NEH policies, programs, and procedures; (2) offer 
recommendations regarding the 2020 Jefferson Lecture; and (3) hear a 
report on and consider an application for NEH funding through the 
Division of Public Programs.
    This 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, because it 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 April 15, 2016.

    Dated: October 15, 2020.
Caitlin Cater,
Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2020-23195 Filed 10-19-20; 8:45 am]
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