[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11335-11336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03835]


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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; 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; and to consider gifts offered 
to NEH and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 11, 2021, from 10:00 
a.m. until 2:30 p.m., and Friday, March 12, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. until 
adjourned.

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

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meeting pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended).
    The National Council will convene in executive session by 
videoconference on March 11, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.
    The following Committees of the National Council on the Humanities 
will convene by videoconference on March 11, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. 
until 2:30 p.m., to discuss specific grant applications and programs 
before the Council:
    Education Programs;
    Federal/State Partnership;
    Preservation and Access;
    Public Programs; and
    Research Programs.
    The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will 
convene by videoconference on March 12, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. After 
remarks from the Acting Chairman, the Council will hear reports on and 
consider specific applications for funding. 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: February 19, 2021.
Elizabeth Voyatzis,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-03835 Filed 2-23-21; 8:45 am]
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