[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 61325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24273]



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

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 
11:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., and Friday, November 19, 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 
meeting pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended). The following Committees 
of the National Council on the Humanities will convene by 
videoconference on November 18, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., 
to discuss specific grant applications and programs before the Council: 
Challenge Programs; Digital Humanities; 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 November 19, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. until 
12:40 p.m. The agenda for the plenary session will be as follows:

A. Minutes of Previous Meetings
B. Reports
    1. Acting Chair's Remarks
    2. Chief of Staff's Remarks
    3. Reports on Policy and General Matters
C. Challenge Programs
D. Digital Humanities
E. Education Programs
F. Federal/State Partnership
G. Preservation and Access
H. Public Programs
I. Research Programs

    The National Council will then convene in executive session by 
videoconference on November 19, 2021, from 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
    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: November 2, 2021.
Samuel Roth,
Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2021-24273 Filed 11-4-21; 8:45 am]
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