[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42968-42969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14127]


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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.

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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 her 
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, July 13, 2023, from 10 
a.m. until 3 p.m., and Friday, July 14, 2023, from 10 a.m. until 
adjourned.

ADDRESSES: The hybrid meeting will be held in person and 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 on July 13, 2023, from 10 a.m. until 12:30 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 National Council will convene in executive session on July 13, 
2023, from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m.
    The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will 
convene on July 14, 2023, at 10 a.m. The agenda for the plenary session 
will be as follows:

A. Minutes of Previous Meeting
B. Reports
    1. Farewell Remarks from Former Council member Kim Holmes
    2. Chair's Remarks
    3. Presentation from NEH Staff on NEH's Climate Strategy
    4. Actions on Requests for Chair's Grants and Supplemental Funding
    5. Actions on Previously Considered Applications
C. Challenge Programs
D. Digital Humanities
E. Education Programs
F. Federal/State Partnership
G. Preservation and Access
H. Public Programs
I. Research 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 Chair's Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee 
Meetings dated April 15, 2016.

    Dated: June 28, 2023.
Jessica Graves,
Legal Administrative Specialist, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2023-14127 Filed 7-3-23; 8:45 am]
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