[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 77110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24699]


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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 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, November 16, 2023, from 
10:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., and Friday, November 17, 2023, from 10:00 
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 National Council will convene in executive session by 
videoconference on November 16, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
    The following Committees of the National Council on the Humanities 
will convene by videoconference on November 16, 2023, 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 National Council will convene in executive session by 
videoconference on November 17, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
    The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will 
then convene by videoconference on November 17, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. The 
agenda for the plenary session will be as follows:

A. Minutes of Previous Meeting
B. Reports
    1. Chair's Remarks
    2. Senior Deputy Chair's Remarks
    3. Congressional Affairs Report
    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: November 3, 2023.
Jessica Graves,
Paralegal Specialist, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2023-24699 Filed 11-7-23; 8:45 am]
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