[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56436-56437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15013]


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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, July 18, 2024, from 10:30 
a.m. until adjourned, and Friday, July 19, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. until 
adjourned.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the 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 Committee meetings of the National Council on the Humanities 
will convene on July 18, 2024, from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. (closed 
to the public), to discuss specific grant applications and programs 
before the Council. The following Committees will meet in the NEH 
offices at the Constitution Center: Digital Humanities; Education 
Programs; Federal/State Partnership; Preservation and Access; Public 
Programs; and Research Programs.
    The National Council will then convene in executive session on July 
18, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. until adjourned (closed to the public). The 
executive session will be held in the NEH offices at the Constitution 
Center.
    The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will 
convene on July 19, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. until

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adjourned in the Conference Center at the Constitution Center. The 
agenda for the morning session (open to the public) will be as follows:

A. Minutes of Previous Meeting
B. Reports
    1. Chair's Remarks
    2. Presentations by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, and the Executive Director of Florida Humanities

    The remainder of the plenary session will be for consideration of 
specific applications before the Council. The agenda for the afternoon 
session (closed to the public) will be as follows:

A. Reports
    1. Actions on Requests for Chair's Grants and Supplemental Funding
    2. Actions on Previously Considered Applications
B. Digital Humanities
C. Education Programs
D. Federal/State Partnership
E Preservation and Access
F. Public Programs
G. Research Programs

    As identified above, portions of the 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.
    Please note that individuals planning to attend the public session 
of the meeting are subject to security screening procedures. If you 
wish to attend the public session, please inform NEH as soon as 
possible by contacting [email protected]; or (202) 606-8322. Please 
provide advance notice of any special needs or accommodations, 
including for a sign language interpreter.

    Dated: July 3, 2024.
Jessica Graves,
Paralegal Specialist, National Endowment for the Humanities.
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