Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 2012 / Notices 10783 

Minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate electronic collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: National Endowment for the 

Humanities. 

Title of Proposal: Generic Clearance 

Authority for the National Endowment 

for the Humanities. 

OMB Number: 3136–0134. 

Affected Public: Applicants to NEH 

grant programs, reviewers of NEH grant 

applications, and NEH award recipients. 

Total Respondents: 6,978. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 6,978. 

Average Time per Response: Varied 

according to type of information 

collection. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 68,375 

hours. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request. They 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Carole M. Watson, 

Deputy Chairman, National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4255 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meeting of National Council on the 

Humanities 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public 

L. 92–463, as amended) notice is hereby 

given that the National Council on the 

Humanities will meet in Washington, 

DC on March 8–9, 2012. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

advise the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities with 

respect to policies, programs, and 

procedures for carrying out his 

functions, and to review applications for 

financial support from and gifts offered 

to the Endowment and to make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

The meeting will be held in the Old 

Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC. A 

portion of the morning and afternoon 

sessions on March 8–9, 2012, will not be 

open to the public pursuant to 

subsections (c)(4), (c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of 

section 552b of Title 5, United States 

Code because the Council will consider 

information that may disclose: trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person: and 

privileged or confidential information of 

a personal nature the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy; and information the premature 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination under the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority dated July 19, 

1993. 

The agenda for the sessions on March 

8, 2012 will be as follows: 

Committee Meetings 

(Open to the Public) 

Policy Discussion 

9–10:30 a.m. 

Digital Humanities Room 402 

Education Programs Room M–07 

Federal/State Partnership Room 507 

Preservation and Access Room 415 

Public Programs Room 421 

Research Programs Room 315 

(Closed to the Public) 

Discussion of Specific Grant 

Applications and Programs Before the 

Council 

10:30 a.m. until Adjourned 

Digital Humanities Room 402 

Education Programs Room M–07 

Federal/State Partnership Room 507 

Preservation and Access Room 415 

Public Programs Room 421 

Research Programs Room 315 

The morning session of the meeting 

on March 9, 2012 will convene at 9 a.m., 

in the first floor Council Room M–09, 

and will be open to the public, as set out 

below. The agenda for the morning 

session will be as follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Introductory Remarks 

2. Presentation by Joan Houston Hall, 

editor of the Dictionary of American 

Regional English (DARE) 

3. Staff Report 

4. Congressional Report 

5. Budget Report 

6. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters 

a. Digital Humanities 

b. Education Programs 

c. Federal/State Partnership 

d. Preservation and Access 

e. Public Programs 

f. Research Programs 

The remainder of the proposed 

meeting will be given to the 

consideration of specific applications 

and will be closed to the public for the 

reasons stated above. 

Further information about this 

meeting can be obtained from Lisette 

Voyatzis, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, National 

Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20506, or by calling (202) 606–8322, 

TDD (202) 606–8282. Advance notice of 

any special needs or accommodations is 

appreciated. 

Lisette Voyatzis, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4253 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

National Science Board 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice 

The National Science Board’s 

Committee on Education and Human 

Resources (CEH), pursuant to NSF 

regulations (45 CFR part 614), the 

National Science Foundation Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 1862n-5), and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (5 

U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in 

regard to the scheduling of a 

teleconference for the transaction of 

National Science Board business and 

other matters specified, as follows: 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, February 28; 

2:30–4 p.m. EST. 

SUBJECT MATTER: (1) Overview and 

discussion of the recently issued 

National Science and Technology 

Council Committee on STEM (CoSTEM) Framework Report; (2) CEH 

Chairman wrap-up and closing remarks. 

STATUS: Open. 

LOCATION: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference at the National Science 

Board Office, National Science 

Foundation, 4201Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, VA 22230. A public listening 

room will be available for this 

teleconference meeting. All visitors 

must contact the Board Office [call 703– 

292–7000 or send an email message to 

nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov] at least 24 

hours prior to the teleconference for the 

public room number and to arrange for 

a visitor’s badge. All visitors must report 

to the NSF visitor desk located in the 

lobby at the 9th and N. Stuart Streets 

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