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for FY14 compact funding. In these 

cases, the Board considered how the 

countries were evaluated by 

supplemental sources like Transparency 

International’s Corruption Perceptions 

Index, the Global Integrity Report, Open 

Government Partnership status, and the 

Extractive Industry Transparency 

Initiative, as applicable. The Board also 

took into consideration recent actions 

by each government to address 

corruption. After accounting for this 

supplemental information, the Board 

directed MCC to continue a more 

limited engagement on compact 

development with both Benin and 

Sierra Leone and support their 

continued efforts to address corruption. 

The Board discussed the seriousness 

with which it take the scorecard’s hard 

hurdles and indicated that it expects 

both countries to pass the Control of 

Corruption indicator before it would 

approve a compact with them. 

The Board asked all four countries 

that do not meet the scorecard criteria 

to work to improve their policy 

performance over the coming year. 

Countries Newly Selected for Threshold 

Program Eligibility 

For FY14, the Board did not select 

any new countries as eligible for 

threshold assistance. 

Countries Reselected To Continue 

Developing Threshold Programs 

Two countries selected as eligible for 

threshold assistance in FY14 were 

previously selected as eligible. 

Reselection allows them to access 

funding from FY2014. These countries 

are Guatemala and Nepal. 

The Board reselected these countries 

based on their continued performance 

since their prior selection. The Board 

determined that since their initial 

selection, there has been no material 

change in their performance that would 

indicate a serious decline in policy 

performance. 

Ongoing Review of Partner Countries’ 

Policy Performance 

The Board also reviewed the policy 

performance of countries that are 

implementing compacts. These 

countries do not need to be reselected 

each year in order to continue 

implementation. Once MCC makes a 

commitment to a country through a 

compact, MCC does not consider the 

country for reselection on an annual 

basis during the term of its compact. 

The Board emphasized the need for all 

partner countries to maintain or 

improve their policy performance. If it 

is determined that a country has 

demonstrated a significant policy 

reversal, MCC can hold it accountable 

by applying MCC’s Suspension and 

Termination Policy. 

Selection To Initiate the Compact 

Process 

The Board also authorized MCC to 

invite Lesotho to submit a proposal for 

a compact, as described in section 609 

of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7708). 

Submission of a proposal is not a 

guarantee that MCC will finalize a 

compact with an eligible country. Any 

MCA assistance provided under section 

605 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7704) will be 

contingent on the successful negotiation 

of a mutually agreeable compact 

between the eligible country and MCC, 

approval of the compact by the Board, 

and the availability of funds. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Arts Advisory Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Public Law 92–463), as amended, 

notice is hereby given that six meetings 

of the Arts Advisory Panel to the 

National Council on the Arts will be 

held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20506 (unless otherwise noted) as 

follows (all meetings are Eastern time 

and ending times are approximate): 

Folk & Traditional Arts (application 

review): This meeting will be closed. 

Dates: January 9, 2014. 9:00 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. in room 716. 

Music (review of nominations): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Dates: January 14, 2014. 10:00 a.m. to 

11:15 a.m. The meeting will be held at 

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ella & Louis 

Room, 3 Columbus Circle, 12th Floor, 

New York, NY 10019. 

Music (application review): This 

meeting will be virtual and will be 

closed. 

Dates: January 14, 2014. 11:30 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m. 

State & Regional (review of State 

Partnership Agreements): This meeting 

will be open. 

Dates: January 15–16, 2014. From 9:30 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on January 15th and 

from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on January 

16th, in Room 716. 

State & Regional (review of Regional 

Partnership Agreements): This meeting 

will be open. 

Dates: January 23, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 

4:00 p.m. 

Research (application review): This 

meeting will be virtual and will be 

closed. 

Dates: January 29, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 

5:30 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506; plowitzk@arts.gov, or call 

202/682–5691. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

closed portions of meetings are for the 

purpose of Panel review, discussion, 

evaluation, and recommendations on 

financial assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of February 15, 2012, these sessions will 

be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Dated: December 13, 2013. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, National Endowment for 

the Arts. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

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Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Qualitative 

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approval of an information collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the National Science 

Foundation’s intention to request a 

revision to and an extension of approval 

of an information collection associated 

with qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback on service delivery 

by the National Science Foundation. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by February 18, 2014 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

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