Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices 8353 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meeting of National Council on the 

Humanities 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given that the National Council 

on the Humanities will meet to advise 

the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 

with respect to policies, programs and 

procedures for carrying out his 

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 Chairman; and to 

consider gifts offered to NEH and make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 10:30 

until adjourned, and Friday, March 6, 

2015, from 9 a.m. until adjourned. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20506. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

room numbers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lisette Voyatzis, Committee 

Management Officer, 400 7th Street 

SW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506; 

(202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@neh.gov. 

Hearing-impaired individuals who 

prefer to contact us by phone may use 

NEH’s TDD terminal at (202) 606–8282. 

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 be held on March 5, 2015, as 

follows: the policy discussion session 

(open to the public) will convene at 

10:30 a.m. until approximately 11:30 

a.m., followed by the discussion of 

specific grant applications and programs 

before the Council (closed to the public) 

from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. 

Digital Humanities: Room P002. 

Education Programs: Conference 

Room C. 

Preservation and Access: Room P003. 

Public Programs & Federal/State 

Partnership: Room 4002. 

Research Programs: Room 2002. 

In addition, the Jefferson Lecture 

Committee (closed to the public) will 

meet from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. in Room 

4002. 

The plenary session of the National 

Council on the Humanities will convene 

on March 6, 2015, at 9 a.m. in the 

Conference Center at Constitution 

Center. The agenda for the morning 

session (open to the public) will be as 

follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Chairman’s Remarks 

2. Deputy Chairman’s Remarks 

3. Presentation by Jeff Rosen, 

President and CEO of the National 

Constitution Center 

4. Congressional Affairs Report 

5. Budget Report 

6. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters 

a. Digital Humanities 

b. Education Programs 

c. Preservation and Access 

d. Public Programs 

e. Federal/State Partnership 

f. Research Programs 

g. Jefferson Lecture 

The remainder of the plenary session 

will be for consideration of specific 

applications and therefore will be 

closed to the public. 

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. The closed sessions 

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 Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings dated 

July 19, 1993. 

Please note that individuals planning 

to attend the public sessions of the 

meeting are subject to security screening 

procedures. If you wish to attend any of 

the public sessions, please inform NEH 

as soon as possible by contacting Ms. 

Katherine Griffin at (202) 606–8322 or 

kgriffin@neh.gov. Please also provide 

advance notice of any special needs or 

accommodations, including for a sign 

language interpreter. 

Dated: February 10, 2015. 

Lisette Voyatzis, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review Panel for Materials 

Research; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463 as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Proposal Review Panel for Materials 

Research (#1203); Materials Research Science 

and Engineering Center (MRSEC), 

Northwestern University Site Visit. 

Dates & Times: 

April 15, 2015; 7:15 p.m.–9:00 p.m. 

April 16, 2015; 7:15 a.m.–8:30 p.m. 

April 17, 2015; 7:15 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

Place: Northwestern University, Evanston, 

IL 60208. 

Type of Meeting: Part open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Daniele Finotello, 

Program Director, Materials Research Science 

and Engineering Centers Program, Division of 

Materials Research, Room 1065, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone (703) 292– 

4676. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning further support 

of the MRSEC at Northwestern University. 

Agenda 

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 

7:15 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Closed—Briefing of 

panel 

Thursday, April 16, 2015 

7:15 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Open—Review of the 

MRSEC 

5:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session 

6:45 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Open—Dinner 

Friday, April 17, 2015 

7:15 a.m.–9:50 a.m. Closed—Executive 

Session 

9:50 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session, Draft and Review Report 

Reason for Closing: The work being 

reviewed during this site visit may include 

information of a proprietary or confidential 

nature, including technical information; 

financial data, such as salaries and personal 

information concerning individuals 

associated with the MRSEC. These matters 

are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and 

(6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Suzanne Plimpton, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03173 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review Panel for Materials 

Research; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463 as amended), the National Science 


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