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accommodation to attend the meeting

may notify Shannon Nicko Adaway, at

(202) 336–8800.

Dated: November 1, 2000.

Victor M. Fortuno,

Vice President for Legal Affairs, General

Counsel & Corporate Secretary.

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MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY

COMMISSION

Commission Meeting

AGENCY: Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Commission will hold its

next public meeting on Thursday,

November 16, 2000, and Friday,

November 17, 2000, at the Ronald

Reagan Building, International Trade

Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC. The meeting is

tentatively scheduled to begin at 10:00

a.m on November 16, and at 9:00 a.m.

on November 17.

Topics for discussion include: draft

report to Congress on risk adjustment;

draft report to Congress on post-surgical

recovery care centers; Medicare issues

in rural areas including access to care;

analysis of costs for hospital services in

rural areas; coinsurance for hospital

outpatient department services;

updating Medicare payments for

physician services; methods for

determining payment adequacy and

updates for hospital inpatient services;

technology costs and hospital inpatient

and outpatient services; and payments

to skilled nursing facilities.

Agendas will be mailed on November

7, 2000. The final agenda will be

available on the Commission’s website

(www.MedPAC.gov)

ADDRESSES: MedPAC’s address is: 1730

K Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington,

DC 20006. The telephone number is

(202) 653–7220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Ellison, Office Manager, (202)

653–7220.

Murray N. Ross,

Executive Director.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Council on the Humanities;

Meeting

November 1, 2000.

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

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

given the National Council on the

Humanities will meet in Washington,

DC on November 16–17, 2000.

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 the 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 November 16–17, 2000, 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 session on

November 16, 2000 will be as follows:

Committee Meetings

9–10:30 a.m.

(Open to the Public)

Policy Discussion

Education Program, Room M–07

Federal/State Partnership, Room 507

Preservation and Access/Challenge

Grants, Room 415

Public Programs, Room 420

Research Programs, Room 315

(Closed to the Public)

Discussion of specific grant

applications and programs before

the Council

10:30 a.m. until adjourned

Education Programs, Room M–07

Federal/State Partnership, Room 507

Preservation and Access/Challenge

Grants, Room 415

Public Programs, Room 420

Research Programs, Room 315

1:30–2:30 p.m.

Jefferson Lecture and National

Humanities Medals Committee

Meeting, Room 430

The morning session on November 17,

2000 will convene at 9 a.m., in the 1st

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:

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

Reports

A. Introductory Remarks and

Presentations

B. Staff Report

C. Reports on Policy and General

Matters

1. Overview

2. Research Programs

3. Education Programs

4. Public Programs

5. Federal/State Partnership

6. Preservation and Access/Challenge

Grants

7. Jefferson Lecture/Humanities

Medals

8. Long-Term Projects

The remainder of the proposed

meeting will be given to the

consideration of specific applications

and closed to the public for the reasons

stated above.

Further information about this

meeting can be obtained from Ms. Laura

S. Nelson, 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.

Laura S. Nelson,

Advisory Committee, Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Committee Management; Notice of

Establishment

The Deputy Director of the National

Science Foundation has determined that

the establishment of the Business and

Operations Advisory Committee is

necessary and in the public interest in

connection with the performance of

duties imposed upon the National

Science Foundation (NSF), by 42 U.S.C.

1861 et seq. This determination follows

consultation with the Committee

Management Secretariat, General

Services Administration.