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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 34273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14561]

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
173rd Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of 
the National Council on the Arts will be held on June 23-24, 2011 in 
Rooms 527 and M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20506.
    A portion of this meeting, from 12:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. on June 23rd, 
will be closed for National Medal of Arts review and recommendations. 
The remainder of the meeting, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on June 24th 
(ending time is approximate) in Room M-09, will be open to the public 
on a space available basis. Following opening remarks by the Chairman, 
the Council will vote on grants and guidelines. After the voting there 
will be presentations by Michael Harasimowicz, Vice Wing Commander, 70 
Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Fort Meade, MD on 
Blue Star Museums; by Mayor Cedric B. Glover, Shreveport, LA on 
Creative Placemaking at Work; and by Lorna Jordan of Lorna Jordan 
Studios, Environmental Art in Madison, WI. The meeting will adjourn 
after announcement of voting results and concluding remarks.
    The closed portions of meetings are for the purpose of review, 
discussion, evaluation, and recommendations on awards 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, 2011, 
these sessions will be closed to the public pursuant to subsection 
(c)(6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code.
    If, in the course of the open session discussion, it becomes 
necessary for the Council to discuss non-public commercial or financial 
information of intrinsic value, the Council will go into closed session 
pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552b. Additionally, discussion concerning purely personal 
information about individuals, submitted with grant applications, such 
as personal biographical and salary data or medical information, may be 
conducted by the Council in closed session in accordance with 
subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b.
    Any interested persons may attend, as observers, Council 
discussions and reviews that are open to the public. If you need 
special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the Office 
of AccessAbility, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682-5532, TTY-TDD 202/682-5429, 
at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.
    Further information with reference to this meeting can be obtained 
from the Office of Communications, National Endowment for the Arts, 
Washington, DC 20506, at 202/682-5570.

    Dated: June 8, 2011.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-14561 Filed 6-10-11; 8:45 am]
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