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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35800-35801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14641]

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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.

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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 and Friday, July 10-11, 
2014, each day from 9:00 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, or call 
(202) 606-8322. Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that 
information on this matter may be obtained by contacting the National 
Endowment for the Humanities' TDD terminal at (202) 606-8282. Please 
provide advance notice of any special needs or accommodations, 
including for a sign language interpreter.

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 July 10, 2014, 
as follows: the policy discussion session (open to the public) will 
convene at 9:00 a.m. until approximately 10:30 a.m., followed by the 
discussion of specific grant applications and programs before the 
Council (closed to the public) from 10:30 a.m. until adjourned.
    Digital Humanities: Room 4089.
    Education Programs: Conference Room C.
    Federal/State Partnership: Room P002.
    Preservation and Access: Room 2002.

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    Public Programs: Room P003.
    Research Programs: Room 4002.
    In addition, the National Humanities Medals Committee (closed to 
the public) will meet from 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. in Room 4002.
    The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will 
convene on July 11, 2013 at 9:00 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. Introductory Remarks
2. Presentation
3. Staff Report
4. Chief of Staff/White House and Congressional Affairs Report
5. 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
g. National Humanities Medals

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.

    Dated: June 18, 2014.
Lisette Voyatzis,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-14641 Filed 6-23-14; 8:45 am]
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