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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 90075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26482]

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Humanities

Meeting of National Council on the Humanities

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities; National Foundation on 
the Arts and 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 Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 
with respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out her 
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 Chair; and to consider gifts offered to 
NEH and make recommendations thereon to the Chair.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 
10:00 a.m. until adjourned., and Friday, November 22, 2024, from 2:00 
p.m. until adjourned.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by videoconference originating at 
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee 
Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506; 
(202) 606-8322; [email protected].

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 National Council will then convene by videoconference on 
November 21, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:50 a.m. to discuss updates 
from Divisions and Offices.
    The following Committees of the National Council on the Humanities 
will convene by videoconference on November 21, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. 
until 1:00 p.m., to discuss specific grant applications and programs 
before the Council: Digital Humanities; Education Programs; Federal/
State Partnership. Preservation and Access; Public Programs; and 
Research Programs.
    The Challenge Programs Committee of the National Council on the 
Humanities will convene by videoconference on November 21, 2024, from 
1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., to discuss specific grant applications and 
programs before the Council.
    The National Council will then convene in executive session by 
videoconference on November 21, 2024, from 3:30 p.m. until adjourned.
    The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will 
convene by videoconference on November 22, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. until 
adjourned. The agenda for the plenary session will be as follows:

A. Minutes of Previous Meeting
B. Reports
    1. Chair's Remarks
    2. Presentation from Oklahoma Humanities Executive Director 
Caroline Lowery
    3. Update on International Partnerships and Engagement
    4. Congressional Affairs Report
    5. Actions on Requests for Chair's Grants and Supplemental Funding
    6. Actions on Previously Considered Applications
C. Challenge Programs
D. Digital Humanities
E. Education Programs
F. Federal/State Partnership
G. Preservation and Access
H. Public Programs
I. Research Programs

    This 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, because it 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 Chair's Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee 
Meetings dated April 15, 2016.

    Dated: November 8, 2024.
Jessica Graves,
Paralegal Specialist, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2024-26482 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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