[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11896]


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NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION


Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Gambling Impact Study Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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DATES: Wednesday, May 20, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, 
May 21, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting site will be: James R. Thompson Center, 
Auditorium, Concourse Level, 100 West Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601.
    Written comments can be sent to the Commission at 800 North Capitol 
Street, N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20002.

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the public both days. However, the 
Commission will enter executive session during its lunch period from 
12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 21.

SUMMARY: At its third on-site meeting the National Gambling Impact 
Study Commission, established under Pub. L. 104-169, dated August 3, 
1996, will hear presentations from invited panels of speakers, conduct 
site visits, receive public comment, and conduct its normal meeting 
business.

CONTACT PERSONS: For further information contact Amy Ricketts at (202) 
523-8217 or write to 800 North Capitol St., N.W., Suite 450, 
Washington, D.C. 20002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will include 
presentations from State and local officials; staff briefings on 
riverboat gambling and Internet gambling; testimony from invited panels 
of speakers on riverboat gambling, the regulatory structure of 
financial markets, and Internet gambling; normal meeting business; 
executive session; and an open forum period for public comment.
    An open forum for public participation will be held from 4:00 p.m. 
to 5:30 p.m. on May 20 on issues relevant to the Commission's work. 
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact 
Dr. Timothy Kelly by telephone only at (202) 523-8217 no later than 
5:00 p.m., May 14, 1998. No requests will be accepted before 9:00 a.m. 
(EST) the day this notice appears in the Federal Register.
    Open forum participants will be asked to provide name, organization 
(if applicable), address, and daytime telephone number. No requests 
will be accepted via mail, facsimile, e-mail, or voice mail. A waiting 
list will be compiled once the allotted number of slots becomes filled. 
Oral presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker. If 
this is not enough time to complete comments, please restrict to three 
minutes a summary of your comments and bring a typed copy of full 
comments to file with the Commission. Persons speaking at the forum are 
requested, but not required, to supply twenty (20) copies of their 
written statements to the registration desk prior to the afternoon 
session on May 20. Members of the public, on the waiting list or 
otherwise, are always invited to send written comments to the 
Commission at any time. However, if individuals wish to have their 
written comments placed into the official record of the meeting, the 
Commission must receive them by June 10, 1998. Each speaker is kindly 
asked to be prepared prior to their presentation; to refrain from any 
use of profanity, vulgar language, or obscene signage; to refrain from 
making any comments or disrupting sounds during the presentation of 
another speaker; and to remain seated. If visual aids are necessary 
during the course of a speaker's presentation, each speaker is 
responsible for providing the equipment to run the visual aid. A 
complete list of guidelines is available on the Commission's web site: 
www.ngisc.gov.
Nancy Mohr Kennedy,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-11896 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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