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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Individuals.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 1.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: June 26, 1998.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Office of Policy and

Research, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

National Council on The Humanities;

Meeting

July 1, 1998.

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

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

given that a meeting of the National

Council on the Humanities will be held

in Washington, D.C. on July 16–17,

1998.

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 and 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. A

portion of the morning and afternoon

sessions on July 16–17, 1998, will not be

open to the public pursuant to

subsections (c)(4), (6) and (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 will constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy; and information the disclosure

of which would 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 July 16,

1998 will be as follows:

Committee Meetings

(Closed to the Public)

Discussion of Specific Grant

Applications Before the Council

9:00–11:00 a.m.

Research/Education Programs—Room

M07

(Open to the Public)

Policy Discussion

9:00–10:00 a.m.

Preservation and Access & Challenge

Grants—Room 415

Public Programs—Room 420

Federal/state Partnership—Room 507

11:15 a.m. until Adjourned

Research/Education Programs—Room

M07

(Closed to the Public)

10:00 a.m. until Adjourned

Discussion of specific grant

applications before the Council

12:30—1:30 p.m.

National Humanities Medal

Meeting—Room 430

The morning session on July 17, 1998

will convene at 8:30 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

B. Staff Report

C. Reports on Policy & General Matters

1. Overview

2. Research and Education Programs

3. Preservation and Access &

Challenge Grants

4. Public Programs

5. Federal/State Partnership

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.

Nancy E. Weiss, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, Washington, D.C.

20506, or call area code (202) 606–8322,

TDD (202) 606–8282. Advance notice of

any special needs or accommodations is

appreciated.

Nancy E. Weiss,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Meetings of Humanities Panel

AGENCY: The National Endowment for

the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, as amended),

notice is hereby given that the following

meetings of the Humanities Panel will

be held at the Old Post Office, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy E. Weiss, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Humanities,

Washington, DC 20506; telephone (202)

606–8322. Hearing-impaired individuals

are advised that information on this

matter may be obtained by contacting

the Endowment’s TDD terminal on this

matter may be obtained by contacting

the Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202)

606–8282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed meetings are for the purpose

of panel review, discussion, evaluation

and recommendation on applications

for financial assistance under the

National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including discussion of information

given in confidence to the agency by the

grant applicants. Because the proposed

meetings will consider information that

is likely to disclose trade secrets and

commercial or financial information

obtained from a person and privileged

or confidential and/or information of a

personal nature the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant

to authority granted me by the

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to

Close Advisory Committee meetings,

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined

that these meetings will be closed to the

public pursuant to subsections (c) (4),

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United

States Code.

1. Date: July 10, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Colleges and

Universities I, submitted to the Office of

Challenge Grants for projects at the May

1, 1998 deadline.

2. Date: July 13, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Art and Anthropology

Museums, submitted to the Office of
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Challenge Grants for projects at the May

1, 1998 deadline.

3. Date: July 20, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applicaitons for Research Institutions

and Organizations, submitted to the

Office of Challenge Grants for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

4. Date: July 20, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in Anthropology I,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

5. Date: July 20, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

European History, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the May 1, 1998 deadline.

6. Date: July 21, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in American

History and Studies I, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the May 1, 1998 deadline.

7. Date: July 22, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in European

History, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

8. Date: July 23, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in Religious

Studies, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

9. Date: July 24, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in Philosophy,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

10. Date: July 24, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

Sociology, Psychology, and Education,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

11. Date: July 24, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Public Libraries &

Related Organizations, submitted to the

Office of Challenge Grants for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

12. Date: July 29, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

Music, Dance, Theater, and Film,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

13. Date: July 30, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

Art History, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

14. Date: July 31, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

African, Asian, and Latin American

History, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

15. Date: July 31, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 420.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Colleges and

Universities II, submitted to the Office

of Challenge Grants for projects at the

May 1, 1998 deadline.

Nancy E. Weiss,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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Committee Management; Renewals

The NSF management officials having

responsibility for the 29 advisory

committees listed below have

determined that renewing these groups

for another two years is necessary and

in the public interest in connection with

the performance of duties imposed upon

the Director, National Science

Foundation (NSF), by 42 USC 1861 et

seq. This determination follows

consultation with the Committee

Management Secretariat, General

Services Administration.

1. Special Emphasis Panel in Graduate

Education

2. Special Emphasis Panel in

Elementary, Secondary & Informal

Education

3. Advisory Committee for

Mathematical and Physical Sciences

4. Special Emphasis Panel in

Engineering Education and Centers

5. Advisory Committee for Computer &

Information Science & Engineering

6. Advisory Committee for Social,

Behavioral & Economic Sciences

7. Committee on Equal Opportunities in

Science & Engineering

8. Special Emphasis Panel in Advanced

Computational Infrastructure &

Research

9. Special Emphasis Panel in

Astronomical Sciences

10. Special Emphasis Panel in

Bioengineering & Environmental

Systems

11. Special Emphasis Panel in Chemical

& Transport Systems

12. Special Emphasis Panel in

Chemistry

13. Special Emphasis Panel in

Computing—Communications

Research

14. Special Emphasis Panel in

Experimental & Integrative Activities

15. Special Emphasis Panel in Design,

Manufacture & Innovation

16. Special Emphasis Panel in Electrical

& Communications Systems

17. Special Emphasis Panel in

Experimental Programs to Stimulate

Competitive Research

18. Special Emphasis Panel in Human

Resource Development

19. Special Emphasis Panel in

Information & Intelligent Systems

20. Special Emphasis Panel in Materials

Research

21. Special Emphasis Panel in

Mathematical Sciences

22. Special Emphasis Panel in Civil &

Mechanical Systems

23. Special Emphasis Panel in

Advanced Networking Infrastructure

& Research

24. Special Emphasis Panel in Physics

25. Special Emphasis Panel in Polar

Programs

26. Special Emphasis Panel in Research,

Evaluation & Communication

27. Special Emphasis Panel in

Undergraduate Education

28. Special Emphasis Panel in

Educational System Reform

29. Advisory Panel for Biomolecular

Processes

Authority for these Committees will

expire on June 30, 2000, unless they are