[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 33276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15588]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
143rd Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10 (a) (2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a 
meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held on July 19, 
2001 from 2:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. in Room 527 and on July 20, 2001 from 
9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Room M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
    The Council will meet in closed session on July 19th, from 2:00 to 
5:30 p.m. for discussion of National Medal of Arts nominations. In 
accordance with the determination of the Chairman of May 22, 2001, this 
session will be closed to the public pursuant to subsection (c)(4),(6) 
and (9)(B) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code. The 
remainder of meeting, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on July 20th, will be 
open to the public on a space available basis. Following opening 
remarks and announcements, there will be Congressional and budget 
updates and guest presentations on the theme ``The Arts & Community 
Partnerships.'' Guest presenters on Local & State Partnerships 
tentatively will be: Jonathan Katz (National Assembly of State Arts 
Agencies), Governor John Rowland (CT), Bob Lynch (Americans for the 
Arts), and Mayor Bart Peterson (Indianapolis). This will be followed by 
guest presentations by representatives of the Alabama Shakespeare 
Festival, New Orleans Video Access Center, and Village of Arts & 
Humanities. Other topics will include: Application Review for 
Leadership Initiatives and Policy Research & Analysis; review of 
Guidelines for Challenge America and New Public Works; and general 
discussion, including the Chairman's closing remarks.
    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 15, 2001.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. 01-15588 Filed 6-20-01; 8:45 am]
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