Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2001 / Notices 34485

Signed in Washington, DC, on June 25,

2001.

Ethel D. Briggs,

Executive Director.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: National Endowment for the

Humanities.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for

the Humanities (NEH) is soliciting

public comments on the proposed

information collection described below.

The proposed information collection

will be sent to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review, as

required by the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments on this information

collection must be submitted on or

before August 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms.

Susan Daisey, Deputy Director, Office of

Grant Management, National

Endowment for the Humanities, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 311,

Washington, DC 20506, or by email to:

sdaisey@neh.gov. Telephone: 202–606–

8494.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Endowment for the Humanities

will submit the proposed information

collection to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.

chapter 35). This notice is soliciting

comments from members of the public

and affected agencies. NEH is

particularly interested in comments

which help the agency to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (3) enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submissions of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Type of Review: New Collection.

Agency: National Endowment for the

Humanities.

Title of Proposal: General Clearance

Authority to Develop Evaluation

Instruments for the National

Endowment for the Humanities.

OMB Number: N/A.

Affected Public: NEH grantees.

Total Respondents: 3,672.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Total Responses: 3,672.

Average Time per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,836

hours.

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.

John W. Roberts,

Deputy Chairman.

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National Council on the Humanities;

Meeting

June 22, 2001.

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

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

given the National Council on the

Humanities will meet in Washington,

DC on July 12–13, 2001.

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 from 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, NW., Washington, DC. A

portion of the morning and afternoon

sessions on July 12–13, 2001, will not be

open to the public pursuant to

subsections (c)(4), (c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of

section 552b of Title 5, United States

Code because the Council will consider

information that may disclose: Trade

secrets and commercial of financial

information obtained from a person and

privileged or confidential; information

of a personal nature the disclosure of

which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy; and information the premature

disclosure of which would be likely to

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 12,

2001 will be as follows:

Committee Meeting

(Open to the Public)—Policy Discussion

9:00–10:30 a.m.

Education Programs—Room M–07

Federal/State Partnership—Room 507

Preservation and Access/Challenge

Grants—Room 415

Public Programs—Room 426

Research Programs—Room 315

(Closed to the Public)—Discussion of

specific grant applications and

programs before the Council

10:30 a.m. until Adjourned

Education Programs—Room M–07

Federal/State Partnership—Room 507

Preservation and Access/Challenge

Grants—Room 415

Public Programs—Room 426

Research Programs—Room 315

1:30–3:00 p.m.

National Humanities Medal/Jefferson

Lecture Committee Meeting—Room

507

The morning session on July 13, 2001

will convene at 9 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 and

Presentation

B. Staff Report

C. Congressional Report

D. Reports on Policy and General

Matters

1. Overview

2. Research Programs

3. Education Programs

3. Preservation and Access/Challenge

Grants

4. Public Programs

5. Federal/State Partnership

6. National Humanities Medal/

Jefferson Lecture

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.