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11/14/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/14/2024 07:31
Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: National Council on the Humanities
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.
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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