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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 39 / Wednesday, February 28, 2007 / Notices
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts;
Federal Advisory Committee on
International Exhibitions
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
Federal Advisory Committee on
International Exhibitions will be held by
teleconference on March 13, 2007 from
the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20506. The meeting, for
the purpose of application review, will
take place from 3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
(ending time is approximate), and will
be closed.
The closed portions of meetings are
for the purpose of Panel review,
discussion, evaluation, and
recommendations on financial
assistance under the National
Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,
including information given in
confidence to the agency. In accordance
with the determination of the Chairman
of February 16, 2007, these sessions will
be closed to the public pursuant to
subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title
5, United States Code.
Further information with reference to
these meetings can be obtained from Ms.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of
Guidelines & Panel Operations, National
Endowment for the Arts, Washington,
DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,
National Endowment for the Arts.
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National Endowment for the Arts;
Determination of the Chairperson of
the National Endowment for the Arts
as to Certain Advisory Committees:
Public Disclosure of Information and
Activities
The National Endowment for the Arts
utilizes advice and recommendations of
advisory committees in carrying out
many of its functions and activities.
The Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended (Pub. L. 92–463), governs
the formation, use, conduct,
management, and accessibility to the
public of committees formed to advise
and assist the Federal Government.
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Section 10 of the Act specifies that
department and agency heads shall
make adequate provisions for
participation by the public in the
activities of advisory committees, except
to the extent a determination is made in
writing by the department or agency
head that a portion of an advisory
committee meeting may be closed to the
public in accordance with subsection (c)
of section 552b of Title 5, United States
Code (the Government in the Sunshine
Act).
It is the policy of the National
Endowment for the Arts to make the
fullest possible disclosure of records to
the public, limited only by obligations
of confidentiality and administrative
necessity. Consistent with this policy,
meetings of the following Endowment
advisory committees will be open to the
public except for portions dealing with
the review, discussion, evaluation, and/
or ranking of grant applications: Arts
Advisory Panel and the Federal
Advisory Committee on International
Exhibitions.
The portions of the meetings
involving the review, discussion,
evaluation and ranking of grant
applications may be closed to the public
for the following reasons:
The Endowment Advisory
Committees listed above review and
discuss applications for financial
assistance. While the majority of
applications received by the agency are
submitted by organizations, all of the
applications contain the names of and
personal information relating to
individuals who will be working on the
proposed project. In reviewing the
applications, committee members
discuss the abilities of the listed
individuals in their fields, the
reputations of the listed individuals
among their colleagues, the ability of the
listed individuals to carry through on
projects they start, and their background
and performance. Consideration of these
matters is essential to the review of the
artistic excellence and artistic merit of
an application.
Consequently, in the interest of
meeting our obligation to consider
artistic excellence and artistic merit
when reviewing applications for
financial assistance:
It is hereby determined in accordance
with the provisions of section 10(d) of
the Act that the disclosure of
information regarding the review,
discussion, and evaluation of
applications for financial assistance as
outlined herein is likely to disclose
information of a personal nature the
disclosure of which would constitute a
clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy.
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Therefore, in light of the above, I have
determined that the above referenced
meetings or portions thereof, devoted to
review, discussion, evaluation, and/or
ranking of applications for financial
assistance may be closed to the public
in accordance with subsection (c)(6) of
section 552b of Title 5, United States
Code.
The staff of each committee shall
prepare a summary of any meeting or
portion not open to the public within
three (3) business days following the
conclusion of the meeting of the
National Council on the Arts
considering applications recommended
by such committees. The summaries
shall be consistent with the
considerations that justified the closing
of the meetings.
All other portions of the meetings of
these advisory committees shall be open
to the public unless the Chairperson of
the National Endowment for the Arts or
a designee determines otherwise in
accordance with section 10(d) of the
Act.
The Panel Coordinator shall be
responsible for publication in the
Federal Register or, as appropriate, in
local media, of a notice of all advisory
committee meetings. Such notice shall
be published in advance of the meetings
and contain:
1. Name of the committee and its
purposes;
2. Date and time of the meeting, and,
if the meeting is open to the public, its
location and agenda; and
3. A statement that the meeting is
open to the public, or, if the meeting or
any portion thereof is not to be open to
the public, a statement to that effect.
The Panel Coordinator is designated
as the person from whom lists of
committee members may be obtained
and from whom minutes of open
meetings or open portions thereof may
be requested.
Guidelines
Any interested person may attend
meetings of advisory committees that
are open to the public.
Members of the public attending a
meeting will be permitted to participate
in the committee’s discussion at the
discretion of the chairperson of the
committee, if the chairperson is a fulltime Federal employee; if the
chairperson is not a full-time Federal
employee then public participation will
be permitted at the chairperson’s
discretion with the approval of the fulltime Federal employee in attendance at
the meeting in compliance with the
order.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts; Federal Advisory Committee on
International Exhibitions
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 Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions will be
held by teleconference on March 13, 2007 from the Nancy Hanks Center,
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506. The meeting, for
the purpose of application review, will take place from 3 p.m.-4:30
p.m. (ending time is approximate), and will be closed.
The closed portions of meetings are for the purpose of Panel
review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendations on financial
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Act of 1965, as amended, including information given in confidence to
the agency. In accordance with the determination of the Chairman of
February 16, 2007, these sessions will be closed to the public pursuant
to subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code.
Further information with reference to these meetings can be
obtained from Ms. Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of Guidelines & Panel
Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506, or
call 202/682-5691.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.
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