National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is adopting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance. It is removing its regulation implementing the Governmentwide common rule and issuing a new regulation to adopt the OMB guidance. This regulatory action implements the OMB's initiative to streamline and consolidate into one title of the CFR all Federal regulations on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance. These regulatory actions constitute an administrative simplification that would make no substantive change in NEA's policy or procedures for drug-free workplace.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that 1 meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference from the National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows (all meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate): Leadership (review of applications): This meeting will be closed.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities will hold two meetings of the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Panel during May, 2015.

The National Endowment for the Humanities will hold two meetings of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during May, 2015. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation of applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that nine meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference from the National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows (all meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate): Design (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 28, 2015 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Design (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 28, 2015 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Design (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 29, 2015 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Design (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 29, 2015 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Design (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: May 7, 2015 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Design (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: May 7, 2015 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Design (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: May 8, 2015 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Literature (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: May 20, 2015 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Literature (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Dates: May 20, 2015 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference from the National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW., Washington, DC, 20506 as follows (all meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate): Music (review of nominations): This meeting will be closed.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held in Salon II of the Ritz Carlton Pentagon City, 1250 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202. Agenda times are approximate.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet to advise the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out his 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 Chairman; and to consider gifts offered to NEH and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that two meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference from the National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows (all meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate): State & Regional (review of National Services Agreement): This meeting will be open. Dates: February 12, 2015 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. State & Regional (review of Regional Arts Organization Partnership Agreements): This meeting will be open. Dates: February 12, 2015 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. State & Regional (review of Regional Arts Organization Partnership Agreements): This meeting will be open. Dates: February 18, 2015 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data is provided in the desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection of an NEA applicant survey. A copy of the current information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the address section of this notice.

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts previously announced for January 16, 2015, has been changed. The meeting will be held by teleconference from the National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW., Washington, DC, 20506 as follows (all meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate): Partnerships/Folk & Traditional Arts (application review): This meeting will be closed.