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

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that 19 meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference at 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): Theater & Musical Theater (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 2, 2014. 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Theater & Musical Theater (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 2, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 8, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Artist Communities (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 9, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Music (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 9, 2014. 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Music (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 9, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Arts Education (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 10, 2014. 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Music (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 10, 2014. 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Music (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 10, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 15, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 16, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Museums (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 17, 2014. 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Museums (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 18, 2014. 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Museums (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 18, 2014. 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Media Arts (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 21, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Media Arts (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 22, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Arts Education (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 24, 2014. 12:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Arts Education (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 30, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Arts Education (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: July 31, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 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 ten meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference at the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, 20506 as follows (all meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate): Local Arts Agencies (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 5, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Opera (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 10, 2014. 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Opera (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 10, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Theater and Musical Theater (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 12, 2014. 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Theater and Musical Theater (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 12, 2014. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dance (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 13, 2014. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Dance (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 13, 2014. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dance (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 13, 2014. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Folk and Traditional Arts (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 13, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Folk and Traditional Arts (application review): This meeting will be closed. Dates: June 20, 2014. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

In this final rule, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is issuing Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (the Act or the Age Act) regulations. These regulations implement provisions of the Act and the general, government-wide age discrimination regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). These regulations are designed to guide the actions of recipients of Federal financial assistance from NEH and incorporate the basic standards set forth in the general, government-wide regulations for determining what constitutes age discrimination. These regulations also discuss the responsibilities of NEH recipients and the investigations, conciliation, and enforcement procedures NEH has been using and will continue to use to ensure compliance with the Act.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has submitted the following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling Joel Schwartz, Chief Guidelines Officer, NEH (202-606-8473) or may be requested by email to jschwartz@neh.gov. Comments on the ICR should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202-395-7316), within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal Register.

The National Museum and Library Services Board, which advises the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services on general policies with respect to the duties, powers, and authority of the Institute relating to museum, library and information services, will meet on May 8, 2014.

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 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be 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 can be properly assessed. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection on arts participation in the U.S. 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 (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that nineteen meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held during April 2014 as follows. 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 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended).

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 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506. This meeting also will be webcast. Agenda times are approximate.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet for the following purposes: 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 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended) and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman; and to consider gifts offered to NEH and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is unilaterally rescinding its joint Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and issuing its own FOIA regulations. This final rule provides the NEH's procedures for disclosure of its records, as required by the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended. These regulations also provide the procedures for disclosing records of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities (FCAH), an agency for which NEH provides legal counsel.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that twelve meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held during March 2014, as follows. 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 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended).

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities will hold a meeting of the Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Panel. The purpose of the meeting is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation on applications for Certificates of Indemnity submitted to the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, for exhibitions beginning on or after April 1, 2014.

Pursuant to section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and its implementing regulations, 41 CFR 102-3.65, the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities (the Council) gives notice that the Charter for the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Panel advisory committee was renewed for an additional two-year period on November 26, 2013. The Council determined that renewing the advisory committee is in the public interest in connection with the duties imposed on the Council by the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act, 20 U.S.C. 971 et seq., as amended.

Pursuant to section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and its implementing regulations, 41 CFR 102-3.65, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) gives notice that the Charter for the Humanities Panel advisory committee was renewed for an additional two-year period on November 26, 2013. The Acting Chairman of NEH determined that the renewal of the Humanities Panel is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the Chairperson of NEH by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 951 et seq., as amended.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is publishing an amendment of its systems of records with descriptions of the systems and the ways they are maintained, as required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(e)(4).

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that one meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions (FACIE) will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20506 as follows (ending time is approximate): FACIE (application review): In Room 627. This meeting will be virtual and will be closed.

The National Museum and Library Services Board, which advises the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services on general policies with respect to the duties, powers, and authority of the Institute relating to museum, library and information services, will meet on November 15, 2013.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet for the following purposes: To advise the Acting Chairman 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 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended) and make recommendations thereon to the Acting Chairman; and to consider gifts offered to NEH and make recommendations thereon to the Acting Chairman.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that eleven meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held during November, 2013 as follows. 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 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended).

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that the National Endowment for the Arts will hold a virtual meeting of the National Council on the Arts. Agenda times are approximate.

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that one meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows (ending time is approximate):

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that one meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows (ending times are approximate; all times are Eastern Daylight Time): Literature (application review): Room 716. This meeting, from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on September 10th and from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on September 11th, 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 one meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows (ending times are approximate; all times are Eastern Daylight Time): Literature (application review): Room 716. This meeting will be closed.