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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

 
National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
134th Meeting

    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 on June 1, 1998 from 2:00 
to 5:00 p.m. in Room 716 and on June 2, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 
p.m. in Room M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, D.C. 20506.
    The Council will meet in closed session on June 1, from 2:00 to 
5:00 p.m. for discussion of National Medal of Arts nominations. In 
accordance with the determination of the Chairman of May 14, 1998, this 
session will be closed to the public pursuant to subsection (c)(4), (6) 
and (9)(B) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code. The 
remainder of the meeting, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on June 2, will 
be open to the public. Topics for discussion will include: Remarks by 
Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate of the United States; a report on the 
Endowment's work with the Mayors' Institute on City Design; Federal 
Interagency Agreements; the Overview Policy Panel report; a Legislative 
update; budget update and preliminary discussion of the FY 2000 budget; 
Application Review; Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative 
Guidelines, a status report on the WritersCorps Program and general 
discussion.
    If, in the course of discussion, it becomes necessary for the 
Council to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of 
intrinsic value, the Council will go into closed session pursuant to 
subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 
Additionally, discussion concerning purely personal information about 
individuals, submitted with grant applications, such as personal 
biographical and salary data or medical information, may be conducted 
by the Council in closed session in accordance with subsection (c)(6) 
of 5 U.S.C. 552b.
    Any interested persons may attend, as observers, Council 
discussions and reviews which are open to the public. If you need 
special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the Office 
of AccessAbility, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682-5532, TTY-TDD 202/682-5429, 
at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.
    Further information with reference to this meeting can be obtained 
from the Office of Communications, National Endowment for the Arts, 
Washington, D.C. 20506, at 202/682-5570.

    Dated: May 13, 1998.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. 98-13344 Filed 5-19-98; 8:45 am]
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