[Federal Register: April 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 83)]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts

 
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Meeting XLV

    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 President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will be held 
on May 21, 1999 from (9:00 a.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m. The meeting 
will be held in the Third Floor Library of the Smithsonian Institution 
Building (The Castle), 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC.
    The Committee meeting will begin at (9:00 a.m. with a welcome from 
a representative of the Smithsonian Institution and Chairman's remarks 
by Dr. John Brademas. This will be followed by the Executive Director's 
Update from Harriet Mayor Fulbright, including a status report on the 
Coming Up Taller awards program. The Committee will hear presentations 
from Bill Ivey, Chairman of the National Endowments for the Arts, Bill 
Ferris, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and 
Beverly Sheppard, Acting Director of the Institute of Museum & Library 
Services. In addition, there will a briefing and discussion about the 
work of the PCAH Planning Committee. The meeting will conclude with an 
informal lunch for members, including a presentation on ``Technology 
and the Humanities,'' by Professor Edward L. Ayers, University of 
Virginia.
    The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities was 
created by Executive Order in 1982 to advise the President, the two 
Endowments, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on 
measures to encourage private sector support for the Nation's cultural 
institutions and to promote public understanding of the arts and the 
humanities.
    If, in the course of discussion, it becomes necessary for the 
Committee to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of 
intrinsic value, the Committee will go into closed session pursuant to 
subsection (c)(4) of

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the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b.
    Any interested persons may attend as observers, on a space 
available basis, but seating is limited. Therefore, for this meeting, 
individuals wishing to attend must contact Regina Ayquia of the 
President's Committee in advance at (202) 682-5409 or write to the 
Committee at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 526, Washington, DC 
20506. Further information with reference to this meeting can also be 
obtained from Ms. Syquia.
    If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Ms. Syquia through the Office of Access Ability, National 
Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 
20506, 202/682-5532, TDY-TDD 202/682-5496, at least seven (7) days 
prior to the meeting.

    Dated: April 22, 1999.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.
[FR Doc. 99-10843 Filed 4-29-99; 8:45 am]
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