02-28879. National Endowment for the Arts; Combined Arts Advisory Panel

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that four meetings of the Combined 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:

Literature: December 2-3, 2002, Room 714 (Access and Heritage & Preservation categories). A portion of this meeting, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on December 3rd, will be open to the public for policy discussion. The remaining portions of this meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on December 2nd and from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on December 3rd, will be closed.

Folk & Traditional Arts: December 3-6, 2002, Room 716 (Access and Heritage & Preservation categories). A portion of this meeting, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on December 5th, will be open to the public for policy discussion. The remaining portions of this meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on December 3rd and 4th, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on December 5th, and from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on December 6th, will be closed.

Museums: December 10-12, 2002, Room 716 (Access and Heritage & Preservation categories). A portion of this meeting, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on December 12th, will be open to the public for policy discussion. The remaining portions of this meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on December 10th and 11th, and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., on December 12th, will be closed.

Arts Education: December 16-19, 2002, Room 716 (Arts Learning category). A portion of this meeting, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on December 19th, will be open to the public for policy discussion. The remaining portions of this meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on December 16th and 18th, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on December 17th, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. on December 19th, will be closed.

The closed portions of these meetings are for the purpose of Panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation on applications for 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 by grant applicants. In accordance with the determination of the Chairman of May 2, 2002, these sessions will be closed to the public pursuant to (c)(4)(6) and (9)(B) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or portions thereof, of advisory panels that are open to the public, and, if time allows, may be permitted to participate in the panel's discussions at the discretion of the panel chairman and with the approval of the full-time Federal employee in attendance.

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, DC 20506, [phone], TDY-TDD [phone], at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to this meeting can be obtained from Ms. Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of Guidelines & Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506, or call [phone].

Dated: November 6, 2002.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden,

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.