E9-3598. Agenda and Amended Notice of Public Meeting of the Kansas Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a public briefing meeting of the Kansas Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at approximately 4 p.m. at the Dillon House located on the grounds of the Kansas State Capitol, 404 Southwest North 9th Street, Topeka, KS 66612. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a public briefing meeting to receive information on the “Civil Rights Implications of Kansas Caucus Process Related Voting Rights Issues.” Information will also be collected on “Enforcement of Employment Civil Rights Laws in Kansas.”

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Persons wishing to e-mail their comments, or to present their comments at the meeting, or who desire additional information should contact Farella E. Robinson, Regional Director, Central Regional Office, at [phone] or by e-mail to [e-mail].

Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

Records generated by this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov,, or to contact the Central Regional Office at the above e-mail or street address.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated in Washington, DC, February 13, 2009.

Christopher Byrnes,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.