04-2210. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska Advisory Committees

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, that a conference call of the Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska Advisory Committees will convene at 1:30 p.m. and adjourn at 3 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2004. The purpose of the conference call is to conduct a subcommittee planning meeting for a regional “Midwest Civil Rights Listening Tour” in 2004.

This conference call is available to the public through the following call-in number: 1-800-659-8292, access code 21536083. Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls not initiated using the supplied call-in number or over wireless lines and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls using the call-in number over land-line connections. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number.

To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting Jo Ann Daniels of the Central Regional Office, 913-551-1400 and TDD number 913-551-1414, by 3 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2004.

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

Dated at Washington, DC, January 23, 2004.

Ivy L. Davis,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.