02-9672. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Arkansas Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, that a meeting of the Arkansas Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene at 6 p.m. and adjourn at 8 p.m. on May 16, 2002, at the Doubletree Hotel, 424 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. The Committee will discuss activities to advance the recommendations on its 2001 report, “Who Is Enforcing Civil Rights in Arkansas: Is There a Need for a State Civil Rights Agency?''

Persons desiring additional information, or planning a presentation to the Committee, should contact Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the Central Regional Office, 913-551-1400 (TDD 913-551-1414). 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.

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

Dated at Washington, DC, April 15, 2002.

Ivy L. Davis,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.