2016-19056. Notice of Public Meetings of the Virginia Advisory Committee to Plan Civil Rights Project

AGENCY:

Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION:

Announcement of monthly planning meetings.

SUMMARY:

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 planning meetings of the Virginia Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on each of the following Thursdays: September 8, October 6, November 3 and December 1, 2016. The purpose of each planning meeting is to discuss project planning and eventually select topic(s) for the Committee's civil rights review.

DATES:

The meetings will be held at 12:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 8, 2016; Thursday, October 6, 2016; Thursday, November 3, 2016; and Thursday, December 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

Public Call Information: Dial 1-888-539-3613; Conference ID 5914757.

Interested members of the public may listen to the discussion by calling the following toll-free conference call-in number: 1-888-539-3613 and conference call ID: 5914757. Please be advised that before placing them into the conference call, the conference call operator will ask callers to provide their names, their organizational affiliations (if any), and email addresses (so that callers may be notified of future meetings). Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free conference call-in number.

Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the discussion by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-8339 and providing the operator with the toll-free conference call-in number: 1-888-539-3613 and conference call ID: 5914757.

Members of the public are invited to make statements during the open comment period of the meeting or submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office approximately 30 days after each scheduled meeting. Written comments may be mailed to the Eastern Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20425, faxed to [phone], or emailed to Evelyn Bohor at [e-mail]. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Eastern Regional Office at [phone].

Records and documents discussed during the meeting will be available for public viewing as they become available at http://facadatabase.gov/​committee/​meetings.aspx?​cid=​279;​ click the “Meeting Details” and “Documents” links. Records generated from this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Eastern Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meetings. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, www.usccr.gov,, or to contact the Eastern Regional Office at the above phone numbers, email or street address.

Public Call-In Information: Conference call-in number: 1-888-539-3613 and conference call ID: 5914757.

TDD: Dial Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-8339 and give the operator the above toll-free conference call-in number and conference call ID.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ivy L. Davis, at [e-mail] or by phone at 202-376-7533

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

I. Welcome and Introductions

—Rollcall

Planning Meeting

—Discuss Project Planning

II. Other Business

III. Open Comment

IV. Adjournment

Dated: August 5, 2016.

David Mussatt,

Chief, Regional Programs Unit.