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NEA - 1093 - President's Commission on the Arts and the Humanities - Presidential

Full general INFORMATION

Committee Name	President'south Committee on the Arts and the Humanities	Bureau Name	National Endowment for the Arts
Fiscal Year	2017	Committee Number	1093
Original Establishment Engagement	six/15/1982	Committee Status	Terminated
Actual Termination Date	ix/30/2017	Committee URL	http://www.pcah.gov
New Commission This FY	No	Presidential Appointments*	Yes
Terminated This FY	Yep	Max Number of Members*	Unlimited
Current Lease Date	10/5/2015	Designated Fed Officer Position Title*	Acting Executive Managing director
Date Of Renewal Charter	10/5/2017	Designated Federal Officer Prefix	Mr.
Projected Termination Appointment		Designated Federal Officer Starting time Proper name*	John
Exempt From Renewal*	No	Designated Federal Officeholder Middle Proper noun
Specific Termination Authorization	Section 14(b)(2) Federal Committee Advisory Human action	Designated Federal Officer Final Name*	Abodeely
Establishment Authority*	Presidential	Designated Federal Officer Suffix
Specific Establishment Dominance*	E.O. 12367	Designated Federal Officer Phone*	(202) 682-5631
Effective Appointment Of Authority*	6/15/1982	Designated Federal Officer Fax*	(202) 682-5668
Exempt From EO 13875 Discretionary Cmte		Designated Federal Officer Email*	jabodeely@neh.gov
Committee Type*	Continuing
Presidential*	Yep
Committee Function*	National Policy Issue Advisory Board

RECOMMENDATION/JUSTIFICATIONS

Bureau Recommendation*	Finish
Legislation to Terminate Required	No
Legislation Status	Not Applicative
How does cmte accomplish its purpose?*	See beneath.
How is membership balanced?*	The President's Committee members include Presidentially-appointed private sector and ex officio public agency officials. Together these members embrace all aspects of fiscal support for the arts and the humanities. Members of the nowadays commission also represent a broad cantankerous-section of America. The composition of the commission as well reflects a diversity of points of view within the arts and the humanities, including many different professions and disciplines. Finally, the public sector members bring widely different perspectives to the committee'south deliberations.
How frequent & relevant are cmte mtgs?*	The members of the President'due south Committee on the Arts and the Humanities more often than not see i-2 times a year. The Committee did not meet in FY 2017. The Commission, as the only Presidential advisory committee that is mandated to deal with both the arts and the humanities, plays a key part in each Administration in identifying issues and developing initiatives of critical importance to the culture of the nation.
Why advice can't be obtained elsewhere?*	The President'south Committee on the Arts and the Humanities maintains the merely forum for government-wide discussion of issues in both the arts and the humanities in the United States and, in add-on, bridges the public and private sectors, with a unique perspective on private sector support for the arts and the humanities. Members of the Committee include private citizens appointed by the President and ex officio membership includes heads of federal agencies with cultural programs, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Constitute of Museum and Library Services, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Establishment, the U.Southward. Department of Country, the U.Due south. Department of Instruction, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the National Gallery of Art.
Why shut or partially shut meetings?	North/A
Recommendation Remarks	Members serve until replaced or resigned. Budget figures include NEA and NEH portion of shared administrative costs per interagency agreement (NEA, NEH, and IMLS). Figures exclude souvenir funds and IMLS costs.

Operation MEASURES

Outcome Improvement To Health Or Safety*	No	Activity Reorganize Priorities*	No
Outcome Trust In Government	No	Activeness Reallocate Resources	No
Outcome Major Policy Changes	No	Action Issued New Regulations	No
Outcome Accelerate In Scientific Enquiry	No	Action Proposed Legislation	No
Result Constructive Grant Making	No	Activity Canonical Grants Or Other Payments	No
Outcome Improved Service Delivery	No	Action Other	Yes
Outcome Increased Customer Satisfaction	No	Action Comment	NEA and NEH accept donations on behalf of the President's Commission. Because the PCAH has raised private funds for such occasions as the National Medal of the Arts, the Cuba Delegation, and the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program awards, the National Endowment for the Arts has been able to classify its ain resource for other needs. The National Endowment for the Arts has funded Interagency Agreements every bit a result of PCAH input.
Outcome Implement Laws/Reg Requirements	No	Grants Review*	No
Outcome Other	Yes	Number Of Grants Reviewed	0
Issue Comment	In FY 2017, under the objective of supporting youth arts and humanities learning, the Committee coordinated and was the largest contributor (through raising private sector funds) for the National Arts and Humanities Youth Programme Awards (NAHYP), which were conferred in a White House ceremony on November fifteen, 2016. The Committee as well sponsored a visual arts exhibition of the gold medal winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in the offices of PCAH. In November 2016, PCAH farther transitioned its Turnaround Arts initiative to a new permanent abode at the Kennedy Center. Turnaround Arts (see http://turnaroundarts.pcah.gov) is designed to assistance transform some of the nation'due south lowest performing schools through comprehensive and integrated arts didactics, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education, the White Firm Domestic Policy Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts, besides as several individual foundations. Turnaround Arts' second phase includes an eight-fold increment in the number of schools participating in the program since its launch, as well as the development of local chapters to complete the program'south mission through partnerships and through program staff. In the field of arts and humanities pedagogy, in cooperation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Library of Congress and the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, PCAH inaugurated its fifth grade of five outstanding American high school poets in August 2017 through the National Student Poets Project. National Student Poets acquit public readings of original piece of work, execute self-designed and year-long customs service projects, speak on behalf of poesy education and poetry as an fine art form, and provide visibility for arts and humanities education. In the international cultural area, PCAH raised individual funds to confer an international award to a youth programme in Cuba equally function of the NAHYP awards.	Number Of Grants Recommended	0
Cost Savings*	Unable to Determine	Dollar Value Of Grants Recommended	$0.00
Toll Savings Comment	Although it might not strictly be considered cost savings, the PCAH raises private funds and receives in-kind appurtenances and services which raise and add together value to federal cultural programs for the public within the mission of the PCAH, and without which these programs might not take place. Private funds were raised during FY 2017 for the NAHYP awards and associated activities such as the National Student Poets plan and the Turnaround Arts initiative.	Grants Review Comment	NA
Number Of Recommendations*	0	Access Contact Designated Fed. Officer*	No
Number Of Recommendations Comment	Although the Committee itself did not make specific recommendations, in FY 2017 the President's Commission helped to coordinate the participation of NEA, NEH, and IMLS for the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards (NAHYP). Using an all-professional multi-layered review process, the agencies reviewed over 300 nominations, resulting in 12 domestic awardees, l finalists, and one International Spotlight Award. All recommendations were accustomed. Winners were honored at a White House ceremony in Nov 2016.	Access Bureau Website	No
% of Recs Fully Implemented*	100.00%	Admission Committee Website	Yes
% of Recs Fully Implemented Annotate	Encounter comment nether Number of Recommendations above.	Access GSA FACA Website	No
% of Recs Partially Implemented*	0.00%	Access Publications	Yep
% of Recs Partially Implemented Annotate	NA	Access Other	Aye
Bureau Feedback*	Yes	Admission Comment	Access to publications by the Committee since its inception in 1982 is referenced on the PCAH website at www.pcah.gov. The well-nigh recent PCAH report President'southward Commission on the Arts and the Humanities 2009-2016: A Legacy of Activity" is available at www.pcah.gov. Turnaround Arts progress reports are available to the public at pcah.gov and http:// http://education.kennedy-center.org/instruction/turnaround/. The National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards are available to the public at www.nahyp.org. A report by the Center for Democracy in the Americas on the 2016 U.Southward. Cultural Delegation to Cuba is available at www.pcah.gov.
Agency Feedback Annotate*	The Committee receives data and feedback in reports past staff, exterior consultants, and members. The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts is an ex officio member of the Committee and participates in its formal and breezy meetings, regularly reporting to the membership.	Narrative Description*	Created past Executive Order first in 1982, The President'south Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) helps to comprise the arts and humanities into White House objectives and projects and supports the federal cultural agencies. The Commission's strategies focus its resources in five areas: youth arts and humanities learning; preservation; the creative economic system; expanding international cultural relations; and special projects in association with the White Business firm. These areas of emphasis are split from, yet as well applicable within, the National Endowment for the Arts' mission: To strengthen the creative capacity of our communities past providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation and the goals within its strategic programme of supporting The creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, To foster public engagement with various and excellent fine art, and "To promote public knowledge and agreement virtually the contributions of the arts." PCAH activities are also applicable within the mission and goals of its partner agencies, NEH and IMLS. In conveying out its objectives, the Committee bridges federal agencies and the private sector to recognize and model cultural excellence, access, and participation; engages in research and recognition programs that underscore the civic, social, educational, and historical value of the arts and humanities; initiates special projects that celebrate the spirit of our nation and its relationship to other nations; and stimulates private funding for these activities.

COSTS

Payments to Not-Federal Members*	$0.00	Est Payments to Non-Fed Members Next FY*	$0.00
Payments to Federal Members*	$0.00	Est. Payments to Fed Members Next FY*	$0.00
Payments to Federal Staff*	$428,647.00	Estimated Payments to Federal Staff*	$0.00
Payments to Consultants*	$0.00	Est. Payments to Consultants Next FY*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Non-Federal Members*	$622.00	Est Travel Reimb Not-Fed Members nextFY*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Federal Members*	$10,244.00	Est Travel Reimb For Fed Members*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Federal Staff*	$0.00	Est. Travel Reimb to Fed Staff Next FY*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Consultants*	$0.00	Est Travel Reimb to Consultants Next FY*	$0.00
Other Costs	$310,521.00	Est. Other Costs Side by side FY*	$0.00
Total Costs	$750,034.00	Est. Total Next FY*	$0.00
Appointment Cost Final Modified		Est. Fed Staff Support Next FY*	0.00
Federal Staff Back up (FTE)*	2.54	Est Toll Remarks
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