[Federal Register: August 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 148)]
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

 
Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Illinois 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 briefing meeting of 
the Illinois Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene at 10 
a.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m. on August 17, 2007, at the Dirksen Federal 
Building, Courtroom 1719, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60604. The 
purpose of the meeting is to gather data regarding the enforcement of 
prohibitions against religious discrimination in prisons. The agenda 
will include panels of presenters knowledgeable of the topic, including 
prisoners' rights advocates; state, county, and federal prison 
officials; clergy who serve the religious needs of inmates; and legal 
scholars.
    Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the 
comments must be received in the regional office by August 24, 2007. 
The address is 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603. 
Persons wishing to email their comments, or to present

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their comments verbally at the meeting, or who desire additional 
information should contact Carolyn Allen, Administrative Assistant, 
(312) 353-8311, TDD/TTY (312) 353-8362, or by email: callen@usccr.gov.
    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 from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced 
at the Midwestern 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 website, 
http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Midwestern Regional Office at 

the above email 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, July 30, 2007.
Ivy Davis,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
 [FR Doc. E7-15028 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am]

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