# Sunshine Act Notice
**AGENCY:**
United States Commission on Civil Rights.
**ACTION:**
Notice of briefing and meeting.
**Date and Time:**
Friday, December 12, 2008; 9:30 a.m.
**Place:**
624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540, Washington, DC 20425.
**Briefing Agenda**
*Topic:* Specifying English as the Common Language in the Workplace: Every Employer's Right or a Violation of Federal Law?
I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman.
II. Speakers' Presentations.
III. Questions by Commissioners and Staff Director.
IV. Adjourn Briefing.
**Meeting Agenda**
I. Approval of Agenda.
II. Approval of Minutes of November 7, 2008 Meeting.
III. Announcements.
IV. Staff Director's Report.
V. Program Planning.
• Update on Status of 2009 Statutory Report.
• Briefing Report on Minorities in Special Education.
VI. Future Agenda Items.
VII. Adjourn.
**Contact Person for Further Information:**
Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public Affairs Unit, (202) 376-8582.
Dated: December 2, 2008.
David Blackwood,
General Counsel.