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number, or other DoD assigned student 

or educational ID number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

a. Non-mission employee training 

program records are maintained and 

disposed in accordance with National 

Archives and Records Administration 

General Records Schedule 2.6. 

b. Mission-related training records are 

maintained and disposed in accordance 

with National Archives and Records 

Administration Schedules. The Military 

Departments, Joint Chiefs of Staff and 

OSD all retain in accordance with their 

individual Records and Information 

Management retention schedules. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

DoD components safeguard records in 

this system of records according to 

applicable rules, policies, and 

procedures, including all applicable 

DoD automated systems security and 

access policies. DoD policies require the 

use of controls to minimize the risk of 

compromise of personally identifiable 

information (PII) in paper and electronic 

form and to enforce access by those with 

a need to know and with appropriate 

clearances. Additionally, the DoD has 

established security audit and 

accountability policies and procedures 

which support the safeguarding of PII 

and detection of potential PII incidents. 

The DoD routinely employs safeguards 

such as the following to information 

systems and paper recordkeeping 

systems: Multifactor log-in 

authentication including CAC 

authentication and password; SIPR 

token as required; physical and 

technological access controls governing 

access to data; network encryption to 

protect data transmitted over the 

network; disk encryption securing disks 

storing data; key management services 

to safeguard encryption keys; masking 

of sensitive data as practicable; 

mandatory information assurance and 

privacy training for individuals who 

will have access; identification, 

marking, and safeguarding of PII; 

physical access safeguards including 

multifactor identification physical 

access controls, detection and electronic 

alert systems for access to servers and 

other network infrastructure; and 

electronic intrusion detection systems 

in DoD facilities. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to their 

records should address written inquiries 

to the DoD office with oversight of the 

records. The public may identify the 

appropriate DoD office through the 

following website: www.FOIA.gov. 

Signed written requests should contain 

the name and number of this system of 

records notice along with the full name, 

identifier (i.e., DoD ID Number or 

Defense Benefits Number), date of birth, 

current address, and telephone number 

of the individual. In addition, the 

requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made in accordance with 28 

U.S.C. 1746, in the appropriate format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 

under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature).’’ 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The DoD rules for accessing records, 

contesting contents, and appealing 

initial agency determinations are 

contained in 32 CFR part 310, or may 

be obtained from the system manager. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system should 

address written inquiries to the 

appropriate system managers(s). Signed 

written requests should contain the full 

name, identifier (i.e., DoD ID Number or 

DoD Benefits Number), date of birth, 

and current address and telephone 

number of the individual. In addition, 

the requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made in accordance with 28 

U.S.C. 1746, in the appropriate format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 

under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature).’’ 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The DoD has exempted records 

maintained in this system from 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3) and (d) of the Privacy Act, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) and 

(k)(6). In addition, when exempt records 

received from other systems of records 

become part of this system, the DoD also 

claims the same exemptions for those 

records that are claimed for the original 

primary systems of records from which 

they originated and claims any 

additional exemptions set forth here. An 

exemption rule for this system has been 

promulgated in accordance with the 

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(1), (2), 

and (3), and (c), and published in 32 

CFR part 310. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 21–03] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karma Job at karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil 

or (703) 697–8976. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, Transmittal 

21–03 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 18, 2020. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 21-03 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended 

(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government 

of the United Arab Emirates 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * ....... $6.4 billion 

Other ........................................... $3.6 billion 

Total ..................................... $10.0 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: Weapons 

are for Multi-Platform Aircraft with UpTo Quantities: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Eight hundred two (802) AIM-120C8 

Advanced Medium Range Air-toAir 

Missiles (AMRAAM) 

Sixteen (16) AIM-120C8 AMRAAM 

Guidance Sections Spares 

Two thousand four (2,004) MK-82 

500LB General Purpose (GP) Bombs 

Seventy-two (72) MK-82 Inert 500LB 

GP Bombs 

One thousand (1,000) MK-84 2,000LB 

GP Bombs 

One thousand two (1,002) MK-83 


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1,000LB GP Bombs 

Two thousand five hundred (2,500) 

Small Diameter Bomb Increment 1 

(SDB-1), GBU-39/B, with CNU-659/ 

E Container 

Eight (8) GBU-39 SDB-1 Guided Test 

Vehicles 

Two thousand (2,000) KMU-572 Joint 

Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Tail 

Kit for 500LB Bombs 

One thousand (1,000) KMU-556 JDAM 

Tail Kit for 2,000LB Bombs 

One thousand (1,000) KMU-559 JDAM 

Tail Kit for 1,000LB Bombs 

Four thousand (4,000) FMU-139 Fuze 

Systems 

Six hundred fifty (650) AGM-154C 

Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOWs) 

Fifty (50) AGM-154E Joint Stand Off 

Weapons – Extended Range (JSOWER) 

One hundred fifty (150) AGM-88E 

Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided 

Missile (AARGM) Tactical Missiles 

Six (6) CATM-88 AARGM CATMs 

Non-MDE: 

Also included are six (6) AGM-154C 

JSOW-C Captive Air Training 

Missiles (CATMs); six (6) AGM154E JSOW-ER CATMs; ARD 446- 

1B and ARD 863-1A1W Impulse 

Cartridges; JSOW-C Dummy Air 

Training Missiles (DATM); JSOW-C 

Captive Flight Vehicles (CFVs); 

JSOW-ER DATMs; JSOW-ER CFVs; 

PGU-23/U training ammunition, 

encryption devices and keying 

equipment for test missiles (not for 

export); Laser Illuminated Target 

Detector, DSU-38A/B; software 

delivery and support; AIM-120C 

Captive Air Training Missiles 

(CATM) and Airborne Instrumented 

Units (AIU) Telemetry Sections; 

missile containers; munitions 

components; aircraft test and 

integration support; containers; 

mission planning; munitions 

security, storage and training; 

facility design, construction and 

quality standards; weapon 

operational flight program software 

development; transportation; tools 

and test equipment; support 

equipment; spare and repair parts; 

weapons and aircraft integration 

support and test equipment; 

publications and technical 

documentation; personnel training 

and training equipment, devices 

and software; U.S. Government and 

contractor engineering, technical 

and logistics support services; site 

surveys; and other related elements 

of logistics and program support. 

(iv) Military Department: Air Force 

(AE-D-YAF, AE-D-QAM); Navy (AE-PABN, AE-P-ABO, AE-P-ABP, AE-PABQ) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: AE-DYAB, AE-D-YAC, AE-D-AAD, AE-DAAE, AE-D-AAF, and AE-P-ABE 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology 

Contained in the Defense Article or 

Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: 

See Attached Annex 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: November 09, 2020 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

United Arab Emirates—Munitions, 

Sustainment and Support 

The Government of the United Arab 

Emirates (UAE) has requested to buy 

eight hundred two (802) AIM-120C8 

Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air 

Missiles (AMRAAM); sixteen (16) AIM120C8 AMRAAM guidance sections 

spares; two thousand four (2,004) MK82 500LB General Purpose (GP) Bombs; 

seventy-two (72) MK-82 Inert 500LB GP 

Bombs; one thousand (1,000) MK-84 

2,000LB GP Bombs; one thousand two 

(1,002) MK-83 1,000LB GP Bombs; two 

thousand five hundred (2,500) Small 

Diameter Bomb Increment 1 (SDB-1), 

GBU-39/B, with CNU-659/E Container; 

eight (8) GBU-39 SDB-1 Guided Test 

Vehicles; two thousand (2,000) KMU572 Joint Direct Attack Munition 

(JDAM) Tail Kit for 500LB Bombs; one 

thousand (1,000) KMU-556 JDAM Tail 

Kit for 2,000LB Bombs; one thousand 

(1,000) KMU-559 JDAM Tail Kit for 

1,000LB Bombs; four thousand (4,000) 

FMU-139 Fuze systems; six hundred 

fifty (650) AGM-154C Joint Stand Off 

Weapons (JSOWs); fifty (50) AGM-154E 

Joint Stand Off Weapons - Extended 

Range (JSOW-ER); one hundred fifty 

(150) AGM-88E Advanced AntiRadiation Guided Missile (AARGM) 

Tactical Missiles; six (6) CATM-88 

AARGM CATMs. Also included are six 

(6) JSOW-C AGM-154C Captive Air 

Training Missiles (CATMs); six (6) 

JSOW-ER AGM-154E CATMs; ARD 446- 

1B and ARD 863-1A1W Impulse 

Cartridges; JSOW-C Dummy Air 

Training Missiles (DATM); JSOW-C 

Captive Flight Vehicles (CFVs); JSOWER DATMs; JSOW-ER CFVs; PGU-23/U 

training ammunition, encryption 

devices and keying equipment for test 

missiles (not for export); Laser 

Illuminated Target Detector, DSU-38A/ 

B; software delivery and support; AIM120C Captive Air Training Missiles 

(CATM) and Airborne Instrumented 

Units (AIU) Telemetry Sections; missile 

containers; munitions components; 

aircraft test and integration support; 

containers; mission planning; munitions 

security, storage and training; facility 

design, construction and quality 

standards; weapon operational flight 

program software development; 

transportation; tools and test equipment; 

support equipment; spare and repair 

parts; weapons and aircraft integration 

support and test equipment; 

publications and technical 

documentation; personnel training and 

training equipment, devices and 

software; U.S. Government and 

contractor engineering, technical and 

logistics support services; site surveys; 

and other related elements of logistics 

and program support. The total 

estimated cost is $10.0 billion. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy and national security of 

the United States by helping to improve 

the security of an important regional 

partner. The UAE has been, and 

continues to be, a vital U.S. partner for 

political stability and economic progress 

in the Middle East. 

The proposed sale will improve the 

UAE’s capability to meet current and 

future threats by providing enhanced 

capabilities to various aircraft platforms 

in effective defense of air, land, and sea. 

The proposed sale of the missiles/ 

munitions and support will increase 

interoperability with the U.S. and align 

the UAE Air Force’s capabilities with 

existing regional baselines. Further, the 

UAE continues to provide host-nation 

support of vital U.S. forces stationed in 

the UAE and plays a vital role in 

supporting U.S. regional interests. The 

UAE will have no difficulty absorbing 

these weapons into its armed forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support represents a significant 

increase in capability and will alter the 

regional military balance. 

The principal contractors will be 

Raytheon, Tucson, AZ; and Northrop 

Grumman Information Systems, 

Ridgecrest, CA. If requested, F-16 

integration will be completed via Direct 

Commercial Sale (DCS) between 

Lockheed Martin and the purchaser. 

The munitions will be sourced through 

procurement and the contractor 

determined during contract 

negotiations. There are no known offset 

agreements proposed in connection 

with this potential sale. However, the 

purchaser typically requests offsets. Any 

offset agreements will be defined in 

negotiations between the purchaser and 

the contractor(s). 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require annual trips to the UAE 

involving U.S. Government and 

contractor representatives for technical 

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There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 21-03 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The AIM-120C-7/C-8 Advanced 

Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile 

(AMRAAM) is a supersonic, air 

launched, aerial intercept, guided 

missile featuring digital technology and 

micro-miniature solid-state electronics. 

The potential sale will include 

AMRAAM Guidance Sections. 

AMRAAM capabilities include lookdown/shoot-down, multiple launches 

against multiple targets, resistance to 

electronic countermeasures, and 

interception of high- and low-flying and 

maneuvering targets. The AIM-120C-8 is 

a form, fit, function refresh of the AIM120C-7 and is the next generation to be 

produced. 

2. The AMRAAM NDI-Airborne 

Instrumented Unit (AIU) telemetry set 

replaces the missile’s warhead, thus 

allowing for secured telemetered test 

shots. The NDI-AIU telemetry set is nonexportable and will remain under the 

control of the U.S. Government or U.S. 

Defense Contractor. 

3. The MK-82 General Purpose (GP) 

bomb is a 500 pound, free-fall, 

unguided, low-drag weapon. The MK-82 

is designed for soft, fragment-sensitive 

targets and is not intended for hard 

targets or penetrations. The explosive 

filling is usually tritonal, though other 

compositions have sometimes been 

used. 

4. MK-82 Inert General Purpose (GP) 

bomb is a 500 pound, free-fall, 

unguided, low-drag inert weapon used 

for integration testing. There is no 

explosive fill. 

5. The MK-83 General Purpose (GP) 

bomb is a 1,000 pound, free-fall, 

unguided, low-drag weapon. The MK-83 

is designed for soft, fragment-sensitive 

targets and is not intended for hard 

targets or penetrations. The explosive 

filling is usually tritonal, though other 

compositions have sometimes been 

used. 

6. The MK-84 General Purpose (GP) 

bomb is a 2,000 pound, free-fall, 

unguided, low-drag weapon. The MK-84 

is designed for soft, fragment sensitive 

targets and is not intended for hard 

targets or penetrations. The explosive 

filling is usually tritonal, though other 

compositions have sometimes been 

used. 

7. The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb 

Increment 1 (SDB-1) is a 250-pound, 

GPS-aided inertial navigation system, 

small autonomous, day or night, adverse 

weather, conventional, air-to-ground 

precision glide weapon able to strike 

fixed and stationary re-locatable nonhardened targets from standoff ranges. It 

is intended to provide aircraft with an 

ability to carry a high number of bombs. 

Aircraft are able to carry four SDBs in 

place of one 2,000-pound bomb. 

8. The Joint Direct Attack Munitions 

(JDAM) is a guidance set which converts 

existing unguided bombs (MK-82, MK83, MK-84, BLU-109, BLU-110, BLU111, BLU-117, BLU-126 (Navy) or BLU129 warhead) into an accurate, adverse 

weather ‘‘smart’’ munition. The 

Guidance Set consists of a Tail Kit, 

which contains the Inertial Navigation 

System (INS) and a Global Positioning 

System (GPS), a set of Aerosurfaces and 

an umbilical cover, which allows the 

JDAM to improve the accuracy of 

unguided, General Purpose bombs. The 

JDAM weapon can be delivered from 

modest standoff ranges at high or low 

altitudes against a variety of land and 

surface targets during the day or night. 

JDAM is capable of receiving target 

coordinates via preplanned mission data 

from the delivery aircraft, by onboard 

aircraft sensors (i.e., FLIR, Radar, etc.) 

during captive carry, or from a thirdparty source via manual or automated 

aircrew cockpit entry. The Guidance 

Set, when combined with a warhead 

and appropriate fuze, forms a JDAM 

Guided Bomb Unit (GBU). 

a. (U) The KMU-572F/B is the tailkit 

for a GBU-38 500LB JDAM. 

b. (U) The KMU-559B/B is the tailkit 

for a GBU-32 1000LB JDAM. 

c. (U) The KMU-556B/B is the tailkit 

for a GBU-31 2000LB JDAM. 

9. The Laser JDAM (GBU-54) converts 

existing unguided free-fall bombs into 

precision-guided ‘‘smart’’ munitions by 

adding a new tail section containing 

Inertial Navigation System (INS) 

guidance/Global Positioning System 

(GPS) guidance and adds a semi-active 

laser seeker. This allows the weapon to 

strike targets moving at up to 70 mph. 

The LJDAM weapon consists of a DSU38 sensor, a JDAM guidance set 

installed on the bomb body, and a fuze. 

The DSU-38 consists of a laser spot 

tracker (same size and shape as a DSU33 proximity fuze), a cable connecting 

the DSU-38 to the basic JDAM guidance 

set, a cable cover, cable cover tie-down 

straps, modified tail kit door and wiring 

harness, and associated modified JDAM 

software that incorporates navigation 

and guidance flight software to support 

both LJDAM and standard JDAM 

missions. 

10. The Joint Programmable Fuze 

(JPF) FMU-139 is a multi-delay, multiarm and proximity sensor compatible 

with general purpose blast, frag and 

hardened-target penetrator weapons. 

The JPF settings are cockpit selectable 

in flight when used numerous 

precision-guided weapons. It can 

interface with the following weapons: 

GBU-31, GBU-32, GBU-38, and GBU-54. 

11. The AGM-154 JSOW is used by 

the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and 

U.S. Air Force, and allows aircraft to 

attack well-defended targets in day, 

night, and adverse weather conditions. 

The AGM-154C carries a BROACH 

warhead. The BROACH warhead 

incorporates an advanced multi stage 

warhead. The JSOW uses the GPS 

Precise Positioning System (PPS), which 

provides for a more accurate capability 

than the commercial version of GPS. 

12. The JSOW-C utilizes GPS/INS 

guidance and an uncooled imaging 

infrared seeker for terminal guidance, 

Autonomous Acquisition, and provides 

a precision targeting, 500-pound-class 

tandem warhead that is the U.S. Navy’s 

primary standoff weapon against 

hardened targets. 

13. The AGM-154E JSOW-ER adds an 

engine, and supporting components, to 

the JSOW C Airframe. The JSOW-ER 

uses the 300-pound Maverick Warhead 

due to its smaller size, thereby creating 

room for fuel, but maintains the same 

penetration capability as the JSOW C. 

14. The AGM-88E Advanced AntiRadiation Guided Missile (AARGM) 

weapon system is an air-to-ground 

missile intended for Suppression of 

Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) and 

Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses 

(DEAD) missions. The AARGM provides 

suppression or destruction of enemy 

RADAR and denies the enemy the use 

of air defense systems, thereby 

improving the survivability of tactical 

aircraft. 

15. The highest level of classification 

of defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

16. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures that might 

reduce weapon system effectiveness or 

be used in the development of a system 

with similar or advanced capabilities. 

17. A determination has been made 

that the UAE can provide substantially 

the same degree of protection for the 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This sale is 

necessary in furtherance of the U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 


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objectives outlined in the Policy 

Justification. 

18. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

Government of the United Arab 

Emirates. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Advisory 1776 

Commission 

AGENCY: Office of Communications and 

Outreach, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of an open 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda, time, and instructions for public 

participation in the January 5, 2020, 

meeting of the President’s Advisory 

1776 Commission (‘‘The 1776 

Commission’’) and provides information 

to members of the public regarding the 

meeting. Notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). This notice is being published 

less than 15 days from the meeting date 

due to the exceptional and immediate 

need to establish a strategic plan for The 

1776 Commission to respond to recent 

attacks on the American founding and 

identify the nation’s core principles for 

further enjoyment of liberty and striving 

‘‘to form a more perfect Union.’’ 

DATES: The meeting of The 1776 

Commission will be held on Tuesday, 

January 5, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time at the 

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

1650 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20502. Members of the 

public can attend virtually. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Honeysett, Designated Federal 

Official, Office of Communications and 

Outreach, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 7W220, Washington, DC 20202, 

telephone: (202) 401–3003 or email: 

Adam.Honeysett@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1776 

Commission’s Statutory Authority and 

Function: The 1776 Commission is 

established under Executive Order 

13958 (November 2, 2020). The 1776 

Commission’s duties are to advise the 

President regarding how to better enable 

a rising generation to understand the 

history and principles of the founding of 

the United States in 1776 and to strive 

to form a more perfect Union by: (i) 

Producing a report, within 1 year of the 

date of Executive Order 13958, which 

shall be publicly disseminated, 

regarding the core principles of the 

American founding and how these 

principles may be understood to further 

enjoyment of ‘‘the blessings of liberty’’ 

and to promote our striving ‘‘to form a 

more perfect Union;’’ (ii) offering 

recommendations regarding the Federal 

Government’s plans to celebrate the 

250th anniversary of American 

Independence and coordinating with 

relevant external stakeholders on the 

United States Semiquincentennial 

Commission’s plans; (iii) facilitating the 

development and implementation of a 

‘‘Presidential 1776 Award’’ to recognize 

student knowledge of the American 

founding, including knowledge about 

the Founders, the Declaration of 

Independence, the Constitutional 

Convention, and the great soldiers and 

battles of the American Revolutionary 

War; (iv) advising executive 

departments and agencies with regard to 

their efforts to ensure patriotic 

education—meaning the presentation of 

the history of the American founding 

and foundational principles, the 

examination of how the United States 

has grown closer to those principles 

throughout its history, and the 

explanation of why commitment to 

America’s aspirations is beneficial and 

justified—and provide such education 

to the public at national parks, 

battlefields, monuments, museums, 

installations, landmarks, cemeteries, 

and other places important to the 

American Revolution and the American 

founding, as appropriate and consistent 

with applicable law; (v) advising 

agencies on prioritizing the American 

founding in Federal grants and 

initiatives, including those described in 

section 4 of Executive Order 13958, as 

appropriate and consistent with 

applicable law; and (vi) facilitating and 

promoting other activities to support 

public knowledge and patriotic 

education on the American Revolution 

and the American founding, as 

appropriate and consistent with 

applicable law. 

Meeting Agenda: 

The agenda for The 1776 Commission 

meeting is the establishment of a 

strategic plan to meet its duties under 

its charter. 

Instructions for Accessing the 

Meeting: 

Members of the public can access the 

meeting by registering to obtain dial-in 

instructions by emailing Adam 

Honeysett at Adam.Honeysett@ed.gov. 

Due to technical constraints, registration 

is limited to 200 participants and will 

be available on a first-come, first-served 

basis: 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

Department will post the official report 

of the meeting on the Department’s 

website within 90 days after the 

meeting. In addition, pursuant to the 

FACA, the public may request to inspect 

records of the meeting at 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC, by 

emailing Adam.Honeysett@ed.gov or by 

phoning (202) 401–3003 to schedule an 

appointment. 

Public Comment: 

Members of the public may submit 

written statements regarding the work of 

The 1776 Commission via 

Adam.Honeysett@ed.gov (please use the 

subject line ‘‘January 2021 1776 

Commission Meeting Public Comment’’) 

or by letter to Adam Honeysett, Office 

of Communication and Outreach, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, 7W220, Washington, DC 

20202, by Monday, January 4, 2021. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting platform and access code are 

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aid or service for the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting service, assistive listening 

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