[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51832-51833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26340]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Fall 1997 Conference Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on 
Women in the Services (DACOWITS)

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Advisory Committee on Women in the 
Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, 
notice is hereby given of a forthcoming semiannual conference of the 
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The 
purpose of the Fall 1997 DACOWITS Conference is to assist the Secretary 
of Defense on matters relating to women in the Services. Conference 
sessions will be held daily and will be open to the public, unless 
otherwise noted below.

DATES: October 29-November 2, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Tampa, Two Tampa City Center, Tampa FL 33602; 
telephone: (813) 225-1234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Colonel Kay Troutt, USAF, 
or CDR Deborah R. Goodwin, USN, DACOWITS and Military Women Matters, 
OASD (Force Management Policy), 4000 Defense Pentagon, Room 3D769, 
Washington, DC 20301-4000; telephone (703) 697-2122.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following rules will govern the 
participation by members of the public at the conference:
    (1) Members of the public will not be permitted to attend the OSD 
Reception and Dinner and Conference Field Trip.
    (2) The Opening Session, General Session, all subcommittee sessions 
and the Voting Session will be open to the public.
    (3) Interested persons may submit a written statement for 
consideration by the Committee and/or make an oral

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presentation of such during the conference.
    (4) Persons desiring to make an oral presentation or submit a 
written statement to the Committee must notify the point of contact 
listed above no later than October 17, 1997.
    (5) Length and number of oral presentations to be made will depend 
on the number of requests received from members of the public.
    (6) Oral presentations by members of the public will be permitted 
only on Sunday, November 2, 1997, before the full Committee.
    (7) Each person desiring to make an oral presentation must provide 
the DACOWITS office with one (1) copy of the presentation by October 
17, 1997 and bring 175 copies of any material that is intended for 
distribution at the conference.
    (8) Persons submitting a written statement for inclusion in the 
minutes of the conference must submit to the DACOWITS staff one (1) 
copy of the statement by the close of the conference on Sunday, 
November 2, 1997.
    (9) Other new items from members of the public may be presented in 
writing to any DACOWITS member for transmittal to the DACOWITS Chair or 
Military Director, DACOWITS and Military Women Matters, for 
consideration.
    (10) Members of the public will not be permitted to enter oral 
discussions conducted by the Committee members at any of the sessions; 
however, they will be permitted to reply to questions directed to them 
by the members of the Committee.
    (11) After the official participants have asked questions and/or 
made comments to the scheduled speakers, members of the public will be 
permitted to ask questions if recognized by the Chair and if time 
allows.
    (12) Non-social agenda events that are not open to the public are 
for administrative matters unrelated to substantive advice provided to 
the Department of Defense and do not involve DACOWITS deliberations or 
decision-making issues before the Committee. Conference sessions will 
be conducted according to the following agenda:

Wednesday, October 29, 1997

Conference Registration
Field Trip (DACOWITS Members and Senior Military Representatives Only)
Subcommittee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members Only)
Military Representatives Meeting (Senior Military Representatives Only)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members 
Only)
OSD Social (Paid Registered Conference Participants Only)

Thursday, October 30, 1997

Opening Session and General Session (Open to Public)
Luncheon (Paid Registered Conference Participants Only)
Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)

Friday, October 31, 1997

Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)
Luncheon (Paid Registered Conference Participants Only)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members 
Only)
OSD Reception and Dinner (Invited Guests Only)

Saturday, November 1, 1997

Subcommittee Sessions (Open to Public)
Tri-committee Review (Open to Public)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members 
Only)
Strategic Planning Meeting (DACOWITS Members Only)

Sunday, November 2, 1997

Final Review (Open to Public)
Voting Session (Open to Public)

    Dated: September 30, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-26340 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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