Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 3, 2018 / Notices 31125 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Investigation, Prosecution, and 

Defense of Sexual Assault in the 

Armed Forces; Notice of Federal 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: General Counsel of the 

Department of Defense, Department of 

Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense 

of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces 

will take place. 

DATES: Open to the public, Friday, July 

20, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: One Liberty Center, 875 N. 

Randolph Street, Suite 1432, Arlington, 

Virginia 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dwight Sullivan, 703–695–1055 (Voice), 

dwight.h.sullivan.civ@mail.mil (Email). 

Mailing address is DACIPAD, One 

Liberty Center, 875 N. Randolph Street, 

Suite 150, Arlington, Virginia 22203. 

Website: http://dacipad.whs.mil/. The 

most up-to-date changes to the meeting 

agenda can be found on the website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: In section 546 

of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113– 

291), as modified by section 537 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114–92), 

Congress tasked the DAC–IPAD to 

advise the Secretary of Defense on the 

investigation, prosecution, and defense 

of allegations of rape, forcible sodomy, 

sexual assault, and other sexual 

misconduct involving members of the 

Armed Forces. This will be the eighth 

public meeting held by the DAC–IPAD. 

The purpose of the meeting is to gather 

information for the Committee to make 

an assessment and recommendations to 

the Secretary of Defense regarding the 

military justice data collection 

standards and criteria required by 

Article 140a, UCMJ. The Committee will 

receive testimony from each of the 

Military Services regarding their 

perspectives on best practices for 

implementing Article 140a, followed by 

Committee deliberations on its findings 

and recommendations with respect to 

Article 140a implementation. The 

Committee will also receive status 

update briefings from the DAC–IPAD 

Director, Data Working Group, and Case 

Review Working Group. 

Agenda: 9:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Public 

Meeting Begins—Welcome and 

Introduction; 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. 

Military Services’ Perspectives on Best 

Practices for Implementing Article 140a, 

UCMJ, Case management; data 

collection and accessibility; 10:15 a.m.– 

10:30 a.m. Break; 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Presentation by DAC–IPAD Policy 

Working Group Members and 

Deliberations on Best Practices for 

Implementing Article 140a, UCMJ, Case 

management; data collection and 

accessibility; 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 

Lunch; 1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. 

Deliberations on Best Practices for 

Implementing Article 140a, UCMJ, Case 

management; data collection and 

accessibility; 4:00 p.m.–4:40 p.m. 

Updates from the Staff Director, Data 

Working Group and the Case Review 

Working Group; 4:40 p.m.–5:00 p.m. 

Public Comment; 5:00 p.m. Public 

Meeting Adjourned. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102–3.140 

through 102–3.165, and the availability 

of space, this meeting is open to the 

public. Seating is limited and is on a 

first-come basis. Visitors are required to 

sign in at the One Liberty Center 

security desk and must leave 

government-issued photo identification 

on file and wear a visitor badge while 

in the building. Department of Defense 

Common Access Card (CAC) holders 

who do not have authorized access to 

One Liberty Center must provide an 

alternate form of government-issued 

photo identification to leave on file with 

security while in the building. All 

visitors must pass through a metal 

detection security screening. 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodations to access the public 

meeting should contact the DAC–IPAD 

at whs.pentagon.em.mbx.dacipad@

mail.mil at least five (5) business days 

prior to the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. In the event 

the Office of Personnel Management 

closes the government due to inclement 

weather or for any other reason, please 

consult the website for any changes to 

the public meeting date or time. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments to the Committee about its 

mission and topics pertaining to this 

public session. Written comments must 

be received by the DAC–IPAD at least 

five (5) business days prior to the 

meeting date so that they may be made 

available to the Committee members for 

their consideration prior to the meeting. 

Written comments should be submitted 

via email to the DAC–IPAD at 

whs.pentagon.em.mbx.dacipad@

mail.mil in the following formats: 

Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. 

Please note that since the DAC–IPAD 

operates under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, all written comments will be 

treated as public documents and will be 

made available for public inspection. 

Oral statements from the public will be 

permitted, though the number and 

length of such oral statements may be 

limited based on the time available and 

the number of such requests. Oral 

presentations by members of the public 

will be permitted from 4:40 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. on July 20, 2018, in front of the 

Committee members. 

Dated: June 27, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials for Individuals With 

Disabilities—Stepping-up Technology 

Implementation 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 

for Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials for Individuals with 

Disabilities—Stepping-up Technology 

Implementation, Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 

84.327S. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: July 3, 2018. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 2, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 


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