[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 112 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31504-31505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12231]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-PCSCOTUS-2021-01; Docket No. PCSCOTUS-2021-0001; Sequence No. 
2]


Office of Asset and Transportation Management; Presidential 
Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States; Notification of 
Upcoming Public Virtual Meeting and Request for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Request for public comment; meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: GSA is accepting written public comments on the work of the 
Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States 
(Commission). Further, GSA is providing notice of an open public 
virtual meeting of the Commission in accordance with the requirements 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. For information on the topics 
discussed, please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice. This meeting is open to the public and will be live-streamed at 
www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/. Information about the public meeting will 
be posted at www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/ prior to the meeting.

DATES: The Commission will hold a public virtual meeting on June 30, 
2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST). Written 
comments on the Commission will be accepted until November 15, 2021.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be conducted virtually on the internet. 
Interested individuals must register to attend as instructed below.

Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment

    Attendance. This meeting is open to the public and the Commission 
encourages the public's attendance. To attend this public virtual 
meeting, please send an email with the Subject: Registration. In the 
body of the email, provide your full name, organization (if 
applicable), email address, and phone number to the Designated Federal 
Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2abaca4ad82b2a1b1a1adb6b7b1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bed7d0d8d1feceddcdddd1cacbcd90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>. Registration requests must be received 
by 5:00 p.m. ET, on June 28, 2021. Registrations received after this 
day/time may not be processed.
    Public Comments. Written public comments are being accepted via 
http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking portal throughout 
the life of the Commission. To submit a written

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public comment, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Notice-
PCSCOTUS-2021-01, Notification of Upcoming Public Virtual Meeting and 
Request for Public Comment. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with this notice. Follow the instructions provided on the 
screen. Please include your name, company name (if applicable), and 
``Notice-PCSCOTUS-2021-01, Notification of Upcoming Public Virtual 
Meeting and Request for Public Comment'' on your attached document (if 
applicable). Public comments meeting our public comment policy, 
included under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, will be made available for 
review. Comments provided by 5:00 p.m. ET, on June 28, 2021 will be 
provided to the Commission members in advance of the June 30 public 
meeting. Comments submitted after this date will still be provided to 
the Commission members, but please be advised that Commission members 
may not have adequate time to consider the comments prior to the 
meeting.
    Special Accommodations. For information on services for individuals 
with disabilities, or to request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact the Designated Federal Officer at least 10 business days prior 
to the meeting to give GSA as much time as possible to process the 
request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public virtual 
meeting, contact Dana Fowler, Designated Federal Officer, Office of 
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#60090e060f20100313030f1415134e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="50393e363f10203323333f2425237e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-501-1777.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Administrator of GSA established the Commission as a 
Presidential advisory committee on April 26, 2021 pursuant to Executive 
Order 14023, Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the 
Supreme Court of the United States, issued on April 9, 2021. Per the 
executive order, the Commission shall produce a report for the 
President that includes the following:
    (i) An account of the contemporary commentary and debate about the 
role and operation of the Supreme Court in our constitutional system 
and about the functioning of the constitutional process by which the 
President nominates and, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, appoints Justices to the Supreme Court;
    (ii) The historical background of other periods in the Nation's 
history when the Supreme Court's role and the nominations and advice-
and-consent process were subject to critical assessment and prompted 
proposals for reform; and
    (iii) An analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary 
public debate for and against Supreme Court reform, including an 
appraisal of the merits and legality of particular reform proposals.

Meeting Agenda

    The purpose of this meeting is to hear testimony from experts. This 
testimony will be organized into four panels.
    <bullet> Panel #1: The Contemporary Debate over Supreme Court 
Reform: Origins and Perspectives.
    <bullet> Panel #2: The Court's Role in Our Constitutional System.
    <bullet> Panel #3: Case Selection and Review at the Supreme Court.
    <bullet> Panel #4: Access to Justice and Transparency in the 
Operation of the Supreme Court.

Public Comment Policy

    The Commission asks that written public comments be respectful and 
relevant to the work of the Commission. All comments are reviewed 
before they can be shared with the Commission or posted online. 
Comments that include the following will not be shared:
    <bullet> Vulgar, obscene, profane, threatening, or abusive 
language; personal attacks of any kind.
    <bullet> Discriminatory language (including hate speech) based on 
race, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or 
disability.
    <bullet> Endorsements of commercial products, services, 
organizations, or other entities.
    <bullet> Repetitive posts (for example, if you submit the same 
material multiple times).
    <bullet> Spam or undecipherable language (gratuitous links will be 
viewed as spam).
    <bullet> Copyrighted material.
    <bullet> Links to external sites.
    <bullet> Images or videos.
    <bullet> Solicitation of funds.
    <bullet> Procurement-sensitive information.
    <bullet> Surveys, polls, and questionnaires subject to the Office 
of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Act clearance.
    <bullet> Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Sensitive 
Information (SI).
    <bullet> Off-topic posts.
    <bullet> Media inquiries.
    Thank you for your interest in the Presidential Commission on the 
Supreme Court of the United States. We look forward to hearing from 
you.

Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-12231 Filed 6-11-21; 8:45 am]
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