[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66701-66702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26642]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy (USMA)

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to 
announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the USMA 
Board of Visitors (BoV). This meeting is open to the public. For more 
information about the BoV, its membership and its activities, please 
visit the BoV Web site at http://www.usma.edu/bov/SitePages/Home.aspx.

DATES: The USMA BoV will meet from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on 
Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Members of the public wishing to attend 
the meeting will need to show photo identification in order to gain 
access to the meeting location. All participants are subject to 
security screening.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 340, Veterans Affairs Room, 
Cannon House Office Building, New Jersey and Independence Avenues SE., 
Washington, DC, subject to availability--changes will be announced as 
soon as possible, on the BoV Web site at http://www.usma.edu/bov/SitePages/Home.aspx, should the meeting location change.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Deadra K. Ghostlaw, the 
Designated Federal Officer for the committee, in writing at Secretary 
of the General Staff, ATTN: Deadra K. Ghostlaw, 646 Swift Road, West 
Point, NY 10996, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2a6a7a3a6b0a3eca5aaadb1b6aea3b582b7b1afa3eca7a6b7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284c4d494c5a49064f40475b5c44495f685d5b4549064d4c5d">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#793b162f390c0a1418571c1d0c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dd9fb28b9da8aeb0bcf3b8b9a8">[email protected]</span></a>, 
or by telephone at (845) 938-4200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee meeting is being held under 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 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 102-3.150.
    Purpose of the Meeting: This is the 2014 Fall Meeting of the USMA 
BoV. The USMA BoV is an independent Federal advisory committee 
chartered to provide the Secretary of the Army independent advice and 
recommendations on the USMA Board of Visitors. Members of the Board 
will be provided updates on Academy issues.
    Proposed Agenda: The Academy leadership will provide the Board with 
updates on the following matters: Sexual Harassment/Assault Response 
Program (SHARP), Accreditation and Period Review Report (PRR), 
Branching/Grad School Options (GRADSO), Brigade Tactical Department 
(BTD) Demographics, and the National Conference on Ethics in America 
(NCEA) update, Ms. Brenda Sue Fulton, Vice Chair of the Board of 
Visitors, will brief Board members on her attendance at the United 
States Air Force Academy Board of Visitors meeting in September 2014. 
Finally, the USMA Superintendent will brief the Board.
    Public's Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b 
and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165 and subject to the availability 
of space, this meeting is open to the public. Seating is on a first to 
arrive basis. Attendees are requested to submit their name, 
affiliation, and daytime phone number seven business days prior to the 
meeting to Mrs. Ghostlaw, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of 
submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. Members of the public attending the committee meeting 
will not be permitted to present questions from the floor or speak to 
any issue under consideration by the committee. Because the meeting of 
the committee will be held in a Federal Government facility, security 
screening is required. A government photo ID is required to enter the 
building. Please note that security guards have the right to inspect 
vehicles and persons seeking to enter and exit the meeting site. Cannon 
House Office Building, Room 340, Veterans Affairs Room, is fully 
handicap accessible. Wheelchair access is available at the entrance on 
New Jersey Avenue SE., south of the terrace at the intersection with 
Independence Avenue. For additional information about public access 
procedures, contact Mrs. Ghostlaw, the committee's Designated Federal 
Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR Sec.  102-
3.105(j) and 102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, the public or interested organizations may submit 
written comments or statements

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to the committee, in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting 
or in regard to the committee's mission in general. Written comments or 
statements should be submitted to Mrs. Ghostlaw, the committee 
Designated Federal Officer, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of 
submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. Each page of the comment or statement must include the 
author's name, title or affiliation, address, and daytime phone number. 
Written comments or statements being submitted in response to the 
agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the Designated 
Federal Official at least seven business days prior to the meeting to 
be considered by the committee. The Designated Federal Official will 
review all timely submitted written comments or statements with the 
committee Chairperson, and ensure the comments are provided to all 
members of the committee before the meeting. Written comments or 
statements received after this date may not be provided to the 
committee until its next meeting. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140d, the 
committee is not obligated to allow a member of the public to speak or 
otherwise address the committee during the meeting. Members of the 
public will be permitted to make verbal comments during the committee 
meeting only at the time and in the manner described below. If a member 
of the public is interested in making a verbal comment at the open 
meeting, that individual must submit a request, with a brief statement 
of the subject matter, to be addressed by the comment, at least three 
(3) business days in advance to the committee's Designated Federal 
Official, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the 
address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The 
Designated Federal Official will log each request, in the order 
received, and in consultation with the committee Chairperson, determine 
whether the subject matter of each comment is relevant to the 
committee's mission and/or the topics to be addressed in this public 
meeting. A 15-minute period near the end of the meeting will be 
available for verbal public comments. Members of the public who have 
requested to make a verbal comment and whose comments have been deemed 
relevant under the process described above will be allotted no more 
than three (3) minutes during this period, and will be invited to speak 
in the order in which their requests were received by the Designated 
Federal Official.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-26642 Filed 11-7-14; 8:45 am]
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