Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
| Published date | 12 February 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 7979 |
| Record Number | 2020-02802 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Air Force Department,Defense Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7979-7980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02802]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air
Force Academy, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the
Board of Visitors (BoV) of the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) will take
place.
DATES: Open to the public Wednesday February 19, 2020 from 7:45 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time).
ADDRESSES: United States Air Force Academy, Eisenhower Golf Course,
Building 3170, Colorado Springs, CO 80840
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Jonathan W. Wood, (703) 695-
9030, jonathan.w.wood.mil@mail.mil">jonathan.w.wood.mil@mail.mil or Ms. Jean R. Love, (DFO), (703)
692-7757, (703) 693-4244 (Facsimile), [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is 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. Due to circumstances
beyond the control of the Department of Defense and the Designated
Federal Officer, the Board of Visitors of the United States Air Force
Academy was unable to provide sufficient public notification required
by 41 CFR 102-3.150(a) concerning changes to the previously noticed
meeting agenda for the Board of Visitors of the United States Air Force
Academy on February 19, 2020. Accordingly, the Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, pursuant to 41 CFR
102-3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification requirement.
Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the meeting is to review
morale and discipline, social climate, athletics, diversity, curriculum
and other matters relating to the U.S. Air Force Academy. The meeting
will address topics that include space force integration across the
Academy, updates from the Academy superintendent, commandant, Dean,
Athletics department, and the Institute for Future Conflict, Senior Air
Force Specialty Code matching and Innovation Showcase.
Meeting Accessibility: For sessions open to the public, subject to
the availability of space. Registration of members of the public who
wish to attend the open sessions begins upon publication of this
meeting notice and ends three business days (February 12) prior to the
start of the meeting. All members of the public must contact Capt
Jonathan Wood at the phone number or email listed below in the section
titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Seating is limited and is on a
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be asked to provide their name,
title, affiliation, and contact information to include email address
and daytime telephone number to the point of contact (POC) listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Any interested person may
attend the open session of the meeting, file written comments or
statements with the committee, or make verbal comments from the floor
during the public meeting, at the times, and in the manner, permitted
by the BoV.
Written Statements: Any member of the public wishing to provide
input to the board of Visitors in accordance with to 41 CFR 102-
3.105(j) and Sec. 102-3.140 and Sec. 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public
or interested organizations may submit written comments or statements
to the BoV about its mission and/or the topics to be addressed in the
open sessions of this public meeting. Written comments or statements
should be submitted to the
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BoV Executive Secretary, Capt Jonathan Wood, via electronic mail, the
preferred mode of submission, at the email address listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section in the following formats: Adobe
Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The comment or statement must include the
author's name, title affiliation, address, and daytime telephone
number. Written comments or statements being submitted in response to
the agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the BoV
Executive Secretary at least five (5) business days (February 10) prior
to the meeting so they may be made available to the BoV Chairman for
consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments or statements
received after this date (February 10) may not be provided to the BoV
until its next meeting. Please note that because the BoV operates under
the provisions of the FACA, as amended, all written comments will be
treated as public documents and will be made available for public
inspection.
Verbal Comments: Members of the public will be permitted to make
verbal comments during the open session of the meeting only at the time
and in the manner allowed herein. If a member of the public is
interested in making a verbal comment at the open session of the
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 (February 13) in advance, via electronic mail, the
preferred mode of submission, at the email address listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The BoV DFO will log each request
to make a comment, in the order received, and the DFO and BoV Chairman
will determine whether the subject matter of each comment is relevant
to the BoV's mission and/or topics to be addressed in this public
meeting. A period near the end of the meeting (open session) 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 in this paragraph, will be
allotted no more than five (5) minutes during this period, and will be
invited to speak in the order in which their requests were received by
the DFO. For the benefit of the public, rosters that list the names of
BoV members and any releasable materials presented during the BoV
meeting shall be made available upon request.
Adriane Paris,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-02802 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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