[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20245-20246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08680]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[Docket No. ODAG 153]
Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a forthcoming public meeting of the
National Commission on Forensic Science.
DATES: The meeting will be held on April 30, 2015 from 12 p.m. to 5
p.m. and May 1, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Online registration for the
meeting must be completed on or before 5 p.m. (EST) April 25, 2015.
Electronic comments on draft work products will be accepted through the
electronic Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) for a 30 day public
comment period.
ADDRESSES: Location: House of Sweden: 2900 K Street NW., Washington, DC
20007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brette Steele, Senior Advisor on
Forensic Science and Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, 950
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530, by email at
[email protected], or by phone at (202) 305-0180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda: On April 30, the Commission will receive opening remarks
from the Co-Chairs and a briefing on issues related to evidence
preservation and retention. The Commission will also receive status
reports from the subcommittees on Reporting and Testimony and
Accreditation and Proficiency Testing. The public comment period will
begin at 5 p.m. On May 1, the Commission will receive status reports
from the subcommittees on Interim Solutions, Medicolegal Death
Investigation, Training on Science and Law, and Human Factors. The
Commission will receive priority action reports from each of the five
Scientific Area Committee Chairs and will receive a briefing on the
role of forensic science in mass fatality management. Note: Agenda
items, including designation of presentation dates are subject to
change. A final agenda will be posted to the Commission's Web site in
advance of the meeting.
Procedures: Draft work products to be introduced at the Commission
meeting will be made available on the Commission's Web site: http://www.justice.gov/ncfs. The meeting will be webcast at: http://stream.sparkstreetdigital.com/player-ce.html?id=doj-apr30. The meeting
will also be open to the public. Seating in the meeting room is limited
and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. All persons
who are interested in being on-site for the meeting must register on-
line by clicking the registration link found at: http://www.justice.gov/ncfs/meetings#s6.
Members of the public may present oral comments on issues pending
before the Commission. Those individuals interested in making oral
comments should indicate their intent through the on-line registration
form and time will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Time allotted for an individual's comment period will be limited to no
more than 3 minutes. If the number of registrants requesting to speak
is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled
public comment periods, written comments can be submitted through FDMS
in lieu of oral comments.
Posting of Public Comments: To ensure proper handling of comments,
please reference ``Docket No. ODAG 153'' on all electronic and written
correspondence. The Department encourages all comments on subcommittee
work products be submitted electronically through http://www.regulations.gov using the electronic comment form provided on that
site. Paper comments that duplicate the electronic submission are not
necessary as all comments submitted to http://www.regulations.gov will
be posted for public review and are part of the official docket record.
In accordance with the Federal Records Act, please note that all
comments received are considered part of the public record, and shall
be made available for public inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov. The comments to be posted may include personally
identifiable information (such as your name, address, etc.) and
confidential business information voluntarily submitted by the
commenter.
You are not required to submit personal identifying information in
order to comment on this meeting. Nevertheless, if you want to submit
personally identifiable information (such as your name, address, etc.)
as part of your comment, but do not want it to be made available for
public inspection and posted online, you must include the phrase
``PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph of your
comment. You must also place all the personally identifiable
information you do not want made available for public inspection or
posted online in the first paragraph of your comment and identify what
information you want redacted.
If you want to submit confidential business information as part of
your comment, but do not want it to be made available for public
inspection and posted online, you must include the phrase
``CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph of your
comment. You must also prominently identify confidential business
information to be redacted within the comment. If a comment has so much
confidential business information that it cannot be effectively
redacted, all or part of that comment may not be made available for
public inspection or posted online.
Personally identifiable information and confidential business
information identified and located as set forth above will be redacted
and the comment, in redacted form, will be made available for public
inspection and posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
The Department of Justice welcomes the attendance of the public at
its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to
accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you
require special accommodations, please indicate your requirements on
the online registration form.
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Dated: April 10, 2015.
Brette Steele,
Designated Federal Officer, National Commission on Forensic Science.
[FR Doc. 2015-08680 Filed 4-14-15; 8:45 am]
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