[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38746-38747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16634]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[Docket No. ODAG 155]


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 August 10, 2015 from 12:00 p.m. to 
5:00 p.m. and August 11, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Online 
registration for the meeting must be completed on or before 5:00 p.m. 
(EST) August 3, 2015. Electronic comments on any draft work products 
will be accepted through the electronic Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) at www.regulations.gov for a thirty day public comment 
period.

ADDRESSES: House of Sweden: 2900 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Bruck, Senior Counsel to the 
Deputy Attorney General and Designated Federal Official, 950 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, by email at 
[email protected] by phone at (202) 305-3481.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: On August 10, the Commission will receive an overview of 
ethics issues in their roles as Special Government Employees. The 
Commission will receive a briefing on issues related to proficiency 
testing and receive status reports from the Subcommittees on Bylaws and 
Accreditation and Proficiency Testing. The public comment period will 
begin at 5:00 p.m. On August 11, the Commission will receive status 
reports from the Subcommittees on Scientific Inquiry and Research, 
Interim Solutions, Human Factors, Reporting and Testimony, Medicolegal 
Death Investigation, and Training on Science and Law. The Commission 
will also receive a briefing from a representative from the Netherlands 
Register of Court Experts. 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: Meeting materials, including work products, 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-aug10. 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#s7.
    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 
www.regulations.gov in lieu of oral comments.
    Posting of Public Comments: To ensure proper handling of comments, 
please reference ``Docket No. ODAG 155'' on all electronic and written 
correspondence. The Department encourages all comments on subcommittee 
work products be submitted electronically through 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 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

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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.

    Dated: July 1, 2015.
Andrew J. Bruck,
Designated Federal Official, National Commission on Forensic Science.
[FR Doc. 2015-16634 Filed 7-6-15; 8:45 am]
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