[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17448-17449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07076]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Army Education Advisory Subcommittee Meeting Notice
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open subcommittee 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
Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Board of Visitors, a
subcommittee of the Army Education Advisory Committee. This meeting is
open to the public.
DATES: The CGSC Board of Visitors Subcommittee will meet from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. on May 9, and from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on May 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: United States Army Command and General Staff College, Lewis
and Clark Center, 100 Stimson Ave., Bell Conference Room, Ft.
Leavenworth, KS 66027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert Baumann, the Alternate
Designated Federal Officer for the subcommittee, in writing at Command
and General Staff College, 100 Stimson Ave., Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027,
by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (913)
684-2742.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subcommittee 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: The Army Education Advisory Committee is
chartered to provide independent advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of the Army on the educational, doctrinal, and research
policies and activities of U.S. Army educational programs. The CGSC
Board of Visitors subcommittee focuses primarily on CGSC. The purpose
of the meeting is to provide the subcommittee with an overview of CGSC
academic programs, with focus on the College's two degree-granting
schools: The Command and General Staff School (CGSS) and the School of
Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), in the aftermath of recent regional
academic accreditation review in March 2016, and to address other
administrative matters. Current CGSC administrators, faculty, and
students will be available to offer their perspectives.
Proposed Agenda: May 9 and 10--The subcommittee will review the
findings of the accreditation review by the Higher Learning Commission
in March 2016, and discuss any other matters relevant to the health and
effectiveness of CGSC programs; the committee will also complete as
needed training or certain administrative requirements associated with
the appointment and service of individual subcommittee members.
Provisional findings and recommendations from these general
subcommittee deliberations will be referred to the Army Education
Advisory Committee for deliberation by the Committee under the open-
meeting rules.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as
amended, 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 Dr. Baumann, 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 subcommittee
meetings will not be permitted to present questions from the floor or
speak to any issue under consideration by the subcommittee. Because the
meeting of the subcommittee will be held in a Federal Government
facility on a military base, security screening is required. A photo ID
is required to enter base. Please note that security and gate guards
have the right to inspect vehicles and persons seeing to enter and exit
the installation. Lewis and Clark Center is fully handicap accessible.
Wheelchair access is available in front at the main entrance of the
building. For additional information about public access procedures,
contact Dr. Baumann, the subcommittee's Alternate 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 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 to the subcommittee, in response to the stated agenda of the
open meeting or in regard to the subcommittee's mission in general.
Written comments or statements should be submitted to Dr. Baumann, the
subcommittee Alternate 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. The Alternate Designated Federal
Officer will review all submitted written comments or statements and
provide them to members of the subcommittee for their consideration.
Written comments or statements being submitted in response to the
agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the Alternate
Designated Federal Official at least seven business days prior to the
meeting to be considered by the subcommittee. Written comments or
statements received after this date may not be provided to the
subcommittee 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 seven business days in
advance to the subcommittee's Alternate Designated Federal Official,
via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the address
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The Alternate
Designated Federal Official will log each request, in the order
received, and in consultation with the Subcommittee Chair, determine
whether the subject matter of each comment is relevant to the
Subcommittee'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
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more than three minutes during the period, and will be invited to speak
in the order in which their requests were received by the Alternate
Designated Federal Official.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-07076 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am]
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