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payment of the issue fee in order for the
IDS to be considered by the examiner.
Further details about these programs
can be found at the USPTO Patent
Application Initiatives Timeline
Internet Web site (https://
www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/
patapp-initiatives-timeline.jsp).
Additionally, the USPTO has a number
of different patent pendency measures
displayed on the Data Visualization
Dashboard of the USPTO’s Internet Web
site (https://www.uspto.gov/dashboards/
patents/main.dashxml).
The public is invited to submit
comments on issues related to patent
application pendency that they deem
relevant. Comment regarding the issues
below would be particularly helpful to
the USPTO:
1. Are the current targets of ten month
average first action patent pendency and
twenty month average total patent
pendency the right agency strategic
targets for the USPTO, stakeholders, and
the public at large? If not, what are the
appropriate average first action patent
pendency and average total patent
pendency targets, and what is the
supporting rationale for different
targets?
2. Average first action pendency and
average total pendency have been the
historical measures for many years.
Using average pendency as the
historical measure allows for a range of
pendency across all applications in all
technology areas. Should the USPTO
have first action pendency and total
pendency targets be met by nearly all
applications (e.g., 90 or 95 percent of
applications meeting the pendency
target) rather than an average first action
pendency and total pendency targets? If
so, what should the percentage be and
why?
3. Using average pendency as the
historical measure also allows for a
range of pendency across different
examining units. Should the USPTO
consider more technology level patent
pendency targets, for example, at the
Technology Center level? If so, should
all the Technology Centers have the
same target? If not, please explain why
Technology Centers should have
different pendency target levels and
how they should be determined?
4. The American Inventors Protection
Act (AIPA) provides for patent term
adjustment for certain examination
delays. See Public Law 106–113, 113
Stat. 1501, 1501A–557 through 1501A–
560 (1999). The patent term adjustment
(PTA) provisions set out examination
timeframes, which may result in patent
term adjustment if not met. See 35
U.S.C. 154(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(B). These
examination timeframes are referred to
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within the USPTO as ‘‘14–4–4–4–36’’
timeframes. The ‘‘14’’ refers to fourteen
months to first action. See 35 U.S.C.
154(b)(1)(A)(i). The first ‘‘4’’ refers to
four months to respond to an
amendment or RCE. See 35 U.S.C.
154(b)(1)(A)(ii). The second ‘‘4’’ refers to
four months to act on an application
after a Patent Trial and Appeal Board
(PTAB) or court decision when
allowable claims remain in the
application. See 35 U.S.C.
154(b)(1)(A)(iii). The third ‘‘4’’ refers to
four months to issue an application after
payment of the issue fee. See 35 U.S.C.
154(b)(1)(A)(iv). Finally, the ‘‘36’’ refers
to thirty-six-month (or three-year) total
pendency. See 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(1)(B). If
the USPTO considered using targets tied
to these PTA provisions, the measure
could differ from the current average
pendency target measures in a few
notable ways.
First, a target tied to PTA provisions
could be based on the percent of
applications that were completed within
a certain number of months, rather than
the average of all applications
completed. Should the USPTO consider
using a first action pendency target tied
to minimizing the number of
applications in which a first action is
not mailed within fourteen months?
Second, the PTA provisions include
more specific actions by the USPTO in
specific timeframes. Should the USPTO
also consider using some of the other
PTA specific timeframes for their
optimal pendency targets?
5. The PPAC has previously suggested
the USPTO’s goal to reduce first action
pendency to ten months may have the
unintended consequences of increasing
the uncertainty of the patenting process
and potentially reducing the quality of
patents due to the possibility of
‘‘hidden’’ prior art since patent
applications are not published until
eighteen months after their filing date.
See Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees,
78 FR at 4244–45. This potential of
‘‘hidden’’ prior art mentioned by the
PPAC could be exacerbated by changes
in the AIA regarding prior art
submissions by third parties. See 35
U.S.C. 122(e). In other words, a USPTO
policy to encourage completing first
office actions too soon after the filing
date of an application does not allow for
the publication of all pertinent patent
prior art and for the appropriate
window for third party prior art
submissions. Would the benefits of a
prompt first Office action outweigh
potential concerns of the Office action
being issued too quickly?
6. There have been suggestions that
many changes are occurring in the IP
system, and the USPTO should be
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cautious at this point in time to avoid
going too low in first action pendency.
For example:
a. Some potentially significant case
law decisions are pending which may
impact large categories of inventions
and possibly lead to reduced patent
filings.
b. It has been just over one year since
patent fees were adjusted. See Setting
and Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 FR 4211
(January 13, 2013). User practices and
business decisions based on the
adjusted fee levels may not have
stabilized yet.
c. There is a lot of activity in the
global IP arena which may impact
patent filing activity and IP practices in
the United States.
The USPTO welcomes comments on
these potential concerns.
7. In addition to seeking public input
on optimal patent first action and total
pendency levels, the USPTO also is
interested in knowing if there are other
activities where pendency or timeliness
should be measured and reported.
While the USPTO reports on a number
of different patent pendency measures
displayed on the Data Visualization
Dashboard of the USPTO’s Internet Web
site (www.uspto.gov):
a. What other metrics should the
USPTO consider utilizing to measure
pendency or timeliness throughout the
examination process?
b. Specifically regarding RCEs, what
other metrics should the USPTO
consider utilizing to measure the
pendency or timeliness regarding RCEs?
Should these metrics also be considered
for other continuing-type applications
(i.e., continuation, continuation-in-part,
and divisional applications)?
Dated: July 2, 2014.
Michelle K. Lee,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense
Federal Advisory Committees
DoD.
Renewal of Federal Advisory
Committee.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Defense is
publishing this notice to announce that
it is renewing the charter for the
SUMMARY:
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Advisory Council on Dependents’
Education (‘‘the Council’’).
Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
committee’s charter is being renewed
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929 and in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102–3.50(a).
The Council is a statutory Federal
advisory committee that shall provide
independent advice and
recommendations to the Director,
Department of Defense Education
Activity (‘‘the Director’’) and the
Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, on
the following:
a. Recommend to the Director general
policies for operation of the defense
dependents’ education system with
respect to curriculum selection,
administration, and operation of the
system;
b. provide information to the Director
from other Federal agencies concerned
with primary and secondary education
with respect to education programs and
practices which such agencies have
found to be effective and which should
be considered for inclusion in the
defense dependents’ education system;
c. advise the Director on the design of
the study and the selection of the
contractor referred to in 20 U.S.C.
930(a)(2); and
d. perform such other tasks as may be
required by the Secretary of Defense.
The Council reports to the Director for
all matters listed in a through c above,
and any other matters involving the DoD
dependents’ education system that are
within the Director’s purview. All
matters outside the Director’s purview
shall be reported to the Secretary of
Defense, through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness
(USD(P&R)).
The USD(P&R) or the Director, as
appropriate, may act upon the Council’s
advice and recommendations.
The Council, pursuant to 20 U.S.C.
929(a), shall be comprised of the
following 16 members:
a. The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Education, or their
respective designees;
b. Twelve individuals appointed
jointly by the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of Education who shall be
individuals who have demonstrated an
interest in the field of primary or
secondary education and who shall
include representatives of professional
employee organizations, school
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administrators, and parents of students
enrolled in the defense dependents’
education system, and one student
enrolled in such system; and
c. A representative of the Secretary of
Defense and of the Secretary of
Education.
Members appointed to the Council
from professional employee
organizations, pursuant to 20 U.S.C.
929(a)(2), shall be individuals
designated by those organizations and
shall serve three-year terms of service,
not to exceed two full terms.
The Secretary of Defense and
Secretary of Education may approve the
appointment of individuals appointed
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B) for
one-to-four year term of service;
however, no member appointed
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B),
unless authorized by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Education,
may serve more than two consecutive
terms of service, unless authorized by
the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Education. Any member
appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
before the expiration of the term of
service for which his or her predecessor
was appointed shall be appointed for
the remainder of such term. Individuals
who are not full-time or permanent parttime Federal employees shall be
appointed as experts or consultants
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as
special government employee (SGE)
members. Individuals who are full-time
or permanent part-time Federal
employees shall be appointed pursuant
to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to serve as
regular government employee (RGE)
members. All members shall have their
appointment renewed on an annual
basis.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(d),
members of the Council who are not
full-time or permanent part-time
employees of the Federal government
shall, while attending meetings or
conferences of the Council or otherwise
engaged in the business of the Council,
be entitled to compensation at the daily
equivalent of the rate specified at the
time of such service for level IV of the
Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C.
5315. All Council members, while on
official travel, shall be entitled to
compensation for travel and per diem.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(3), the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Education, or their designated
representatives, shall serve as the
Council’s co-chairs.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(4), the
Director, Department of Defense
Education Activity, shall be the
Executive Secretary of the Council, but
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shall not vote on matters before the
Council.
All members of the Council are
appointed to provide advice on the basis
of their best judgment without
representing any particular point of
view and in a manner that is free from
conflict of interest.
DoD, when necessary and consistent
with the Council’s mission and DoD
policies and procedures, may establish
subcommittees, task forces, or working
groups to support the Council.
Establishment of subcommittees will be
based upon a written determination, to
include terms of reference, by the
Secretary of Defense, the Deputy
Secretary of Defense, or USD (P&R), as
the Council’s sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work
independently of the Council and shall
report all of their recommendations and
advice solely to the Council for full and
open deliberation, discussion, and
voting. Subcommittees, task forces, or
working groups have no authority to
make decisions and recommendations,
verbally or in writing, on behalf of the
Council. No subcommittee or any of its
members can update or report, verbally
or in writing, on behalf of the Council,
directly to the DoD or any Federal
officer or employee.
The Secretary of Defense or the
Deputy Secretary of Defense will
appoint subcommittee members to a
term of service of one-to-four years, with
annual renewals, even if the member in
question is already a member of the
Council. Subcommittee members shall
not serve more than two consecutive
terms of service unless authorized by
the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or permanent part-time Federal
employees, will be appointed as experts
or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109
to serve as SGE members. Subcommittee
members, who are full-time or
permanent part-time Federal employees,
shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR
102–3.130(a) to serve as RGE members.
With the exception of reimbursement of
official travel and per diem related to
the Council or its subcommittees,
subcommittee members shall serve
without compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the
provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act,
governing Federal statutes and
regulations, and established DoD
policies and procedures.
The Council’s Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) shall be a full-time or
permanent part-time DoD employee and
shall be appointed in accordance with
established DoD policies and
procedures.
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The Council’s DFO is required to be
in attendance at all meetings of the
Council and any subcommittees for the
entire duration of each and every
meeting. However, in the absence of the
Council’s DFO, a properly approved
Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the
Council according to established DoD
policies and procedures, shall attend the
entire duration of all meetings of the
Council and its subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall
call all meetings of the Council and its
subcommittees; prepare and approve all
meeting agendas; and adjourn any
meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate
DFO, determines adjournment to be in
the public interest or required by
governing regulations or DoD policies
and procedures.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to Advisory Council on
Dependents’ Education membership
about the Council’s mission and
functions. Written statements may be
submitted at any time or in response to
the stated agenda of planned meeting of
the Advisory Council on Dependents’
Education.
All written statements shall be
submitted to the DFO for the Advisory
Council on Dependents’ Education, and
this individual will ensure that the
written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration.
Contact information for the Advisory
Council on Dependents’ Education DFO
can be obtained from the GSA’s FACA
Database—https://
www.facadatabase.gov/.
The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102–
3.150, will announce planned meetings
of the Advisory Council on Dependents’
Education. The DFO, at that time, may
provide additional guidance on the
submission of written statements that
are in response to the stated agenda for
the planned meeting in question.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Dated: July 3, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
AGENCY:
Department of the Air Force
Record of Decision for the Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement F–35 Beddown at Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida
Notice of Availability (NOA) of
a Record of Decision (ROD).
ACTION:
On June 26, 2014, the United
States Air Force signed the ROD for the
Final F–35 Beddown Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
Among other issues, the ROD states the
Air Force decision to implement the No
Action Alternative, the decision to
beddown fifty-nine (59) F–35 aircraft,
associated cantonment construction,
and recommendations from the Air
Force’s Gulf Range Airspace Initiative.
The SEIS was made available to the
public on February 28, 2014 through a
NOA in the Federal Register (Volume
79, Number 40, Page 11428) with a wait
period that ended on March 31, 2014.
Authority: This NOA is published
pursuant to the relevant subsection of
the regulations (40 CFR part
1506.6(b)(2)) implementing the
provisions of the NEPA of 1969 (42 USC
4321, et seq.) and the relevant
subsections of the Air Force’s
Environmental Impact Analysis Process
(EIAP) (32 CFR Parts 989.21(b) and
989.24(b)(7)).
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr.
Mike Spaits, 850–882–2836.
Henry Williams,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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This notice informs the public
that the Global Positioning Systems
(GPS) Directorate will host the 2014
Public Open Forum on 22 August 2014
for the following NAVSTAR GPS public
documents: IS–GPS–200 (Navigation
User Interfaces), IS–GPS–705 (User
Segment L5 Interfaces), IS–GPS–800
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GPS–870 (Navstar Next Generation GPS
Operational Control Segment [OCX] to
User Support Community Interfaces).
Additional logistical details can be
found below.
The purpose of this forum is to collect
issues/comments for analysis and
possible integration into the next GPS
public document revisions. The GPS
Directorate has determined that for the
public documents noted above, there
will be no technical baseline changes
processed this fiscal year. All
outstanding comments on the GPS
public documents will be considered
along with the comments received at
this year’s open forum in the next
revision cycle. The 2014 Open Forum is
open to the general public. For those
who would like to attend and
participate in this forum, we request
that you register no later than August 1,
2014. Please send the registration
information to timothy.johnson.91.ctr@
us.af.mil or SMCGPER@us.af.mil,
providing your name, organization,
telephone number, mailing and email
addresses, and country of citizenship.
Comments will be collected,
catalogued, and discussed as potential
inclusions to the version following the
current release. If accepted, these
changes will be processed through the
formal Directorate change process for
IS–GPS–200, IS–GPS–705, IS–GPS–800,
and ICD–GPS–870. All comments must
be submitted in a Comments Resolution
Matrix (CRM). These forms along with
current versions of the documents and
the official meeting notice are posted at:
https://www.gps.gov/technical/icwg/.
Please submit comments to the SMC/
GPS Requirements (SMC/GPER)
mailbox at SMCGPER@us.af.mil or to
Timothy Johnson at
timothy.johnson.91.ctr@us.af.mil by
August 1, 2014. Special topics may also
be considered for the Public Open
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topic, please coordinate with SMC/
GPER or Timothy Johnson no later than
August 1, 2014. For more information,
please contact Timothy Johnson at 310–
416–8476 or Capt. Frank Clark at 310–
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter for the
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Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (``the Council'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being renewed
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929 and in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102-3.50(a).
The Council is a statutory Federal advisory committee that shall
provide independent advice and recommendations to the Director,
Department of Defense Education Activity (``the Director'') and the
Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, on the following:
a. Recommend to the Director general policies for operation of the
defense dependents' education system with respect to curriculum
selection, administration, and operation of the system;
b. provide information to the Director from other Federal agencies
concerned with primary and secondary education with respect to
education programs and practices which such agencies have found to be
effective and which should be considered for inclusion in the defense
dependents' education system;
c. advise the Director on the design of the study and the selection
of the contractor referred to in 20 U.S.C. 930(a)(2); and
d. perform such other tasks as may be required by the Secretary of
Defense.
The Council reports to the Director for all matters listed in a
through c above, and any other matters involving the DoD dependents'
education system that are within the Director's purview. All matters
outside the Director's purview shall be reported to the Secretary of
Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness (USD(P&R)).
The USD(P&R) or the Director, as appropriate, may act upon the
Council's advice and recommendations.
The Council, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a), shall be comprised of
the following 16 members:
a. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education, or
their respective designees;
b. Twelve individuals appointed jointly by the Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Education who shall be individuals who have
demonstrated an interest in the field of primary or secondary education
and who shall include representatives of professional employee
organizations, school administrators, and parents of students enrolled
in the defense dependents' education system, and one student enrolled
in such system; and
c. A representative of the Secretary of Defense and of the
Secretary of Education.
Members appointed to the Council from professional employee
organizations, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(2), shall be individuals
designated by those organizations and shall serve three-year terms of
service, not to exceed two full terms.
The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Education may approve the
appointment of individuals appointed pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B)
for one-to-four year term of service; however, no member appointed
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B), unless authorized by the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of Education, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service, unless authorized by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Education. Any member appointed to fill a
vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term of service for
which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
remainder of such term. Individuals who are not full-time or permanent
part-time Federal employees shall be appointed as experts or
consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government
employee (SGE) members. Individuals who are full-time or permanent
part-time Federal employees shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a) to serve as regular government employee (RGE) members. All
members shall have their appointment renewed on an annual basis.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(d), members of the Council who are not
full-time or permanent part-time employees of the Federal government
shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Council or
otherwise engaged in the business of the Council, be entitled to
compensation at the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time
of such service for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C.
5315. All Council members, while on official travel, shall be entitled
to compensation for travel and per diem.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(3), the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Education, or their designated representatives, shall
serve as the Council's co-chairs.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(4), the Director, Department of
Defense Education Activity, shall be the Executive Secretary of the
Council, but shall not vote on matters before the Council.
All members of the Council are appointed to provide advice on the
basis of their best judgment without representing any particular point
of view and in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.
DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Council's mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces,
or working groups to support the Council. Establishment of
subcommittees will be based upon a written determination, to include
terms of reference, by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary
of Defense, or USD (P&R), as the Council's sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Council and
shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the
Council for full and open deliberation, discussion, and voting.
Subcommittees, task forces, or working groups have no authority to make
decisions and recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the
Council. No subcommittee or any of its members can update or report,
verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Council, directly to the DoD
or any Federal officer or employee.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense will
appoint subcommittee members to a term of service of one-to-four years,
with annual renewals, even if the member in question is already a
member of the Council. Subcommittee members shall not serve more than
two consecutive terms of service unless authorized by the Secretary of
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or permanent part-time
Federal employees, will be appointed as experts or consultants pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members. Subcommittee members, who are
full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, shall be appointed
pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve as RGE members. With the
exception of reimbursement of official travel and per diem related to
the Council or its subcommittees, subcommittee members shall serve
without compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
The Council's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) shall be a full-time
or permanent part-time DoD employee and shall be appointed in
accordance with established DoD policies and procedures.
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The Council's DFO is required to be in attendance at all meetings
of the Council and any subcommittees for the entire duration of each
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Council's DFO, a
properly approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Council
according to established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the
entire duration of all meetings of the Council and its subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the
Council and its subcommittees; prepare and approve all meeting agendas;
and adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines
adjournment to be in the public interest or required by governing
regulations or DoD policies and procedures.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Advisory
Council on Dependents' Education membership about the Council's mission
and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Advisory
Council on Dependents' Education.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education, and this individual will
ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for
their consideration. Contact information for the Advisory Council on
Dependents' Education DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA
Database--https://www.facadatabase.gov/.
The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned
meetings of the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education. The DFO, at
that time, may provide additional guidance on the submission of written
statements that are in response to the stated agenda for the planned
meeting in question.
Dated: July 3, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-15998 Filed 7-8-14; 8:45 am]
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