Army Education Advisory Subcommittee Meeting Notice, 17448-17449 [2016-07076]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• Department of the Army

[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 robert.f.baumann.civ@mail.mil, 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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