[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14072-14073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7508]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Spring 1998 Conference Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee 
on Women in the Services (DACOWITS)

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Advisory Committee on Women in the 
Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, notice 
is hereby given of a forthcoming semi-annual conference of the Defense 
Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of 
the Spring 1998 DACOWITS Conference is to assist the Secretary of 
Defense on matters relating to women in the Services. Conferences 
sessions will be held daily and will be open to the public, unless 
otherwise noted below.

DATES: April 22-26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Reston Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, 
VA 22091; telephone: (703) 620-9000 or 1-(800) 392-7666.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Major Sandy Lewis, ARNG, or GySgt Brenad L. Warren, USMC, DACOWITS and 
Military Women Matters, OASD (Force Management Policy), 4000 Defense 
Pentagon, Room 3D769, Washington, DC 20301-4000; telephone (703) 697-
2122 or E-Mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following rules will govern the 
participation by members of the public at the conference:
    (1) Members of the public will not be permitted to attend the OSD 
Luncheon, OSD Reception and Dinner and Conference Field Trip.
    (2) The Opening Session, General Session, all Subcommittee 
Sessions, Tri-Committee Review, Final Review and the Voting Session 
will be open to the public.
    (3) Interested persons may submit a written statement for 
consideration by the Committee and/or make an oral presentation of such 
during the conference.
    (4) Persons desiring to make an oral presentation or submit a 
written statement to the Committee must notify the point of contact 
listed above no later than April 10, 1998.
    (5) Length and number of oral presentations to be made will depend 
on the number of requests received from members of the public.
    (6) Oral presentations by members of the public will be permitted 
only on Sunday, April 26, 1998, before the full Committee.
    (7) Each person desiring to make an oral presentation must provide 
the DACOWITS office with one (1) copy of the presentation by April 10, 
1998 and bring 175 copies of any material that is intended for 
distribution at the conference.
    (8) Persons submitting a written statement for inclusion in the 
minutes of the conference must submit to the DACOWITS staff one (1) 
copy of the statement by the close of the conference on Sunday, April 
26, 1998.
    (9) Other new items from members of the public may be presented in 
writing to any DACOWITS member for transmittal to the DACOWITS Chair or 
Military Director, DACOWITS and Military Women Matters, for 
consideration.
    (10) Members of the public will not be permitted to enter oral 
discussions conducted by the Committee members at any of the sessions; 
however, they will be permitted to reply to questions directed to them 
by the members of the Committee.
    (11) After the official participants have asked questions and/or 
made comments to the scheduled speakers, members of the public will be 
permitted to ask questions if recognized by the Chair and if time 
allows.
    (12) Non-social agenda events that are not open to the public are 
for administrative matters unrelated to substantive advice provided to 
the Department of Defense and do not involve DACOWITS deliberations or 
decision-making issues before the Committee. Conference sessions will 
be conducted according to the following agenda:

Wednesday, April 22, 1998

Conference Registration
Military Representatives Meeting (Senior Military Representatives Only)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members 
Only)

Thursday, April 23, 1998

Opening Session and General Session (Open to Public)
Luncheon (Paid Registered Conference Participants Only)
Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)

Friday, April 24, 1998

Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)
OSD Luncheon (Invited Guests Only)
Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members 
Only)
OSD Reception and Diner (Invited Guests Only)

Saturday, April 25, 1998

Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)
Tri-Committee Review (Open to Public)
Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)
Field Trip (DACOWITS Members and Senior Military Representatives Only)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members 
Only)

Sunday, April 26, 1998

Final Review (Open to Public)
Voting Session (Open to Public)

    Dated: March 17, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-7508 Filed 3-23-98; 8:45 am]
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