[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 7115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3091]


 ========================================================================
 Notices
                                                 Federal Register
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
 or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
 and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
 delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
 statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
 appearing in this section.
 
 ========================================================================
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 2012 / 
Notices  

[[Page 7115]]



ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES


Committee on Adjudication

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the Committee on 
Adjudication of the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States (ACUS). The meeting will involve discussion of a research 
report prepared by Professor Lenni B. Benson (New York Law School) and 
Russell Wheeler (The Governance Institute and Brookings Institution) 
for ACUS's ``Immigration Adjudication'' project. The committee will 
meet via a virtual, online Web forum extending over a period of 
approximately six weeks. Committee members will discuss the research 
report by posting comments to the forum and reading comments submitted 
to the forum by other persons. The public may participate by submitting 
comments electronically or by mail or fax.

DATES: The Web forum will be opened to both members of the Committee on 
Adjudication and the public for submission and viewing of comments on 
February 27, 2012 at 9 a.m. The forum will remain open for submission 
of comments until April 6, 2012 at 5 p.m., unless it is announced on 
the forum Web site that the discussion has been completed earlier. 
After the period for receipt of comments has ended, the forum will 
remain available for viewing but will not accept additional comments.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will have no physical location. It will take 
place via an online discussion forum on the Administrative Conference 
Web site, which can be accessed at: http://www.acus.gov/forum/. The 
public may submit comments either electronically through the forum Web 
site or by mail or fax addressed to the Designated Federal Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Funmi E. Olorunnipa, Designated 
Federal Officer for the Committee on Adjudication, ACUS, 1120 20th 
Street NW., Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202-480-
2080; Fax 202-386-7190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The research report to be considered at the 
Web forum was prepared by Professor Lenni B. Benson (New York Law 
School) and Russell Wheeler (The Governance Institute and the Brookings 
Institution). The research report presents the findings of a study of 
potential improvements to the procedures for immigration removal 
adjudication.
    The committee will meet via a virtual, online Web forum extending 
over a period of approximately six weeks. See 41 CFR 102-3.140(e) 
(permitting meetings conducted ``in whole or part by * * * the 
Internet''). Committee members will discuss the research report by 
posting comments to the forum and reading comments submitted to the 
forum by other members of the committee and the public. All comments 
will be reviewed prior to posting by the Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO) acting as forum moderator. This virtual meeting will enable the 
committee to discuss the committee's business using modern 
communications tools in an open and transparent fashion.
    The public will be able to view all comments on the forum. The 
public may also participate by submitting comments either 
electronically or by mail or fax via the contact information provided 
above. The DFO will review all comments received, both online and 
through other means of submission. The DFO will post all public 
comments received, excepting those that contain trade secret or other 
confidential information, or that are obscene, libelous, threatening, 
unrelated to the topic being discussed, or otherwise evidently 
inappropriate for posting. When submitting comments, please bear in 
mind that, because the Web forum will be moderated, it may take some 
time for comments to appear on the forum, particularly for comments 
submitted outside business hours.
    The Web forum will be opened to both members of the Committee on 
Adjudication and the public for submission and viewing of comments on 
February 27, 2012 at 9 a.m. The forum will remain open for submission 
of comments until April 6, 2012 at 5 p.m., unless it is announced on 
the forum Web site that the discussion has been completed earlier. Any 
earlier closing date will be announced on both the forum Web page and 
on the ``Immigration Adjudication'' project page at least one week in 
advance. After the period for receipt of comments has ended, the forum 
will remain available for viewing but will not accept additional 
comments.
    Complete details regarding the committee's online meeting, the 
research report and related research documents, and how to participate 
in the discussion (including information about accessing and navigating 
the Web forum and submitting comments for the committee's 
consideration) can be found on the ``Immigration Adjudication'' project 
Web page on the ACUS Web site. Go to www.acus.gov and click on Research 
> Conference Projects < Immigration Adjudication, or go directly to the 
following address: http://www.acus.gov/research/the-conference-current-projects/immigration-adjudication/.

    Dated: February 6, 2012.
David M. Pritzker,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-3091 Filed 2-9-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6110-01-P