[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37798-37799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15020]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Meeting of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air 
Force

AGENCY: Director of Administration and Management, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) 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, 
the Department of Defense (DoD) announces that the following Federal 
advisory committee meeting of the National Commission on the Structure 
of the Air Force (``the Commission'') will take place.

DATES: Date of Closed Meeting, including Hearing and Commission 
Discussion: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 2521 South Clark Street, Suite 525, Crystal City, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Marcia Moore, Designated Federal 
Officer, National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force, 1950 
Defense Pentagon, Room 3A874, Washington, DC 20301-1950. Email: 
[email protected]. Desk (703) 545-9113. Facsimile (703) 692-5625.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of Meeting: The members of the Commission will hear 
testimony from individual witnesses and then will discuss the 
information presented at the hearings.

Agenda

    June 25, 2013--Closed Meeting, Including Hearing and Commission 
Discussion: DoD speakers will provide classified information on the 
roles, missions and capabilities of the various DoD components and how 
they contribute to the national defense strategy, the integration of 
force requirements, and DoD's strategies and capabilities to address 
conflicts and threats. Confirmed speakers include the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation, and inter-component representatives from the Total Force 
Task Force. Specific topics include:
    1. Defense planning guidance, guidance for Employment of the Force, 
Global Force Management Implementation guidance, guidance for 
development of the forces, and the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan.
    2. Combatant Command requirements from operations plans, 
contingency plans, and Integrated Priority Lists.
    3. Rationales for resource decisions contained in the Joint 
Strategic Planning System, including the Comprehensive Joint 
Assessment, Joint Combat Capability Assessment, Capabilities Gap 
Assessment, Chairman's Program Assessment and Chairman's program 
recommendations, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Risk Assessment, 
Comprehensive Joint Assessment, and Joint Requirements Oversight 
Council memoranda.
    4. Analytical bases, assumptions, and debates that affected the 
force structure outcome from the Fiscal Year 2013 budget cycle from 
Presidential budget, program objective memorandum, and resource 
management decision memoranda.
    5. Completed studies, analysis, assessments and evaluations of 
strategies, plans, programs and budgets for the active, reserve and 
guard components.
    6. Operational readiness data from Status of Resources Training 
Systems and Defense Readiness Reporting System.
    Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with section 10(d) of the 
FACA, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and 41 CFR 102-3.155, the DoD has determined that 
the meeting scheduled for June 25, 2013 will be closed to the public. 
Specifically, the Director of Administration and Management, with the 
coordination of the DoD FACA Attorney, has determined in writing that 
this portion of the meeting will be closed to the public because it 
will discuss classified information and matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(1).
    Written Comments: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140 and 
section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public or interested organizations 
may submit written comments to the Commission in response to the stated 
agenda of the closed meeting or the Commission's mission. The 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) will review all submitted written 
statements. Written comments should be submitted to Mrs. Marcia Moore, 
DFO, via facsimile or electronic mail, the preferred modes of 
submission. Each page of the comment must include the author's name, 
title or affiliation, address, and daytime phone number. All contact 
information may be found in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Due to difficulties beyond the control of the Commission or its 
DFO, this Federal Register notice for the June 25, 2013 meeting as 
required by 41 CFR 102-3.150(a) was not met. Accordingly, the Advisory 
Committee Management Officer for the DoD, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification requirement.
    Background: The National Commission on the Structure of the Air 
Force was established by the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239). The

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Department of Defense sponsor for the Commission is the Director of 
Administration and Management, Mr. Michael L. Rhodes. The Commission is 
tasked to submit a report, containing a comprehensive study and 
recommendations, by February 1, 2014 to the President of the United 
States and the Congressional defense committees. The report will 
contain a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the 
Commission, together with its recommendations for such legislation and 
administrative actions it may consider appropriate in light of the 
results of the study. The comprehensive study of the structure of the 
U.S. Air Force will determine whether, and how, the structure should be 
modified to best fulfill current and anticipated mission requirements 
for the U.S. Air Force in a manner consistent with available resources.
    The evaluation factors under consideration by the Commission are 
for a U.S. Air Force structure that--(a) Meets current and anticipated 
requirements of the combatant commands; (b) achieves an appropriate 
balance between the regular and reserve components of the Air Force, 
taking advantage of the unique strengths and capabilities of each; (c) 
ensures that the regular and reserve components of the Air Force have 
the capacity needed to support current and anticipated homeland defense 
and disaster assistance missions in the United States; (d) provides for 
sufficient numbers of regular members of the Air Force to provide a 
base of trained personnel from which the personnel of the reserve 
components of the Air Force could be recruited; (e) maintains a 
peacetime rotation force to support operational tempo goals of 1:2 for 
regular members of the Air Forces and 1:5 for members of the reserve 
components of the Air Force; and (f) maximizes and appropriately 
balances affordability, efficiency, effectiveness, capability, and 
readiness.

    Dated: June 19, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-15020 Filed 6-21-13; 8:45 am]
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