[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58525-58526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23205]


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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: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee closed meeting 
of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force (``the 
Commission'') will take place.

DATES: Dates of Closed Meeting, including Hearing and Commission 
Discussion: Thursday, September 26, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 2521 South Clark Street, Suite 525, Crystal City, VA 22202 
and a secure video teleconferencing line.

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 General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr, the 
Commander of the U.S. Northern Command, in the form of a question and 
answer session and then will discuss the information presented at the 
hearing.

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    Agenda: The Combatant Commander of the U.S. Northern Command 
oversees the movement and deployment of forces and materiel necessary 
to defend the U.S. under the Posse Comitatus Act, a unique Federal law 
of interest to the Commission. The Commander will discuss classified 
information regarding mission plans and strategies. Due to the 
inability of the Commander to respond to the following questions 
without also disclosing classified information, the meeting is closed 
to the public. While the Commander may give an opening statement, the 
Commissioners are primarily interested in his response to the following 
types of questions addressing the Combatant Commander's requirements:
    1. Describe your requirements and assets available from the 
reserve, Guard, and active duty forces.
    2. Are there enough assets to meet the requirements?
    3. Under what planning scenarios do you encounter shortfalls in 
assets?
    4. How do you establish requirements [on the Guard/reserve/active 
duty] for a given mission?
    5. What separates a reserve mission from other missions?
    6. Are there geographic challenges to missions involving forces 
from different components?
    7. Are there issues with lines of authority and the blending of 
forces from different components?
    8. Do you have comments on how the Commission might best consider 
the current state of requirements for missions of the Air Force, and 
how these should best be resourced going forward?
    9. Do the Services each have a different approach to readiness 
requirements, and does this have an impact on force mix considerations?
    This meeting is being held 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 Sec.  102-3.150. Due to difficulties finalizing the meeting 
agenda for the scheduled meeting of September 26, 2013 of the 
Commission the requirements of 41 CFR Sec.  102-3.150(a) were not met. 
Accordingly, the Advisory Committee Management Officer for the DoD, 
pursuant to 41 CFR Sec.  102-3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day 
notification requirement.
    Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with section 10(d) of the 
FACA, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and 41 CFR Sec.  102-3.155, the DoD has determined 
that the meeting scheduled for September 26, 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 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 Sec. Sec.  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 open and/or closed meeting or the 
Commission's mission. The Designated Federal Officer (DFO) will review 
all submitted written statements before forwarding to the Commission. 
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 the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    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 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: September 19, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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