[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63452-63454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24910]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Meeting of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air 
Force; Correction to Meetings of October 24, 2013 and October 25, 2013

AGENCY: Director of Administration and Management, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting; correction.

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SUMMARY: On Thursday, October 3, 2013 (78 FR 61343-61344), the 
Department of Defense published a notice announcing a meeting of the 
National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force on October 24, 
2013 and October 25, 2013. This notice corrects the time of the October 
24, 2013 meeting, which is now scheduled to run from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. and also provides notice that the meeting is now partially closed 
to the public. The open afternoon meeting from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
and the all-day meeting on Friday, October 25, 2013

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remain as previously scheduled, with some modifications to the list of 
witnesses scheduled to testify.

DATES: Date of Partially Closed/Partially Open Meeting, including 
Hearing and Commission Discussion: Thursday, October 24, 2013, from 
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The period from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Suite 
525 is closed to the public. The period from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Suite 
200 is open to the public. Registration for the open meeting will begin 
at 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 2521 South Clark Street, Suites 525 & 200, 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: A notice was published in the Federal Register 
on October 3, 2013 to announce an open meeting of the Commission on 
October 24-25, 2013. This announcement corrects the length of the 
October 24, 2013 date which is now scheduled to run from 8:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. and also provides notice that the meeting is now partially 
closed to the public. Commissioners will now hold a closed meeting in 
the morning in order to receive a classified briefing from the Air 
Force's Total Force Task Force and hold classified deliberations from 
8:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The open afternoon meeting from 1:00 p.m. to 
5:00 p.m. and the all-day meeting on Friday, October 25, 2013 remain as 
previously scheduled, with some modifications to the list of witnesses 
scheduled to testify.
    October 24, 2013 Agenda from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Major General 
Brian Meenan, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Mobility 
Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL; Major General John Posner, Director 
of Global Power Programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
the Air Force, Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington DC; 
and Major General Mark Bartman, Assistant Adjutant General--Air, Ohio 
National Guard, who are all also members of the Total Force Task Force, 
will provide their classified briefing on their recommendations for the 
balance requirements, capabilities, risk, and costs across all defense 
forces, as previously given to the Acting Secretary of the Air Force 
and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, for the Commissioners. The 
Commissioners will also deliberate on their information gathering 
exercises with the leadership of the U.S. Northern Command; Joint Base 
Langley-Eustis, National Air & Space Intelligence Center, and other 
site visits; and classified information gathered by the staff and/or 
members.
    October 24, 2013 Agenda from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: The afternoon 
agenda has been updated to include testimonies from: Lieutenant General 
James Jackson, Chief of Air Force Reserve/Commander, Air Force Reserve 
Command, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC; and 
Lieutenant General Stanley E. Clarke III, Director, Air National Guard.
    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.
    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 October 24, 2013 will now be partially closed 
to the public. Specifically, the Director of Administration and 
Management, with the coordination of the DoD FACA Attorney, has 
determined in writing that the period from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will 
be closed to the public because the Commission will discuss classified 
information and matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1).
    Meeting Announcement: Due to the lapse of appropriations, the 
Department of Defense did not meet the requirements of 41 CFR 102-
3.150(a) for providing a corrected notice of both the partial closure 
of a previously published open meeting of the Commission on October 24, 
2013, and accompanying change in time. Accordingly, the Advisory 
Committee Management Officer for the Department of Defense, pursuant to 
41 CFR 102-3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification 
requirement.
    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 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. While written comments are forwarded to 
the Commissioners upon receipt, note that all written comments on the 
Commission's charge, as described in the ``Background'' section, must 
be received by November 29, 2013, and postmarked by November 8, 2013 if 
mailed, to be considered by the Commissioners for the final report. 
This deadline has been extended.

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

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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: October 18, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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