[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14678-14679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05745]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Army Education Advisory Subcommittee Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open subcommittee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to 
announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the 
Command and General Staff College Board of Visitors, a subcommittee of 
the Army Education Advisory Committee. This meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES: The CGSC Board of Visitors Subcommittee will meet from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. on both April 28 and 29, 2014 and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m. on April 30, 2014.

ADDRESSES: U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lewis and 
Clark Center, 100 Stimson Ave., Arnold Conference Room, Ft. 
Leavenworth, KS 66027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert Baumann, the Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer for the subcommittee, in writing at Command 
and General Staff College, 100 Stimson Ave., Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027, 
by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (913) 
684-2742.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subcommittee meeting is being held under 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 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.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The Army Education Advisory Committee is 
chartered to provide independent advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of the Army on the educational, doctrinal, and research 
policies and activities of U.S. Army educational programs. The CGSC 
Board of Visitors subcommittee focuses primarily on CGSC. The purpose 
of the meeting is to provide the subcommittee with an overview of CGSC 
academic programs, with focus on the College's two degree-granting 
schools: The Command and General Staff School (CGSS) and the School of 
Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), in anticipation of future regional 
academic accreditation review in 2015-16, and to address other 
administrative matters. Current CGSC administrators, faculty, and 
students will be available to offer their perspectives.
    Proposed Agenda: April 28 and 29--The subcommittee will review 
CGSOC and SAMS curricula, conduct a discussion of the role of critical 
thinking in those curricula and in preparing students for increasing 
responsibility in the leadership of U.S. armed forces, and complete 
certain administrative requirements associated with the appointment and 
service of individual subcommittee members. April 30--The subcommittee 
will discuss and compile observations pertaining the prior day's agenda 
items. Provisional findings and recommendations from these general 
subcommittee deliberations will be referred to the Army Education 
Advisory Committee for deliberation by

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the Committee under the open-meeting rules.
    Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the 
availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. Seating is 
on a first to arrive basis. Attendees are requested to submit their 
name, affiliation, and daytime phone number seven business days prior 
to the meeting to Dr. Baumann, via electronic mail, the preferred mode 
of submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. Members of the public attending the subcommittee 
meetings will not be permitted to present questions from the floor or 
speak to any issue under consideration by the subcommittee. Because the 
meeting of the subcommittee will be held in a Federal Government 
facility on a military base, security screening is required. A photo ID 
is required to enter base. Please note that security and gate guards 
have the right to inspect vehicles and persons seeing to enter and exit 
the installation. Lewis and Clark Center is fully handicap accessible. 
Wheelchair access is available in front at the main entrance of the 
building. For additional information about public access procedures, 
contact Dr. Baumann, the subcommittee's Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 
102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or 
statements to the subcommittee, in response to the stated agenda of the 
open meeting or in regard to the subcommittee's mission in general. 
Written comments or statements should be submitted to Dr. Baumann, the 
subcommittee Alternate Designated Federal Officer, via electronic mail, 
the preferred mode of submission, at the address listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Each page of the comment or 
statement must include the author's name, title or affiliation, 
address, and daytime phone number. The Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer will review all submitted written comments or statements must 
include the author's name, title or affiliation, address, and daytime 
phone number. Written comments or statements being submitted in 
response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer at least seven business days prior 
to the meeting to be considered by the subcommittee. Written comments 
or statements received after this date may not be provided to the 
subcommittee until its next meeting. The Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer will review all comments timely submitted with the subcommittee 
Chairperson, and ensure the comments are provided to all members of the 
subcommittee before the meeting. After reviewing any written comments 
submitted, the subcommittee Chairperson and the Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer may choose to invite certain submitters to present 
their comments verbally during the open meeting or at a future meeting. 
The Alternate Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the 
subcommittee Chairperson, may allot a specific amount of time for 
submitters to present their comments verbally.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-05745 Filed 3-14-14; 8:45 am]
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