[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46276-46277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18641]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a forthcoming public meeting of the 
National Commission on Forensic Science.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 26, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 
5:30 p.m. and August 27, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Online 
registration for the meeting must be completed on or before 5:00 p.m. 
(EST) August 19, 2014.
    Location: Office of Justice Programs, 3rd floor ballroom. 810 7th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brette Steele, Senior Forensic Science 
Advisor and Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, by email at 
[email protected] or by phone at (202) 305-0180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Agenda and Meeting Materials: All meeting materials will be made 
available to the public at http://www.justice.gov/ncfs. On August 26, 
the Commission will explore issues of cognitive bias in forensic 
science and receive subcommittee reports. On August 27, the Vice-Chairs 
will discuss the revised bylaws for the Commission. The Commission will 
also receive background briefings on latent print interoperability of 
Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) and the role of 
accreditation in forensic science. Lessons learned in forensic science 
from the United Kingdom and additional subcommittee reports will also 
be covered on August 27. Oral comments from the public will be heard 
from 5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26.
    Procedures: The meeting will be webcast at: http://stream.spark 
streetdigital.com/player-ce.html?id=doj-aug26. The meeting is also open 
to the public. Those interested in attending the meeting in person will 
be required to register in advance and will be subject to security 
screening. Seating in the meeting room is limited and will be available 
on a first-come, first-served basis. All persons who are interested in 
being on-site for the meeting must register on-line at http://conferences.csrincorporated.com by using conference code: 2014-111P.
    Members of the public may present oral comments on issues pending 
before the Commission. Those individuals interested in making oral 
comments should indicate their intent through the on-line registration 
form and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Time 
allotted for an individual's comment period will be limited to no more 
than 3 minutes. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is 
greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled public 
comment periods, written comments will be accepted in lieu of oral 
comments.
    All submitted comments, written or oral, will be made available to 
the public (see Posting of Public Comments). Written public comments 
may be submitted to the Commission's Designated Federal Official, 
Brette Steele, by email at [email protected].
    Posting of Public Comments: In accordance with the Federal Records

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Act, please note that all comments received are considered part of the 
public record, and shall be made available for public inspection and 
posted on the Commission's Web site at www.justice.gov/ncfs. The 
comments to be posted may include personally identifiable information 
(such as your name, address, etc.) and confidential business 
information voluntarily submitted by the commenter.
    If you want to submit personally identifiable information (such as 
your name, address, etc.) as part of your comment, but do not want it 
to be made available for public inspection and posted online, you must 
include the phrase ``PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION'' in the first 
paragraph of your comment. You must also place all the personally 
identifiable information you do not want made available for public 
inspection or posted online in the first paragraph of your comment and 
identify what information you want redacted.
    If you want to submit confidential business information as part of 
your comment, but do not want it to be made available for public 
inspection and posted online, you must include the phrase 
``CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph of your 
comment. You must also prominently identify confidential business 
information to be redacted within the comment. If a comment has so much 
confidential business information that it cannot be effectively 
redacted, all or part of that comment may not be made available for 
public inspection or posted online.
    Personally identifiable information and confidential business 
information identified and located as set forth above will be redacted 
and the comment, in redacted form, will be made available for public 
inspection and posted on the Commission's Web site.
    The Department of Justice welcomes the attendance of the public at 
its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to 
accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you 
require special accommodations, please indicate your requirements on 
the on-line registration form.

    Dated: August 1, 2014.
James M. Cole,
Deputy Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 2014-18641 Filed 8-6-14; 8:45 am]
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