[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61340-61341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24232]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[Docket No. ODAG 151]


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 October 28, 2014, from 12:30 p.m. to 
5:30 p.m. and October 29, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Online 
registration for the meeting must be completed on or before 5:00 p.m. 
(EST) October 24, 2014. Electronic comments on subcommittee draft work 
products must be submitted on or before October 27, 2014. The 
electronic Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) will accept comments 
until Midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day.
    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, 950 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at (202) 305-0180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Agenda: On October 28, the Commission will receive a briefing from 
the Bureau of Justice Statistics regarding a proposal to survey law 
enforcement forensic science service providers. The Commission will 
also receive status reports, to include the introduction of any draft 
work products, from the Subcommittees on Accreditation and Proficiency 
Testing, Scientific Inquiry and Research, and Medicolegal Death 
Investigation. On October 29, the Commission will receive an update 
from the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) on the 
Organization of Scientific Area Committees and explore issues related 
to latent fingerprint interoperability of Automated Fingerprint 
Identification Systems (AFIS). The Commission will also receive status 
reports, to include the introduction of any draft work products, from 
the Subcommittees on Human Factors, Training on Science and Law, 
Interim Solutions, and Reporting and Testimony. The oral public comment 
period at the meeting will be open from 5:00-5:30 p.m. on October 29, 
2014. Note: Agenda items, including designation of presentation dates 
are subject to change. A final agenda will be posted to the 
Commission's Web site in advance of the meeting.
    Procedures: Draft work products to be introduced at the Commission 
meeting will be made available on the Commission's Web site: http://www.justice.gov/ncfs. The meeting will be webcast at: http://stream.sparkstreetdigital.com/player-ce.html?id=doj-oct28. The meeting 
will also be open to the public. 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: 2014-112P.
    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 time 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.
    Posting of Public Comments: To ensure proper handling of comments, 
please reference ``Docket No. ODAG 151'' on all electronic and written 
correspondence. The Department encourages all comments on subcommittee 
work products be submitted electronically through http://www.regulations.gov using the electronic comment form provided on that 
site. An electronic copy of this document is also available at the 
http://www.regulations.gov Web site for easy reference. Paper comments 
that duplicate the electronic submission are not necessary as all 
comments submitted to http://www.regulations.gov will be posted for 
public review and are part of the official docket record.
    In accordance with the Federal Records Act, please note that all 
comments received are considered part of the public record, and shall 
be made available for public inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov. 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.
    You are not required to submit personal identifying information in 
order to comment on this meeting. Nevertheless, 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 http://www.regulations.gov.
    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 online registration form.


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    Dated: October 7, 2014.
James M. Cole,
Deputy Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 2014-24232 Filed 10-9-14; 8:45 am]
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