[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1955-1956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00467]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[Docket No. ODAG 152]


National Commission on Forensic Science; 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 January 29, 2015 from 12:30 p.m. to 
5:30 p.m. and January 30, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Online 
registration for the meeting must be completed on or before 5:00 p.m. 
(EST) January 24, 2015. Electronic comments must be submitted on or 
before February 13, 2015. The electronic Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) will accept comments until Midnight Eastern Time at the 
end of that day.

ADDRESSES: 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 January 29, 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 Interim Solutions and Human 
Factors. NIST will provide an overview on standards and standards 
development in forensic science. On January 30, the Commission will 
receive status reports, to include the introduction of any draft work 
products, from the subcommittees on Accreditation and Proficiency 
Testing, Medicolegal Death Investigation, Training on Science and Law, 
and Reporting and Testimony. The Commission will also hear 
presentations on the accreditation of coroner and medical examiner 
offices and training of the judiciary on forensic science. The oral 
public comment period at the meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m. on January 
30, 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

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be webcast at: http://stream.sparkstreetdigital.com/player-ce.html?id=doj-jan29. 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 by clicking the 
registration link found at: http://www.justice.gov/ncfs/meetings#s5.
    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 three 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 through the procedures described below.
    Posting of Public Comments: To ensure proper handling of comments, 
please reference ``Docket No. ODAG 152'' 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 
relevant 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.

    Dated: January 8, 2015.
James M. Cole,
Deputy Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 2015-00467 Filed 1-13-15; 8:45 am]
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