[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20245-20246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08680]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[Docket No. ODAG 153]


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 April 30, 2015 from 12 p.m. to 5 
p.m. and May 1, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Online registration for the 
meeting must be completed on or before 5 p.m. (EST) April 25, 2015. 
Electronic comments on draft work products will be accepted through the 
electronic Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) for a 30 day public 
comment period.

ADDRESSES: Location: House of Sweden: 2900 K Street NW., Washington, DC 
20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brette Steele, Senior Advisor on 
Forensic Science 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 April 30, the Commission will receive opening remarks 
from the Co-Chairs and a briefing on issues related to evidence 
preservation and retention. The Commission will also receive status 
reports from the subcommittees on Reporting and Testimony and 
Accreditation and Proficiency Testing. The public comment period will 
begin at 5 p.m. On May 1, the Commission will receive status reports 
from the subcommittees on Interim Solutions, Medicolegal Death 
Investigation, Training on Science and Law, and Human Factors. The 
Commission will receive priority action reports from each of the five 
Scientific Area Committee Chairs and will receive a briefing on the 
role of forensic science in mass fatality management. 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-apr30. 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#s6.
    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 can be submitted through FDMS 
in lieu of oral comments.
    Posting of Public Comments: To ensure proper handling of comments, 
please reference ``Docket No. ODAG 153'' 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. 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: April 10, 2015.
Brette Steele,
Designated Federal Officer, National Commission on Forensic Science.
[FR Doc. 2015-08680 Filed 4-14-15; 8:45 am]
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