[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48509-48510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19900]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB); Notice of Federal Advisory 
Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reserve Forces Policy 
Board, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the 
Reserve Forces Policy Board will take place.

DATES: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 from 8:20 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The address for the Open Session of the meeting is the Army 
Navy Country Club, 1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Alex Sabol, Designated Federal 
Officer, (703) 681-0577 (Voice), (703) 681-0002 (Facsimile), Email_
[email protected]. Mailing address is Reserve Forces 
Policy Board, 5113 Leesburg Pike, Suite 601, Falls Church, VA 22041. 
Web site: http://rfpb.defense.gov/. The most up-to-date changes to the 
meeting can be found on the RFPB's Web site.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  This meeting notice is being published 
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 
(FACA) (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 purpose of the meeting is to obtain, 
review and evaluate information related to strategies, policies, and 
practices designed to improve and enhance the capabilities, efficiency, 
and effectiveness of the Reserve Components. Additionally, the Board 
will review its work from the past year and determine what matters to 
include in the annual report required by law to be transmitted to the 
President and the Congress by the Secretary of Defense.
    Agenda: The RFPB will hold a meeting from 8:20 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. 
The meeting will be open to the public and will focus on discussions of 
the Service's personnel system reforms being considered under the Force 
of the Future initiative and its effects on the Reserve Components to 
the RFPB from the invited speakers to include the Acting Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Chief of Naval 
Personnel, U.S. Navy; Deputy

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Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, U.S. Air Force; 
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army; Deputy Commandant for Manpower 
and Reserve Affairs, U.S. Marine Corps; and Director, Reserve & 
Military Personnel, U.S. Coast Guard. Additionally, two of the RFPB 
subcommittee chairs will provide updates on the work of their 
respective subcommittee. The Ensuring a Ready, Capable, Available and 
Sustainable Operational Reserve Subcommittee will provide findings of 
their review of the Department's and Service's mobilization and dwell 
time policies and authorities affecting the Reserve Component 
operational availability, and will conclude with a briefing by the 
Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) on the initial findings of their 
study on the Reserve Component effectiveness during Operation Iraqi 
Freedom (OIF). The Supporting & Sustaining Reserve Component Personnel 
Subcommittee plans to highlight issues and to recommend a change to the 
Service's management of their Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) programs.
    Meeting Accessibility: 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, the meeting is open to the public from 8:20 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Seating is based on a first-come, first-served basis. All members of 
the public who wish to attend the public meeting must contact Mr. Alex 
Sabol, the Designated Federal Officer, not later than 12:00 p.m. on 
Thursday, August 27, 2015, as listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.
    Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140 
and section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, interested persons may submit written 
statements to the RFPB at any time about its approved agenda or at any 
time on the Board's mission. Written statements should be submitted to 
the RFPB's Designated Federal Officer at the address or facsimile 
number listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. If 
statements pertain to a specific topic being discussed at the planned 
meeting, then these statements must be submitted no later than five (5) 
business days prior to the meeting in question. Written statements 
received after this date may not be provided to or considered by the 
RFPB until its next meeting. The Designated Federal Officer will review 
all timely submitted written statements and provide copies to all the 
committee members before the meeting that is the subject of this 
notice. Please note that since the RFPB operates under the provisions 
of the FACA, all submitted comments and public presentations will be 
treated as public documents and will be made available for public 
inspection, including, but not limited to, being posted on the RFPB's 
Web site.

    Dated: August 10, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-19900 Filed 8-12-15; 8:45 am]
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