[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25653-25654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10001]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Army Education Advisory Subcommittee Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open Subcommittee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to 
announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the 
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Board of Visitors, a 
subcommittee of the Army Education Advisory Committee. This meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) 
Board of Visitors Subcommittee will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 
June 1 and 2, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Building 
326, Weckerling Center, Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Detlev Kesten, the Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer for the subcommittee, in writing at Defense 
Language Institute Foreign Language Center, ATFL-APAS-AA, Bldg. 634, 
Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944, by email at [email protected], 
or by telephone at (831) 242-6670.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subcommittee meeting is being held under 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (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 provide 
the subcommittee with briefings and information focusing on the 
Institute's plan for its students to achieve higher proficiency scores 
on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). The subcommittee will 
also receive an update on the Institute's accreditation and will 
address administrative matters.
    Proposed Agenda: June 1--The subcommittee will receive briefings 
associated with DLIFLC's higher proficiency goals and the Institute's 
actions in supporting said goal. The subcommittee will be updated on 
the Institute's on going self-study to reaffirm its academic 
accreditation. The subcommittee will complete administrative procedures 
and appointment requirements. June 2--The subcommittee will have time 
to discuss and compile observations pertaining to agenda items. General 
deliberations leading to provisional findings will be referred to the 
Army Education Advisory Committee for deliberation by the Committee 
under the open-meeting rules.
    Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 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, this meeting is open to the public. Seating is 
on a first to arrive basis. Attendees are requested to submit their 
name, affiliation, and daytime phone number seven business days prior 
to the meeting to Mr. Kesten, via electronic mail, the preferred mode 
of submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. Members of the public attending the subcommittee 
meetings will not be permitted to present questions from the floor or 
speak to any issue under consideration by the subcommittee. Because the 
meeting of the subcommittee will be held in a Federal Government 
facility on a military base, security screening is required. A photo ID 
is required to enter base. Please note that security and gate guards 
have the right to inspect vehicles and persons seeking to enter and 
exit the installation. Weckerling Center is fully handicap accessible. 
Wheelchair access is available on the right side of the main entrance 
of the building. For additional information about public access 
procedures, contact Mr. Kesten, the subcommittee's Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 
102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or 
statements to the subcommittee, in response to the stated agenda of the 
open meeting or in regard to the subcommittee's mission in general. 
Written comments or statements should be submitted to Mr. Kesten, the 
subcommittee Alternate Designated Federal Officer, via electronic mail, 
the preferred mode of submission, at the address listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Each page of the comment or 
statement must include the author's name, title or affiliation, 
address, and daytime phone number. The Alternate Designated Federal 
Official will review all submitted written comments or statements and 
provide them to members of the subcommittee for their consideration. 
Written comments or statements being submitted in response to the 
agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the Alternate 
Designated Federal Official at least seven business days prior to the 
meeting to be considered by the subcommittee. Written comments or 
statements received after this date may not be provided to the 
subcommittee until its next meeting.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140d, the Committee is not obligated to 
allow a member of the public to speak or otherwise address the 
Committee during the meeting. Members of the public will be permitted 
to make verbal comments during the Committee meeting only at the time 
and in the manner described below. If a member of the public is 
interested in making a verbal comment at the open meeting, that 
individual must submit a request, with a brief statement of the subject 
matter to be addressed by the comment, at least seven business days in 
advance to the subcommittee's Alternate Designated Federal Official, 
via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the address 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The Alternate 
Designated Federal Official will log each request, in the order 
received, and in consultation with the Subcommittee Chair, determine 
whether the subject matter of each comment is relevant to the 
Subcommittee's mission and/or the topics to be addressed in this public 
meeting. A 15-minute period near the end of the meeting will be 
available for verbal public comments. Members of the public who have 
requested to make a verbal comment and whose comments have been deemed 
relevant under the process described above, will be allotted no more 
than three minutes during the period, and will be invited to speak in 
the order in which their requests were

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received by the Alternate Designated Federal Official.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-10001 Filed 4-28-16; 8:45 am]
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