[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43947-43948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19905]


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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 
Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Board of Visitors, a 
subcommittee of the Army Education Advisory Committee. This meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The CGSC Board of Visitors Subcommittee will meet from 1:00 p.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. on November 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on November 7, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lewis and 
Clark Center, 100 Stimson Ave., Bell Conference Room, Ft. Leavenworth, 
KS 66027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert Baumann, the Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer for the subcommittee, in writing at Command 
and General Staff College, 100 Stimson Ave., Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027, 
by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (913) 684-
2742.

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 an overview of CGSC academic programs, with focus 
on the College's two degree-granting schools: The Command and General 
Staff School (CGSS) and the School of

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Advanced Military Studies (SAMS). This will be an informational meeting 
with particular focus on the possibility of establishing additional 
degree programs at CGSC.
    Agenda: November 6-7: The subcommittee will review the results of 
the accreditation visit to CGSC in spring 2016 by the Higher Learning 
Commission and receive information briefings on potential opportunities 
to introduce additional degree programs at the College. No official 
recommendations will be forthcoming from this meeting. The committee 
will also complete certain administrative and training requirements 
associated with the service of individual subcommittee members. Summary 
minutes of the meeting will be provided to the Army Education Advisory 
Committee for consideration 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 Dr. Baumann, via electronic mail, the preferred mode 
of submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.
    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 seeing to 
enter and exit the installation. Lewis and Clark Center is fully 
handicap accessible. Wheelchair access is available in front at the 
main entrance of the building. For additional information about public 
access procedures, contact Dr. Baumann, 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 Dr. Baumann, 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 
Officer will review all submitted written comments or statements must 
include the author's name, title or affiliation, address, and daytime 
phone number. Written comments or statements being submitted in 
response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer 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 Officer 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 received by the Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-19905 Filed 9-19-17; 8:45 am]
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