[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50352-50353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21655]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and 
Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces; Notice of Federal 
Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Department of 
Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to 
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the 
Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense 
of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces will take place.

DATES: Open to the public, Friday, October 19, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: One Liberty Center, 875 N Randolph Street, Suite 1432, 
Arlington, Virginia 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dwight Sullivan, 703-695-1055 (Voice), 
[email protected] (Email). Mailing address is DAC-IPAD, 
One Liberty Center, 875 N Randolph Street, Suite 150, Arlington, 
Virginia 22203. Website: http://dacipad.whs.mil/. The most up-to-date 
changes to the meeting agenda can be found on the website.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 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 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
    Purpose of the Meeting: In section 546 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113-291), as modified 
by section 537 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114-92), Congress tasked the DAC-IPAD to advise the 
Secretary of Defense on the investigation, prosecution, and defense of 
allegations of rape, forcible sodomy, sexual assault, and other sexual 
misconduct involving members of the Armed Forces. This will be the 
tenth

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public meeting held by the DAC-IPAD. For its first session, the 
Committee will receive testimony from a retired Service member who was 
accused of sexual assault and from a Marine Corps defense highly 
qualified expert (HQE) on the effect of sexual assault investigations 
on accused Service members. Next, the Committee will receive testimony 
from three civilian sexual assault investigators regarding their 
perspectives on making probable cause determinations and opening and 
closing sexual assault investigations. The Committee will receive a 
presentation from the chair of the DAC-IPAD Case Review Working Group 
on the working group's initial findings and recommendations stemming 
from its review of fiscal year 2017 sexual assault investigative case 
files. The Committee will then receive a briefing from DAC-IPAD staff 
regarding three recommendations made by its predecessor sexual assault 
advisory committee, the Judicial Proceedings Panel (JPP) that the 
Department of Defense General Counsel has requested the DAC-IPAD 
examine. Next, the Committee will conduct final deliberations for its 
assessment of the military's expedited transfer policy. For its final 
sessions, the Committee will receive a briefing from its Data Working 
Group staff on the status of its sexual assault case adjudication data 
collection project for fiscal years 2012 through 2017, and a briefing 
on section 547 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019, which requires the Secretary of Defense, through the DAC-
IPAD, to conduct a study every two years reporting on the number of 
instances in which a sexual assault victim was accused or received 
disciplinary action for collateral misconduct related to allegations of 
sexual assault committed against that victim.

Agenda

9:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m. Public Meeting Begins--Welcome and Introduction;
9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Effects of Sexual Assault Investigations on 
Accused Service Members;
10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. Break;
10:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Perspectives of Civilian Sexual Assault 
Investigators;
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch;
1:10 p.m.-1:50 p.m. Case Review Working Group Presentation and 
Committee Deliberations on Initial Findings and Recommendations Related 
to Sexual Assault Investigative Case File Reviews;
1:50 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Briefing and Committee Deliberations on Judicial 
Proceedings Panel Recommendations Related to Articles 32, 33, and 34 of 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice Referred to the DAC-IPAD for 
Examination;
2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m. Committee Deliberations on Expedited Transfer--
Final Assessment;
3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Break;
4:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Data Working Group Update;
4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Briefing and Committee Deliberations on Fiscal Year 
2019 NDAA Required Collateral Misconduct Study;
4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Public Comment;
5:00 p.m. Public Meeting Adjourned.

    Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-
3.140 through 102-3.165, and the availability of space, this meeting is 
open to the public. Seating is limited and is on a first-come basis. 
Visitors are required to sign in at the One Liberty Center security 
desk and must leave government-issued photo identification on file and 
wear a visitor badge while in the building. Department of Defense 
Common Access Card (CAC) holders who do not have authorized access to 
One Liberty Center must provide an alternate form of government-issued 
photo identification to leave on file with security while in the 
building. All visitors must pass through a metal detection security 
screening. Individuals requiring special accommodations to access the 
public meeting should contact the DAC-IPAD at 
[email protected] at least five (5) business days 
prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. In 
the event the Office of Personnel Management closes the government due 
to inclement weather or for any other reason, please consult the 
website for any changes to the public meeting date or time.
    Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140 and section 
10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written comments to the Committee 
about its mission and topics pertaining to this public session. Written 
comments must be received by the DAC-IPAD at least five (5) business 
days prior to the meeting date so that they may be made available to 
the Committee members for their consideration prior to the meeting. 
Written comments should be submitted via email to the DAC-IPAD at 
[email protected] in the following formats: Adobe 
Acrobat or Microsoft Word. Please note that since the DAC-IPAD operates 
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 
all written comments will be treated as public documents and will be 
made available for public inspection. Oral statements from the public 
will be permitted, though the number and length of such oral statements 
may be limited based on the time available and the number of such 
requests. Oral presentations by members of the public will be permitted 
from 4:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on October 19, 2018, in front of the 
Committee members.

    Dated: October 1, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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