[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4300-4301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01209]


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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 (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The 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 (DAC-IPAD) will take place.

DATES: Open to the public, Friday, February 14, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 
3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, 801 N Glebe Road, 
Arlington, VA 22203 Arlington, Virginia.

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 
sixteenth public meeting held by the DAC-IPAD. At this meeting the 
Committee will receive testimony from former military judges about 
their views on the current military justice system and military sexual 
assault cases--including their perspectives on the conviction and 
acquittal rates for sexual

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assault. The Committee will conduct final deliberations on its draft 
Fourth Annual Report. The Committee will also receive updates from the 
DAC-IPAD's Case Review, Policy, and Data Working Groups regarding each 
group's ongoing projects. Finally, DAC-IPAD staff will provide updates 
to the Committee on the military installation site visit plan for 
members in 2020; sexual assault court-martial attendance by Committee 
members; and the new tasks for the DAC-IPAD contained in the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.
    Agenda: 9:00 a.m.-9:05 a.m. Public Meeting Begins--Welcome and 
Introduction; 9:05 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Military Judges' Perspectives 
Regarding the Military Justice System and Military Sexual Assault 
Cases--Including Conviction and Acquittal Rates; 11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. 
Break; 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Committee Deliberations on the Military 
Judges' Testimony; 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch; 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. 
Committee Final Deliberations on the DAC-IPAD's Draft Fourth Annual 
Report Chapter 1--Sexual Assault Case Review Project Observations; and 
Case Review Working Group Update; 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Committee Final 
Deliberations on the DAC-IPAD's Draft Fourth Annual Report Chapter 3--
Article 32, UCMJ, Preliminary Hearings and the Convening Authority's 
Disposition Decision; and Policy Working Group Update; 2:00 p.m.-2:30 
p.m. Committee Final Deliberations on the DAC-IPAD's Draft Fourth 
Annual Report Chapter 2--Case Adjudication Data; Chapter 4--Collateral 
Misconduct; and Committee Vote on Complete Report; 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 
Break; 2:45 p.m.-2:55 p.m. 2020 Military Installation Site Visit Update 
and Members Attending Sexual Assault Courts-Martial Update; 2:55 p.m.-
3:15 p.m. New DAC-IPAD Tasks FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act 
Presentation and Discussion; 3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Meeting Wrap-Up and 
Public Comment; 3:30 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. 
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 3:20 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on February 14, 2020, in front of the 
Committee members.

    Dated: January 21, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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