[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 205 (Thursday, October 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67339-67340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23347]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air 
Force Academy.

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 
Board of Visitors (BoV) of the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) will take 
place.

DATES: Open to the public virtually Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting can be accessed at the following link: 
https://www.usafa.edu/about/bov/. This link will be active thirty 
minutes before the start of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt. Col. Harvey Catchings, (703) 614-
6831, [email protected], 1040 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, 
DC 20330-1040 or Mr. Anthony R. McDonald, (DFO), (703) 693-9309, (703) 
693-4244 (Facsimile), [email protected]. Website: https://www.usafa.edu/about/bov/. The site contains information on the Board of 
Visitors, link to the virtual meeting, and meeting agenda.

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: The purpose of the meeting is to review 
morale and discipline, social climate, athletics, diversity, curriculum 
and other matters relating to the U.S. Air Force Academy. The meeting 
will address topics across the Academy including updates from the 
Academy Superintendent, Commandant, Dean, and Athletics Department. 
Furthermore, there will be presentations on the Air Force Academy's 
Performance Metrics; Budget; Sexual Assault Prevention program; IT 
Infrastructure Report to Congress, and Manpower Issues & Specialty 
Selection Process. This meeting will be open to the public but held by 
virtual means as noted above.
    Written Statements: Any member of the public wishing to provide 
input to

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the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy, should submit a 
written statement in accordance with 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and Sec.  102-
3.140 and Sec. 10(a)(3) of the FACA. The public or interested 
organizations may submit written comments or statements to the BoV 
about its mission and/or the topics to be addressed in the open 
sessions of this public meeting. Written comments or statements should 
be submitted to the BoV Executive Secretary, Lt. Col. Harvey Catchings, 
via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the email 
address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section in the 
*COM007*following formats: Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The comment 
or statement must include the author's name, title affiliation, 
address, and daytime telephone number. Written comments or statements 
being submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must 
be received by the BoV Executive Secretary at least five (5) business 
days (November 11, 2020) prior to the meeting so they may be made 
available to the BoV Chairman for consideration prior to the meeting. 
Written comments or statements received after this date (November 11, 
2020) may not be provided to the BoV until its next meeting. Please 
note that because the BoV operates under the provisions of the FACA, as 
amended, all written comments will be treated as public documents and 
will be made available for public inspection.
    Verbal Comments: Members of the public will be permitted to make 
verbal comments during the open session of the meeting only at the time 
and in the manner allowed herein. If a member of the public is 
interested in making a verbal comment at the open session of the 
meeting, that individual must submit a request, with a brief statement 
of the subject matter to be addressed by the comment, at least three 
(3) business days (November 13, 2020) in advance, via electronic mail, 
the preferred mode of submission, at the email address(es) listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The request for comment 
must include the individual's name, title affiliation, address, and 
daytime telephone number. The BoV DFO will log each request to make a 
comment, in the order received, and the DFO and BoV Chairman will 
determine whether the subject matter of each comment is relevant to the 
BoV's mission and/or topics to be addressed in this public meeting. A 
period near the end of the meeting (open session) 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 in this paragraph, will be allotted no more 
than five (5) minutes during this period, and will be invited to speak 
in the order in which their requests were received by the DFO. For the 
benefit of the public, rosters that list the names of BoV members and 
any releasable materials presented during the BoV meeting shall be made 
available upon request.

Adriane Paris,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-23347 Filed 10-21-20; 8:45 am]
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