[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51832-51833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26340]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Fall 1997 Conference Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on
Women in the Services (DACOWITS)
AGENCY: Department of Defense, Advisory Committee on Women in the
Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended,
notice is hereby given of a forthcoming semiannual conference of the
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The
purpose of the Fall 1997 DACOWITS Conference is to assist the Secretary
of Defense on matters relating to women in the Services. Conference
sessions will be held daily and will be open to the public, unless
otherwise noted below.
DATES: October 29-November 2, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Tampa, Two Tampa City Center, Tampa FL 33602;
telephone: (813) 225-1234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Colonel Kay Troutt, USAF,
or CDR Deborah R. Goodwin, USN, DACOWITS and Military Women Matters,
OASD (Force Management Policy), 4000 Defense Pentagon, Room 3D769,
Washington, DC 20301-4000; telephone (703) 697-2122.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following rules will govern the
participation by members of the public at the conference:
(1) Members of the public will not be permitted to attend the OSD
Reception and Dinner and Conference Field Trip.
(2) The Opening Session, General Session, all subcommittee sessions
and the Voting Session will be open to the public.
(3) Interested persons may submit a written statement for
consideration by the Committee and/or make an oral
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presentation of such during the conference.
(4) Persons desiring to make an oral presentation or submit a
written statement to the Committee must notify the point of contact
listed above no later than October 17, 1997.
(5) Length and number of oral presentations to be made will depend
on the number of requests received from members of the public.
(6) Oral presentations by members of the public will be permitted
only on Sunday, November 2, 1997, before the full Committee.
(7) Each person desiring to make an oral presentation must provide
the DACOWITS office with one (1) copy of the presentation by October
17, 1997 and bring 175 copies of any material that is intended for
distribution at the conference.
(8) Persons submitting a written statement for inclusion in the
minutes of the conference must submit to the DACOWITS staff one (1)
copy of the statement by the close of the conference on Sunday,
November 2, 1997.
(9) Other new items from members of the public may be presented in
writing to any DACOWITS member for transmittal to the DACOWITS Chair or
Military Director, DACOWITS and Military Women Matters, for
consideration.
(10) Members of the public will not be permitted to enter oral
discussions conducted by the Committee members at any of the sessions;
however, they will be permitted to reply to questions directed to them
by the members of the Committee.
(11) After the official participants have asked questions and/or
made comments to the scheduled speakers, members of the public will be
permitted to ask questions if recognized by the Chair and if time
allows.
(12) Non-social agenda events that are not open to the public are
for administrative matters unrelated to substantive advice provided to
the Department of Defense and do not involve DACOWITS deliberations or
decision-making issues before the Committee. Conference sessions will
be conducted according to the following agenda:
Wednesday, October 29, 1997
Conference Registration
Field Trip (DACOWITS Members and Senior Military Representatives Only)
Subcommittee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members Only)
Military Representatives Meeting (Senior Military Representatives Only)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members
Only)
OSD Social (Paid Registered Conference Participants Only)
Thursday, October 30, 1997
Opening Session and General Session (Open to Public)
Luncheon (Paid Registered Conference Participants Only)
Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)
Friday, October 31, 1997
Subcommittee Session (Open to Public)
Luncheon (Paid Registered Conference Participants Only)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members
Only)
OSD Reception and Dinner (Invited Guests Only)
Saturday, November 1, 1997
Subcommittee Sessions (Open to Public)
Tri-committee Review (Open to Public)
Executive Committee Rules and Procedures Meeting (DACOWITS Members
Only)
Strategic Planning Meeting (DACOWITS Members Only)
Sunday, November 2, 1997
Final Review (Open to Public)
Voting Session (Open to Public)
Dated: September 30, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-26340 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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