Attend the public meeting of the USMA Board of Visitors in Washington, DC on Thursday, 7 March 2024. As a member of the public, you can monitor what is happening at these meetings and you can submit a written statement ahead of time (see below on where to send).

Let us know if you plan to attend. Also, if you plan to submit a statement to them (DUE BY 26 FEB), we would like to have a copy and possibly post on this website.

When Biden took office, he fired all Trump appointees from every service academy Board of Visitors, so you can predict the makeup of the group is left-leaning and pushing a leftist agenda at West Point. At a Spring 2023 meeting, the Honor Code was going to be reviewed “to make it more aspirational in nature.”

Background:

• At West Point, the Honor Code will become “aspirational”
• Politics and the Academy Boards of Visitors
• To push woke ideology, Biden illegally gutted military academy oversight boards

Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy (USMA BoV) (Federal Register)

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting: in person.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976, the Department of Defense announces that the following Federal advisory committee meeting will take place.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2024, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting will be required to show a government photo ID upon entering in order to gain access to the meeting location. All members of the public are subject to security screening.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Library of Congress Building, Members Room, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Deadra Ghostlaw, the Designated Federal Officer for the Committee, in writing at: United States Military Academy—G–1, ATTN: Deadra Ghostlaw, 646 Swift Road, West Point, NY 10996; by email at: [email protected]  or [email protected]; or by telephone at (845) 938–6534.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The committee 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.

The USMA BoV provides independent advice and recommendations to the President of the United States on matters related to morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods, and any other matters relating to the Academy that the Board decides to consider.

Purpose of the Meeting: This is the 2024 Organizational Meeting of the USMA BoV. Members of the Board will be provided updates on Academy issues.

Agenda:

• Introduction;
• Board Business:
• Election of Chair and Vice Chair for 2024,
• Swearing in of Presidential Appointees,
• Approval of the “2024 Rules of the US Military Academy Board of Visitors,”
• Approval of the Minutes from the July 2023 Meeting,
• select Summer meeting date;
• Superintendent’s Remarks;
• Open Discussion;
• Developing Leaders of Character;
• Promoting a Professional Climate; and
• Continuously Transforming Toward Preeminence

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b 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 Mrs. Ghostlaw, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (above) section.

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, and members of the public attending the Committee meeting will not be permitted to present questions from the floor or speak to any issue under consideration by the Committee.

Because the Committee meeting will be held in a Federal Government facility security screening is required. A government photo ID is required to enter the building. The Library of Congress Building is fully handicapped accessible. Wheelchair access is available at 10 First Street SE, Washington, DC. Enter on First Street or Second Street side of building.

For additional information about public access procedures, contact Mrs. Ghostlaw, the committee’s 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 committee, in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting or in regard to the committee’s mission in general.

Written comments or statements should be submitted to Mrs. Ghostlaw, the Committee 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.

Written comments or statements being submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the Designated Federal Official at least seven business days prior to the meeting to be considered by the Committee.

The Designated Federal Official will review all timely submitted written comments or statements with the Committee Chairperson and ensure the comments are provided to all members of the Committee before the meeting.

Written comments or statements received after this date may not be provided to the committee 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.

However, the Committee Designated Federal Official and Chairperson may choose to invite certain submitters to present their comments verbally during the open portion of this meeting or at a future meeting.

The Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Committee Chairperson, may allot a specific amount of time for submitters to present their comments verbally.

James W. Satterwhite Jr.,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 2024–02340 Filed 2–5–24; 8:45 am]