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Staff to plan mixed in-person and virtual public comment for February briefing

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights · January 15, 2026

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Summary

Staff said commissioners want a mixed in-person and virtual public comment format for a February briefing and will schedule a preparatory meeting and a dry run to finalize logistics.

Speaker 2, a staff member, said the commission’s briefing in February will include both in-person testimony and remote callers, and asked colleagues to meet to work out logistics.

"The commissioners, for the public commentary second day, they wanna do a, a mixed public comment," Speaker 2 said, describing an approach that would allow people to testify in person and others to join by phone or online.

Speaker 2 said they would convene a meeting with Dean, Peter and DJ to plan the setup and would seek specific guidance at the next staff meeting so they could give colleagues the details needed to implement the mixed format. Speaker 5 confirmed receipt of the meeting script and an updated participant list and said Webex was functioning correctly for them.

Staff proposed a dry run on the 18th to test technology and procedures before the February briefing. No formal motions or votes were recorded during the call.

The discussion centered on logistics rather than policy; next steps are for staff to gather specifics about turnout, seating and technological requirements and to schedule the preparatory meeting in February. The meeting concluded with participants agreeing to follow up and to plan the dry run.