Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
Board of Visitors

When Congress passed the Defense Authorization Bill for 2001 and President Bill Clinton signed it into law, WHINSEC was created. The law called for a federal advisory committee -the Board of Visitors (BoV) - to maintain independent review, observation, and recommendation regarding operations of the institute. The 14-member BoV includes members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, representatives from the State Department, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Northern Command, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and six members designated by the Secretary of Defense. These six members include representatives from the human rights, religious, academic, and business communities. The board reviews and advises on areas such as curriculum, academic instruction, and fiscal affairs of the institute. Their reviews ensure relevance and consistency with US policy, laws, regulation, and doctrine.

Members of the Board are not compensated by reason of service on the Board.

The BoV is required to meet annually and report to Congress through the Secretary of Defense. The board plans to hold its next meeting in October/November 2013 at the Institute.

To find out more about the WHINSEC BoV go to www.facadatabase.gov

Instructions:

1. Click on "public access" to enter

2. Click on 2002 for the initial BoV report (inaugural and organization) or click on 2003 for the annual report for 2002 filed in Feb 2003

3. Click "Explore data" this takes you to the list of BoV information in this data base

4. Click on "Department of Defense"

5. Click on " Board of Visitors for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation"

6. Once you enter you can then look around under all of the separate listings

7. For the current Report of Session go to "Reports" not "Annual Report"

8. Click on the numeral 1 in the left column then

9. Click the word "Go" at the end of the entry beginning with "View Report At"