[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10231-10232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3485]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: DoD.

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: 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 102-3.65, the 
Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for 
the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (hereafter referred to as 
the Council).
    The Council is a non-discretionary federal advisory committee 
established by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness to provide the Department of Defense and the DoD's overseas 
dependent schools independent advice and recommendations on general 
policies for the operation of the DoD overseas school system, provided 
information and insights from the Department of Education regarding 
educational programs and practices found to be effective, and advised 
the Director, DoDEA on the various studies and surveys conducted by and 
about DoDEA. The Council, in accomplishing its mission: (a) Improved 
the High School Initiative, a 5-year program objective to improve 
system-wide academic consistency; (b) improved the Special Education 
Initiative, a program objective to enhance services provided to DoD 
overseas school system students with special needs; (c) enhanced school 
counseling services, especially in military communities with high 
forward deployment rates; and (d) provided invaluable insights into 
effects on DoD dependent students and CONUS local educational 
authorities of the impending Global Defense Posture Realignment (GDPR) 
and the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission decisions.
    The Council shall be composed of not more than 16 members, who have 
demonstrated an interest in the field of

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primary or secondary education. Council members appointed by the 
Secretary of Defense, who are not federal officers or employees, shall 
serve as Special Government Employees under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 
3109. Council members shall be appointed on an annual basis by the 
Secretary of Defense. In addition, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Education or their designated representative shall serve 
as the Council's co-chair.
    Individuals appointed to the Council from professional employee 
organizations shall be individuals designated by those organizations. 
Council members and consultants, if required, shall be entitled to 
compensation at the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time 
of such service for level IV of the Executive Services under 5 U.S.C. 
5315. Council members shall be entitled to compensation for travel and 
per diem for official travel.
    The Council shall be authorized to establish subcommittees, as 
necessary and consistent with its mission, and these subcommittees or 
working groups shall operate under the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Government in the Sunshine Act of 
1976, and other appropriate federal regulations.
    Such subcommittees or workgroups shall not work independently of 
the chartered Council, and shall report all their recommendations and 
advice to the Council for full deliberation and discussion. 
Subcommittees or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on 
behalf of the chartered Council nor can they report directly to the 
Department of Defense or any federal officers or employees who are not 
Council members.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council shall meet at the call of the 
Council's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the 
Council's chairperson. The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to DoD 
policy, shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and 
shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and 
procedures. The Designated Federal Officer or duly appointed Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer shall attend all committee meetings and 
subcommittee meetings.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to the Advisory 
Council on Dependents' Education membership about the Council's mission 
and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in 
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Advisory 
Council on Dependents' Education.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education, and this 
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the 
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the 
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education's Designated Federal Officer 
can be obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp.
    The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will 
announce planned meetings of the Advisory Council on Dependents' 
Education. The Designated Federal Officer, at that time, may provide 
additional guidance on the submission of written statements that are in 
response to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in question.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-2554, 
extension 128.

    Dated: February 19, 2008.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-3485 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am]
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