[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19053-19054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7316]


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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 Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services 
(hereafter referred to as the Committee).
    The Committee is a discretionary federal advisory committee 
established by the Secretary of Defense to provide the Department of 
Defense, and the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 
independent advice and recommendations on matters and policies relating 
to the recruitment and retention, treatment, employment, integration, 
and well-being of highly qualified professional women in the Armed 
Forces and provide advice and recommendations on family issues related 
to. The Committee, in accomplishing its mission: (a) Reports and 
recommends healthcare issues specific to female service members; and 
(b) provides recommendations to military spouse career and employment 
opportunity.
    The Committee shall be composed of not more than 15 members, who 
represent a distribution of demography, professional career fields, 
community service, and geography, and selected on the basis of their 
experience in the military, as a member of a military family, or with 
women's or family-related workforce issues. Committee members appointed 
by the Secretary of Defense, who are not federal officers or employees, 
shall serve as Special

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Government Employees under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109. Committee 
members shall be appointed on an annual basis by the Secretary of 
Defense, and shall serve no more than three years on the Committee; the 
Secretary of Defense may authorize a Committee member to serve longer 
than three years on the Committee. Committee members shall serve 
without compensation, with the exception of travel and per diem for 
official travel.
    The Committee 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 Committee, and shall report all their recommendations and 
advice to the Committee for full deliberation and discussion. 
Subcommittees or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on 
behalf of the chartered Committee nor can they report directly to the 
Department of Defense or any federal officers or employees who are not 
Committee members.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee shall meet at the call of the 
Committee's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the 
Committee'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 Defense 
Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services membership about 
the Committee's mission and functions. Written statements may be 
submitted at any time or in response to the stated agenda of planned 
meetings of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the 
Services.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the 
Services, and this individual will ensure that the written statements 
are provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact 
information for the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in 
the Service'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 Defense Department Advisory Committee 
on Women in the Services. 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: Contact Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.

    Dated: April 2, 2008.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-7316 Filed 4-7-08; 8:45 am]
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