[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 139 (Friday, July 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 41330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16412]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

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 Missile Defense Advisory Committee (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 Director, Missile Defense Agency independent advice and 
recommendations on all matters relating to missile defense, including 
system development, technology, program maturity and readiness of 
configurations of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Committee, 
in accomplishing its mission: (a) Conducted an assessment of the MDA's 
Capabilities-Based Acquisition approach; (b) made recommendations in 
the areas of Approach, Transition to Production and Sustainment, Block 
Names, and MDA-Managed Systems; (c) assessed the U.S. ballistic missile 
defense capabilities against a certain potential level of threat; and 
(d) set forth recommendation in the areas of Deterrence, Research and 
Development, and Combatant Commands and Services.
    The Committee shall be composed of not more than 10 members, who 
are distinguished authorities in the field of national defense policy, 
acquisition and technical areas relating to Ballistic Missile Defense 
System Programs. Committee members appointed by the Secretary of 
Defense, who are not federal officers or employees, shall be appointed 
as experts and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 
with the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, shall 
serve without compensation, unless otherwise authorized by the 
Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense shall renew the 
appointments of these Special Government Employees on an annual basis. 
The Committee shall select the Chairperson from the total Committee 
membership.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.

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 Missile 
Defense Advisory Committee 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 meeting of the Missile Defense 
Advisory Committee.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Missile Defense Advisory Committee, and this individual 
will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership 
for their consideration. Contact information for the Missile Defense 
Advisory Committee'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 Missile Defense Advisory Committee. 
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.

    Dated: July 11, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
 [FR Doc. E8-16412 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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