[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 222 (Monday, November 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67840-67841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27193]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense


Establishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice; Establishment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 1082 of Public Law 110-181, 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as 
amended), the Sunshine in the Government 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 establishing the Advisory Panel on Department of Defense 
Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents 
(hereafter referred to as the Panel).
    The Panel is a non-discretionary federal advisory committee 
established under the authority of section 1082 of Public Law 110-181 
and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a) to carry out an assessment of the capabilities 
of the Department of Defense to provide support to U.S. civil 
authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, 
nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident.
    The Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for 
Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents is required by 
statute to submit a report within 12 months of its findings and 
recommendations. The report will be submitted to the Secretary of 
Defense and the Committees on Armed Services on the Senate and the 
House of Representatives.
    The Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for 
Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents shall be composed 
of a chairperson and no more than nineteen additional members who have 
expertise in the legal, operational, and organizational aspects of the 
management of the consequences of a chemical, biological, radiological, 
nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident.
    Panel members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are not 
full-time or permanent part-time employees of the federal government, 
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, they shall serve without compensation. These experts and 
consultants shall serve as special government employees.
    The Department of Defense intends to authorize the Advisory Panel 
on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities 
After Certain Incidents to establish and use subcommittees, and the 
Panel, to include any subcommittees, will operate under the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Sunshine in the 
Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR, Parts 
102-3 through 102-3.185.
    Such subcommittees or workgroups shall not work independently of 
the chartered Panel, and shall report all their recommendations and 
advice to the Panel for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees 
or workgroups have no authority to make

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decisions on behalf of the chartered Panel nor can they report directly 
to the Department of Defense or any federal officers or employees who 
are not Panel Members.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel shall meet at the call of the 
Panel's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Panel'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 
Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil 
Authorities After Certain Incidents membership about the Panel'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 
Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil 
Authorities After Certain Incidents.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities 
for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents, and this 
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the 
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the 
Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of 
Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents' Designated Federal Officer, 
once appointed, may 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 Panel on Department of 
Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain 
Incidents. 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: November 7, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
 [FR Doc. E8-27193 Filed 11-14-08; 8:45 am]
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