[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 2858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-839]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee Charter

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Federal advisory committee charter.

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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 intends to renew the charter 
for the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee (hereafter 
referred to as the Committee).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, DoD Committee Management 
Office, 703-601-6128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.50(d), is a discretionary Federal advisory committee established to 
provide the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Military 
Departments independent advice and recommendations on matters regarding 
the professional standards, historical methodology, program priorities, 
liaison with professional groups and institutions, and adequacy of 
resources of the various historical programs and associated activities 
of the Department of Defense.
    The Secretary of Defense and or the Secretaries of the Military 
Departments or their designated representatives may act upon the 
Committee's advice and recommendations.
    The Committee shall be composed of not more than six members, who 
are the Historians for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the 
Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Military 
Services. Committee members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who 
are not full-time or permanent part-time federal employees, shall be 
appointed on an annual basis as experts and consultants under the 
authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and serve as special government employees. 
In addition, they shall serve without compensation except for travel 
and per diem for official Committee-related travel.
    The Historian for the Office of the Secretary of Defense shall 
serve as the Committee's Chairperson.
    The Committee shall meet at the call of the Committee's Designated 
Federal Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson. The estimated 
number of Committee meetings is one per year.
    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 DoD policies and procedures. In addition, the 
Designated Federal Officer is required to attend all Committee and 
subcommittee meetings. In the absence of the Designated Federal Officer 
the Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall attend the meeting.
    With DoD approval, the Committee is authorized to establish 
subcommittees, as necessary and consistent with its mission. 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.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to the 
Department of Defense Historical 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 Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee, 
and this individual will ensure that the written statements are 
provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact information 
for the 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 Department of Defense Historical 
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: January 13, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-839 Filed 1-15-10; 8:45 am]
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