[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5578-5579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2258]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Federal Advisory Committee; Quadrennial Defense Review 
Independent Panel

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Disestablishment of Federal advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense announced on October 1, 2009 (74 FR 
50781) that the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel (hereafter 
referred to as the Panel), which was established by 10 U.S.C. 118f, 
would operate under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b). The Department has determined that the Panel is a 
legislative advisory committee that works for and reports to the 
Legislative Branch; therefore, the Department is withdrawing the 
Panel's charter.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After further consideration the Office of 
the Committee Management Officer for the Department of Defense, in 
consultation with the Office of the General Counsel for the Department 
of Defense, has determined that the Panel is in fact a legislative 
advisory committee; that is, it works for and reports to the 
Legislative Branch.
    Therefore, the Panel is not subject to the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 or the Government in the 
Sunshine Act of 1976. Accordingly, the Department of Defense is 
withdrawing the Panel's charter that was filed with the Committee 
Management Secretariat for the General Services Administration, the 
congressional oversight committees and the Library of Congress.
    The removal of the Panel's charter and its status under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act of 1972 has no

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impact on the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 118f, as amended, that require 
the establishment of the Panel and its subsequent recommendations to 
Congress.

    Dated: January 29, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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