[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21604-21605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9540]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; 
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Renewal of Federal advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 20 U.S.C. 929, 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), and 41 CFR 102-3.50, the 
Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for 
the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (hereafter referred to as 
the Council).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council is a non-discretionary Federal 
advisory committee established to provide independent advice and 
recommendations on the Department of Defense (DoD) dependents' 
education system to the Director, Department of Defense Education 
Activity on the following:
    a. General policies for operation of the DoD dependents' education 
system with respect to curriculum selection, administration and 
operation of the system;
    b. Information from other Federal agencies concerned with primary 
and secondary education with respect to education programs and 
practices which such agencies have found to be effective and which 
should be considered for inclusion in the DoD dependents' education 
system;

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    c. The design of the study and the selection of the contractor 
referred to in 20 U.S.C. 930(a)(2); and
    d. Other tasks as may be required by the Secretary of Defense.
    The Director, Department of Defense Education Activity may act upon 
the Council's advice and recommendations.
    The Council, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a), shall be comprised of no 
more than 16 members who have demonstrated an interest in the field of 
primary or secondary education and who shall include:
    a. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education or their 
respective designees;
    b. Twelve individuals appointed who shall be individuals who 
demonstrated an interest in the field of primary or secondary education 
and who shall include representatives of professional employee 
organizations, school administrators, and parents of students enrolled 
in the DoD dependents' education system, and one student enrolled in 
such system; and
    c. A representative of the Secretary of Defense and of the 
Secretary of Education.
    The twelve Council members appointed under the authority of 20 
U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B), shall be appointed jointly by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Education, who must renew the appointments 
on an annual basis.
    Members appointed to the Council from professional employee 
organizations, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(2), shall be individuals 
designated by those organizations. Individuals appointed pursuant to 20 
U.S.C. 929(a)(2) shall serve a three-year term, and no individual 
appointed under 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(2) shall serve more than two full 
terms on the Council.
    Council members who are not full-time or permanent part-time 
Federal officers or employees, shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
Defense as experts and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and serve as special government employees.
    With the exception of those individuals appointed pursuant to 20 
U.S.C. 929(a)(1) and (2), all Council member appointments shall be 
renewed on an annual basis by the Secretary of Defense.
    Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(d), members of the Council who are not 
full-time or permanent part-time employees of the Federal government 
shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Council or 
otherwise engaged in the business of the Council, be entitled to 
compensation at the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time 
of such service for level IV of the Executive Services under 5 U.S.C. 
5315. All Council members, while on official travel, shall be entitled 
to compensation for travel and per diem.
    The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education or their 
designated representatives, shall serve as the Council's co-chairs.
    The Director, Department of Defense Education Activity shall be the 
Executive Secretary to the Council, but shall not vote on matters 
before the Council.
    With DoD approval, the Council 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 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and other appropriate Federal 
statutes and regulations.
    Such subcommittees or workgroups shall not work independently of 
the chartered Council, and shall report all their recommendations and 
advice to the Council for full deliberation and discussion. 
Subcommittees or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on 
behalf of the chartered Council nor can they report directly to the 
Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees who are not 
Council members.
    Subcommittee members, who are not Council members, shall be 
appointed in the same manner as the Council members.
    The Council shall meet at the call of the Council's Designated 
Federal Officer, in consultation with the Council's co-chairs. The 
estimated number of Council meetings is at least two 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 established DoD policies and procedures. In 
addition, the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in 
attendance at all meetings, however, in the absence of the Designated 
Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall attend 
the meeting.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to the Advisory 
Council on Dependents' Education membership about the Council'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 
Council on Dependents' Education.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education, and this 
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the 
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the 
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education 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 Advisory Council on Dependents' 
Education. 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: April 20, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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