[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 22560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9900]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Federal Advisory Committee; Naval Research Advisory Committee; 
Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Renewal of Federal advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 5024, 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, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.50, 
the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter 
for the Naval Research Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as the 
Committee).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is a non-discretionary Federal 
advisory committee that shall provide independent advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval 
Operations and the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps on scientific, 
technical, and research and development matters confronting the U.S. 
Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
    The Committee shall report to the Secretary of the Navy, through 
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and 
Acquisitions. The Secretary of the Navy may act upon the Committee's 
advice and recommendations.
    The Committee shall be composed of not more than 15 members who are 
eminent authorities in the fields of science, research and development 
work, and other matters of special interest to the Department of the 
Navy. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 5024(a), one member of the Committee shall 
be from the field of medicine.
    The Committee members shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
Defense, and their appointments will be renewed on an annual basis. 
Those members, who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal 
officers or employees, shall be appointed as experts and consultants 
under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as special government 
employees. With the exception of travel and per diem for official 
travel, Committee members shall serve without compensation, unless 
otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the Navy.
    Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 5024(a), the Secretary of the Navy may 
establish the terms of appointment for members of the Navy Research 
Advisory Committee.
    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 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and other appropriate Federal 
statutes and 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.
    Subcommittee members, who are not Committee members, shall be 
appointed in the same manner as the Committee members.
    The Committee shall meet at the call of the Committee's Designated 
Federal Officer, in consultation with the Office of the Secretary of 
the Navy and the Chairperson. The estimated number of Committee 
meetings is four 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 Naval 
Research Advisory Committee's 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 Naval Research 
Advisory Committee.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Naval Research Advisory Committee, and this individual 
will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership 
for their consideration. Contact information for the Naval Research 
Advisory Committee 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 Naval Research 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: April 23, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-9900 Filed 4-28-10; 8:45 am]
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