[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 22757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10123]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Federal Advisory Committee; Army Education Advisory Committee; 
Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Renewal of Federal advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: 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), and 41 CFR 102-3.50, the Department of Defense gives 
notice that it is renewing the charter for the Army Education 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 discretionary Federal 
advisory committee that shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through 
the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 
independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to the 
educational, doctrinal, and research policies and activities of the 
U.S. Army's educational programs, to include the U.S. Army's joint 
professional military education programs, educational policies, school 
curriculums, educational philosophy and objectives, program 
effectiveness, facilities, staff and faculty, instructional methods and 
other aspects of the organization and management of these programs.
    The Secretary of the Army may act upon the Committee's advice and 
recommendations.
    The Committee shall be composed of not more than fifteen members, 
who are eminent authorities in the field of defense, management, 
leadership, and academia. Committee members shall be appointed by the 
Secretary of Defense, and their membership shall be renewed by the 
Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. Committee members shall, with 
the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, serve without 
compensation, unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the Army.
    Committee members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are 
not full-time Federal officers or employees, shall be appointed under 
the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as special government 
employees.
    The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs or designated representative will serve as the Committee 
Chairperson, and shall serve at the discretion of the Secretary of the 
Army or designated representative. The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of the Army or designated representative may invite other 
distinguished Government officers to serve as non-voting observers of 
the Committee. The Secretary of the Army, pursuant to DoD policies and 
procedures, may appoint, as deemed necessary non-voting consultants to 
provide special expertise to the Committee. These consultants, if not 
full-time or part time government employees, shall be appointed under 
the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall serve as special government 
employees, shall be appointed on an intermittent basis to work specific 
Committee-related efforts, and shall have no voting rights.
    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 Chairperson. The estimated 
number of Committee meetings is two per year.
    The Designated Federal Officer and Alternate 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 Committee and 
subcommittee 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 Army 
Education 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 the Army Education 
Advisory Committee.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Army Education Advisory Committee, and this individual 
will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership 
for their consideration. Contact information for the Army Education 
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 Army Education 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 27, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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