[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12927]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Federal Advisory Committee; Threat Reduction Advisory Committee

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 Threat Reduction 
Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as the Committee).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is a discretionary Federal 
advisory committee established to provide independent advice and 
recommendations on matters relating to combating weapons of mass 
destruction to the Secretary of Defense through the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and the Director of 
the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on the following:
    a. Reducing the threat posed by nuclear, biological, chemical, 
conventional and special weapons to the United States, its military 
forces, allies and partners;
    b. Combating weapons of mass destruction to include non-
proliferation, counter proliferation and consequence management;
    c. Nuclear deterrence transformation;
    d. Weapons effects; and
    e. Other Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology and Logistics, and Defense Threat Reduction Agency mission-
related matters.
    The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics shall be authorized to act upon the Committee's advice and 
recommendations.
    The Committee shall be comprised of not more than 30 members who 
are eminent authorities in the fields of national defense, geopolitical 
and national security affairs, and weapons of mass destruction.
    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 shall serve as special 
government employees.
    With the exception of travel and per diem for travel, Committee 
members shall normally serve without compensation, unless the Secretary 
of Defense authorizes compensation for a particular member(s).
    The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics shall select the Committee's Chairperson from the Committee 
membership at large.
    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, 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 Threat 
Reduction 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 Threat 
Reduction Advisory Committee.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, and this 
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the 
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the Threat 
Reduction 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 Threat Reduction 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: May 25, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-12927 Filed 5-27-10; 8:45 am]
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