[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22291-22292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8888]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: DoD.

ACTION: Charter amendment 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(d), the Department of Defense 
gives notice that it is amending the charter for the Defense 
Intelligence Agency Advisory Board (hereafter referred to as ``the 
Board'').
    The Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board, pursuant to 41 CFR 
102-3.50(d), is a discretionary Federal advisory committee established 
to provide the Secretary of Defense through the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Intelligence and the Director of the Defense Intelligence 
Agency advice on matters relating to DoD's intelligence enterprise.
    The Board shall: (a) Review and evaluate progress on selected 
intelligence issues, programs and topics; (b) Advise on the 
effectiveness of intelligence sources and methods to aid the Department 
of Defense in establishing resource allocations among programs, 
consistent with national

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intelligence requirements; (c) Review, evaluate and recommend 
initiatives to improve support to the defense intelligence enterprise; 
and (d) Advise on the effectiveness of various methodologies and 
doctrines.
    The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence may act upon the 
Board's advice and recommendations.
    The Board shall be comprised of no more than fifteen members 
appointed by the Secretary of Defense who have distinguished 
backgrounds in national security policy, defense intelligence, 
geopolitical matters, academia or the private sector. All Board member 
appointments must be renewed by the Secretary of Defense on an annual 
basis.
    The Secretary of Defense, based upon the recommendation of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and the Director of Defense 
Intelligence Agency, shall select the Chairperson. Board members 
appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are not full-time or 
permanent part-time federal employees, shall be appointed as experts 
and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and shall serve as 
special government employee members. With the exception of travel and 
per diem for official travel, Board members shall serve without 
compensation. All Board members are appointed to provide advice on 
behalf of the government on the basis of their best judgment without 
representing any particular point of view and in a manner that is free 
from conflict of interest.
    With DoD approval, the Board is authorized to establish 
subcommittees, as necessary and consistent with its mission. These 
subcommittees 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. Sec.  552b), and other governing Federal regulations.
    Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered 
Board, and shall report all their recommendations and advice to the 
Board for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no 
authority to make decisions on behalf of the chartered Board; nor can 
they report directly to the Department of Defense or any Federal 
officers or employees who are not Board members.
    Subcommittee members, who are not Board members, shall be appointed 
in the same manner as the Board members. Such individuals, if not full-
time or part-time government employees, shall be appointed to serve as 
experts and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve 
as special government employees, whose appointments must be renewed by 
the Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. With the exception of 
travel and per diem for official travel, subcommittee members shall 
serve without compensation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board shall meet at the call of the 
Board's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Board's 
Chairperson and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. The 
estimated number of Board meetings is four per year.
    In addition, the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in 
attendance at all Board and subcommittee meetings for the entire 
duration of each and every meeting; however, in the absence of the 
Designated Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer 
shall attend the entire duration of the Board or subcommittee meeting.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to Defense 
Intelligence Agency Advisory Board's membership about the Board's 
mission and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time 
or in response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of Defense 
Intelligence Agency Advisory Board.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board, and this 
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the 
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the Defense 
Intelligence Agency Advisory Board 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 Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory 
Board. 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 10, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-8888 Filed 4-12-12; 8:45 am]
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