[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46426-46427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18963]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: DoD.

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2166(e), 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(a), the 
Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for 
the Army Education Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as ``the 
Committee'').
    The Committee shall provide independent advice and recommendations 
on matters relating to U.S. Army educational matters.
    The Committee shall report to the Secretary of Defense, through the 
Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. The 
Secretary of the Army 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 field of defense, 
management, leadership, and academia.
    All Committee members shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
Defense and all member appointments require annual renewal by the 
Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense may approve the 
appointments of Committee members for three-year terms of service; 
however, no member, unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense, may 
serve more than two consecutive terms of service. This same term of 
service limitation also applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees. 
Committee members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are not 
full-time or permanent part-time federal officers or employees, shall 
be appointed under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as special 
government employees. In addition, all Committee members, with the 
exception of travel and per diem for official travel, shall serve 
without compensation. Each Committee member is appointed to provide 
advice on behalf of the government on the basis of his or her best 
judgment without representing any particular point of view and in a 
manner that is free from conflict of interest.
    The Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (G-3/5/7), U.S. Army Training 
and Doctrine Command, will serve as a non-voting member of the 
Committee and will appoint the Committee's Chairperson and Vice 
Chairperson from the total Committee membership. 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.
    The Department, when necessary, and consistent with the Committee's 
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees 
deemed necessary to support the Committee. Establishment of 
subcommittees will be based upon a written determination, to include 
terms of reference, by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary 
of Defense, or the Committee's sponsor.
    Such subcommittees 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 have no 
authority to make decisions on behalf of the chartered Committee; nor 
can any subcommittee or its members update or report directly to the 
Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees.
    All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as 
Committee members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint 
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a 
Committee member. Subcommittee members, with the approval of the 
Secretary of Defense, may serve a term of service on the subcommittee 
of three years subject to annual renewals; however, no member shall 
serve more than two consecutive terms of service on the subcommittee.
    Subcommittee members, 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 shall 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 Committee related travel, subcommittee members shall serve 
without compensation.
    All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the 
Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), governing 
Federal statutes and regulations, and governing DoD policies/
procedures.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee shall meet at the call of the 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), in consultation with the Committee's 
Chairperson. The estimated number of Committee meetings is two per 
year.
    In addition, the DFO is required to be in attendance at all 
Committee and subcommittee meetings for the entire duration of each and 
every meeting; however, in the absence of the DFO, the Alternate DFO 
shall attend the entire duration of the Committee 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 the Committee 
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 Committee meetings.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO, and this 
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the 
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the 
Committee's DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp.
    The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned 
meetings of the Committee.
    The DFO, at that time, may provide additional guidance on the 
submission

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of written statements that are in response to the stated agenda for the 
planned meeting in question.

    Dated: July 30, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-18963 Filed 8-2-12; 8:45 am]
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