[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36540-36541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14433]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Establishment of the Board of Visitors, Marine Corps University

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Establishment 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(a), the Department of Defense gives 
notice that it is establishing the charter for the Board of Visitors, 
Marine Corps University (``the Board''). The Board has been determined 
to be in the public interest.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board shall provide independent advice 
and recommendations on matters relating to the Marine Corps University, 
as set forth in this notice.
    The Board shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the 
Secretary of the Navy and the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat 
Development Command, independent advice and recommendations on matters 
pertaining to:
    a. U.S. Marine Corps Professional Military Education;
    b. All aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the 
Marine Corps University (``the University'');
    c. Higher educational standards and cost effective operations of 
the University; and
    d. The operation and accreditation of the National Museum of the 
Marine Corps. The Board shall be composed of at least 9 and not more 
than 11 members who are appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense. The members will be eminent authorities in 
the fields of education, defense, management, economics, leadership, 
academia, national military strategy, or international affairs.
    Board members will be appointed for a term of service of one-to-
four years, and their appointments will be renewed, on an annual basis, 
according to DoD policies and procedures. No member, unless authorized 
by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may 
serve more than two consecutive terms of service on the Board, to 
include its subcommittees. Board 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. Sec.  3109, to 
serve as special government employee (SGE) members. Board members, who 
are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, will serve as 
regular government employee members. All Board members are appointed to 
provide advice to 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.
    All Board members will be reimbursed for travel and per diem as it 
pertains to official business of the Board. Board members, who are 
appointed by the Secretary of Defense as SGE members, will serve 
without compensation.
    The Secretary of Defense authorizes the President of the University 
to select the Board President from among the members of the Board. The 
position of the Board President will be for a two-year period, not to 
exceed a member's term of service.
    The Secretary of Defense authorizes the President of the University 
to serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board, whose 
membership shall not count toward the total membership of the Board. No 
other full-time or permanent part-time University employee will serve 
on the Board.
    The Secretary of the Navy, pursuant to DoD policies and procedures, 
may appoint, as deemed necessary, non-voting subject matter experts 
(SMEs) to assist the Board or its subcommittees on an ad hoc basis. 
These non-voting SMEs are not members of the Board or its subcommittees 
and will not engage or participate in any deliberations by the Board or 
its subcommittees. These non-voting SMEs, if not full-time or permanent 
part-time Government employees, will be appointed as experts and 
consultants, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. Sec.  3109, to serve on an 
intermittent basis to address specific issues under consideration by 
the Board.
    DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Board's mission and DoD 
policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces, or 
working groups to support the Board. Establishment of subcommittees 
will be based upon a written determination, to include terms of 
reference, by the

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Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary 
of the Navy, as the DoD Sponsor.
    Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Board, and 
shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the 
Board for full and open deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees, 
task forces, or working groups have no authority to make decisions and 
recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Board. No 
subcommittee or any of its members can update or report, verbally or in 
writing, on behalf of the Board, directly to the DoD or any Federal 
officer or employee.
    All subcommittee members will be appointed in the same manner as 
Board members; that is, the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense will appoint subcommittee members, to a term of 
service of one-to-four years, even if the member in question is already 
a member of the Board.
    Subcommittee members, if not full-time or permanent part-time 
Federal employees, will be appointed as experts and consultants, under 
the authority of 5 U.S.C. Sec.  3109, to serve as SGE members, whose 
appointments must be renewed on an annual basis. With the exception of 
travel and per diem for official travel related to the Board or its 
subcommittees, subcommittee members shall serve without compensation.
    With the exception of the President of the University, no full-time 
or permanent part-time University employee will serve on any 
subcommittees, task forces, or working groups. Each subcommittee member 
is appointed to provide advice to 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.
    All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the 
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and 
established DoD policies and procedures.
    The Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 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.
    The Board's DFO 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 Board's DFO, a properly 
approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Board according to 
established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the entire 
duration of all of the Board and subcommittee meetings.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Board and its 
subcommittees meetings; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; 
adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines 
adjournment to be in the public interest or required by governing 
regulations or DoD policies and procedures; and chair meetings when 
directed to do so by the official to whom the Board reports.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR Sec. Sec.  102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the 
public or interested organizations may submit written statements to the 
Board of Visitors, Marine Corps University 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 Board of 
Visitors, Marine Corps University. All written statements shall be 
submitted to the Designated Federal Officer for the Board of Visitors, 
Marine Corps University, and this individual will ensure that the 
written statements are provided to the membership for their 
consideration. Contact information for the Board of Visitors, Marine 
Corps University's 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 Sec.  102-3.150, 
will announce planned meetings of the Board of Visitors, Marine Corps 
University. 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: June 13, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-14433 Filed 6-17-13; 8:45 am]
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