[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21738-21739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08766]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Defense Advisory 
Committee on Women in the Services (``the Committee'').

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being renewed 
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 
U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (``the Sunshine Act''), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d).
    The Committee is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that 
shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)), independent advice and 
recommendations on matters and policies relating to women in the Armed 
Forces of the United States.
    The Committee shall report to the Secretary of Defense and the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense through the USD(P&R). The USD(P&R) may act 
upon the Committee's advice and recommendations.
    The DoD, through the Office of the USD(P&R), shall provide support, 
as deemed necessary, for the Committee's performance and functions, and 
shall ensure compliance with the requirements of the FACA, the Sunshine 
Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and established DoD 
policies and procedures.
    The Committee shall be comprised of no more than 20 members who are 
appointed by the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary of Defense and who 
have experience with the military or with women's workforce issues. The 
Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense shall select and appoint the 
Committee's chair from the total membership. All Committee member 
appointments must be renewed by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of 
Defense on an annual basis.
    The Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense may appoint the 
Director of the Center for Women Veterans for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to serve

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as a non-voting ex-officio regular government employee (RGE) member, 
who participates in the Committee's deliberations. If appointed, he or 
she will not count toward the Committee's total membership or to 
determine whether a quorum exists.
    The Under Secretary may request the appointment of additional 
experts and consultants to advise the Committee as subject matter 
experts. If approved by the Secretary of Defense, these experts and 
consultants, appointed under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall have 
no voting rights on the Committee or its subcommittees, shall not count 
toward the Committee's total membership, and shall not engage in 
Committee deliberations.
    Committee members appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the 
Deputy 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 to serve as special government 
employee (SGE) members. Committee members appointed by the Secretary of 
Defense, who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, 
shall serve as RGE members. Committee members shall serve a term of 
service of one-to-four years on the Committee. No member may serve more 
than two consecutive terms of service without Secretary or Deputy 
Secretary of Defense approval. This same term of service limitation 
also applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees.
    All Committee members will be reimbursed for travel and per diem as 
it pertains to official business of the Committee. Committee members, 
who are appointed by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense as 
SGE members, will serve without compensation.
    DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Committee's mission and 
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces, 
or working groups 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 USD(P&R), as the DoD Sponsor.
    Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Committee 
and shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the 
Committee 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 Committee. No 
subcommittee or any of its members can update or report, verbally or in 
writing, on behalf of the Committee, directly to the DoD or any Federal 
officer or employee.
    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 Committee. 
Subcommittee members shall not serve more than two consecutive terms of 
service unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense.
    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. 3109, to serve as SGE members, whose 
appointments must be renewed on an annual basis. Subcommittee members 
appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are full-time or permanent 
part-time Federal employees, shall serve as RGE members. With the 
exception of reimbursement of official travel and per diem related to 
the Committee or its subcommittees, subcommittee members shall serve 
without compensation.
    All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the 
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and 
established DoD policies and procedures.
    The estimated number of Committee meetings is four per year.
    The Committee's DFO shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD 
employee and shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD 
policies and procedures.
    The Committee's DFO is required to be in attendance at all meetings 
of the Committee and its subcommittees for the entire duration of each 
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Committee's DFO, a 
properly approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Committee 
according to established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the 
entire duration of all meetings of the Committee and its subcommittees.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Committee and 
its subcommittees; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and 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 USD(P&R). Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the 
public or interested organizations may submit written statements to 
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services 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 Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the 
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, and this 
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the 
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the Defense 
Advisory Committee on Women in the Services DFO can be obtained from 
the GSA's FACA Database--http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
    The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned 
meetings of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. 
The DFO, 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 14, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-08766 Filed 4-16-14; 8:45 am]
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