[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22954-22955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09377]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Reestablishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: DoD.

ACTION: Reestablishment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is reestablishing the charter for the Board of 
Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and the 
Naval War College (``the Board'').

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 
reestablished 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 Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee and shall 
provide independent advice to the Secretary of Defense through the 
Secretary of the Navy and other Navy Component Heads as determined by 
the Secretary of the Navy on matters relating to the Naval Postgraduate 
School and the Naval War College. These matters included, but are not 
limited to, organizational management, curricula and methods of 
instructions, facilities, and other matters of interest.
    The Board shall report to the Secretary of the Navy, through the 
Chief of Naval Operations and the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate 
School and the Naval War College. The Secretary of the Navy may act 
upon the Board's advice and recommendations.
    The DoD, through the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and the 
Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval War College, shall provide 
support services as deemed necessary for the Board's performance, and 
shall ensure compliance with the requirements of the FACA, the 
Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) 
(``the Sunshine Act''), governing Federal statutes and regulations, and 
established DoD policies and procedures.
    The Board shall be comprised of no more than 10 members, who are 
eminent authorities in the fields of academia, business, national 
defense and security, the defense industry, and research and analysis. 
Not less than 50 percent of Board members shall be eminent authorities 
in the field of academia. Board members shall be appointed by the 
Secretary of Defense, with annual renewals.
    The Secretary of the Navy may select and appoint the Chair of the 
Board from members previously approved by the Secretary of Defense to 
serve on the Board. The Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education and the 
Commanding General, Training and Education Command, United States 
Marine Corps shall serve as ex-officio members of the Board. Ex-officio 
members shall have voting rights and count toward the Board's total 
membership.
    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 to 
serve as special government employee (SGE) members. Those individuals 
who are full-time, or permanent part-time, Federal employees will be 
appointed as regular government employee (RGE) members.
    The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of Board 
members for one to four year terms of service; however, no member, 
unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two 
consecutive terms of service.
    Regardless of the individual's approved term of service, all 
appointments to the Board shall be renewed on an annual basis. In 
addition, they shall serve without compensation, except for 
reimbursement for official travel and per diem.
    Each Board 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 Department, when necessary and consistent with the Board's 
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, 
task groups, or working groups deemed necessary to support the Board. 
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 Secretary of the Navy.
    The Board shall establish two permanent subcommittees:
    a. The Naval Postgraduate School Subcommittee shall be comprised of 
no more than 15 members and shall focus on the Naval Postgraduate 
School. The Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations 
for Manpower,

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Personnel, Training and Education Command; the Commanding General USMC 
Training and Education Command; the Commandant Army War College; the 
Chief of Naval Research; and the Commander and President of the Air 
University, shall serve as ex-officio members of the subcommittee with 
voting rights and counting towards the subcommittee's total membership. 
The subcommittee shall meet a minimum of two times annually.
    b. The Naval War College Subcommittee shall be comprised of no more 
than 10 members and shall focus on the Naval War College. The Chief of 
Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, 
Personnel, Training and Education shall serve as an ex-officio member 
of the subcommittee with voting rights and counting towards the 
subcommittee's total membership. The subcommittee shall meet a minimum 
of two times annually.
    These subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered 
Board, and shall report all of 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 
any subcommittees or any of its members update or report directly to 
the Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees.
    Such subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as 
the Board members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint 
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a Board 
member. Subcommittee members, with the approval of the Secretary of 
Defense, may serve a term of service on the subcommittee of one to four 
years; however, no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms 
of service on the subcommittee.
    Subcommittee members, if not full-time or permanent part-time 
government employees, shall be appointed in the same manner as the 
Board members. Such individuals 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. Those individuals who are 
full-time, or permanent part-time, Federal employees will be appointed 
as regular government employee (RGE) members. With the exception of 
reimbursement for official travel and per diem, subcommittee members 
shall serve without compensation.
    The Secretary of the Navy may select and appoint the chair of both 
the Naval Postgraduate School Subcommittee to the Board and the Naval 
War College Subcommittee of the Board from subcommittee members 
previously approved by the Secretary of Defense to serve on the 
subcommittee in question.
    All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the 
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and governing 
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, an Alternate DFO, 
duly appointed to the Board according to DoD policies and procedures, 
shall attend the entire duration of the Board or subcommittee meetings.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Board's and 
subcommittees' meetings; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and 
adjourn any meeting, when the DFO or Alternate DFO, determines 
adjournment to be in the public's interest or required by governing 
regulations or DoD policies/procedures.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to Board of 
Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and Naval 
War College 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 Advisors to the Presidents of the 
Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College. All written statements 
shall be submitted to the DFO for the Board of Advisors to the 
Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College, and 
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to 
the membership for their consideration. Contact information for the 
Board of Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School 
and Naval War College 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 Board of Advisors to 
the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College. 
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 21, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-09377 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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