[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28912-28913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11633]


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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: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is renewing the charter for the U.S. Army Science 
Board (``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 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 Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that shall 
provide independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Defense; the Secretary of the Army; the Under Secretary of the Army and 
Department of the Army Chief

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Management Officer; the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; and other Army organizations as 
determined by the Secretary of the Army and according to DoD policy, on 
matters relating to the Army's scientific, technical, manufacturing, 
acquisition, logistics, and business management functions, and other 
matters as determined by the Secretary of the Army.
    The Board is not established to advise on individual DoD or 
Department of the Army acquisitions, but instead shall be concerned 
with the pressing and complex technology and business management issues 
facing the Department of the Army.
    The DoD, through the Department of the Army, shall provide support 
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 governing DoD 
policies and procedures.
    The Board shall be comprised of no more than 20 voting members who 
are eminent authorities in one or more of the following disciplines: 
Science, technology, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, and 
business management functions, and other matters of special interest to 
the Department of the Army. The Secretary of the Army, as authorized by 
the Secretary of Defense, shall designate the Board's Chairperson and 
Vice Chairperson from the Board's total membership. All Board member 
appointments must be renewed by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of 
Defense on an annual basis.
    Board 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. Board members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who 
are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, shall serve as 
regular government employee (RGE) members. Board members shall serve a 
term of service of three years on the Board. No member may serve more 
than two consecutive terms of service without the Secretary or Deputy 
Secretary of Defense approval. This same term of service limitation 
also applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees.
    With the exception of reimbursement for official Board-related 
travel and per diem, Board members shall serve without compensation.
    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 Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense, or the Secretary of the Army, 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.
    The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense will 
appoint subcommittee members to a term of service of three years, even 
if the member in question is already a member of the Board. 
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 Board 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 Board shall include up to four permanent subcommittees 
consistent with its mission and established Federal and DoD policies 
and procedures. The four Board subcommittees (Basic Sciences and 
Disruptive Technologies subcommittee; Weapon Systems subcommittee; 
C4ISR subcommittee; and Systems Engineering, Integration, and 
Sustainment subcommittee) reflect the Army core competency areas 
recommended by the 2013 Army Science & Technology Core Competency Study 
briefed to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the U.S. 
Army.
    The estimated number of Board meetings is four per year.
    The Board's Designated Federal Officer (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 Board's 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 meetings of 
the Board and any subcommittees for the entire duration of each and 
every meeting; however, in the absence of the DFO, a properly approved 
Alternate DFO shall attend the entire duration of all of the meetings 
of the Board and its subcommittees.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the Board 
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.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to U.S. Army 
Science Board 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 U.S. Army Science Board.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the U.S. 
Army Science Board, and this individual will ensure that the written 
statements are provided to the membership for their consideration. 
Contact information for the U.S. Army Science Board 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 U.S. Army Science Board. 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: May 15, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-11633 Filed 5-19-14; 8:45 am]
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