[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31921-31922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12828]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: DoD.

ACTION: Re-establishment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is re-establishing the charter for the National 
Intelligence University Board of Visitors (``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 re-
established 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 the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I)) and 
the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, independent advice and 
recommendations on matters related to mission, policy, accreditation, 
faculty, students, facilities, curricula, educational methods, 
research, and administration of the National Intelligence University.
    The Board shall report to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense through the USD(I) and the Director, Defense 
Intelligence Agency, 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)

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(``the Sunshine Act''), governing Federal statutes and regulations, and 
established DoD policies and procedures.
    The Board shall be comprised of no more than 12 individuals, who 
have extensive professional experience in the fields of national 
intelligence, national defense, and academia. The Director, Defense 
Intelligence Agency shall select the Board's chair.
    Board members shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense with annual renewals. Individuals who are 
not full-time or permanent part-time federal employees shall be 
appointed as experts or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve 
as special government employee (SGE) members. Individuals who are full-
time or permanent part-time Federal employees shall be appointed 
pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve as regular government employee 
(RGE) members. Board members shall serve a term of service of one-to-
four years. 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 
subcommittee.
    All members of the Board are appointed to provide advice 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.
    Board members will serve without compensation except for 
reimbursement of travel and per diem as it pertains to official 
business of 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 Secretary of 
Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, or the USD(I), as the Board's 
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 one-to-four years, 
with annual renewals, 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 or consultants pursuant 
to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members. Subcommittee members, who are 
full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, shall be appointed 
pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) to 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'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 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 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 
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 National Intelligence University Board of 
Visitors 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 the National Intelligence University Board 
of Visitors.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the 
National Intelligence University Board of Visitors, and this individual 
will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership 
for their consideration. Contact information for the National 
Intelligence University Board of Visitors 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 National Intelligence University Board of Visitors. 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 29, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-12828 Filed 6-2-14; 8:45 am]
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