[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32535-32536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12997]


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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. Strategic Forces 
Strategic Advisory 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 Sec.  102-
3.50(d).
    The Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that shall 
provide independent advice and recommendations to the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, on 
matters regarding enhancements in U.S. Strategic Command's mission area 
responsibilities.
    The DoD, through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 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 Group shall be comprised of not more than 20 members who are 
eminent authorities in the fields of strategic policy formulation; 
nuclear weapon design; national command, control, communications, 
intelligence, and information operations; or other important aspects of 
the Nation's strategic forces.
    The Secretary of Defense shall select the Group's Chair from among 
the membership approved by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense. 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, 
pursuant to 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 one-to-four 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 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 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 one-to-four 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, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Sec.  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 estimated number of Board meetings is two per year.
    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

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appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and procedures.
    In addition, the DFO is required to be in attendance at all 
committee and subcommittee meetings for the entire duration of each and 
every meeting. However, in the absence of the Committee's DFO, an 
Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Committee according to the DoD 
policies and procedures, shall attend the entire duration of the 
Committee or subcommittee meeting. 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. 
Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory 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. 
Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory Board.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the U.S. 
Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory Board, and this individual will 
ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for 
their consideration. Contact information for the U.S. Strategic Forces 
Strategic Advisory 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. Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory 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 30, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-12997 Filed 6-4-14; 8:45 am]
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