[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38855-38857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15998]


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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 is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is renewing the charter for the

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Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (``the Council'').

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 
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929 and in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 
CFR 102-3.50(a).
    The Council is a statutory Federal advisory committee that shall 
provide independent advice and recommendations to the Director, 
Department of Defense Education Activity (``the Director'') and the 
Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, on the following:
    a. Recommend to the Director general policies for operation of the 
defense dependents' education system with respect to curriculum 
selection, administration, and operation of the system;
    b. provide information to the Director from other Federal agencies 
concerned with primary and secondary education with respect to 
education programs and practices which such agencies have found to be 
effective and which should be considered for inclusion in the defense 
dependents' education system;
    c. advise the Director on the design of the study and the selection 
of the contractor referred to in 20 U.S.C. 930(a)(2); and
    d. perform such other tasks as may be required by the Secretary of 
Defense.
    The Council reports to the Director for all matters listed in a 
through c above, and any other matters involving the DoD dependents' 
education system that are within the Director's purview. All matters 
outside the Director's purview shall be reported to the Secretary of 
Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (USD(P&R)).
    The USD(P&R) or the Director, as appropriate, may act upon the 
Council's advice and recommendations.
    The Council, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a), shall be comprised of 
the following 16 members:
    a. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education, or 
their respective designees;
    b. Twelve individuals appointed jointly by the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Education who shall be individuals who have 
demonstrated an interest in the field of primary or secondary education 
and who shall include representatives of professional employee 
organizations, school administrators, and parents of students enrolled 
in the defense dependents' education system, and one student enrolled 
in such system; and
    c. A representative of the Secretary of Defense and of the 
Secretary of Education.
    Members appointed to the Council from professional employee 
organizations, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(2), shall be individuals 
designated by those organizations and shall serve three-year terms of 
service, not to exceed two full terms.
    The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Education may approve the 
appointment of individuals appointed pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B) 
for one-to-four year term of service; however, no member appointed 
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B), unless authorized by the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Education, may serve more than two 
consecutive terms of service, unless authorized by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Education. Any member appointed to fill a 
vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term of service for 
which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the 
remainder of such term. 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. All 
members shall have their appointment renewed on an annual basis.
    Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(d), members of the Council who are not 
full-time or permanent part-time employees of the Federal government 
shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Council or 
otherwise engaged in the business of the Council, be entitled to 
compensation at the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time 
of such service for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 
5315. All Council members, while on official travel, shall be entitled 
to compensation for travel and per diem.
    Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(3), the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Education, or their designated representatives, shall 
serve as the Council's co-chairs.
    Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(4), the Director, Department of 
Defense Education Activity, shall be the Executive Secretary of the 
Council, but shall not vote on matters before the Council.
    All members of the Council 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.
    DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Council's mission and 
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces, 
or working groups to support the Council. 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 USD (P&R), as the Council's sponsor.
    Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Council and 
shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the 
Council for full and open deliberation, discussion, and voting. 
Subcommittees, task forces, or working groups have no authority to make 
decisions and recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the 
Council. No subcommittee or any of its members can update or report, 
verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Council, 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 Council. 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 Council 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 Council'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.

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    The Council's DFO is required to be in attendance at all meetings 
of the Council and any subcommittees for the entire duration of each 
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Council's DFO, a 
properly approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Council 
according to established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the 
entire duration of all meetings of the Council and its subcommittees.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the 
Council 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 Advisory 
Council on Dependents' Education membership about the Council's mission 
and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in 
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Advisory 
Council on Dependents' Education.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the 
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education, and this individual will 
ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for 
their consideration. Contact information for the Advisory Council on 
Dependents' Education 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 Advisory Council on Dependents' Education. 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: July 3, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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