[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32367-32368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13847]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Charter Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

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 Board of Visitors, 
Marine Corps University (``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 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C Sec.  7102 (d) 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 Board is a statutory Federal advisory committee that provides 
independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to the 
Marine Corps University (``the University'').
    The Board provides the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary 
of the Navy and the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development 
Command, independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining 
to:

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    a. U.S. Marine Corps Professional Military Education;
    b. All aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the 
University;
    c. Higher educational standards and cost effective operations of 
the University; and
    d. The operation and accreditation of the National Museum of the 
Marine Corps.
    The DoD, through the Secretary of the Navy and the Marine Corps 
University, provides support for the performance of the Board's 
functions, and ensures 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 composed of at least 7 and not more than 11 
members. The members will be eminent authorities in the fields of 
education, defense, management, economics, leadership, academia, 
national military strategy, or international affairs.
    The Secretary of Defense authorizes the President of the University 
to serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board, whose 
membership shall not count toward the total membership of the Board. No 
other full-time or permanent part-time University employee will serve 
on the Board.
    Board members that are not ex-officio members shall be appointed by 
the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their 
appointments will be renewed on an annual basis according to DoD 
policies and procedures. Each member, based upon his or her individual 
professional experience, provides his or her best judgment on the 
matters before the Board. Board members who are not full-time or 
permanent part-time Federal officers or employees will be appointed as 
experts or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special 
government employee (SGE) members. Board members who are full-time or 
permanent part-time Federal officers or employees will serve as regular 
government employee (RGE) members pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a). 
Members of the Board shall serve a term of service of one-to-four 
years, and their appointments must be renewed by the Secretary of 
Defense on an annual basis. No member may serve more than two 
consecutive terms of service without Secretary of Defense or Deputy 
Secretary of Defense approval.
    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 Navy, as the Board's Sponsor.
    Such subcommittees will not work independently of the Board and 
will 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 
officers or employees. Each member, based upon his or her individual 
professional experience, provides his or her best judgment on the 
matters before the Board, and he or she does so in a manner that is 
free from conflict of interest. All subcommittee members will be 
appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense to a term of service of one-to-four years, with annual 
renewals, even if the individual is already a member of the Board. 
Subcommittee members will not serve more than two consecutive terms of 
service, unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense. Subcommittee members who are not full-time or 
permanent part-time Federal officers or employees will be appointed as 
an expert or consultant pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as a SGE 
member. Subcommittee members who are full-time or permanent part-time 
Federal officers or employees will be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a), to serve as a RGE member. With the exception of reimbursement 
of official travel and per diem related to the Board or its 
subcommittees, subcommittee members will 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) must be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD officer or 
employee, appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and 
procedures. The Board's DFO is required to attend at all meetings of 
the Board and its 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, must attend the entire 
duration of all meetings of the Board and its subcommittees.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, calls all meetings of the Board and 
its subcommittees; prepares and approves all meeting agendas; and 
adjourns 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 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 the Board.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Board, 
and this individual will ensure that the written statements are 
provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact information 
for the Board's 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. 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: June 2, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-13847 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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