[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42794-42795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17696]


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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: Amendment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is amending the charter for the Defense Business 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 amended in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d).
    The Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that 
provides the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense 
with independent advice and recommendations on critical matters 
concerning the Department of Defense (DoD). The Board shall examine and 
advise on overall DoD management and governance from a private sector 
perspective.
    The DoD, through the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer 
(DCMO), shall provide support for the performance of the Board's 
functions 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 established DoD policies and procedures.
    The Board shall be composed of no more than 35 members. The members 
must possess the following: (a) A proven track record of sound judgment 
in leading or governing large, complex private sector corporations or 
organizations and (b) a wealth of top-level, global business experience 
in the areas of executive management, corporate governance, audit and 
finance, human resources, economics, technology, or healthcare. The 
Board members will be appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense for a term of service of one-to-four years 
and will be renewed on an annual basis in accordance with DoD policies 
and procedures. Members of the Board 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. Members of the Board 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 regular government employee 
(RGE) members. 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.
    Consistent with Deputy Secretary of Defense policy, the DCMO may 
appoint the Board chair or vice chairs from among the Secretary of 
Defense approved Board membership and, in doing so, the DCMO shall 
determine the term of service for the Board chair and/or chairs, which 
shall not exceed the member's approved term of service.
    All Board members will be reimbursed for travel and per diem as it 
pertains to official business of the Board. Board members will serve 
without compensation. No member, unless authorized by the Secretary of 
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two 
consecutive terms of service on the Board, to include its 
subcommittees, or serve on more than two DoD federal advisory 
committees at one time.
    The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
according to DoD policies and procedures pertaining to inviting or 
appointing individuals to serve on advisory committees, may invite the 
chairs of the Defense Policy Board and the Defense Science Board to 
serve as non-voting ex-officio SGE members of the Board and the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Comptroller 
General of the United States to serve as non-voting ex-officio RGE 
members of the Board. The non-voting ex-officio SGE members may speak 
to the Board membership only on those topics governed by their 
respective advisory boards provided the information has been voted on 
by their membership and is available to the general public. They do not 
represent their respective advisory boards. These non-voting ex-officio 
SGE and RGE members, when invited by the Secretary of Defense, will not 
count toward the Board's total membership and may not participate in 
the Board's deliberations.
    The Director of Administration, Office of the DCMO, on behalf of 
the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the DCMO 
and pursuant to DoD policies and procedures, may appoint, as deemed 
necessary, non-voting subject matter experts (SMEs) to assist the Board 
or its subcommittees on an ad hoc basis. These non-voting SMEs are not 
members of the Board or its subcommittees and will not engage or 
participate in any deliberations by the Board or its subcommittees. 
These non-voting SMEs, if not full-time or permanent part-time Federal 
government officers or employees, will be appointed pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109 on an intermittent basis to address specific issues under 
consideration by 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 or the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense. Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Board 
and shall report all their recommendations and advice solely to the 
Board for full 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, directly to the DoD or to any Federal officer or employee.
    The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall 
appoint subcommittee members even if the member in question is already 
a member of the Board. Subcommittee

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members, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, may serve a 
term of one-to-four years, subject to annual renewals of their 
appointment; however, no individual appointed to any subcommittee of 
the Board shall serve more than a total of two consecutive terms of 
service on the Board including any subcommittees unless otherwise 
authorized by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense.
    Subcommittee members, if 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 SGE members. Those 
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 RGE employees. With the exception reimbursement of official 
travel and per diem related to the Board or its subcommittees, 
subcommittee members shall serve without compensation.
    Each subcommittee member is appointed to provide advice on behalf 
of the Government on the basis of his or her best judgment without 
representing any particular point of view and in a manner that is free 
from conflict of interest.
    Consistent with Deputy Secretary of Defense policy, the DCMO may 
appoint the subcommittee chair or chairs from among the Secretary of 
Defense approved subcommittee membership and, in doing so, the DCMO 
shall determine the term of service for the subcommittee chair or 
chairs, which shall not exceed the member's approved term of service.
    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 employee, designated in accordance with 
established DoD policies and procedures.
    The Board's DFO is required to attend 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 DoD policies 
and procedures, must attend the entire duration of all meetings of the 
Board or its subcommittees.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Board and its 
subcommittees meetings; 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 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: July 15, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-17696 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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