[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 42333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15402]


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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 (DoD) is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Army Education 
Advisory Committee (``the Committee'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee's charter is being renewed 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 Committee's 
charter and contact information for the Committee's Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) can be found at http://www.facadatabase.gov/. The 
Committee focuses on matters pertaining to the educational, doctrinal, 
and research policies and activities of the U.S. Army's educational 
programs, to include the U.S. Army's joint professional military 
education programs. The Committee provides the Secretary of Defense and 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army and 
the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, independent advice and 
recommendations across the spectrum of educational policies, school 
curricula, educational philosophy and objectives, program 
effectiveness, facilities, staff and faculty, instructional methods, 
and other aspects of the organization and management of these programs. 
In addition, the Committee provides independent advice and 
recommendations on matters pertaining to the Army Historical Program 
and the role and mission of the U.S. Army Center of Military History. 
The Committee is composed of no more than 15 members, and its 
membership includes: Not more than 13 individuals who are eminent 
authorities in the fields of defense, management, leadership, and 
academia, including those who are deemed to be historical scholars; the 
Chief Historian of the Army, U.S. Army, Center of Military History; and 
the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 for U.S. Army Training and 
Doctrine Command, who serves as a non-voting member of the Committee. 
All members are appointed to provide advice on behalf of the Government 
on the basis of their best judgment without representing any particular 
point of view and in a manner free from conflict of interest. Except 
for reimbursement of official Committee-related travel and per diem, 
Committee members serve without compensation.
    The DoD may establish subcommittees, task forces, or working groups 
to support the Committee. All subcommittees operate under the 
provisions of FACA and the Government in the Sunshine Act, will not 
work independently of the Committee, report all findings to the 
Committee for full deliberation and discussion, and have no authority 
to make decisions and recommendations, verbally or in writing, on 
behalf of the Committee. No subcommittee or any of its members can 
update or report, verbally or in writing, directly to the DoD or any 
Federal officers or employees.
    The Committee's DFO, pursuant to DoD policy, must be a full-time or 
permanent part-time DoD employee, and must be in attendance for the 
duration of each and every Committee or subcommittee meeting. The 
public or interested organizations may submit written statements to the 
Committee membership about the Committee's mission and functions. Such 
statements may be submitted at any time or in response to the stated 
agenda of planned Committee meetings. All written statements must be 
submitted to the Committee's DFO who will ensure the written statements 
are provided to the membership for their consideration.

    Dated: June 24, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-15402 Filed 6-28-16; 8:45 am]
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