[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 224 (Monday, November 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 83230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27968]



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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 Defense Health Board 
(``the Board'').

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board'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 Board's 
charter and contact information for the Board's Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) can be found at http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
    The Board provides the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, independent advice and recommendations to 
maximize the safety and quality of, as well as the access to, health 
care for DoD health care beneficiaries.
    The Board is composed of no more than 19 members who are eminent 
authorities in one or more of the following disciplines: Health care 
research/academia, infectious disease, occupational/environmental 
health, public health, health care policy, trauma medicine/systems, 
clinical health care, strategic decision making, bioethics or ethics, 
beneficiary representative, neuroscience, and behavioral health. Except 
for reimbursement of official Board-related travel and per diem, Board 
members serve without compensation.
    The public or interested organizations may submit written 
statements to the 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.

    Dated: November 16, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-27968 Filed 11-18-16; 8:45 am]
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