[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60826-60827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25709]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Charter Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

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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 Department of Defense 
Wage 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 
pursuant to 5 CFR 5343(c) and in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., App) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(c). 
The Committee's charter and contact information for the Committee's 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) can be found at https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
    The Committee, as directed by 5 CFR532.3209, 532.227 and the Office 
of Personnel Management Operating Manual, Federal Wage System, 
Appropriated and Non-Appropriated Funds, S3-2 Agency Level, provides 
the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, through 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)), 
independent advice and recommendations on all matters relating to the 
conduct of wage surveys and the establishment of wage schedules for all 
appropriated fund and non-appropriated fund wage areas of blue-collar 
employees within the Department of Defense (DoD). a. The Committee 
considers and makes recommendations to the DoD on any matter involved 
in developing specifications for a wage survey on which the DoD 
proposes not to accept the recommendations of a local ware survey 
committee and any matters on which a minority report has been filed; b. 
Upon completion of a wage survey, the Committee considers the survey 
data, the local wage survey committee's report and recommendations, and 
the statistical analyses and proposed pay schedules derived from them, 
as well as any other data or recommendations pertinent to the survey, 
and recommends wage schedules to the pay-fixing authority; and c. A 
majority of the Committee constitutes a decision and recommendation of 
the Committee, but a member of the minority may file a report with the 
Committee's recommendations.
    The Committee, pursuant to 5 CFR532.227, is composed of five 
members, a chair and four additional members. One member shall be 
designated by each of the two labor organizations having the largest 
number of wage employees covered by exclusive recognition in the DoD. 
The other two members will have management backgrounds. All members of 
the Committee are appointed to provide advice on the basis of their 
best judgment and without representing any particular point of view and 
in a manner that is free from conflict of interest. Except for 
reimbursement of official Committee-related travel and per diem, 
Committee members serve without compensation.
    The public or interested organizations may submit written 
statements to the Committee membership about the Committee's mission 
and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in 
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Committee. All 
written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Committee, and 
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to 
the membership for their consideration.

    Dated: November 20, 2018.
Shelly Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-25709 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am]
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