    [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 53348-53349]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2020-18969]

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    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

    Office of the Secretary

    Charter Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
    Committees

    AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

    ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.

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    SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is
    renewing the charter for the Board of Visitors, National Defense
    University (``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) (5 U.S.C.,
    Appendix) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d). The charter and contact information
    for the Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) are found at https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
        The Board provides independent advice and recommendations on the
    overall management and governance of the National Defense University
    (NDU) in achieving its mission to educate joint warfighters in critical
    thinking and the creative application of military power to inform
    national strategy and globally integrated operations, under conditions
    of disruptive change, in order to conduct war. The Board provides
    independent advice and recommendations on accreditation compliance,
    organizational management, strategic planning, resource management, and
    other matters of interest to the NDU in fulfilling its mission.
    Additionally, the Board provides an assessment of University
    leadership, fulfilling essential Middle States Accreditation
    compliance.
        The Board shall be composed of no more than 12 members, appointed
    in accordance with DoD policies and procedures. The members shall be
    eminent authorities in the fields of defense, management, leadership,
    academia, national military strategy or joint planning at all levels of
    war, joint doctrine, joint command and control, or joint requirements
    and development. Board members who are not full-time or permanent part-
    time Federal civilian officers, employees, or active duty members of
    the Armed Forces will be appointed as experts or consultants, pursuant
    to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as special government employee members.
    Board members who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal civilian
    officers, employees, or active duty members of the Armed Forces will be

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    appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a), to serve as regular
    government employee 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. Except
    for reimbursement of official Board-related travel and per diem,
    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: August 24, 2020.
    Aaron T. Siegel,
    Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
    [FR Doc. 2020-18969 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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