[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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