[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 169 (Monday, August 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 53802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19038]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Charter Establishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Establishment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is 
establishing the charter for the Defense Advisory Committee on 
Diversity and Inclusion (``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 established 
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 Committee's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) are found at 
https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
    The Committee shall conduct studies, make findings, and provide 
recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (USD(P&R)), on matters and policies relating to improving 
racial/ethnic diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity within the 
DoD. The Committee shall be composed of no more than 20 members, 
including prominent individuals from academia and the public and 
private sectors, with experience in one or more of the following 
disciplines: Defense or national security, organizational or human 
resources management, constitutional or employment law, and diversity 
and inclusion.
    Committee members who are not full-time or permanent part-time 
Federal civilian officers, employees, or active duty members of the 
Uniformed Services, shall be appointed as experts or consultants, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as special government employee 
members. Committee members who are full-time or permanent part-time 
Federal civilian officers, employees, or active duty members of the 
Uniformed Services will be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a), 
to serve as regular government employee members.
    Committee members are appointed to exercise their own best 
judgement on behalf of the DoD, without representing any particular 
point of view, and to discuss and deliberate in a manner that is free 
from conflicts of interest. Except for reimbursement of official 
Committee-related travel and per diem, 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: August 25, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2020-19038 Filed 8-28-20; 8:45 am]
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